Feb 05 2010
The Urban Legends Associated With Movies – Real or Bogus?
I’m sure most of you have heard about the “ghost” in Three Men and a Baby. That’s just one of the many urban legends associated with movies that has manifested over the years. Of course, it’s totally bogus, but other urban legends are by comparison a bit more believable. After all, Disney will do anything to make a buck, right?
Whether it’s a suicide, death during a stunt, a supernatural phenomenon, or subliminal sexual messages, rumors of unintentional, bizarre occurrences during movies generate a lot of buzz, and the next thing you know, people recite these urban legends as fact. Let’s take a look at some of the more prominent urban legends associated with movies over the years, and you can decide for yourself whether or not there’s any merit to them (hint: for the most part, there isn’t):
The Three Men and a Baby “Ghost”
Holy crap! At 0:36, you can totally see the ghost of the dude who died n the apartment in which this movie was shot! Or, it was just a cardboard cutout of Ted Danson, and this scene was actually filmed on a sound stage. Whatever you prefer to believe.
The Little Mermaid “Erection”
Alright, it’s kind of tough to explain this one. Disney actually got sued by a nutjob (who eventually dropped the suit) over this scene, and the studio claimed that the bulge was really just the minister’s knee. Disney animators are pretty awesome, so was this poor animation or just some of the employees having some fun?
S-E-X in The Lion King
Does the dust spell out the word “sex?” Eh, maybe for a split second, but I think this is a coincidence and just a case of people really wanting to see that magic word.
Naughty teenagers in Aladdin
Does the Genie say “Good teenagers take off their clothes?” It’s pretty tough to make out, but similarly to The Lion King, I think it’s just a case of people wanting to hear those words.
A munchkin suicide in The Wizard of Oz
This kid does a pretty good job of explaining the urban legend, but it turns out that the mysterious object wasn’t a depressed munchkin at all. It was a large bird borrowed by MGM from the Los Angeles Zoo for use in some of the movie’s outdoor scenes. Wait, that sounds ridiculous. I say it’s a suicidal munchkin.
The “exposure” in Teen Wolf (possibly NSFW)
Yes, the guy in the background clearly has his fly down…but do I see a little meatpipe poking its head out right before the guy covers up? I can’t really tell, but I’m not going to look at this video 500 times to find out. I can’t tell after 400 viewings, so forget it.
What did I leave out? Any other urban legends associated with movies you can think of? Let me know!
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The “SEX” in The Lion King was meant to say “SFX” but they screwed up.
@ zongmouse
Can you elaborate? Why would it say “SFX?”
It’s been around since the 90′s, but the little kid/small man at the end of Back to The Future 3?
@Madison
They actually asked the animators about that, they said they wanted to hide SFX in there to represent Special Effects. At least that is what they said. They probably really had it say SEX, changing their story when they were caught.
On a somewhat related side note (In relation to horny animators) I have heard that the original release of the Disney Rescuers had a porno picture in it. It is supposed to happen when the bird is taking off and shows up in one of the back windows. Fact or Legend? I am hoping for fact…
@hyuri
Someone actually made a youtube video that slowed that part down. I say the kid is a horny little midget imho.
@ Gamer
That sounds vaguely familiar, but it did remind me of the infamous “crotch shot” of Jessica Rabbit. I had totally forgotten about that one.
@Gamer
Someone actually slowed down on the frame rates on the Rescuers too, I believed it one of those scenes where the 2 mice are riding past one of the windows, a naked lady turn up.
@Madison
There are quite a bit of videos on youtube about Disney and “subliminal messages” about sex in their movies. The only one that stands out in my mind is the one someone psychoanalyzed most of Aladdin movie, it was quite entertaining.
There was also that golden dildo on the castle on the original cover of The Little Mermaid. I have read an interview with the artist, who ensures that’s not what it is, but the object looks so unmistakably phallic that I find it hard to believe it wasn’t intentional.
@ MacGyver
Haha, oh yes, the giant golden dildo. How on Earth was that unintentional?
Also on the original cover of the little mermaid there were bubbles shaped like the letters F,U,C,and K
@ Madison
Yeah, I don’t really buy that explanation. It’s way too obvious to have been an accident.
I have seen a clip of the Rescuers naked lady, and it’s definitely there. At full speed it’s all but impossible to see, but it’s an actual picture of a naked lady in one of the windows they fly past.
So what’s the story with Three Men and a Baby? It’s pretty weird, but hasn’t someone asked anyone involved what the heck it is by now?
@Jason: it’s a cardboard cut out of Ted Danson in a tuxedo that they just accidentally left in the background
@Jason
I actually saw a special on TV one time that covered most of these. They showed a deleted scene from 3 Men and a Baby that actually had the Danson cutout in a tux in the foreground. The characters were discussing it for some reason. After seeing that, it is quite obvious that is what’s in the background.
Also, now that I think of it, there’s another scene in Teen Wolf in a classroom, where there is clearly a guy staring into the camera and waving. Apparently the editors on that movie didn’t pay attention to backgrounds.
I don’t know if you were aware, but there’s a site called snopes that deals with urban legends.
Here’s its movies page: http://www.snopes.com/movies/movies.asp
Here’s its Disney movies page: http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/films.asp
my two cents on aladdin – i remember watching it as a teen trying to figure it out on closed captions….what he says (according to captions at least) is “take off…go.” which makes sense seeing as he is talking to the tiger.
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the teen wolf is fake! it’s a girl!