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Wednesday we're back and guess what?
It's top ten week, baby. And if it's top ten week, you
know I'm stressed. I don't know why you get so
nervous. Everything's fine.
These are always so well received.
Everyone's so polite after. I mean, we usually hear from a
couple people and they're and they're like how dare you?
Or this is my list instead which we always want to hear your
list. We absolutely do.
So friends, settle in, grab your pitchforks, grab your torches
and let's just enjoy a nice tame top ten week.
I was going to say, yeah, I feel like this one's not as bad as
we've had in the past. Yeah, I think it is.
It's better. It's more like, hey, here's 10
things we observed, and you probably have noticed them too.
Yeah, so it is Top 10 Disney plot twists.
Yeah, and. I I think we agreed upon
sticking to animated. Movies we did, Yeah, we kept it
to animated movies this time. So sorry.
I'll use Star Wars nerds, No Darth Vader revealed this week,
but I think that would make a pretty cool top ten list for the
future. Is like live action movie.
Oh. I know, I know, 'cause like even
some of the Marvel ones are. Really good.
Well, and does everyone know what a plot twist is?
I mean, I would like to think so, but maybe not.
Yeah, I. Mean you know those moments in
the movies where you're like what your.
Face right now. Well, they didn't even see it
coming. Oh my God.
OK, anyway. I'm in prime form.
I'm aware. Of this with that let's get into
it we're talking animated Disney movies and those surprise
moments those shock and awe factor just whenever you were
like whoa I can't believe that just happened moments.
Well, and quickly reviewing my list, like I have a lot of Pixar
on here. Really.
Yeah. I mean I have a few Pixar but
not a ton. No, I don't know.
Maybe I was still on our last our last top ten list, which was
Pixar. Movies, that is.
True, I was still stuck on that. I don't know.
But maybe you were. And that's a shameless plug,
friends, to go back and listen to our top ten favorite Pixar
movies. OK, anyway.
It was a great episode. I'm sure you have an honorable
mention. I do, actually.
OK, so my honorable mention for this list is actually one of the
oldies. My honorable mention is that
Alice in Wonderland was all just a dream.
Oh, interesting. Yeah, yeah.
'Cause after that whole thing she just wakes up in the end.
Yeah. Which I have a couple thoughts
number one kid you need some other hobbies like that was a
wild dream. But 2.
I actually read that when they wrote the story that Alice was
supposed to stay in Wonderland and Disney actually wanted to
change it and have her go back to her reality.
So. Interesting.
I don't know. That, Yep, fun fact, could be
true. Could be true.
I didn't just make it up, but again, that was a wild dream and
I'm like, after all of that, it was just a dream.
Just a dream. Yeah, yeah, just like Nelly
said. Oh.
My God. OK, I have an honorable mention.
What's that? And the reason it's an honorable
mention is because it was really hard for me to put in the top
ten list because I'm not a huge fan of this movie.
OK. So the my honorable mention is
that King Candy is Turbo. That's only your honorable
mention I. Don't like Wreck It Ralph like
it's just not a movie I can really get.
Find SO. I don't know, It was hard for me
to put it on the list because I just don't really have that
connection to it. But it was definitely like a
your face. What?
Yeah, Yeah. So.
My face is doing that now. I know, I know.
Didn't. Even make your top. 10 I'm
sorry. It just all right.
Just 'cause I'm, I don't like it.
Cool. Well, on that note, let's go.
Here we go. What's your #10?
My number 10 is that this is in Hercules that Meg sacrifices
herself for Hercules. Whoa, my #10 involved Meg in
Hercules, but my plot twist was that she was actually working
for Hades. Oh yeah, that's true.
I mean, she was the whole time until she fell in love with
Hercules. Yeah, of course, then she did
sacrifice herself. But yeah, Megara naughty girl
because. I mean, like the whole movie she
just goes and she's just wants to be free and then all of a
sudden she's like, Nope, I love Hercules so I'm going to
sacrifice myself so he can go save the world.
That's kind of dark. No, it is.
All right, well anyway, I mean, she lives in the end plot.
Plot twist, she doesn't stay dead.
Hercules goes down and scoops her up from the shifting spirits
or the River Styx or something. I don't know what What?
He saves her, Yeah. From the Titans.
Sure, he saves her in the end, Yeah.
No, she's fine. She's fine people.
Oh, you're the Underworld with Hades?
Yeah, Yeah. OK, I know you're still the
underwear. Oh my.
God, we start this. Over.
No, no, we're, we're into it now, are we #9 number. 9 my #9
is that Stinky Pete is actually the villain and not Owl in Toy
Story 2. You really are stinky Pete,
aren't you? Wow.
See. OK, that's your number 9.
Yeah, that was a. Shocker for me.
Yeah, but all of these are kind of shockers.
Wow, I just thought it would be higher than that, that's all.
I'm sorry. No, it's OK.
This is your list. I support you.
Yeah, I mean, you just go through the movie and you think
like Al is the villain and then all of a sudden.
He still kind of is. Well, a little bit, but then
it's like Stinky Pete, you're out of your box.
That was the thing I was most shocked about.
I'm like dude, you just devalued yourself.
Right, but Al doesn't. Does Al know of?
Course, Al doesn't know. He's covered in Cheeto dust, on
the couch, in a coma. That's true.
OK, well my number 9 is actually from a Pixar movie.
It's from Brave that Mordu was actually a Prince consumed by
greed. Yeah.
I mean, we all knew that he was like this bad bear.
Turns out he was a naughty Prince.
Yeah, I thought about that one, but I was like, I don't know if
that was, I mean, it is a plot twist, but it is.
A plot twist, I think we all just got desensitized to it
because of Prince Adam and the whole beast phase of his life.
My gosh. But no.
Like the more do one. I thought that was deep.
Yeah. No, it's yeah.
Not Bear. He got roughed up.
I mean, I know he was like the bad guy, but I mean, roughed up,
you know, he had all sorts of scars.
He'd been shot like 18 times in the shoulder or something.
I don't know, it's crazy. The guy went through it OK.
I would be a little upset as well.
This. Is where we're at.
It is #8. #8 My number 8 is from Big Hero 6.
Oh nice. And it is that Callahan is
yokai. And he's from. #8 he's not dead.
That's that was a shocking twist.
It was, yeah. Only number.
Eight. I'm sorry.
I mean it's OK, I support you in your list.
Do you? I do.
I'm guessing it's much higher on your list.
It is up there, that is for sure.
OK. Well my number 8 was from
Incredibles 2O the Evelyn was behind everything the whole time
as the screenslaver. I know, I thought about that one
too, but again, not a huge Incredibles person.
Sure. Oh OK, that's fine.
But I thought that the bad guy could be her brother Joe Smiley,
I think. Everybody thought that for a.
Minute, I know we've been duped. We were bamboozled.
Bamboozled. Yep, and any time that there is
a bamboozling that warrants a spot on my top ten list.
So Evelyn again, Naughty girl. Naughty girl.
Anyway. She was not a nice lady.
She tried to kill the supers. Yeah.
Well I mean she tried to enslave the supers but anyway I digress
#7. #7 my #7 is once again Pixar that Ernesto de la Cruz
murdered. Hector, your face.
I'm not happy, right? That's your #7.
Yes, but I kind of have like a Part 2 to that.
But the guy killed the Hector, Yeah, We never knew how he died.
No, we didn't. That was sinister.
Yeah. That's only your number seven.
Yeah. Oh my goodness.
I'm being judged. Hardcore.
You're not. I'm just This is a plot twist in
an episode of plot twists. I did not see this coming.
Oh, there. You go.
Well, my number seven you already started talking about,
and that was the Stinky Pete was the villain stopping Woody from
getting back to Andy. Oh yeah.
And again, like, Andy goes through Andy, excuse me, Woody
goes through a pretty crazy character arc in that movie
because like, again, he's Andy's toy.
And then he's like, oh, well, Andy forgot about me and I got
sold to Big Owl. But then he's like, you know
what? I'm A Celebrity.
I could get used to this. Yeah.
And then all the toys are like, no, Woody, come back home.
Remember, look on the bottom of your boot.
He's like, actually old man Jerry the chess player painted
over it. Don't worry, The paint rubs off.
And then he's like, no, you're right.
I want to go back to Andy. But then he's like, guess what,
Jesse, you can come too. And now we don't have to listen
to your depressing song anymore. But then Stinky Pete's, like,
surprise, I'm out of my box. And I locked the grate.
That wasn't great. It was a crazy twist.
So I have a new episode idea what I think.
Like I give you a timer maybe like 30 seconds to a minute and
you have to quick give a synopsis of like different
movies. I'll do it.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
No, I think that would actually be hilarious because that was
quite enjoyable. Well, Stinky Pete, I didn't see
it coming. No.
Again, Mr. Oh, I've never been out of my box liar.
Liar. You've been up to no good this
whole time, old prospector. Should we move on?
Probably. Number six.
Number six, My number six is that Lightning McQueen gives up
the Piston Cup. Oh at the end to to help the
dynaco dude. He was right there.
But then the Hudson Hornet
taught him a lesson that it's just an empty cup.
Gotta finish the race. He gives up the Piston Cup.
I mean, there's a lot of deep life lessons in that movie.
Yeah, I love cars. Yeah.
Well, and then like the blue car Dynaco dude's wife's like,
thanks Lightning, you're a good guy, you know.
And then he gives it all up to stay with Rusty's.
Rusty's. Goes on to have a great career,
wins multiple Piston Cups. Yeah.
But man, no, that was probably Chick Hicks's only win.
Yeah, probably. And everyone hated him for it.
That's true. I mean, yeah, it's sad anyway.
What? Is your number six?
My number six is that Taka is actually Tafiti in Moana.
Yeah, the so, OK, big spoiler. I I did not see that coming.
But honestly, I'm like, why would we see it coming?
Yeah. Why did she turn out to be so
angry? I get it.
Milani stole. Or Moana.
Not Moana. What's his name?
Maui. Maui.
He stole her heart stone. Yeah.
And then, you know, she got mad, but like, she just went super
emo. Super emo I.
Mean she's like this lovable, blossoming Garden of Eden Island
in the Pacific, and then she's like, no, I am the volcano
queen. OK, so we've got to do this as
an episode. She's saying it was reenact.
The reason it wasn't higher is because I was like, well of
course I didn't even see that coming because like, who would
have thought that the island goddess would turn out to be the
Demon Volcano queen of Hell? No one saw that coming.
I don't know, it just wasn't even on my radar.
What? Hey, top five.
For those of you who are still listening, TOP. 5.
If anyone's left, right. #5. Yeah.
I feel like this one's going to make you sad.
Why? Because it's Pixar once again.
OK plot twist is that Bing Bong sacrifices himself to save.
Right. Come on.
Too soon, too soon. Because he's like, let's just
try one more time. And you don't, you don't think
about it. You don't know that that's what
he's going to do. Stop.
I'm. Sorry.
Take her to the moon for me, yeah.
No, it's a plot twist. It's a plot.
Twist. It was a heartbreaking moment.
Well, yes, that I agree with too.
And justice for Bing Bong. I'm going to make his shirt just
has Bing Bong's face on it that just says never forget justice.
That would actually be really cute.
Thank you. I'm actually very creative when
I'm emotionally damaged. So my gosh, what?
Well, my number 5 is King Candy, who didn't even make your top
ten. That's true.
That was a wild plot twist. No one thought that that idiot
was going to be Turbo the Speed Racing Demon.
Yeah, no, it's it's true. I just don't really like Rick.
You're off. I mean, the stakes could never
be higher. He was literally glitching into
other games to take over them all.
I'm, I don't know, you know, when I say it like that, it
doesn't really sound that compelling.
I'm not. Going to lie, but yeah, King
Candy, no one saw that coming. It's honestly, I think King
Candy turning into Turbo is kind of the equivalent of poor
Professor Quirrell having Voldemort in the back of his
head. No one saw that coming.
That guy's an idiot. Maybe that's the perfect recipe
for making a great villain reveal.
It's just have an idiot character.
What it Hey, we made it through 100 episodes before we taped for
this. We're yeah, we're not going to
make this like 105. Yeah, jokes on all you guys who
are like, oh, and here's to 100 more.
Nope. And then on 101 they lost it
all. Moving on #4 number. 4 So I
mentioned earlier that I kind of had a Part 2 to Coco it.
Didn't even make your top three. So no.
You love Coco? I do.
OK, what? What is the plot twist?
That Miguel finds out that Hector is his great, great
grandfather, because I think finding out that Ernesto is a
murderer and finding out that you're related to somebody or
two different plot twists. I mean, yeah, I suppose that
could be true. So in my mind I separated them.
OK, I mean, that was a surprise, to be sure.
Surprise. Hector, you are in fact, the
great, great grandfather. Yeah.
What? Oh, my gosh.
Yeah, that was a shocker. OK, my number 4 is from Frozen.
Surprise. I'm the bad guy.
Yeah, Prince Hans turns out to be kind of a crappy guy.
Yeah, it's true. No wonder he was brother #12.
Yeah. Yeah, really not great.
And he left Anna there to freeze to death.
Yeah. Even open the window just to
help things along. Didn't put out the fire though.
Yeah, I. Don't.
That was weird. Well, no, because Olaf restarts,
the fire doesn't. He Oh, that's right, yeah.
Olaf restarts the fire because remember, he's like, but don't
play with fire. Don't touch the fire.
Some people are worth melting. Another tragedy.
But yeah, Prince Hans, you suck Hans.
But again, a great reveal. No one saw that coming.
No, Nope. And poor Anna, even when she's
unfrozen, her heart turned to ice over jaded love.
Anyway, it's OK friends, she finds love in the end.
She does not Elsa though. She just wants to be free and
ride the wild ice pony. I'm not sure how anyone is still
listening to this episode. Well, we are nothing if not
consistent in our shenanigans. Top three.
This is the podium, people. We're handing out medals.
Yeah. Top three plot twists in Disney.
What's your #3? My #3 once again is this is.
It another from Coco. No, I think we've run out of all
of. Them.
No, this is my last Pixar. So it could be Coco.
It's not Coco. Is it that Mama Coco actually
wakes up? Because I thought she was dead
for quite some time in that movie.
Gosh, will you please stop? Yeah, it's the little green men.
Or the aliens are the heroes in Toy Story 3.
Did you think that the toys were really going to get incinerated
in the end? Everyone's crying in the movie
theater and you're like, heartbroken.
And you're like, how is this movie going to end?
Like, does this end right here? And even if, OK, even if you
think that they do get rescued, you honestly think it was going
to be the little green men to do it?
No, I did not see the aliens doing it.
That is to be fair. I will say though, while I was
consumed in grief and tears falling down my face, watching
like Slinky reach over and grab Woody's hand, right, I'm like,
there's no way that they're going to kill off Woody Buzz in
the gang because like, there's children in the theater.
No, I. Agree, but the plot twist for me
was that it was the aliens who were the heroes.
Like the little aliens you're telling me.
Daddy. Exactly.
You You thought they were going to save the day.
I did not see that coming, touché.
He went in this round. No, that was good.
That was good. And again, it was the claw in
the end. Yeah.
OK. That was nice.
That was good. Top three worthy for sure.
OK. What is your #3?
My number 3 is that that innocent little sheep lady, the
assistant mayor Don Bellwether, was actually the mastermind
behind drugging all the predators in Zootopia.
Oh, I forgot about. That yeah, again, naughty girl.
Yeah, I have. Bad sheep, yeah.
I forgot about that. One I know.
See again, it's the ones you don't suspect.
Yeah. Yeah, actually, I mean, that's
that's pretty bad. No, it is.
No. I feel like that one should have
made my list. Yeah, I did not.
Oh, I got you #3 for me he did. Yeah.
She was a bad girl. Oh my God, I've been waiting all
episode for that. Can we move on?
Sure we can #2. #2 my number 2 is that Eugene or Flynn Rider
cuts Rapunzel's hair. Whoa.
Right. Like you think that just coming
in for like one last saving and then all of a sudden Eugene is
like Nope and cuts off her hair knowing that he's gonna die in
the end. To be free, kind of.
Wow. Kind of like Hercules and Mag,
yeah. He's like, I'm going to cut your
hair, but I'm going to sacrifice myself.
I feel like Flynn Rider did it better.
Sorry everyone, all you Megara fans out there.
I feel like Flynn Rider did it better.
Oh yeah, well that's why it's my #2.
Yeah. Wow, that yeah.
Yeah, 'cause like Rapunzel, she's known for her hair.
You don't think that she's going to have her hair cut off?
You don't think that she would have magic tears either?
That's true. Yeah, do.
You ever think if she like sneezed on something that it
would magically heal? What I don't know, is it limited
to only her tears? I.
Don't know, maybe we'll find out Entangled 2.
Sure. My #2 you've already mentioned
and that is that Callahan did not die in the fire and is
actually Yokai. Wow.
I thought that was a brilliant plot twist.
It was, I just didn't expect it to be like that high on your
list. We thought he was dead.
Maybe I took my feelings into account when I made this list.
Like I didn't really think logically.
Well, no, like you really thought that Callahan had died
like heroes mentor with his brother?
I agree, yeah. And then he's like, no.
And not only did I not die, I want your microbots for myself.
I'm the bad guy. I know.
And he's like, but Mr. Callahan, you were my favorite teacher.
And he's like, school's out for summer.
Yeah, it was bad news. Like, Callahan took a pretty
nasty fall. And even with the excuse of
like, well, I want to save my daughter who's lost in the void
of nothingness and space, like, well, why wouldn't you just tell
us that? Because we all go to, like, the
Xavier School for Masterminds. We could have helped you with
that. But he's like, no, I'll do it
myself and I'll take you all down in the process.
Are you done? Yeah.
That only leaves number one. Number one, this is the top
Disney plot twist for you. Yeah.
What could it be? My number one, Yeah, you
mentioned it already, did I? You did.
Is that Stinky Pete again? What?
No, mine is Prince Hans. Oh yeah.
Oh, Anna, if only there was someone out there who loved.
You. Oh gosh, that was cold.
The famous line. Yeah.
Like nobody saw that coming. No, I don't think so.
That actually. Yeah, that was pretty good.
Maybe at #4 it was a little too low, but yeah, that is
definitely a top three worthy moment.
Wow. Yeah, that's my number one.
When we first decided on this list, that was the first one
that I thought of. And then when I put my list
together, I was like, absolutely, that's.
Number one, Yeah. Well, my number one was Ernesto
de la Cruz because, again, like, he looks like a really cool guy.
Miguel's idolizing him. And I mean, you don't really
think a whole lot of it. But then after the movie goes
along, you're like, maybe not everything is as lively as it
seems in the Land of the dead. And then you're like, OK, well,
turns out that maybe Ernesto is kind of a creeper, or maybe he
stole Hector's work. No, he didn't just steal it.
He poisoned him, He killed him, which was very, very dark.
And then I also, for the record, tacked on that Hector turns out
to be Miguel's great, great grandfather, but it's OK.
He makes it to the Ofrenda. He does.
I also thought it was kind of surprising that he was actually
Mama Coco's dad. I mean, Mama Coco's old.
I don't think we realize that like.
Yeah, like great, great grandfather.
Yeah. Yeah, Mama Coco.
Mama Coco there she sat in her wheelchair the whole time.
She she knew the secret to it all.
If she would have just told Miguel would have been a lot
shorter movie. That's true.
So how did we do, gang? If anyone is still left
listening, kudos to you. Right.
Hopefully we come back for episode 102.
But what do you think? What were your plot twist?
Was there anything that we missed?
Yeah. Yeah, let us know.
Let us know. Tell us about it, and thank you
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