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- The first Ice Age film featured humans and portrayed all of the animal characters more realistically. In the sequels however, all of the humans are written out of existence, and the animals are now the main inhabitants of the world.
- In the first Madagascar film, Melman the giraffe is only slightly less neurotic than he is in later installments. He also speaks with a slight Brooklyn accent, and in some scenes even shows hints of a Brooklyn attitude.
- The first film in The Land Before Time series films is actually the only one that is not a musical. It also has significantly higher animation quality and a much darker tone.
- Justified very much so because it is one of the most infamous examples of progressively worse sequels- too many to go into.
- The first Despicable Me film is the only film in the franchise where the minions don't play any major roles. That all changed when they became Breakout Characters from Despicable Me 2 onward.
- The entries in the Disney Animated Canon produced during the lifetime of Walt Disney have more than a few moments that can leave one asking "What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?" given some Darker and Edgier tones and visuals. That's because they weren't made just for kids. They were meant to be enjoyed by everyone. Walt wanted his company to be known as an animation house first and foremost, not exclusively one that made children's movies. The early movies also had very little in the way of lavish musicals and Celebrity Voice Actors, it being The Little Mermaid in 1989 (entry #28) that started those trends.
- Snow White notably features very little Adaptation Expansion compared to later fairy tale adaptations. In fact, it actually cuts a few scenes.
- Many early entries, most notably Fantasia and The Three Caballeros, were anthology stories strung together by a common theme rather than a single ongoing plot.