Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160402095124/@comment-24674051-20160518152331

All of disney's movies are folklore first (I mean, Walt didn't come up with the ideas, he just took existing works and added his own spin on the tales).. And as for Oz, the original works are all in the public domain. And Aside from Oz, the Great and powerful, DIsnay has done other works with the Oz franchise, including the 1985 film "Return to Oz", plus plans for other future works set in the OZ kingdom. So while Oz may or may not be a Disney property, Disney has definitly incorporated Oz into it's franchise. Also,   for Robin Hood, I will point out that Disney had a film back in 1952, "The Legend of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men".

And I don't consider this an argument in the slightest. More of an open debate. I had forgotten the 3 Musketeers Mickey Mouse. and I imagine if you dig around in the Disney vault of short animated stories, you might find renditions of other stories as well.

Once has incorporated SOME non-disney characters, there is no doubt of that. But up to this point, the predominant characters have come (Directly or indirectly) from works that Disney has adapted. In fact, Disney has touched almost every great work imaginable (aside from the fairy tales, there have been adaptations for works by Dickens, Shakespear, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dumas, just to name a few), except for probably the Gothic and Horror Genre. So, to find a story that Disney hasn't touched, and yet is still relatable, is not an easy task. Even some of the stories easter egged in the finale have been touched by Disney, including the 3 Musketeers and 20,000 leagues under the sea.