1996: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This film is 34th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. The plot centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and his struggle to gain acceptance into society.The film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. Produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance, the film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films as its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide, lust, damnation, genocide, and sin.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released to largely positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $325 million worldwide and becoming the fifth highest-grossing release of 1996. The film received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Menken's musical score.
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2002: Lilo & Stitch is became the 42nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, and features the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, and Kevin Michael Richardson. Lilo & Stitch was the second of three Disney animated features produced primarily at the Florida animation studio located at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. The film received positive reviews and was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.Dr. Jumba Jookiba is put on trial by the Galactic Federation for "illegal genetic experimentation", as evidenced by his Experiment 626, a living creature capable of creating untold chaos. Jumba is imprisoned while Experiment 626 is to be exiled on a desert asteroid. 626 manages to escape in a spaceship and activates the hyperdrive, but its guidance systems malfunction and randomly set a course for Earth. The Grand Councilwoman dispatches Jumba and Agent Pleakley, the Council's Earth expert, to the planet to capture 626 discreetly. 626 lands on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, but is knocked unconscious by a passing truck, and is taken to an animal shelter.
On Kauaʻi, Nani is struggling to care for her rambunctious younger sister, Lilo. A social worker named Cobra Bubbles expresses concern that Nani may not be able to adequately care for Lilo. Seeking a change, Nani decides to allow Lilo to adopt a dog and they go to the animal shelter, where Lilo immediately takes a keen interest in Experiment 626, who is impersonating a dog in order to escape. Lilo names 626 "Stitch" and shows him around the island. As Nani attempts to find a good job, Lilo tries educating Stitch about Elvis Presley, whom she calls a "model citizen". However, Stitch's antics, which include foiling Jumba and Pleakley's attempts to capture him, ruin Nani's chances of getting a job.
David, a friend of Nani's, invites Nani and Lilo to take a break and enjoy a day of surfing. While Nani, Lilo, and Stitch ride on a huge wave, Jumba makes one more effort to capture Stitch from underwater, causing Nani to wipe out, and Stitch to unintentionally pull Lilo down with him. Although everyone gets safely to shore, Cobra witnesses the event and tells Nani that even though she means well, Lilo's best interests mean she must be placed with a foster family. After Stitch sees how much trouble he has caused, he leaves. Meanwhile, the Councilwoman relieves Jumba and Pleakley of their assignment, which frees Jumba to pursue Stitch using less covert methods.
The next morning, David tells Nani of a job opportunity, which Nani rushes to pursue. Stitch, hiding in the nearby woods, encounters Jumba, who chases Stitch back to Lilo's house. The two fight, destroying the house in the process as Nani returns and Cobra arrives to collect Lilo. As Nani and Cobra argue, Lilo runs away and encounters Stitch, who reveals his true form just as both are captured by Captain Gantu, who has been given the task of recovering Stitch. Stitch escapes before the ship takes off and is confronted by Nani. Before he can explain everything, Jumba and Pleakley capture Stitch themselves. Nani demands they rescue Lilo, but Jumba insists they only came for Stitch. As Nani breaks down over losing her sister, Stitch tells Nani about ʻohana, a term for "family" he learned from Lilo, and convinces Jumba to help rescue Lilo. As Jumba, Pleakley and Nani give chase in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch drives a tanker truck full of fuel into a lava flow and uses the exploding tank to launch himself into Gantu's cockpit, where he distracts Gantu enough to crash-land the ship and rescue Lilo.
Back on land, the Grand Councilwoman appears and takes Stitch into custody and also retires Gantu, but when Stitch explains that he has found a family in Nani and Lilo, she realizes he has become a civilized creature. The Councilwoman before leaving, decrees that Stitch will be exiled on Earth and entrusted into the care of Lilo and Nani, and asks Cobra, who the Councilwoman seems to have met before, to keep an eye on them. Together, they rebuild the house, having Jamba and Peakley become members of Lilo and Stitch's family as well.
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2013: Monsters University was also released on this date. It is the fourteenth feature film produced by Pixar and is a prequel to 2001's Monsters, Inc., marking the first time Pixar has made a prequel film. Disney, as the rights holder, had plans for a sequel to Monsters, Inc. since 2005. Following disagreements with Pixar, Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the film. An early draft of the film was developed; however, Disney's purchase of Pixar in early 2006 led to the cancellation that version of the film. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $743 million against its estimated budget of $200 million.Monsters University tells the story of two monsters, Mike and Sulley, and their time studying at college, where they start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. Bonnie Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher Ms. Karen Graves. The music for the film is composed by Randy Newman, marking his seventh collaboration with Pixar.
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