General "Did you Know?"s

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We all have a broad range of interests and random trivia locked up in our skulls, so I figure why not share it? Share your knowledge of anything not related to video games here.

As I've said before, I'm an immature little goon who never grew out of animation. As such, I know a few neat little tidbits. Let's start with some songs, shall we? It's common knowledge that songs are shortened or cut all together for time reasons, but did you know some had this done due to content?

Let's begin with Aladdin. For the opening song "Arabian Nights" in the theatrical release a lyric went "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face". This was deemed too offensive and was changed to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense". Supposedly some early VHS tape releases have the original lyrics, but I've yet to see anyone prove it. Mine has the censored version.

For Pocahontas, the song "Savages" was toned down a bit because it was deemed too racist. Original:


Fern Gully has two! The first isn't a big deal; it's just a racy lyric from "Toxic Love" that got cut. Can't have "I feel good, a special kind of horny" in a kids movie:


The full "Batty Rap" is... Quite disturbing:


My beloved Brave Little Toaster is a victim as well, but in a much more unique way. Let's take a look at the song "Worthless". Here is a picture from the VHS version:


Now the DVD release:


Apparently star pasties are too naughty for the kids. The picture is seriously on screen for about two seconds; I never paid it any attention as a kid.

In all version releases of the movie a car in the same song sings "Once drove a surfer to sunset/There were bikinis and buns there were weenies/Fellini just wouldn't forget".

Apparently this is a pretty crude sexual reference so the soundtrack version is altered. For some stupid reason there are no lyrics in the booklet, so I'm only guessing what it was changed to. It's so muddled it's hard to make out, but I believe it goes "There were kinis and hotdogs with weenies/Fellini just wouldn't forget".

Finally, did you know there's a song Scar sings about wanting to bang Nala? Cut from the cartoon, added into the play version, which I've seen, and it's freaking creepy. It was recorded for the film and story boarded:


Frollo can sing about his boner but apparently the above song is what crosses the line.