January 6, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character spray paints "Carpe Diem" on a wall, similar to a scene in the Disney film Dead Poets Society. | 
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May 5, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A doctor refers to "the evil gene", saying "Walt Disney had it". |
May 20, 1994
Buena Vista Home Video releases the Walt Disney Television Animation animated feature film The Return of Jafar on videocassette in the USA. - The Genie says "It's a small world after all", a reference to Disneyland's It's a Small World attraction.
- The Genie appears as Pinocchio's Jiminy Cricket and says "just let your conscience be your guide".
- The Genie appears as an exterminator from the film Arachnophobia trying to exterminate spiders.
- The Genie says "Bibidy bobidy boo", a reference to Disney's Cinderella film.
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June 24, 1994
| Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in the USA. A character sings "It's a Small World after all" to which another character says "No No, anything but that!", a reference to the Disneyland attraction It's a Small World. |
September 25, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character says "Romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney...". |
October 2, 1994
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. This episode contains dozens of Disney theme park and film references: - the episode title "Itchy & Scratchy Land" (Disneyland),
- the theme park tag line "The Violentest Place on Earth" (The Happiest Place on Earth),
- "Parents Island" (Pleasure Island),
- parking lot sections named after animated characters,
- inside main gate is a train ride through the park,
- the ticket booth shows a list of "rides not operating today",
- "Itchy & Scratchy Money" (Disney Dollars),
- monorail ride through the park,
- park map showing four themed "lands",
- Itchy & Scratchy Cinema is showing "Steamboat Itchy" (Steamboat Willie),
- the park features "state of the art animatronic robots" (Audio-Animatronics),
- a log ride through fake scenic area includes gentle banjo music and an extreme drop (Splash Mountain),
- workers in character costumes interacting with guests,
- "Parents Island" includes a place where it is "constantly New Year's Eve",
- "The Roger Meyers Story" attraction shows a film of the creator (The Walt Disney Story),
- an old film shows kids wearing mouse-ear hats (Mouseketeers),
- a film notes criticism for a Nazi cartoon in (Der Fuehrer's Face),
- mentions and shows "full-length musical Scratchtasia" (Fantasia),
- the park has a similar-looking Penny Arcade,
- musical parade through the park street (Main Street Electrical Parade),
- shows part of film "Pin-Itchy-o" (Pinocchio),
- park control facilities are underground,
- park has a similar fire department,
- a statue of founder and main characters (Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse statue),
- park shows a mountain (Matterhorn),
- park has a castle (Sleeping Beauty Castle),
- references made to "Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land" not doing well (Euro Disneyland).
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November 13, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A hockey team has the name "Mighty Pigs", with pig logo in style similar to Disney's The Mighty Ducks hockey team. | 
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November 27, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A fantasy underwater scene and music parody Disney's The Little Mermaid and song "Under the Sea". | 
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December 18, 1994
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Characters watch film Alive! about surviving a plane crash and cannibalizing the co-pilot, with Spanish accents, similar to Disney's film Alive. | 
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February 26, 1995
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character watching ballet says "I haven't been moved like this since The Joy Luck Club", a Disney film. |
March 5, 1995
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A character refers to a film as "Pukahontas", a reference to Disney's film Pocahontas. |
April 9, 1995
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. There are several references to Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians: - episode title is Two Dozen and One Greyhounds,
- a pair of dogs have a lot of puppies (25), and
- an evil character steals the puppies to make a coat of them.
- Two dogs go to a restaurant, eat spaghetti and meatballs at a table, and a common strand of spaghetti brings their noses together, like in Lady and the Tramp.
- Names of some dogs are names from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy.
- A character sings song "See my vest" to the tune of "Be Our Guest" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and includes a maid like Mrs. Potts.
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April 16, 1995
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Students visit a Civil War historical site, with sign "Diz-Nee Historical Park - Sorry, but there's profit to be had", a reference to Disney's proposed Disney's America theme park in Virginia. | 
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April 30, 1995
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Storm clouds form a man's head, who talks to a character, similar to a scene in The Lion King. Then, Mufasa appears in the clouds saying "You must avenge my death, Kimba -- I mean, Simba." | 
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Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
Polsson's Garage Sale - Walt Disney
Walt Disney on Postage Stamps
Personal Computer References in Pop Culture
Video Game References in Pop Culture
Corvette References in Pop Culture
This Day in History
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