Top 10 Worst Straight to DVD Disney Sequels

Following “Stitch! The Movie” and “Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch,” in addition to the TV spin-off series, you would think that Disney would cool it with the Elvis-loving little blue alien. Instead, they gave us “Leroy and Stitch,” wherein Jumba is forced by the main antagonists of the movie to create an “evil twin” of Stitch named Leroy to rival him. An army of Leroys threatens to take over Earth, but luckily Jumba had installed an off command in the clones: to activate it, they just need to play Elvis… how convenient. The movie itself wasn’t unwatchable, just more of the same and entirely unnecessary.

Midquels are the definition of sequels no one needed. They don’t move the original story along, nor do they act as exposition for anything that happened in the original. Midquels can be a good idea if they serve a purpose, but it seems that the only purpose for this movie is to annoy us. Tod and Copper were lovable characters until, in this installment, they’re tempted to join up with a band of hillbilly, country singing stray dogs. Sure, it’s nice to see more from the early years of the pair’s unlikely friendship, but we could do without performances from the “Singin’ Strays.” Reba McEntire as a singing dog? Yes. Everything else? No thank you.

After the success of “The Emperor’s New Groove,” it’s no wonder Disney thought a sequel would be a good idea. But they were so, so wrong. The disappointing sequel stars supporting character Kronk, who – granted – was a laugh riot in the first movie, but even Patrick Warburton, who voiced Kronk, couldn’t make up for the weak storyline and lack of sass and personality that Kuzco brought to the original. Currently sporting a rating of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, this movie is less than groovy – and if anything, should convince Disney once and for all that if it ain’t broke, don’t make a sequel to it.

This prequel tells the story about the time music was banned from Atlantica because it indirectly caused the death of Ariel’s mother, Queen Athena. Considering the original often involved the redheaded mermaid bursting into song, it makes sense that the young Ariel would have a major problem with this. It’s meeting her future best friend, Flounder, that brings music back into her life, and by the end King Triton decides to bring music back to the kingdom. There’s nothing wrong with the story itself, but the music was what made the original so good in the first place. So honestly, was a prequel really necessary? Not really. And don’t get us started on that shipwreck of a sequel about Ariel’s offspring...

Did you see “Lady and the Tramp” and think, ”you know what would make this better? The exact same movie, but with their kids!” If you did, then you’re in luck because that’s exactly what happened. Disney decided to make a sequel nearly half a century after the fact, about Lady and Tramp’s son, Scamp, falling in love with a pretty junkyard dog–complete with an exact recreation of the famous spaghetti and meatballs scene. And why did we need this movie? We didn’t. Apparently, Disney just needed a few extra bucks in their pockets and figured audiences wouldn’t pick up on the similarities between the two. Well we did, and we’re calling you out, Disney!

The Native American Disney princess, based on the real life historical figure, is all about doing what’s right for her people. So when her father, chief of the Powhatan tribe, refuses to go to England to negotiate a peace treaty, Pocahontas is quick to step up and take his place. But when she finally arrives in the New World, she is bullied into “acting civilized” and is eventually rescued by John Smith. She doesn’t even get to fight her own battles. On top of being an unnecessary sequel, the film ultimately failed to showcase how badass Pocahontas is on her own – which is the biggest crime of all.

The original “Mulan” was perfect in almost every way, so WHY didn’t they just leave well enough alone? Yes, it was never clear whether Mulan and Shang would actually end up together so it’s nice to get that confirmation, but not at the cost of tainting the story we all know and love. Mushu tries to break Mulan and Shang up to keep his job, which doesn’t even make much sense. We’re tricked into thinking Shang dies (spoiler alert: he doesn’t), and Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po marry the Emperor’s three daughters. Seriously. And most importantly, although the voice actor who replaced Eddie Murphy did a decent job at imitating him, it just isn’t the same Mushu without Murphy.

Last time we saw Quasimodo, he had finally been accepted as part of Parisian society, but nevertheless chose to continue acting as the official bell ringer of La Fidèle. Unfortunately for him, in this installment, a circus of crooks arrives in town intent on stealing the bell. This premise should have made for an entertaining and action-packed sequel, but whatever promise it had was overshadowed by bland characters and utterly forgettable songs. Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the cast as Madellaine, the love interest for the outcast, but her appeal subsides somewhat when she runs away in horror the first time she sees Quasimodo’s face… making it kind of hard to root for a romance that begins that way.

If it wasn’t good enough to be made into a television show, it probably wasn’t good enough for film. That’s the lesson we learn from this sequel, which is made up of four episodes of an unreleased TV series. This wasn’t even the first sequel; a year earlier, a movie called “The Enchanted Christmas” was released, about how the Beast has banned the holiday from the castle. The stories here revolve around the odd couple and their animated household items. One of them is about how Belle and the Beast can’t even sit through a meal without getting into an argument. Maybe if your happily ever after isn’t quite so happy, we don’t need to hear about it.

Before we reveal our top pick, here are a few honorable, or in this case, dishonorable mentions.

- “The Return of Jafar” (1994)

- “Tarzan II” (2005)

- “Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin” (1997)

The original rags-to-riches fairytale we all know and love was about a poor girl who finally got her happily ever after. This is not that story. Sure, at first we enjoy seeing “Cinderelly” take on princess duties in her own, unique way. But then things veer off course as we watch as Jaq the Mouse gets turned into a human, and one of the evil stepsisters, Anastasia, falls in love with a lowly baker. Normally we’d say that if you’re going to release a sequel 52 years after a classic, at least stick to what worked best the first time, which – in this case – was the emphasis on Cinderella. However “Cinderella III: A Twist in Time” focused on Anastasia and was actually a decent Disney sequel. On the other hand, even a fairy godmother couldn’t say couldn’t save “Dreams Come True,” from the overwhelmingly negative reviews it received from critics.

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