Charlie Chaplin Referenced in Meet the Robinsons

Charlie Chaplin was a silent film artist whose movies were both humorous and emotional. They often feature the character of The Tramp, an underdog who wears clothes fancy clothes that don't befit his lowly social station. One of Chaplin's most famous films is The Gold Rush, which details the Tramp's adventures during the Klondike Gold Rush. At one point, the character dreams that he is entertaining a group of girls. When they ask him to give a speech, he sticks two oceana rolls on forks and does what he calls the Oceana Roll Dance.

In Meet the Robinsons, when Lewis and the family are eating dinner at the table, Grandpa Bud does this dance with meatballs as the family is talking. (You can see him grabbing the meatballs in various shots as everyone talks about Lewis.) (Ignore the ad at the beginning of the clip.)

How They Did Katniss's Braid

I was surfing around YouTube when I found this tutorial on Katniss's hair. It includes a brief interview with Linda Flowers, the head hairstylist for the film (who also looks slightly like Edna Mode from The Incredibles). The YouTube tutorial is made by a woman named Mindy, who throws in some trivia she learned from Ms. Flowers as she duplicates the hairstyle. Apparently the look is slightly more than a Dutch braid. Anyways, I thought the trivia within the video was interesting.

King Neptune: Inspiration for The Little Mermaid?

The Silly Symphonies were a series of short films made by Walt Disney from 1929 to 1939 as a companion to the Mickey Mouse series. Unlike Mickey Mouse, though, this series would have no main character and eventually be made in color. There were seventy-five in all. "King Neptune" is the thirtieth. A humorous, albeit slightly inappropriate film, it is the story of a mermaid who is abducted by pirates and whose ocean friends save the day. Eventually, it is King Neptune who destroys the pirate ship. Some of the elements of this short film are very similar to the ones in The Little Mermaid, which was made fifty-seven years later.

First, you've got singing mermaids coming out of a clamshell. There's a redhead who's different from all of the others. At the end, the giant King Neptune using his trident to create a whirlpool to sink the ship is eerily familiar. So what do you think, was "King Neptune" inspiration for scenes in The Little Mermaid?

Introduction

Welcome to my movie blog! For the longest time, I've been wanting to share my film knowledge, especially on Disney movies. I have also wanted to learn more and explore. I finally created a blog in order to do all of this. I look forward to sharing and hearing from you!