January 5, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - Someone says "Dead Poets Society has destroyed a generation of educators.". A videotape shows the Robin Williams character of the Disney film using humor in the classroom.
- A child says the family gets to go to Florida. The dad asks if they're going to Disney World.
- A scene shows the marquee of "EFCOT CENTER" with a sign under reading "WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS BOOKED".
- When flying a plane over the site, the dad says "It's even boring to fly over it.".
- Disney theme park references:
- The Future Sphere (Spaceship Earth),
- Transportation Pavilion (World of Motion Pavilion),
- Honey, I Squirted Goo on the Audience! (Honey, I Shrunk the Audience),
- Great Moments with Mr. Eisner (Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln),
- The Home of Tomorrow (Monsanto House of the Future),
- a restaurant with menu items from around the world,
- fireworks and laser light show over a lake (Illuminations, World Showcase).
- At the end, a character jumps over a wall into what he calls "Disney World" (the Magic Kingdom), in which a Disney-style castle can be seen. He frets that a churro costs $14, but pays anyway.
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January 12, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - A shopping mall has a huge banner outside saying "NOW DISNEY STORE-FREE!".
- A boy treasures a photo of himself with Snow White; likely a reference to photos taken with cast members at a Disney theme park.
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February 2, 2003
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A mugger is wearing a Goofy hat. | 
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March 2, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - At a shopping mall, a store is called "Something Wicker This Way Comes", a reference to the Disney film Something Wicked This Way Comes.
- A character refers to the film "Honey, I ScotchGuarded the Kids", a reference to the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
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March 23, 2003
| In Hollywood, California, the 75th Annual Academy Awards show is held. An animated Mickey Mouse appears on stage to introduce the nominees for Best Animated Short Film. |
March 24, 2003
| Business Week magazine uses an image of Disney's Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket characters in an article on lying on applications to business schools. |
April 13, 2003
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child seeks to repress an unwanted memory by saying "I am at Disneyland. Disneyland!". |
April 2003
| The May issue of Mac Addict magazine includes a picture from the film Finding Nemo, as an example of saving a film in QuickTime format. | 
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April 27, 2003
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A lawyer tells a character "... don't use A flat or G natural. Those notes are owned by Disney." |
May 4, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - The episode title "Old Yeller-Belly" is a reference to the book, dog, and Disney film Old Yeller.
- A parody of the Disney-ABC TV show Live with Regis and Kelly is shown.
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July 9, 2003
Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl to theaters in the USA. There are several references to Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction: - prisoners in jail try to get a dog with a key to come to them,
- a pirate sits on a barrel drinking from a bottle,
- a parrot says "Dead men tell no tales", and
- the theme song is sung "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me".
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October 10, 2003
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. When a basketball team wins the championships, the TV announcer asks them "What are you gonna do next?" They reply "We're not going to Alaska!". This is a reference to Disney promotional advertisements of the 1970s in which a sports star would answer "I'm going to Disneyland!". |
November 9, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. - A photograph shows a couple on the drop of a log flume ride, a reference to the photos taken on the drop of Disney's Splash Mountain.
- A character driving with a fugitive from the law says: "I'm gonna hide you where there's no one around for miles: Disney's California Adventure!".
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November 30, 2003
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A hallucination of various commercial bears includes Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh. | 
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December 7, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - A fat man has a teacup from Disneyland's Mad Tea Party attraction stuck on his bottom. He comments that one should never go on the ride "after eating at Beauty and the Beast's Fried Dough Chateau".
- A character hosting a live show says "Thank you, cast of The Lion King".
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February 15, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A Chinese restaurant is called "Mickey Mao's", a reference to Mickey Mouse. | 
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February 20, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. The title of the episode is "Pixies, Inc.", a reference to the Disney-Pixar film Monsters, Inc.. |
March 14, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. One of the movies listed at a theater is "Eating Nemo", a reference to the Disney-Pixar film Finding Nemo. | 
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March 21, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A movie theater is showing the Disney film The Lizzie McGuire Movie. | 
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March 28, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. When asked why she is in prison, a girl says "I pushed Snow White over the parapet at Disneyland". | 
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April 25, 2004
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - The dress-up character resembling Eeyore from Walt Disney World is run-over by a car; the character's actor says "Everything happens to Eemore.".
- A character in Miami tells an old man "If you take a woman [to Epcot], she will be yours.".
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May 17, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A car wash place is called "When you Wash Upon a Car", a reference to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's Pinocchio film. | 
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September 10, 2004
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. The main characters in the book The Three Musketeers all wear black Mouseketeer Mickey Mouse hats. | 
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November 25, 2004
| In New York City, New York, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. Included is a large balloon of the Disney character Chicken Little. |
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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