#source: Disney Atlantis Lost Empire

[nevermatchandscpsradadventures]

Loid: What’s Teddy’s story? Ana: Trust me on this one. You don’t wanna know. Ninten, don’t tell him. You shouldn’t have told me, but you did. And now I’m telling you… Ana: *points at Loid* You don’t wanna know.

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #2548

Nutritious! (Dialogue from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.)

[incorrectdisney-meea]

Charlotte: Money aside, what do you need?

Audrey: That money you just put aside.

[paranormaljones]

The Venn diagram of "Disney movies that would probably make fantastic live-action adaptations" and "Disney movies that will never get live-action adaptations" is a circle and Treasure Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire sit right in the middle of it.

[virtuouswhitehatorganization]

Mecha Max Shows Off What She's Got To Flug

[Max and Flug are hanging out at the beach with Chi Sage and Demencia keeping an eye out for them. 505 and Leppy are playing with one another. After a while of walking on the beach, Max wants to get into the water and she her clothes which has her bathing suit underneath. ]

Max (smiling at Flug while showing off her body): You do swim, do you not?

[Flug begins to feel flustered and stammers.]

Flug: Oh, I swim pretty girl... Pr-Pretty *good*, pretty good. Sw... Good. Swim good. Pretty good. I swim pretty good.

[He then himself gets out of his regular clothes and goes down to his trunks just so he didn't miss an opportunity to swim with the gorgeous scientist. Chi Sage just rolled his eyes while Demencia just giggled at how bad his game was. 505 and Leppy were just happy that they were happy.]

[atlantis-archive]

Disney Lorcana Into the Inklands previews

The third set of the Disney Lorcana trading card game will feature cards based on Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Set is due to release on 24/02/2024. (cards sourced from Mushu Report)

Text:

JOSHUA SWEET The Doctor Amber Character Storyborn · Ally Cost: 4 (Inkwell) Strength: 1 Willpower: 5 Lore: 2 Bodyguard (his character may enter play exerted. An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.) --- "Heading out to the inklands? Come on back if you need patching up." Art by Jeanne Plounevez Common 5/204��EN·3

KIDA Atlantean Amber Character Storyborn · Hero · Princess Cost: 1 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 2 Lore: 1 -- welcome to the inklands. [this lore is written in the Atlantean language] Art by Nicoletta Baldari Common 6/204·EN·3

HELGA SINCLAIR Femme Fatale Emerald Character Floodborn · Villain Cost: 5 (Plain) Strength: 4 Willpower: 4 Lore: 2 Shift 3 (You may pay 3 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your characters named Helga Sinclair.) THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Whenever this character quests, you may deal 3 damage to chosen damaged character. --- Art by Alice Pisoni Super Rare 74/204·EN·3

HELGA SINCLAIR Vengeful Partner Emerald Character Storyborn · Villain Cost: 2 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 1 Lore: 1 NOTHING PERSONAL When this character is challenged and banished, banish the challenging character. --- "You said we were in this together!" Art by Kasia Brzezinska Rare 75/204·EN·3

LYLE TIBERIUS ROURKE Cunning Mercenary Emerald Character Storyborn · Villain Cost: 3 (Plain) Strength: 2 Willpower: 4 Lore: 1 WELL, NOW YOU KNOW When you play this character, chosen opposing character gains Reckless during their next turn. (They can't quest and must challenge if able.) THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING Whenever one of your other characters is banished, each opponent loses 1 lore. --- Art by Mike Parker Super Rare 78/204·EN·3

MILO THATCH Clever Cartographer Emerald Character Dreamborn · Hero Cost: t: 1 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 2 Lore: 1 --- "Believe me, studying gibberish really can take you places!" Art by Giuseppe di Maio Common 79/204·EN·3

MILO THATCH King of Atlantis Emerald Character Floodborn · Hero · King Cost: 7 (Plain) Strength: 4 Willpower: 4 Lore 3 Shift 4 (You may pay 4 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your character named Milo Thatch.) TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE When this character is banished, return all opposing characters to their payers' hands. --- "You don't know what you're tampering with." Art by Valerio Buonfantino Legendary 80/204·EN·3

MILO THATCH Spirited Scholar Ruby Character Storyborn · Hero Cost: 2 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 2 Lore: 1 I'M YOUR MAN! While this character is at a location, he gets +2 [Strength]. --- "My grampa never told me about this place!" Art by Massimiliano Narciso Common 115/204·EN·3

AUDREY RAMIREZ The Engineer Sapphire Character Storyborn · Ally Cost: 5 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 5 Lore: 2 Ward "Opponents can't choose this character except to challenge.) SPARE PARTS Whenever this character quests, ready one of your items. --- "How'd you break this thing, anyway?" Art by Richelle Canto Rare 137/204·EN·3

HELGA SINCLAR Right-Hand Woman Steel Character Storyborn · Villain Cost: 3 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 4 Lore: 1 Challenger +2 (While challenging, this character gets +2 [Strength].) --- "That was an order, not a suggestion. Let's go!" Art by Kasia Brzezinska Common 175/204·EN·3

KIDA Royal Warrior Steel Character Storyborn · Hero · Princess Cost: 2 (Inkwell) Strength: 2 Willpower: 3 Lore: 1 Bodyguard (This character may enter play exerted. An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.) --- She's seen stranger things before, but nothing like this. Art by Carlos Ruiz Common 177/204·EN·3

[tomoleary]

John Alvin “Atlantis The Lost Empire” poster concept (Disney 2001) Source

[the-average-melli]

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are giving Atlantis: the Lost Empire

In Hisui and Sinnoh, I went on about mountains. Paldea's main geographical feature is potentially a reference to real-world mythos as whale. In Paldea, the biggest feature in the centre of the region is the great crater/Area Zero. When I was playing this game and going into the crater, it reminded me a lot of one of my favourite Disney movies, Atlantis: the Lost Empire. In this movie, an expedition team descends to find treasure (a big similarity with the Treasure Hunt at the Academy), but the explorers only find the lost empire of Atlantis which preserved by the power of crystals that only exist down in Atlantis. This could be a big analogy to tera crystals, which originate from within the crater. The expedition team could bring the crystals from Atlantis with them when they returned to the surface; tera crystals could be brought to the surface in Paldea so people could use their energy to terastalise pokémon.

Another thing that stuck out to me was the way that in the movie for Atlantis: the Lost Empire, the empire fell due to the greed and desire of dominance/power of the king. Greed and desire were also the reasons why the Paldean Empire fell to ruin. Both rulers kept wanting more, which lead to the demise of both civilisations and, in Scarlet/Violet, the creation of four other legendary pokémon to embody the spirit of those who resented the greedy ruler's ambitions:

The Empire of Atlantis itself is something that originates from records of Plato, the Greek philosopher. The empire was physically submerged because of a great flood (perhaps as a punishment for the greedy king or the greed of humankind in general--who knows?) In his record, Atlantis was described as a technologically-advanced civilisation. This lines up with the way that AI which, according to Sada or Turo, exists, but only functions at the heart of the crater. Even if Sada and Scarlet are oriented towards the past, Sada's AI self exists suggesting that there are still some technological advancements that are unique to the crater.

When the player descends into the crater and has the final showdown with Sada/Turo's Miraidon/Koraidon, the innermost room with the time machine is completely surrounded by crystals. This reminded me of the pivotal scene in Atlantis: the Lost Empire where the explorers discover the power source keeping the remains of the people and civilisation of Atlantis alive. At the heart of the empire is the crystal chamber (which has an epic soundtrack! https://youtu.be/EH8iRhEyg3M) In the movie, this is a life force that triggers a mechanism to protect the empire by summoning golems who generate "force fields" around Atlantis.

This YouTuber also draws direct links between Atlantis and the game. I wasn't the only one who was thinking, "this game is giving Atlantis..." The YouTuber shows in this timestamp (https://youtu.be/1JdOZDFzZmU?t=205) the actual text files for the game. when the player is in the crater, Arven, Nemona, and Penny will follow the player to the heart of the crater. As they walk around behind, they converse in text flashing at the bottom of the screen. In the game's files, Paldea is titled "Atlantis."

This is how Atlantis is described and one word stands out here:

Orichalcum Pulse is Koraidon's ability:

The last thing I will add is that the legend for Atlantis in the Atlantis: The Lost Empire movie was written in a book which was carried by the explorers. It described where it was, the language, the people, and served as a guide to all things Atlantis:

This is directly analogous to the Violet and Scarlet books. The book in the movie inspired the main character and his father to seek out Atlantis. The Violet and Scarlet books inspired Sada and Turo as children to build the time machine and research within the crater.

This leads me to wonder whether Geeta is going to be a Kida or a Roark...

[irradiate-space]

Disney's Atlantis (2001) will have no more sequels, and Intellectual Property is why.

In short: IP law. But not the "make money by writing it off" thingy.

Epistemic status: a memory of a Q&A panel from 2002.

At length:

Atlantis was released in 2001. It had a giant mechanical lobster,

and some neat steampunk submarines,

These submarines go on a neat adventure through underwater passages past shipwrecks of ages past, break through a big door, and arrive at an underground cavern filled with forgotten machines, which power up when you insert glowing crystals in them.

And that's the whole problem with Walt Disney Animated Series film 41: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, its sequel, and really the entire story and concept.

In 1992, renowned painter James Gurney released the picture-book Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, which featured a neat little steampunk submarine, the front one in this series of maquettes by Glenn Ludgate:

In 1995, Gurney published a sequel, Dinotopia: The World Beneath, where a group of intrepid explorers use a steampunk submarine to go on an underwater excursion through the remains of wrecked ships of ages past, through a door, to a cavern full of forgotten machines which power up when you insert glowing crystals in them. Including an evil lobster.

In 1999, Gurney published the prequel, Dinotopia: First Flight, which told the story of where those sunstone-powered mechanical marvels came from: the drowned city of Poseidos. The story included a chase sequence with sunstone-powered flying trilobites.

There are, shall we say, certain parallels.

In June 2001, Disney released Atlantis: The Lost Empire. The film allegedly underperformed at the box office, taking in $186.1 million against a budget of $90-120 million. In 2003, Disney released the direct-to-video sequel Atlantis: Milo's Return, which collected content previously intended for a canceled TV series. It competed with Shrek.

During his April-September 2002 exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of National History, an audience member asked Gurney about the parallels between the recently-released Atlantis and Gurney's designs for Dinotopia. Gurney replied that he couldn't comment, but that his lawyers had reached an agreeable settlement with Disney.

Because the lawsuit was settled out of court — if it in fact existed, which is what I here allege — it left no records. I have found nothing by search; if you find any documentation of this, you're welcome to publish it. Disney acknowledges that Atlantis drew from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. For other plagiarism allegations, you will find much more documentation of alleged parallels between Atlantis and Nadia: Secret of Blue Water and Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

In May 2002, Hallmark Entertainment and Walt Disney TV released a three-episode, four-hour Dinotopia miniseries. A sequel series of 13 episodes was released beginning in November 2002, produced by ABC and Hallmark Entertainment. An animated film was released in 2005 by Hallmark Entertainment. There were also a series of Dinotopia video games for PC/MAC GBA, and GC/Xbox in 2002 and 2003. It's this really-tight cluster of activity, right after Atlantis came out.

In 2007, Gurney published the fourth and latest Dinotopia book, Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara. It's very beautiful.

In 2013, Disney remastered and rereleased the Atlantis films in 2013.

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These Atlantis gifs are hand-cut with ffmpeg in 720p 15fps, straight from the movie, and the Dinotopia images are sourced from James Gurney's blog, "Gurney Journey" which I highly recommend as a source of traditional-media painting advice as well as general art advice. The Dinotopia books are a joy to read, and if you want, there is a YA novel series as well as a pair of novels by Alan Dean Foster. Gurney also wrote several guides to illustration and painting, and in general is a nice old man.

Don't blame James Gurney for stealing Atlantis. Blame Disney for stealing Dinotopia.

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Reading Comprehension Questions:

What parallels does OP see between Atlantis and Dinotopia?

What sources does OP cite for the core allegations in this essay?

What is OP's stance towards Disney? Towards James Gurney?

Who does OP blame for Atlantis being dead IP?

How would your personal stance on copyright law affect the outcome of a lawsuit between James Gurney and Disney over stolen intellectual property?

Fanfic prompt: The Atlantis expedition wash up on the shore of Dinotopia. The expedition arrives a few years after the Dennisons do, with Will and Sylvia off on their new career, and Arthur having a bit of an empty-nest syndrome. No one knows where Lee Crabb is.

[zponds]

The Lost City + Empire of Atlantis

Another key thing within the Bermuda Triangle in my proposed idea for The Genie Team season 10 is the legendary Lost City of Atlantis.

Now the Lost City of Atlantis is deep deep underground underneath the earth’s crust, with the only entrance to it being within the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle. Especially since in the beginning, Milo Thatch mentioned that Atlantis was on a continent somewhere in the mid Atlantic Ocean, and the Bermuda Triangle is within that region too…

(Credit for this map goes to Ninjamap on deviantart)

though as seen on this map, the Atlantean continent itself was likely east of the Bermuda Triangle.

Now as a little P.S.; Atlantis here is the same as in the cult Disney film; Atlantis the Lost Empire from 2001. Except the film takes place in the modern day rather than 1914. And it’d be a Genie Team movie. And here’s a history on Atlantis.

Sometime presumably before 100,000 BC, Atlantis was simply another civilization in the world and the Atlanteans were a normal race like any other at the time. One fateful day, a huge comet passed over the Earth. A single piece broke off and fell upon the landmass that was inhabited by the Atlanteans. To their astonishment, they managed to discover the great properties possessed by the comet fragment. Soon, they would use the fragment, which they called the Heart of Atlantis, as their source into becoming a more advanced civilization than any other before or since in history.

However, instead of using their new found technological powers for good, they exercised it to dominate other lands, establishing colonies all over the ancient world and subjugating the people there. They even settled an exploration colony on Skull Island, which was west of the Atlantean continent. The Atlantean Empire created a fearsome armada of flying machines called Martags, artificially-intelligent Leviathans that waged war with unmatched strength, and Gungnir, a powerful weapon. However, around 10,000 years ago, their hubris would become their undoing when an accidental discharge caused a Great Flood that threatened to wipe out Atlantis as a whole. The crystal that had fueled their technology and gifted them with extended longevity, would save a part of the city, though it would be buried beneath the waters and deep into the Earth. Though another huge force field also saved Skull Island and the island’s flora and fauna from the flood. Centuries afterwards, the surviving Atlantean colony on Skull Island soon disappeared, leaving only the buildings and machines, which became overgrown by the flora of Skull island.

Humbled by the result of their arrogance, the elder leaders of Atlantis, in particular King Kashekim Nedakh, decided to keep the crystal secret, even from its people, forever so as not to repeat their actions. Kashekim went further by ordering all of Atlantis' history to be destroyed and hid the crystal deep within the city through the throne room. Overtime, their past glory had been all but forgotten.

At some point, a shepherd named Aziz managed to stumble upon Atlantis. For two years, he secretly immersed himself of its culture, uncovering bits and pieces of its past, including the location of the Heart of Atlantis. Upon his return to the surface, however, he was considered a madman and subsequently sent to an asylum. While imprisoned, he would detail his journey in great detail, albeit in the Atlantean Language. His writings would become known as the Shepherd's Journal.

The Journal would pass through many hands over time, thus bringing the legend of Atlantis back into the consciousness of the surface world. Some considered it fact, others called it fiction, the discovery of the lost empire was nonetheless considered one of the greatest treasures all archaeologists strived to achieve.

And there’s this small yet noteworthy rumor that the Heart of Atlantis might have also been the creator of genie powers, but there’s no evidence that this mighta been the case. With the only clue being that when Robin Williams Genie was released from his lamp by Aladdin, he (Genie) said “10,000 years”, as well as “cosmic powers”. These two phrases are the only sort of evidence, but even then, it’s hard to tell.

[keithtreason]

29 songs - so many sources of footage

Tattoo | The Dragon Prince Promare Raya and the Last Dragon Arcane Nimona Demon Slayer How to Train Your Dragon Pokémon: Twilight Wings Naruto How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Weathering with You Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Cha Cha Cha | Jujutsu Kaisen Chainsaw Man

Unicorn | The Rising of the Shield Hero Tower of God Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Beyond the Boundary The Case Study of Vanitas One-Punch Man Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Due Vite | BlackWolfsspirit Liz and the Blue Bird Your Name A Silent Voice Weathering with You

Queen of the Kings | Balto The Lion King Raya and the Last Dragon The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Corpse Bride Kung Fu Panda Lady and the Tramp The Rescuers Down Under Tarzan Brave Wolfwalkers Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Oliver & Company Onward Turning Red

Heart of Steel | The Bad Guys Zootopia Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Gorillaz (Silent Running, Cracker Island) Because of You | Fellerya An Extremely Goofy Movie Raya and the Last Dragon Spirit Untamed Sing Tangled Hazbin Hotel - Addict

Bridges | The Legend of Korra Nimona Arcane Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Dragon Age: Absolution Revolutionary Girl Utena Wolfwalkers Over the Moon Vinland Saga Mulan Princess Tutu

Promise | Aleu the Husky Ice Age: Continental Drift The Lion King Kung Fu Panda 2 Wolfwalkers Bolt Balto Cool World Raya and the Last Dragon Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Kung Fu panda Tarzan Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Wolf Children Pokémon Journeys: The Series Oliver & Company The Croods: A New Age

My Sister’s Crown | Cirera Pocahontas Mulan Aladdin Anastasia The Hunchback of Notre Dame Atlantis: The Lost Empire Beauty and the Beast The Little Mermaid Hercules

Stay | zuckarr Destiny of the Shrine Maiden No.6 Terror in Resonance Devilman Crybaby Sasaki to Miyano Tales of Zestiria the X Violet Evergarden Tsurune Seraph of the End Free!

Mama ŠČ! | Freak Kitchen The Aristocats Mulan The Emperor’s New Groove Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Nimona The Super Mario Bros.

Who The Hell Is Edgar? | The Hunchback of Notre Dame We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story Black Tulip (1988) Anastasia The Little Mermaid Rock and Rule Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas The Pagemaster The BFG (1989) The Princess and the Pea (2002) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs FernGully: The Last Rainforest The Black Cauldron

Evidemment | K/DA Frozen 2 How to Train Your Dragon Raya and the Last Dragon Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - More Fighters Kiriko - Overwatch 2 Animated Short Komi Can’t Communicate Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song Chainsaw Man My Little Pony: The Movie Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Demon Slayer Lilo and Stitch Turning Red Appleseed Helluva Boss Big Hero 6 Wishing Dead - Rainimator KonoSuba Fire Force Nikki and the God of Dreams | A New Nikki Story JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Genshin Impact

Eaea | The Prince of Egypt The Hunchback of Notre Dame La Reine Soleil Zarafa

Soarele și Luna | Centaurworld Primal (2019) Corpse Bride Mune: Guardian of the Moon Wakfu Kirikou and the Sorceress The Dragon Prince The Princess and the frog The Prince of Egypt Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Sahara

Solo | Blueangelj Rosario + Vampire K-On! Sk8 the Infinity Golden Time My Little Monster Uta no Prince-Sama Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Bungo Stray Dogs Sasaki and Miyano Clannad Given the Movie Given: Uragawa no Sonzai

Watergun | MovieEdyt Ferdinand Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole How to Train Your Dragon 2 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Raya and the Last Dragon The Lion King Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Ice Age Luca White Fang (2018) Disney’s Dinosaur

Carpe Diem | btloov Bambi The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride The Fox and the Hound Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Oliver & Company The Aristocats The Lion King Bambi II

Duje | Encanto The Lion King Bambi 2 The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Ai Coração | Gepardzia Animash 101 Dalmatians My Little Pony: The Movie Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Bolt Isle of Dogs Tarzan Zootopia The Lion King Scarborough Fair Don't Starve Together: Disconnected [WX-78 Animated Short] How to Train Your Dragon 2 Beauty and the Beast My Little Pony: A New Generation The Boxtrolls The Road to El Dorado Puss in Boots

Samo mi se spava | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse How to Train Your Dragon 2 How to Train Your Dragon Trollhunters Wizards (Tales of Arcadia) Atlantis: The Lost Empire Rise of the Guardians Mune: Guardian of the Moon Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

Blood & Glitter | Persona 5 Launch Trailer Seraph of the End No. 6 Persona 5: The Animation

Echo | Star Wars: Visions (Screecher's Reach, The Spy Dancer, The Village Bride, Lop & Ochō) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Wolfwalkers Amphibia Assassination Classroom The Owl House Infinity Train Monkie Kid Arcane Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Kaguya-sama: Love Is War—The First Kiss That Never Ends Nimona Tear Along the Dotted Line Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio Centaurworld Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Breaking My Heart | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Miraculous Ladybug Roadside Romeo Arcane Laputa: Castle in the Sky Princess Mononoke Kiki’s Delivery Service The Wind Rises She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Helluva Boss The Bad Guys Beastars Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Naruto Wolfwalkers Violet Evergarden

What They Say | Ranking of Kings Spirited Away The Ancient Magus’ Bride The Legend of Korra To Your Eternity Mushishi A Silent Voice Hotarubi no Mori e Hunter x Hunter Heaven Official’s Blessing Banana Fish Violet Evergarden Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Bungo Stray Dogs

Like An Animal | Toy Story Cars Bolt Zambezia Turbo

We Are One | Zootopia Tangled Rio Brother Bear The Aristocats Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Oliver & Company Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The Lion King The Fox and the Hound Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked An Extremely Goofy Movie Aladdin Beauty and the beast Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Tell Me More | The Cat Returns From Up On Poppy Hill Kiki’s Delivery Service Howl’s Moving Castle Spirited Away The Secret World of Arrietty When Marnie Was There Whisper of the Heart My Neighbor Totoro Ocean Waves The Wind Rises Tales from Earthsea Princess Mononoke Ponyo Porco Rosso Laputa: Castle in the Sky Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

[spn-mediabigbang]

The Heart of a Legend || Mature || 20,200 words

Author: sitruunavohveli (Tossukka)

Artist: hawkland (sidewinder)

Summary:

In academic circles Dean is known as just another Winchester consumed by the idea of the legend of Atlantis. After losing both of his parents and his academic reputation to the obsession, Dean is ready to give up, when one night he and his brother are invited to meet an old friend, Bobby. Bobby gives Dean an old journal with instructions on how to find the lost continent and tells them about an expedition arranged to look for Atlantis and an ancient, long-lost source of energy contained there.

Dean and Sam agree to join the adventure. The journey ahead is long and dangerous, and no one can predict what they will find at their destination or if they ever even manage to get there alive.

Source Material: Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Link to fic || Link to art

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Castiel, background Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, minor character deaths, non-graphic violence, people going missing, a civilization nearly gets destroyed, corporate greed

Tags: Alternate Universe - Atlantis: The Lost Empire Fusion, Alternate Universe - Disney Fusion, Academic Dean Winchester, Action/Adventure, Strangers to Friends to Lovers

[fallen-down-slowed-down]

(warning: 90+ f/o’s)

❤️‍🩹books

found families ⊹₊ ⋆

The Weasley’s – Harry Potter saga ( books + films )

parents/guardians/caretakers ⊹₊ ⋆

/

siblings ⊹₊ ⋆

/

children ⊹₊ ⋆

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other ⊹₊ ⋆

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❤️‍🩹films/series/tv shows

found families ⊹₊ ⋆

The 6 heroes – Big Hero 6

The hotel family – Hotel Transylvania

The Madrigal’s – Encanto

Teen Titans – Teen Titans

The Teenagers + Star – Wish

The Watterson’s – The Amazing World of Gumball

parents/guardians/caretakers ⊹₊ ⋆

Athena + Triton – Disney’s The Little Mermaid trilogy ; parents

CASE + TARS – Interstellar ; caretakers

Cass – Big Hero 6 ; caretaker / motherly figure

Clay Calloway – Sing 2 ; dad

Crobar – Pil ; caretaker

Dr. Delbert Doppler – Treasure Planet ; caretaker

Eli La Bouff – Disney’s The Princess and the Frog ; dad

James Wilson – House, M. D. ; dad

John Silver – Treasure Planet ; fatherly figure

King Frederic + Queen Anna – Disney’s Tangled ; parental figures

Kirsten Stevens – Set It Up ; adoptive mum

Klaus – Klaus ; dad

Klaus Kickenklober – Sing 2 ; caretaker

Linda + Rick Mitchell – The Mitchells vs the Machines ; parents

magic carpet – Aladdin ( films ) ; guardian

Merlin – The Sword in the Stone – mentor / caretaker

Phil – Disney’s Hercules ; guardian / mentor

Queen Amaya – Wish ; mum

Rafiki – The Lion King trilogy ; guardian

Sarah Hawkins – Treasure Planet ; caretaker / motherly figure

Sebastian – Disney’s The Little Mermaid trilogy ; caretaker

siblings ⊹₊ ⋆

Aaron + Katie Mitchell – The Mitchells vs the Machines ; siblings

Adella + Alana + Andrina + Aquata + Ariel + Arista + Attina – Disney’s The Little Mermaid trilogy ; sisters

Bobo + Cooky + Ralphy + Speedy + Sunny – 7 Zwerge trilogy ; brotherly figures

Charlotte La Bouff – Disney’s The Princess and the Frog ; twin sister

Johnny – Sing duology ; brotherly figure

Maleficent – Maleficent duology ; sisterly figure

Prince Average – Red Shoes and the 7 Dwarfs ; twin brother

children ⊹₊ ⋆

Márgu – Klaus ; daughter figure

Miguel Rivera – Coco ; son figure

Nimona – Nimona ; child figure

Pectine – Astérix: le Secrete de la Potion Magique ; child figure / protégé

Pil – Pil ; daughter figure / protégé

other ⊹₊ ⋆

Archibald + Daisy Suchot – Arthur and the Invisibles ; grandparents

Arthur Montgomery – Arthur and the Invisibles ; cousin

Gregory House – House, M. D. ; uncle figure

Melody – The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea ; niece

Preston B. Whitmore – Atlantis: the Lost Empire ; granddad

❤️‍🩹videogames

found families ⊹₊ ⋆

The Subway Surfers – Subway Surfers

parents/guardians/caretakers ⊹₊ ⋆

Aisha + Salim Alnazar – The Arcana ; parental figures

Constantine – Alchemy Stars ; guardian / caretaker / fatherly figure

Death – The Arcana ; guardian

Glamrock Freddy – Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach ; guardian / caretaker

Soroz – Alchemy Stars ; guardian

siblings ⊹₊ ⋆

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children ⊹₊ ⋆

Areia – Alchemy Stars ; protégé

Clover – Alchemy Stars ; daughter figure

Dove – Alchemy Stars ; child figure

Enlightener – Alchemy Stars ; daughter figure

Pasolo – Alchemy Stars ; daughter figure / protégé

Wendy – Alchemy Stars ; daughter figure

other

Shadow – Speedy Ninja ; brother-in-law

❤️‍🩹other type of source

found families ⊹₊ ⋆

Hundred Acre Wood inhabitants – Winnie the Pooh universe

Miss Bustier’s class – Miraculous universe

parents/guardians/caretakers ⊹₊ ⋆

Bill Woodward – Hatchetfield universe ; dad

Caline Bustier – Miraculous universe ; adoptive mum

Carmilla Carmine – Hellaverse ; motherly figure

Duke Keane – Hatchetfield universe ; adoptive dad

Mr. Chu – One Small Step ; adoptive dad

Panoramix – Astérix universe ; mentor

Sabine Cheng – Miraculous universe ; motherly figure

siblings ⊹₊ ⋆

Adam + Benjamin + Caleb + Daniel + Ephraim + Frank + Gideon Pontipee – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ( musical ) ; brothers

Luna Chu – One Small Step ; foster sister

children ⊹₊ ⋆

Mike + Roger – OCs ; children figures

Octavia – Hellaverse ; daughter figure

other ⊹₊ ⋆

Tony Green – Hatchetfield universe ; father-in-law

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Nancy: Where's Charlotte?

Honeymaren: *remembers that Charlotte got her head stuck in a tuba after Nancy told her to not touch it, and that she's supposed to cover for Nakoma and Namaari as they work together to get Charlotte's head out of the tuba while Audrey comes back with the tools to help*

Honeymaren: Who's Charlotte?

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Long post warning, because I should use them more often:

I've been kinda buried, typical of me when it comes to the seemingly-biweekly hyperfixation, in the early 2000s Disney animated movies. Namely the pre-CHICKEN LITTLE movie, prior to the studio's switch to a future in CG movies. (With the encore of pair of PRINCESS AND THE FROG and the 2011 WINNIE THE POOH along the way.)

And I noticed, a lot of them, including a few non-Disney animated films from the period, have an almost deliberate "old-fashioned" bent to them. Now, Disney was never a stranger to period pieces when it came to animated features. Outside of the fairy tale and fantasy films set in dream-like worlds, places that exist in irrealities inspired by the real world and their respective source materials, you had more than enough films set in actual identifiable real-world places in past time periods.

For example, before going to straight-up dream worlds, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and PETER PAN from the early 1950s are clearly set in England. The former, Victorian-era England, the latter Edwardian. LADY AND THE TRAMP is somewhere in the Midwest, turn of the 20th century. It's in a state where the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ran through, for sure, as you can see a logo for it on a train car in the film. (Sidenote/tangent: The direct-to-video sequel, SCAMP'S ADVENTURE, seems to suggest that the town Lady and Tramp live in is actually in New England... But the B&O Railroad does not run through any New England region state. The furthest to the East it goes is New York state. It's possible that the writers saw Jim Dear nailing a Yale flag to the wall in the original movie, and assumed it was set in Connecticut. And the DTV movies are an EU sort-of situation when it comes to these movies.)

So those are three 1950s examples, you also had THE ARISTOCATS being explicitly set in 1910 Paris, THE FOX AND THE HOUND appears to be set down South right around that time. '90s Disney had plenty, too: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, MULAN, TARZAN, to name a few. HERCULES goes to ancient Greece and mythology, ALADDIN is set in a fictional Arabian city, that one I feel is more on the dream-world level of - say - SNOW WHITE or LITTLE MERMAID, where the setting/time period isn't quite written out. This is why I don't tie myself in knots trying to determine where and when THE LITTLE MERMAID takes place. It's literally an amalgamation of different European and tropical locations, inspired by a story by a Danish author, and it has a Caribbean crab in it.

But no, early 2000s Disney is more specific than not! DINOSAUR is obvious, THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE is set in ancient South America (its Incan Empire setting originally had much more bearing on the story back when it was KINGDOM OF THE SUN, the movie that had gotten thrown out that this replaced), ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE takes place in 1914 - starting in Washington D.C. and then largely being set below the Earth thereafter, LILO & STITCH is present-day Hawaii, BROTHER BEAR is a post-ice age Pacific Northwest, and HOME ON THE RANGE is clearly set in Malaysia in 2177 A.D.

All joking aside, it's almost a string of movies like that... Except TREASURE PLANET, which is set in a fictional galaxy, full of fictional planets, and no sign of Earth, much like the STAR WARS universe. Yet, TREASURE PLANET's cosmic setting is 1800s pirates/high seas aesthetic meets spaceships and high-tech. After all, it *is* Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND, a story dating back to 1881 as a serialized adventure before it was made into a complete novel two years later. Just take out 1800s Europe.

Now, at one point, the 2004 release of HOME ON THE RANGE was going to be followed by a movie called A FEW GOOD GHOSTS, which was once known as MY PEOPLES. This project went through several title changes over time... A 2D/CG hybrid that was a magical Appalachian love story involving ghosts that was to be set in the 1940s. The movie would’ve probably been released in the summer of 2005 if all had gone well, as it was to go full-steam ahead by the time of its cancellation in November 2003. By that point in time, Disney execs had long made up their minds about 2D animation, and because this was to be made by the Florida unit… Well, BROTHER BEAR didn’t meet expectations at the box office out of the gate… No more Florida unit, no GOOD GHOSTS…

What a lot of these movies have in common is that they, as mentioned earlier, are seemingly much more old-school than the animated movies of the '90s *and* their CGI contemporaries.

The majority of these movies were released during the years when a new CGI movie was - 99% of the time - pretty much an audience hit by default (SHARK TALE and CHICKEN LITTLE individually outgrossed LILO & STITCH, for example), and that definitely hurt the perception of hand-drawn 2D animated feature films. It's been written over and over, so much theorizing as to why the majority of these movies failed to connect with audiences the way the newest Pixar or DreamWorks CGI film did... And sometimes, I look at some of this cluster of movies and I can only notice how weirdly out-of-time they are… Either too late to the party, or there well before it's even planned. Like, years in advance.

As such, most of these movies became cult favorites of the few people who did see them back when they first came out or when they debuted on home video. These fans are all in their 20s now, at the highest. Yesterday's flops, today's "what? This movie SLAPS! How did it lose money at the box office?”

The majority of the CGI movies made in the late '90s/early '00s are thoroughly modern in some way or another. If it's not the setting, then it's the attitude. SHREK, for example, is set in a mishmash ye olden dayes fairy tales & nursery rhymes Europe (the first PUSS IN BOOTS movie further confirms this, being explicitly set in Spain), but everything else about it is as late '90s/early '00s as you can get. ICE AGE… Literally in the title, yet the comedy and writing rings more Looney Tunes and modern humor. I was turning 10 when ICE AGE came out, so I was aware of what the sorta-kinda general attitude was circa early 2002. The humor in the movie matched that; it was cool for an adult in their 20s to check out the talking prehistoric animals cartoon and quote it.

Pixar is kind of out of the question, well, this particular early run of Pixar movies. The TOY STORY movies, A BUG'S LIFE, and FINDING NEMO all clearly take place in the present. Timeless present-day settings, where it's modern enough but not too much to date the movie in question. (How 'bout that line in BUG'S LIFE about "the twig of '93"?) MONSTERS, INC. is set in a fantasy world, but that too is modern day, what with the cars and technology and every other detail. Boo doesn't walk in out a 1930s human world, haha.

When it comes to pre-2005/06 Pixar, the one exception in this criteria is THE INCREDIBLES, which is set in a retro-futuristic 1960s whose technological advances are informed by the presence of superheroes in that world. And yet, it's not a movie that feels out of time, old-timey, dated. It uses the '60s influences to enhance, rather than trap the storytelling. It’s also curiously not set in any specific American location - much like TOY STORY 1 & 2, and A BUG’S LIFE. In comic book tradition, it’s set in the fictional Municiberg, which I can only surmise is somewhere on the West Coast. CARS and RATATOUILLE and UP, afterwards, would go back to present-day. WALL-E, the far future. BRAVE, in 2012, would be Pixar's first real period piece, a fantasized medieval fairy tale Scotland. That was their 13th feature…

And yet, there’s an air of nostalgia for a past decade in pretty much the majority of these earlier Pixar films… Which is a deep dive for another day, and others have already looked at that sort of thing. But, a lot of the movies made by the TOY STORY alumni (John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich) in particular are very much rooted in the directors’ late ‘50s/early ‘60s upbringings… But not in a way that renders them "corny". At least, to audiences circa 2002, that is.

The 2000s, in general, were a much different time anyways. And it just wasn't the appropriate era to release a small cluster of old-timey movies. Made in what was seemingly perceived as an old and outdated medium, when 3D environments and characters were WOWING people left and right. I can see why most audiences just didn't take too well to a Jules Verne-style animated adventure that was probably - with its PG rating - too silly for anyone over the age of 10 looking for an action movie. Nor a very classic adventure movie-style space epic. Nor a cartoon Western that literally *looked* like a lost vintage Disney cowboy cartoon a la the 'Pecos Bill' segment of MELODY TIME and EVERY COWBOY NEEDS A HORSE. Nor a familiar wilderness adventure movie that recalled '90s "new age" vibes. If the Appalachian folk musical had come out when intended, I suspect it too would've been rejected for similar reasons.

It's no surprise that LILO & STITCH, set in the modern day and not at all old-fashioned like that, was the lone box office success here and - for a brief while - a major phenomenon once it was on video. THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE is snappy and modern and energetic, but that was impacted by its troubled production and the studio just dumping it. Its ludicrous legs at the box office and later video sales would prove that, people actually really liked that movie. The few people who saw it, that is. If it had been backed with a better campaign, that would've probably been Disney Feature's biggest movie since THE LION KING.

But it's those four movies... ATLANTIS, TREASURE PLANET, BROTHER BEAR, and HOME ON THE RANGE, that form this unique grab-bag. One that also includes DreamWorks' fairly edgy 2D-animated period adventures released around them, THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, and SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS. All of those lost money, too.

And they told these stories in ways that were incongruous with the times, when audiences wanted farting ogres and silly sloths and wacky Ellen DeGeneres fish. Maybe they all would've done better as thoroughly-CGI movies, maybe not… But it's a weird vibe across the films that I’ve noticed over the years. Quaint, in a way. Maybe it was “cringe” or whatever in the moody and edgy early 2000s, but today - with so much time having passed and the world ever-changing - it’s all rather charming.

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Timeline Settings Disney Animated Canon Fantasia: Rite Of Spring 65,000 BCE Brother Bear 10,000 Bc Atlantis The Lost Empire 7000 BC Fantasia 2000: Pomp And Circumstance 1800 BCE Firebird Suite 1590 BCE Fantasia: The Pastoral Symphony) 1277 BCE Hercules 1179 Bce The Lion King 1178 Bce Moana 984 Bce Maui Gone Fishing  short 984 Bce Ye Olden Days short 800 A.D. The Sword In The Stone 400s The Sword In The Stone 400s The Black Cauldron Dark Ages 570 Fantasia The Sources Apprentice 740 Aladdin 800s Fantasia Night On Bald Moutian 1025 Robin Hood 1194 Sleeping Beauty 1300s The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 1482 The Emperor's New Groove -1500 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Early 1500s Pocahontas 1607 Fun And Fancy Free: Mickey And The Beanstal 1734 Beauty & The Beast 1770s The Adventures Of Ichabod 1790 Melody Time: The Legend Of Johnny Appleseed 1795 Tangled 1820 50th Anniversary Animation Countdown short 1820 Frozen 1820 Tangled Ever After short 1841 Melody Time: Pecos Bill 1858 Alice In Wonderland 1862 Fantasia 2000 The Steadfast Tin Soldier 1865 Cinderella Mid 1860s Home On The Range Mid 1875s Fantasia Dance Of The Hours 1876 Tarzan Mid 1882 Disneypedia Living In The Jungle short 1882 Pinocchio 1883 Make Mine Music: The Martins And The Coys 1885 Make Mine Music: The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met 1886 Make Mine Music Casey At The Bat 1888 Make Mine Music Johny Fedora And Alice Bluebonnet 1889 Melody Time Once Upon A Wintertime 1890 The Little Mermaid Mid 1890s Fantasia Nutcraker 1892 The Jungle Book 1893 Basil The Great Mouse Detective 1897 So You Think You Can Sleuth short 1897 Peter Pan 1900 Mr Toad 1906 Lady & The Tramp 1908 The Aristocats 1910 Atlantis The Lost Empire 1914 Fantasia 2000 Pines Of Rome 1924 The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh 1926 Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore Short 1926 Mini Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh Short 1926 Winnie The Pooh 1926 The Ballad Of Nessie Short 1926 Get A Horse Short  1928   Fantasia 200 RHAPSODY BLUE 1932 The Flying Mouse short 1934 "The Band Concert short 1935 " Make Mine Music Peter And The Wolf 1936 Make Mine Music Blue Bayou 1936 "Elmer Elephant short 1936 " Thru the Mirror short 1936 Three Blind Mouseketeers short 1936 The Old Mill short 1937 Farmyard Symphony short 1938 The Brave Little Tailor short 1938 Paperman Short  1940 "Lend a Paw Short 1941 " Dumbo 1941 Fun And Fancy Free Bongo 1941 The Reluctant Dragon short 1941 Saludos Amigos 1942 South Of The Border With Disney short 1942 Bambi 1942 Symphony Hour short 1942 The Three Caballeros 1944 Make Mine Music All The Cats Join In 1946 "A Knight for a Day short 1946 " Bath Day short 1946 Melody Time Little Toot 1948 "Pueblo Pluto short 1949 " "Puss Cafe short 1950 " "Lambert the Sheepish Lion short 1951 " Donald Applecore short 1952 Water Birds short 1952 "Trick or Treat short 1952 " Don's Fountain of Youth short 1953 Casey Bats Again short 1954 Grand Canyon short 1958 101 Dalmatians 1961 Rescuers 1-2 1970s inner workings short 1980s The Fox & The Hound 1981 Oliver & Company 1988 Fantasia 2000: The Carnival Of The Animals 1999 Lilo & Stitch 2002 Chicken Little 2002 Easter Egg Runt On The Litter short 2002 Easter Egg Foxy Loxy Short 2002 Meet The Robinsons 2007 Keep Moving Forward Invention short  2007 Bolt 2008 Super Rhino short 2008 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Big Hero 6 2014 Feast short 2014 Tokyo Go short 2014 Zootopia 2016 Wreck-It Ralph 2 2018 Meet The Robinsons 2037 Treasure Planet 10000000000000000000...