From (Wikipedia)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_references_in_Enchanted}

GENERAL;

    • Storybook opening of Enchanted
      • Tribute to opening of Snow White, Pinocchio, Cinderella, The Sword in the Stone and Sleeping Beauty, among others.
    • Giselle's initial personality
      • 80% Snow White, some traits borrowed from Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, spunkiness from Ariel.
    • Queen Narissa
      • Based on Queen from Snow White and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty
    • True Love's Kiss
      • Reference to the only way Snow White and Aurora could be awakened from their curses
    • The troll's loincloth
      • Remnants of Snow White's rags, Belle's village dress, Auroras peasant dress and Cinderella's maid outfit. His earrings are the shells from Ariel's bra.
    • Mary Ilene Caselotti, the news reporter
      • Reference to Mary Costa, voice of Aurora; Ilene Woods, voice of Cinderella; Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White
    • Final fight scene at the top of the Woolworth Building
      • Reference to similar climaxes in Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
      • Blue hues with thunder and lightening
      • Hero fights off villain with sword
      • Villain falls to their own death

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS:

    • Giselle's cottage
      • Similar to the cottage of the dwarfs
    • Giselle's animal call
      • Inspired by the musical notes Snow White sings into the well
    • Giselle holds up two blue diamonds to her eyes
      • Just like Dopey
    • Prince Edward and Giselle ride off into the sunset at the end of "True Love's Kiss"
      • Tribute to the end of Snow White
    • Narissa disguises herself as the hag
      • Just like the Queen
    • Magic Wishing Well
      • Reference to the wishing well Snow White sings into during "I'm Wishing"
    • "True Love's Kiss" sung by Prince Edward and Giselle
      • Similar to "I'm Wishing/One Song" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
    • "Happy Working Song"
      • Homage to "Whistle While You Work"
    • Giselle calls a little person Grumpy in New York
    • Prince Edward calls the tv the "Magic Mirror"
    • Narissa's poisoned apples
    • Churchill, Harline and Smith - the law firm where Robert works
      • Reference for the songwriters for Snow White: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith
    • The poisoned caramel apple shows the same skull-shaped appearanece as the poisoned apple from the movie when it first came out of the brew before it turned red

CINDERELLA;

    • The carriage rides to the castle
      • Based on Cinderella and Prince Charming's wedding coach
    • "Happy Working Song" sequence, when Giselle scrubs Robert's apartment floor
      • Her reflection is seen in the bubbles, like in "Oh, sing Sweet Nightingale"
    • Giselle makes her dress out of Robert's curtains
      • Reference to the dress Cinderella's mice friends make for her
    • Robert and Giselle gaze into each other's eyes as they dance
      • Mirroring the dance Cinderella and Prince Charming shared
    • The poisoned apple's spell takes effect after midnight
      • Reference to when the spell ends at midnight for Cinderella
    • Giselle loses her slipper and Prince Edward slips it onto Nancy's foot
      • Tribute to the perfect ending in Cinderella
    • The Grand Duke, the hotel that Edward stays in
      • Referring to the Grand Duke in Cinderella
    • Nancy's last name is Tremaine
      • Reference to Cinderella's stepmother, Lady Tremaine

SLEEPING BEAUTY;

    • Edward's animated look was inspired by Prince Phillip
    • Narissa turns into a dragon
      • Just like Maleficent in the end of Sleeping Beauty
    • Gisele recreates the prince of her dreams with her animal friends
      • References the scene when Aurora's animal friends use Prince Phillip's clothes to pretend to be the prince of her dreams
    • Edward's dance with Nathaniel
      • Tribute to Prince Phillip and King Hubert's dance
    • Robert and Morgan's last name is Phillip
  • Robert's secretary is named Sam
      • Phillip's horse was named Samson

MARY POPPINS;

    • Julie Andrews does the introduction narration
      • Julie Andrews played Mary Poppins
    • The divorcing couple, the Banks
      • Reference to the parents
    • Birdseed woman from the bus
      • Tribute to the birdseed women in "Feed the Birds"
    • Harvey Evans, elderly yellow-jacketed man who dances during "That's How You Know"
      • Evans was previously a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins
    • When Prince Edward pops out of the pothole
      • It imitates Mary Poppins popping out of the chimney

THE LITTLE MERMAID;

    • Jodi Benson plays Robert's secretary, Sam
      • Benson was Ariel's voice
    • Giselle sings to her dream prince
      • Just like Ariel does to Eric's statue
    • The troll's earrings are made of the shells from Ariel's bra
    • When Giselle inspects the fish aquarium in Robert's office, a variation of "Part of Your World" plays in the background
    • "That's How You Know"
      • Homage to "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl" through the calypso beat
    • Giselle brushes her hair in the same way Ariel did

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST;

    • A bell jar with a rose is in Giselle's cottage
      • Reference to the one in Beauty and the Beast
    • Giselle runs up a grassy hill with her arms outstretched during "That's How You Know"
      • Similar to Belle
    • Nathaniel watches a soap opera that plays the theme of Beauty and the Beast
      • Includes Paige O'Hara, who was the voice of Belle
    • Set design of the soap opera scene
      • Reference to bandaging scene
    • Soap opera characters: Angela, Jerry and Ogden
      • Referring to Angela Lansbury, Mrs. Potts; Jerry Orbach, Lumiere; David Ogden Stiers, Cogsworth
    • King and Queen's Ball
      • Tribute to ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast
      • Features a couple dancing under a chandelier
      • Dance to song sung by an observer
        • In Beauty and the Beast, it's Mrs. Potts with the theme song
        • In Enchanted, it's Jon McLaughlin with "So Close"
    • Robert's ball outfit resembles the dancing clothes of the Beast
    • As Giselle and Robert say goodbye, Prince Edward checks his reflection in his sword
      • Reference to Gaston when he tries to propose to Belle

OTHER;

    • Judy Kuhn plays one of the residents in Robert's apartment building
      • She voiced Pocahontas
    • When the troll is flung from the tree, he goes the Goofy holler
    • The hair of the bus driver is shaped like the ears of Mickey Mouse
    • The television clips seen by Prince Edward and Nathaniel in their hotel room
      • From Disney's Robin Hood, there's an image of Mortimer Snerd
      • From Disney's Fun and Fancy Free, a ventriloquist's dummy
      • Spanish Mickey Mouse cartoon
    • In "That's How You Know", Giselle joins a stage production of "Rapunzel"
      • Foreshadows Disney's 2010 release of Rapunzel
    • Bella Notte, the Italian restaurant Giselle, Morgan and Robert eat at
      • Reference to the song from Lady and the Tramp
    • Giselle pulls Edward's sword from the floor of the ballroom
      • Tribute to The Sword in the Stone
    • Giselle's gradual transformation from cartoon to real human reflects Pinocchio
    • The frog with the soapy crown foreshadows The Princess and the Frog
    • Giselle made her dress by spinning silk into thread
      • Reference from Rumpelstiltskin and Sleeping Beauty
    • During Pip's book signing, Pumba from The Lion King is visable
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