So here's a question for all of you Don Bluth fans and Disney fans, What if Don Bluth (a former Disney animator who later left to make beloved classics such as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, An American Tail and The Secret of NIMH) stayed with Disney? What films would he have made with Disney? What ideas would he freshen up with the House of Mouse? Would he be the head of Disney animators?
Find out for yourselves.
List of changes
- All of Don Bluth's films, along with their sequels and spin-offs, would've be fully produced and owned by Disney.
- He also would've be a co-director of The Fox and the Hound (which would've his directorial debut), Beauty and the Beast, Balto (which would've been produced by Disney in this AU), Treasure Planet, Home on the Range, and Frozen.
- The 1990 Mickey Mouse featurette The Prince and the Pauper (which would've a full-length feature film) and the direct-to video film Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers (named The Three Musketeers) would've be directed by Don Bluth, and having original characters instead of the Mickeyverse ones.
- The Three Musketeers would've be an theatrical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, being their last traditionally animated film until The Princess and the Frog.
- Both An American Tail and All Dogs Go to Heaven would've be combined into one single film: An American Tale.
- With the success of both An American Tale and The Land Before Time, Don Bluth would been given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films.
- Don Bluth also would directing live-action films, being the first Disney director to direct both animated and live-action films.
- Titan A.E. would been produced as a live-action film.
- Some of Don Bluth's canceled films would be produced.
- Satyrday would've be a live-action film and considered by many as the "spirital successor to Tron.
- Jawbreaker would've been a traditionally animated film released in 2016.
- Don Bluth's 1990s films would've be critical and commercial successes and part of the Disney Renaissance era.
- The titular characters from Thumbelina and Anastasia would've been official members in the Disney Princess media franchise.
- Don Bluth would be Chairman of Walt Disney Animation Studios, along with Andrew Millstein as President and Jennifer Lee as a CCO.
- Sullivan Bluth Studios would be a satellite studio for Walt Disney Animation Studios instead, labeled as Walt Disney Feature Animation Dublin, which would make additional animation in most Disney films at the time (mainly Don Bluth-directed ones) as well as in-house producing Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park and The Pebble and the Penguin, until Disney announced its shut down in 1995 in favor to open a new satellite studio in Phoenix, Arizona.
Films
- The Fox and the Hound (1981)
- The Secret of NIHM (1982)
- Satyrday (1984)
- An American Tale (1986)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1987)
- The Land Before Time (1988)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
- An American Tale: Anne-Marie Goes West (1991)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Rock-a-Doodle (1992)
- Thumbelina (1994)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- The Land Before Time sequels (1994-2016)
- The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
- Balto (1995)
- An American Tale: In Search of Gabriel's Horn (1996)
- Piper (1996)
- Anastasia (1997)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1998)
- The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
- An American Tale: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)
- Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Home on the Range (2004)
- The Three Musketeers (2004)
- Balto III: Wings of Change (2005)
- The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
- The Tempest (2008)
- The Velveteen Rabbit (2010)
- Frozen (2013)
- Jawbreaker (2016)
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- The Six Swans (2018)
- East of the Sun (2019)
- An American Tale (2019)
- Rock-a-Doodle (2019, Disney+ exclusive)
- Anastasia (2019, Disney+ exclusive)
- Frozen II (2019)
- The Land Before Time (2020, Disney+ exclusive)
- Dragon's Lair (2021)
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) (co-produced)
- Untitled Shademaker Movie (TBD)
Shorts
- The Small One (1978)
- The Magic Pencils (1992)
TV shows
- House of Mouse (2001-2003)
- "Jiminy Cricket" (Charlie and Itchy replace Pain and Panic)
- [Episode focusing on Anne-Marie and Tanya]
- [Episode featuring Carface and Cruella de Vil trying to kidnap animals, but foiled by Goofy]
- "House of Crime" (Carface, Warren T. Rat, Cat R. Waul, Rasputin & Bartok, the Pied Piper and Grundel Toad appear along with the caged villains)
- "House of Mole" (alternate version of "House of Scrooge" with Mr. Mole replacing Scrooge McDuck)
- "Pete's House of Villains" (Rasputin appears as one of the villains working to Pete)
- Mickey's House of Villains (with Carface, the Great Duke of the Owls and Rasputin are part of the leading villains)
- The Land Before Time (TV series) (2007-2008)
- Sofia the First (Anastasia and Thumbelina's appearances in "TBD" and "TBD", respectively)
- Once Upon a Time (2011-2018)
- Anne-Marie's American Tales (2016-2019)
Other media
- The Lion King 1½ (Characters from An American Tale, The Land Before Time, Rock-a-Doodle, The Prince and the Pauper, Thumbelina, The Pebble and the Penguin, Piper, and Anastasia appear along with other Disney film characters who join Timon and Pumbaa to rewind the film in the theater)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (An American Tale, Anastasia, The Land Before Time, Balto, Jawbreaker and Rock-a-Doodle screencaps at the Disney Animation pavilion; Thumbelina and Anastasia's appearances in the Disney Princesses' scenes)