Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio is a 2023 live-action/animated fantasy comedy crossover short produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and written and directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy. It debuted on June 11, 2023 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and had its first public showing on ABC on October 15, 2023. Once Upon a Studio features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo in honor of The Walt Disney Company's centennial. Dialogue Mickey Mouse: [after all the animators leave the studio, Mickey comes to life from the cel with him and Minnie] Psst! Tink. Tinker Bell. You there? [Tinker Bell flies to him] Is that it? They all gone? [Tinker Bell nods] Oh boy! [jumps out of the cel, taking Minnie's hand and pulls her with him into the studio] Come on, Minnie. This is it! Minnie Mouse: Let's get the gang! YOO-HOO! Tiana: [hears from her cel] There's the signal! [jumps out of her cel and into the studio] All right, y'all! It's picture time! [other characters start coming out of their respective cels] Pinocchio: That's tonight? Tiana: That's now. Judy Hopps: 100-year group photo! And the sun's going down. C'mon, let's "hop" to it! Nick Wilde: Ooo, a bunny pun. [chuckles] Gotta like that. Olaf: [drawing an animation cel, quietly singing] I'm in the mood, to help ya, dude... Timon: [riding Pumbaa as he walks by the door] Hey, Frosty! Shake a leg, will ya? Olaf: [to the audience] The leg won't make any difference, it's all in the wrist. [Genie suddenly pops out of the cel, knocking Olaf over and causing him to fall to pieces] Genie: Oi! I haven't seen a fall like that since Rome. [uses his magic to repair Olaf] Oh, much better. [Mickey sees Kaa hypnotizing Clarabelle] Mickey Mouse: Kaa? You-you stop that now, Kaa! Rapunzel: [following with her frying pan] Don't worry, Mickey. I got this... [Rapunzel hits Kaa with the frying pan off-camera. Mickey then notices a picture of Walt Disney and steps to it, reverently taking his hat off and looking fondly at the picture for a moment as Feed the Birds plays] Minnie Mouse: [off-screen from a distance] Oh, Mickey! Where are you? We're in the lobby! Mickey Mouse: [to the picture of Walt] Oh, heh, gotta go...but thanks. [puts his hat back on] On with the show. [Mickey rides on Dumbo to the lobby to the doors passing a bunch of characters] Raya: Coast is clear, Mick. Mickey Mouse: Great! [Hops off of Dumbo as they flew outside] Right this way! [Ralph walks into the studio entrance door] Oh! Ralph, you okay? Wreck-It Ralph: Never better, Garfield. [trips over a garbage bin] Scar: I'm surrounded by IDIOTS! [ducks as Mr. Toad rides on the Magic Carpet] Mr. Toad: Tally-ho! Whee! I'll show you the world! Ha-ha-ha! Mickey Mouse: Oh, great. The ladder. [Ichabod Crane ducks his head to avoid the ladder being carried by Goofy and runs away] Trusty: [while walking with Jock] I don't recollect if I've ever mentioned Old Reliable before. He'd say, uh... Flora: Make it pink. [turns the giant Sorcerer Hat on the studio building pink] Merryweather: Ohh, make it blue! [turns the giant Sorcerer Hat back to blue] Mickey Mouse: Okay, everybody. Get together now. [to Oswald] Oh! After you. Emperor Kuzco: No touchy! Rafiki: [laughs and hands the camera to Goofy] It is time. Goofy: [chuckles as he grabs the camera] Thank you. [starts climbing up the ladder while humming, the ladder rocking precariously] Mickey Mouse: Goofy, careful! Goofy: [continues climbing until he reaches to the top, the ladder swaying farther and farther back and forth] All right. Now where's that timer button? Iago: Oh, oh! Three, two, one... Goofy: YAAH-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOEY!!! [Goofy falls off the ladder, the camera smashing to pieces as it hits the ground. Stitch comes over and starts chewing on a piece of it before Lilo pulls him away] Grumpy: Well, that was fun. Eeyore: Maybe we can try again in another hundred years. [Everyone starts walking back into the studio as the group photo is ruined. Suddenly, Alan-a-Dale starts playing "When You Wish Upon a Star" on his lute, then joined by Scat Cat on his trumpet, Mirabel on her accordion, and Hathi Jr. blowing a note with his trunk] Belle: [singing] Anything your heart desires... [The Beast joins Belle] Belle & the Beast: [singing] Will come to you. Hades: [spoken; annoyed] I knew this was gonna happen. Quasimodo: [singing] If your heart is in your dream... Pocahontas: [singing] No request is too extreme. Ariel: [singing] When you wish- [Scuttle squawks off-key to the song for a few notes, before his beak is closed by Baloo] Baloo & Mowgli: [singing] As dreamers do. [the camera has been fixed by Fix-it-Felix Jr and the ladder has been put back up by Hercules, and Goofy, with help from the Fairy Godmother, places the camera on the ladder] Snow White, Mulan, and Asha: [singing] Like a bolt out of the blue. Winnie the Pooh: [singing] Fate steps in... [gets knocked over and landed on by Tigger; chuckles] And sees you through. Jiminy Cricket: [Standing on Mickey's hand, singing] When you wish upon a star All: [singing] Your dreams… come… true! [Tinker Bell comes back as everyone finishes singing and uses her wand to match cut to the taken picture in a frame on the wall.] Cast Burny Mattinson — Himself Renika Williams — Disney intern Voices Scott Adsit — Baymax Stan Alexander — Flower (archival recording) Stephen Anderson — Bowler Hat Guy (archival recording) Tony Anselmo — Donald Duck Awkwafina — Sisu Jason Bateman — Nick Wilde Bill Baucom — Trusty (archival recording) Peter Behn — Thumper (archival recording) Kristen Bell — Anna Jodi Benson — Ariel Robby Benson — Beast Eric Blore — J. Thaddeus Toad (archival recording) Ravi Cabot-Conyers — Antonio Madrigal Charlie Callas — Elliott (archival recording) Griffen Campbell — Pinocchio Pat Carroll — Ursula (archival recording) Auliʻi Cravalho — Moana Jim Cummings — Baloo and Winnie the Pooh Ariana DeBose — Asha Chris Diamantopoulos — Mickey Mouse Bobby Driscoll — Peter Pan (archival recording) Cliff Edwards — Jiminy Cricket (archival recording) Richard Epcar — Little John Bill Farmer — Goofy and Pluto Verna Felton — Flora (archival recording) Keith Ferguson — Prince Charming Santino Fontana — Hans (archival recording) Josh Gad — Olaf Ginnifer Goodwin — Judy Hopps Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Jim Hawkins (archival recording) Jonathan Groff — Kristoff Robert Guillaume — Rafiki (archival recording) Jennifer Hale — Cinderella Jess Harnell — Scuttle Sterling Holloway — Cheshire Cat, Kaa and Winnie the Pooh (archival recording) Tom Hulce — Quasimodo Jeremy Irons — Scar Dwayne Johnson — Maui Billy Joel — Dodger (archival recording) Bob Joles — Cogsworth Charles Judels — Stromboli (archival recording) Judy Kuhn — Pocahontas (singing) Nathan Lane — Timon Luke Lowe — Flounder Jimmy MacDonald — Jaq and Gus (archival recording) Idina Menzel — Elsa Jim Meskimen — Eeyore and Merlin Piotr Michael — Iago Mandy Moore — Rapunzel Clarence Nash — Donald Duck (archival recording) Bob Newhart — Bernard (archival recording) Paige O'Hara — Belle Raymond S. Persi — Flash Ian R'Mante — Thumper Adam Ryen — Cody (archival recording) John C. Reilly — Wreck-It Ralph Phoenix Reisser — Mowgli Kaitlyn Robrock — Minnie Mouse Anika Noni Rose — Tiana Lea Salonga — Mulan (singing) Chris Sanders — Stitch (archival recording) Lee Slobotkin — Peter Pan Sarah Silverman — Vanellope von Schweetz (archival recording) David Spade — Kuzco (archival recording) Natalie Babbitt Taylor — Snow White Josh Robert Thompson — Grumpy Kelly Marie Tran — Raya Alan Tudyk — Mad Hatter Mark Walton — Rhino (archival recording) Scott Weinger — Aladdin Frank Welker — Abu and Joanna (archival recording) Richard White — Gaston Harland Williams — Carl Robin Williams — Genie (archival recording) Daniel Wolfe — Robin Hood James Woods — Hades Michael-Leon Wooley — Louis (archival recording) Alan Young — Scrooge McDuck (archival recording) External links Category:2023 American animated films Category:2023 English-language films Category:Traditionally animated short films Category:Films directed by Dan Abraham Category:Films directed by Trent Correy Category:American animated short films Category:American children's animated comedy films Category:American children's animated fantasy films Category:Short films with live action and animation Category:Children's animated fantasy short films Category:Children's animated comedy short films Category:Crossover animated films Category:Films with archival recordings Category:The Walt Disney Company Category:Mickey Mouse shorts Category:Minnie Mouse shorts Category:Donald Duck shorts Category:Daisy Duck shorts