What if Don Bluth returned to Disney?


 * Note: this is based on What if Don Bluth stayed at Disney? and What if Richard Rich stayed at Disney?, but with different version.

After the financially unsuccessful release of the Don Bluth Entertainment-produced film Thumbelina on March 30, 1994, animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman were hired by Bill Mechanic, then-chairman of 20th Century Fox, to create a brand new Fox animation studio. Mechanic and John Matoian, president of Fox Family Films, also brought in Stephen Brain (Executive VP at Silver Pictures) as Senior VP/General Manager to oversee the startup of the studio and run day-to-day operations of the division.

But in alternate timeline, what if Bluth instead returned to Disney back in 1994?

Changes

 * Fox Animation Studios wouldn't likely exist at all.
 * Don Bluth also would've been a co-director of Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Tinker Bell (which would've been traditionally-animated theatrical 2007 film instead of computer-animated direct-to-video 2008 film), Winnie the Pooh, Brave (which would've been his only Pixar film), Frozen, and Onward (which would’ve been produced by Disney as a fully traditionally-animated 2019 film instead of the 2020 Pixar film in this AU).
 * He was not involved in A Troll in Central Park and The Pebble and the Penguin in the AU.
 * Anastasia would be part of the Disney Renaissance era.
 * Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet would perform much better at the box office.
 * Anya from Anastasia and Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire would've been official members in the Disney Princess media franchise.

Films

 * Anastasia (1997)
 * Fantasia 2000 (1999)
 * Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
 * Dinosaur (2000)
 * Titan A.E. (2000)
 * Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
 * Treasure Planet (2002)
 * Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
 * Brother Bear (2003)
 * Treasure Planet 2 (2004)
 * Home on the Range (2004)
 * Brother Bear 2 (2006)
 * Treasure Planet 3 (2007)
 * Tinker Bell (2007)
 * Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
 * Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
 * Winnie the Pooh (2011)
 * Brave (2012)
 * Secret of the Wings (2012)
 * Frozen (2013)
 * The Pirate Fairy (2014)
 * Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015)
 * Tink Meets Peter (2018)
 * Onward (2019)
 * Anastasia (2019)
 * Frozen II (2019)

TV shows

 * House of Mouse (2001-2003)
 * "House of Crime" (Rasputin and Bartok appear along with the caged villains)
 * "Pete's House of Villains" (Rasputin appears as one of the villains working to Pete)
 * Mickey's House of Villains (Rasputin is part of the leading villains)
 * Team Atlantis (2002-2003)
 * Treasure Planet (2003-2004)
 * Brother Bear: The Series (2004-2005)
 * Sofia the First (Anya and Kida's appearances in "TBD" and "TBD", respectively)

Shorts

 * Pixie Hollow Games (2011)
 * Pixie Hollow Bake Off (2013)

Other media

 * Kingdom Hearts
 * The Robot Chicken skit "Disney Princess War" (Anya and Kida appear in the skit)
 * As Told by Emoji
 * Disney Magic Kingdoms
 * Ralph Breaks the Internet (Anastasia and Titan A.E. screencaps at the Disney Animation pavilion; Anya and Kida's appearances in the Disney Princesses' scenes)