Shout out to that one Disney short they made in 1995 to play in front of A Goofy Movie by the French Disney team which directly parodied The Exorcist because early 90s Disney just did whatever the fuck they wanted

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HEY. WHAT.

It's called "Runaway Brain" :3 Disney has a love/hate relationship with it because it's extremely beloved and held in high regard but also it does NOT fit their modern image so they can't promote or release it to any wide capacity because it would 100% terrify children.

Oh some of you didn't know about this, huh?

Anyway

This really is a lost gem. The jokes come at you in rapid fire pace, Mickey actually has flaws which makes him more relatable, the animation by the French team is amazing, and the number of Easter eggs crammed into this short is crazy.

Like to give you an idea of how fast some of these jokes go by, when the monster is screaming at Mickey’s face you can see Zazu from The Lion King coming out of the monster’s mouth in a single frame. Also, the mad scientist who does the brain transfer is named Dr. Frankenollie (Frank and Ollie were two of Disney’s original 9 old men) and is voiced by Kelsey Grammer.

This short was buried because the executives were terrified that it was “too edgy” for their brand, despite them requesting it be edgy in the first place! And that’s kinda laughable to look back on now because the 2013 Paul Rudish Mickey Mouse revival has done far crazier things with Mickey and the gang than this little horror short ever did!