10+ Little Disney Details That Are Just So Clever

In Moana, there is a sequence where Maui is shown to shapeshift to have a shark's head.

One fan noticed that when he makes this transformation that his tattoos change slightly, too. He normally has a tattoo of himself, but it changes from his normal form into that of a shark.

Moana also features many Easter eggs connecting it to other popular Disney films.

There are actually a lot of these scenes. First, fans can see Flounder from The Little Mermaid swim by with a school of fish as Maui sings "You're Welcome."

Then, there's the scene of Tamatoa's treasure hoard where you can see Aladdin's lamp if you look closely.

The witch who turns Merida's mom into a bear has a very witch-like cottage filled with baskets and wood carvings.

One of these carvings is of Sully from Monsters, Inc. whose likeness has been engraved on a log. If you really look, you'll find it.

The Princess and the Frog has many beautiful shots of animation highlighting New Orleans, but there's one moment that's out of place but a total Easter egg.

Just before the title appears on the screen, there's a view of a street, and you can see the magic carpet from Aladdin.

During the scene in Hercules when the Fates sing about the planets aligning, only six planets are visible in the shot instead of eight.

This is actually a clever thing to include as the ancient Greeks were only aware of five other planets besides Earth.

While some Easter eggs are easier to notice, others are difficult because they only appear for a brief moment. That's the case with Nemo's appearance in Brother Bear.

There's a montage where Denahi and Sitka are fishing, and you can see a clownfish in the net amongst all the other fish.

As soon as Frozen was released, children everywhere wanted to dress up like these princesses.

As a nod to the film and to this phenomenon, Zootopia includes two elephant children dressed up as Anna and Elsa. You can spot them during the scene where Judy Hope is riding the train past Tundratown.

Fans have often tried to connect Disney films together to create a sort of extended Disney universe.

One piece of evidence for this theory is the fact that Rapunzel and Flynn Rider can briefly be seen walking in Arendelle before Elsa's coronation.

As Big Hero 6 and Lilo & Stitch are two great but underrated Disney films, it seems fitting they would have a small connection.

There's a photograph on the wall by the stairs that shows Hiro's cat, Mochi, wearing an adorable Stitch costume.

There definitely are a lot of Easter eggs in Disney films, but it's just as exciting to find the ways that the creators incorporated history and culture into the films.

Many of the lyrics from "I'll Make a Man Out of You" are references to quotes from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Lilo & Stitch is a rather underrated Disney film that's actually delightful and endearing, so many fans might not have noticed this small nod to Mulan in the film.

In a shot of the town where Lilo lives, there's a restaurant that is named "Mulan Wok."

When Genie sings in Aladdin he says that "Scheherazade had a thousand tales."

In Arabian folklore, Scheherazade was actually known for having 1,0001 tales. But, since Aladdin was one of those stories, they left that final one out. This shows the detail Disney puts into their films!

If you're looking closely, you can see that the high score on the Wreck-It Ralph arcade game is 120501.

This is actually a very subtle but cute reference to Walt Disney's birthday as he was born on December 5th, 1901. Fans really are sleuths!

Another small scene that can be seen as evidence that the Disney princesses are all a part of the same world is that the spinning wheel Aurora pricks her finger on is in Tangled.

The wheel can be seen in Rapunzel's tower in the background as she's singing.

This Easter egg makes some sense as both stories are set in France even if the timelines don't add up.

There's a moment showing the streets of Paris and Belle from Beauty and the Beast is walking by while Quasimodo sings "Out There."