Toon Talk Special: Go the Distance: Disney's 50 Greatest Heroes (Part 2 of 2) - May 4, 2007

Toon Talk Special: Go the Distance: Disney's 50 Greatest Heroes (Part 2 of 2)
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GIRL POWER

These three young ladies don’t need a prince charming to rescue them … in fact, it is they that do the rescuing.

BELLE

Film: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Voice Actor: Paige O’Hara
Supervising Animator: James Baxter
Sidekicks: Phillipe the horse, a castle full of enchanted servants
Heroic Anthem: “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I want it more then I can tell …�?
Quote: “He’s not the monster, Gaston. You are!�?
DVD: Available

A bookish lass with big dreams, she ultimately finds happiness - and true love - in the most unlikely of places. Sacrificing her freedom to save her father, it is her faith in herself that brings her to the discovery that all dreams are possible if you wish hard enough for them.

POCAHONTAS

Film: Pocahontas (1995)
Voice Actor: Irene Bedard
Supervising Animator: Glen Keane
Sidekicks: Meeko and Flit and, eventually, Nakoma
Heroic Anthem: “But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name …�?
Quote: “Father, look around you. This is where the path of hatred has brought us. This is the path I choose, Father. What will yours be?�?
DVD: Available

A restless spirit resides within this American legend come to life. Guided by her heart, this warrior princess finds herself the catalyst that brings two warring cultures to seek peace, and the courage to accept the knowledge that she must pay the price for that peace.

MULAN

Film: Mulan (1998)
Voice Actor: Ming-Na Wen
Supervising Animator: Mark Henn
Sidekicks: Mushu, Cri-Kee, Kahn and the entire Chinese army
Heroic Anthem: “When will my reflection show who I am inside?�?
Quote: “Just because I look like a man doesn’t mean I have to smell like one.�?
DVD: Available

Is she trapped in tradition, or can she achieve that “something more�? she knows she can become? Forced to risk her life and her family’s honor to preserve just that, she sets out on a perilous path that ultimately finds her the defender of all of China.