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Aine1989 wrote: I also think that with Frozen, it worked because the film had only been released a year before, whereas Brave had been released 3 years before season 5. Frozen was a solid business move as during that time it bring in a lot of new viewers (Once was pretty solid on streaming too). The writers did get criticized even reaching them via interviews about “abandoning the core cast” as Elsa and Anna took a hefty amount of screentime.

Frozen in Once was more like a retread twice over with little twists (which was the opposite of what Once usually does) and worked; Brave was simplified down to a walking stereotype. And neither Brave nor Aladdin brought in any viewers in any way. Aladdin (the film, not character) in the show was at best neutral. When an episode about Cinderella beats you out, then you know you’ve lost.