Identify the Type of Irony in Disney Movies

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Snow White’s Apple - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

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Dramatic Irony

Answer explanation

Snow White doesn’t know the apple has been cursed by The Wicked Stepmother but, the audience does.

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Boo Scaring Sully - Monster’s Inc.

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Situational Irony

Answer explanation

Monsters are the ones that are supposed to scare humans, however, in this case Boo (the child) is scaring Sully (the monster).

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Flash (the sloth) speeding - Zootopia

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Situational Irony

Answer explanation

Sloths are known to be slow animals, however, in this case the sloth is being pulled over for speeding. Additionally, the sloth’s name is Flash.

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Donkey: “Can I stay with you? Please?” Shrek: “Of course” Donkey: “Really??” Shrek: “NO!” - Shrek

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Verbal Irony

Answer explanation

Shrek uses ‘verbal irony’ when he says “Of course”. He doesn’t really mean ‘yes’, he’s using sarcasm.

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Remy (the rat) cooking - Ratatouille

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Situational Irony

Answer explanation

A rat in a kitchen is not what anyone would expect, especially, a rat who knows how to cook.

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Buzz Lightyear thinking he’s a Space Ranger - Toy Story

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Dramatic Irony

Answer explanation

We know that Buzz Lightyear is a toy, however, he is not aware of this until later on in the movie.

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Simba thinking, he caused his father’s death - The Lion King

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Dramatic Irony

Answer explanation

Simba believes that his father’s death is due to his actions, however, the audience knows that Mufasa’s death was cause by Scar.

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Belle saying “I just don’t deserve you” - Beauty and the Beast

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Verbal Irony

Answer explanation

Belle tells Gaston, “I just don’t deserve you”. The literal meaning would be that Belle is not good enough for Gaston, however, the implied meaning is that Gaston doesn’t deserve her.

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Mulan’s pretending to be a man - Mulan

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Dramatic Irony

Answer explanation

The audience knows that Mulan is a woman pretending to be a man to protect her father, however, the other warriors she is with do not know about her true gender.

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Hercules not drinking all the magic potion, but Hades thinking he did - Hercules

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Dramatic Irony

Answer explanation

The audience knows that Hercules didn’t drink all of the magic potion, however, Hades thinks that he has which causes him to underestimate Hercules powers.