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Ondine

Ondine starts out with a fisherman (with the oddly un-Irish name of Syracuse) who plies his trade with a small boat off the coast of Ireland. Him and his fishing boat are necessary elements to the...

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How to Train Your Dragon

Dragons with a penchant for chewing off limbs and burning down houses plague the Viking village of Berk in How to Train Your Dragon. The first amputee character introduced is Gobber, a burly veteran;...

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Time Bandits

Though the small actors have the largest roles in Time Bandits, it’s the average height actors who got top billing. Viewing the trailer, you’d be forgiven for thinking the ragged band of little people...

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Legend of the Guardians

Based on the popular children’s book series Guardians of Ga’hoole, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole primarily revolves around fledgeling owl Soren, who is carried off by bigger, stronger...

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Twilight

The first installment of the Twilight saga has a disabled character in a somewhat minor role: Gil Birmingham as wheelchair-using Native American Billy Black, de facto chief of his tribe and good friend...

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Hook

Hook Ah, Peter Pan. The beloved childhood classic that taught entire generations of children to fear and hate amputees and metal prosthetics, with the depiction of evil Captain Hook. In this sequel of...

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

It seems as if half the characters in How to Train Your Dragon 2 are amputees of some sort… enough that alongside the positive portrayals of Gobber, Hiccup, and Toothless, we also get a portrayal of...

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Oz, the Great and Powerful

Set 20 years before the events in the famed Wizard of Oz, Oz the Great and Powerful depicts the humble origins of the Wizard as a 1905 circus magician. After successfully performing a levitation...

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Into the Woods

As a conflation and extension of several classic fairy tales, Into the Woods includes two depictions of blindness usually glossed over in the Disney versions. In the first, Rapunzel’s nameless prince...

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