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Have you ever had a feeling of deja vu while watching a Disney film? That could be because you're watching something that's probably been taken from an earlier movie.

Disney is king when it comes to animations and bringing our dear cartoon characters to life. Having birthed famous animations such as Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, The Jungle Book, and the 101 Dalmatians, there is something friendly and reassuring about this darling of a brand.

Over the past couple of years, however, the web has been flooding with tales about Disney’s continued recycling of various animated scenes from its classics, supposedly to save on money and time.

Well, it's true, and today we'll highlight seven times Disney reused old animated scenes into new films.

Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and The Beast

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Certain moments in every Disney Princesses' life remain constant. She always gets her prince, and in the end, has a dance with her prince. This makes for an awful lot of dance sequences for the animators to recreate. It's not surprising, though, that they sometimes take inspiration from earlier dance scenes. Take the ballroom dance scene from Beauty and the Beast, for instance. Belle and her Prince grace the floor like a couple of pros who've done it before. Well, it’s not their first time doing it. Only the last time, it wasn't them; it was Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty. When you have a look at both scenes side by side, the similarities are apparent.

The Jungle Book and Winnie The Pooh

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The Jungle Book and Winnie The Pooh are also great examples of Disney reusing old scenes. When Christopher Robin climbs up a rock, you'll get a deep sense of deja vu if you've ever seen The Jungle Book. That's because Christopher's movements are the same as Mowgli's in The Jungle Book. They both climb up some cliff, bending down as they reach the top to study themselves, and they both throw a stone in the exact same sequence while holding a twig.

The Sword in The Stone and The 101 Dalmatians

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When recycling is done in minor scenes, it's much less noticeable than when it's done in a significant setting like a ballroom dance in a princess movie. But, eagle-eyed fans are still able to weed out these moments.

When Sir Ector accidentally hits his son, Sir Kay, on the head, it's something you've probably seen before. The scene was recycled from a film that was released just two years earlier, the 101 Dalmatians. The shorter one of the two puppy thieves, Horace, hits the taller thief, Jasper, over the head in exactly the same move as when Sir Hector hits Sir Kay.

The Sword in The Stone and The Jungle Book

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The Jungle Book is a fascinating film when looking at recycled animation. The film again copies scenes from the 1963 movie, The Sword in the Stone.

The incident that stands out is that of Arthur being licked by dogs and then wipes his face. The sequence was reused in The Jungle Book with Arthur being switched for Mowgli and the dogs for wolves.

The Truth About Mother Goose and The Sword in The Stone

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There is no shame in taking bits of animation from one movie to another. But, where do you draw the line between saving money and just plain old laziness? Judging by scenes from The Sword in The Stone, Disney couldn't always decide. When the movie climax begged for an epic jousting match, the animators decided to take a dive into their archives and look for footage that fits. They did find fitting footage from the vintage classic, The Truth About Mother Goose--and by 'find it,' we mean every single scene was the same.

Robin Hood and The Jungle Book

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No one in the Disney universe throws a party quite like Robin Hood and his Merry Men. With great parties calls for great dance scenes. Over the years, Disney animators have delivered great musical sequences. In Robin Hood, they went above and beyond to deliver on an unforgettable dance setting. Little John and Lady Kluck perform a perfect impression of King Louie and Baloo from The Jungle Book, proving that Disney dance scenes rarely change as time goes by.

Snow White and Robin Hood

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We're finishing off with one of the fascinating examples of Disney reusing animation, and that's Maid Marian in Robin Hood. Maid Marian didn't just imitate Snow White's moves, but both movies' party scenes are completely identical.

Maid Marian copies loads of Snow White's dance moves; from the dancing to the clapping and the kicking, Disney simply traced Marian over Snow and assumed fans wouldn't mind reliving the dance.

Reusing old animated sequences was not Disney's animation policy; however, they believed that if something works, stick with it.