Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples - Part 1 of 2 - Feb 11, 2005

Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples - Part 1 of 2
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by Kirby Holt (archives)
February 11, 2005
For Valentine's Day Kirby gives his 50 favorite Disney couples (Part 1 of 2).

Toon Talk
Disney Film & Video Reviews by Kirby C. Holt

A Toon Talk Special
LOOKING FOR ROMANCE:
50 FAVORITE ROMANTIC COUPLES
FROM DISNEY FILMS

Part 1 of 2
 
Spring is in the air, which means one thing for lovers of any age: Valentine’s Day. To celebrate the holiday, Toon Talk has chosen our fifty favorite sweethearts from the Disney films to help you get into the romantic spirit of the season.

Through the years, Disney has given us many wonderful examples of love on the big screen, whether it was in animation or live action (or a combination of the two) or in features or shorts, from classic literary characters to its own cartoon stars.

So cue up your favorite Disney love songs (the characters’ favorites are listed) or pop in the DVD (also noted, if available) and enjoy!

STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
Who can resist the classic tale of a love that knows no class or cultural boundaries?


(c) Disney

ESMERALDA and PHOEBUS

Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Voice Actors: Demi Moore and Kevin Kline
“Their�? Song: “Someday�?
DVD: Available

She is a beautiful gypsy who yearns to free her people from oppression. He, as Captain of the Guard, is a symbol of that oppression. Their passionate romance is complicated further by the tragic Quasimodo and the evil Frollo, both of whom also love Esmeralda.

ROBIN HOOD and MAID MARION

Film: Robin Hood (1973)
Voice Actors: Brian Bedford and Monica Evans
“Their�? Song: “Love�?
DVD: Available

As children, they were sweethearts, and although the years have taken them down two very different paths (he “robs from the rich to give to the poor�?, she is the rich), their love, as the song states, “goes on and on�?.

FLIK and PRINCESS ATTA

Film: A Bug’s Life (1998)
Voice Actors: Dave Foley and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
DVD: Available

A good example of nice guys finishing first: Flik, a lowly worker ant and would-be inventor, not only saves his colony from a swarm of greedy grasshoppers, he also wins the heart of the soon-to-be queen, Atta.

BERNARD and BIANCA

Films: The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Voice Actors: Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor
“Their�? Song: “Tomorrow Is Another Day�?
DVD: Both available

It must have seemed like any other day for the humble janitor of the Rescue Aid Society. Who knew that a mysterious message in a bottle would not only change his life, but also bring him the love of it in the form of the exotic Hungarian delegate, Miss Bianca? One question though, Bernard: why did it take you thirteen years to propose?

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