Good old fashioned PG fun with an upbeat ending and a strong positive message to take home with you.
These are the moments your parents fast-forwarded over when you were really young to save you from the anguish.
Theres only 25 moments covered here, but the list could probably have been double that amount.
Hexxus is a malevolent spirit fuelled by pollution who at one stage leaves the rainforest a smoggy smoking wreck.
He also at one stage sings a trippy demonic and inappropriately raunchy ditty calledToxic Love.
With an Avada Kedavra out of nowhere, Harry had yet another parent figure yanked away from him.
Except, the wagon cant make the necessary jump with their combined weight.
I couldnt stand you at first.
InChamber Of SecretsI just found you annoying from start to finish.
He died a free Elf guys, a free bloody elf with no bloody master.
Then, just to compound the whole depressing situation, it starts to rain.
Rain being the saddest of all the weathers of course.
As a result it was edited down and very much sanitised for the family audience.
Then one birthday I got the trilogy on proper video and I rewatchedTemple Of Doom.
Ohhhhhh it was much darker than I had first thought.
The poor soul then has his beating heart torn from his body by the terrifying Mola Ram.
All pretty intense for a fun-packed family adventure.
Many a young dream has been haunted by the child catcher over the years.
Just look at him.
What the hell does Dumbo drink here?
Even after that awful concoction though, I still didnt suffer from a hallucinogenic trippy multi-coloured neon nightmare.
Its a wholly surreal experience that even random snake-booze couldnt replicate.
However, towards the end of the film theres a sequence that marks a truly drastic change of direction.
Its all very far removed from Kermit and Co.
Lion-O, Raphael, Captain Planet, Neil Buchanan.
The king of the heroic kids show characters though was the greatest autobot that ever lived, Optimus Prime.
Now on its own this premise isnt that scary, its been the basis of childhood fairytales since forever.
Hustons character is a grotesque mix of Nosferatu, the others fromBuffyandThe Dark Crystals Skeksis.
Her ghastly features suddenly make her infanticidal tendencies all the more menacing.
However, at one stage, it takes a U-turn out of nowhere into a surrealist tunnel of nightmares.
A chicken is beheaded, grotesque creatures appear and a close-up of an eye pierces through the gloom.
Okay, stop it now Willy, I want to get off.
In an otherwise bright and fun family comedy, this sequence always stood out as a fairly dark turn.
This was Mufasa in the ravine before Simba was even a glint in the circle of lifes eye.
Its a brief snippet of full on gruesome death, and then its right back to the romp.
Still, he was a Nazi.
This is the Disney parent death that set the bar for all those that followed.
For a generation, this was the ultimate traumatic movie moment.
Mankind really are bastards.
Heartless, murdering bastards.
None of us were prepared for the opening ten minutes ofUp.
Kids, adults, OAPs, we were all in this one together.
In a kids film.
This happens in a kids film.
We learned a lot from Steven Spielbergs sci-fi classic.
takes a considerable turn for the worse.
As he turns a crusty grey and his vital signs disappear, Elliott is left truly distraught.
His throat is promptly torn out and his limp bloody body is summarily discarded.
He did what a bunnys got to do.
A bunnys gotta have a code, folks.
Two young pals, getting intro scrapes, having some laughs, being kids, doing what kids do.
Except, its not is it?
Unfortunately, he is allergic to beestings and the attack kills him.
Put his glasses on.
He cant see without his glasses.
For years, Bambis mum stood alone as the quintessential Disney parent death.
Congratulations Disney, you did it again.
Theres something about this sequence that really gets to me.
Inevitably they turn to their heroic leaders for a way out, but Woody and Buzz can offer none.
Buzz can do nothing to reassure Jessie but offer his hand and a faint smile.
They accept their fate as one, resigned to at least dying together as friends.
They come THIS CLOSE to being burned alive.
For a moment in the cinema I genuinely thought they were all goners.
This was passed as a U by the BBFC, lest we forget.
