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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Dev. 2021 May 25;59:101063. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101063

Table 1.

List of Animated Films Analyzed in Study 1

Name of the Film Year Number of children
in Phase 1
Number of children
in Phase 2
Finding Dory 2016 192 189
The Secret Life of Pets 2016 149 159
Zootopia 2016 160 160
Sing 2016 102 115
Minions 2015 163 166
Inside Out 2015 126 125
Monsters University 2013 120 134
Frozen 2013 194 193
Despicable Me 2 2013 146 159
Toy Story 3 2010 152 139
Up 2009 121 131
WALL-E 2008 122 114
Kung Fu Panda 2008 118 128
Shrek the Third 2007 95 97
Cars 2006 147 149
Shrek 2 2004 108 116
The Incredibles 2004 112 132
Finding Nemo 2003 188 186
Monsters, Inc. 2001 146 149
Shrek 2001 138 145
Toy Story 2 1999 148 154
Tarzan 1999 58 60
A Bug's Life 1998 97 98
Mulan 1998 86 94
The Prince of Egypt 1998 21 30
Pocahontas 1995 76 92
Toy Story 1995 158 159
The Lion King 1994 173 170
Aladdin 1992 120 130
Beauty and the Beast 1991 125 133
The Little Mermaid 1989 130 133
All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989 65 66
The Land Before Time 1988 82 88
Oliver & Company 1988 22 24
An American Tail 1986 42 35
The Great Mouse Detective 1986 22 18
The Care Bears Movie 1985 35 31
The Black Cauldron 1985 10 10
The Secret of NIMH 1982 23 22
The Fox and the Hound 1981 69 52
Watership Down 1978 8 8
The Lord of the Rings 1978 11 18
The Rescuers 1977 24 38
Oliver Twist 1974 8 9
Treasure Island 1973 5 14
Robin Hood 1973 41 41
Charlotte's Web 1973 91 100
Snoopy, Come Home 1972 21 28
The Aristocats 1970 56 45

Note. The table also shows how many children from Study 2 have seen each film (based on their parent’s report).