Disney movie fans spot which objects are about to move in old cartoons due to one small flaw

Film buffs have noticed a small detail in old animated Disney movies that can give away what is about to happen.

Viewers noticed you could tell which object was about to move or a character was going to interact with based on how it was drawn.

The item was usually less detailed or brighter in colour than those around them. 

A social media post re-emerged and is circulating online drawing modern Disney fans’ attention to the quirky flaw. 

Many said they had never noticed it before while others claimed it was something they had always spotted either as children or while re-watching the nostalgic kids’ movie in their adult years. 

‘I like how in old animation, you knew what object the characters would interact with. Because they were significantly less detailed than the stationary objects around them,’ the post read.

There was a still from the 1937 Disney original Snow White and the Seven Dwarves showing the Evil Queen browsing a shelf with the book she is about to pick up standing out for its colour and lack of detail.  

The post was shared on Facebook drawing in more than 22,000 ‘likes’ and hundreds of comments with many saying they had always noticed the cartoon quirk but not everyone was as eagled-eyed. 

‘Didn’t notice: I remember when I was little I wasn’t at all thinking about this stuff,’ one woman recalled.

Some remembered it was also the case in other old cartoons and video games. An image from Scooby Doo showed the door about to be opened as different colour from its neighbours

‘LITERALLY JUST DID YESTERDAY WHEN I WATCHED BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!’ another exclaimed.  

‘Ironic that the book about disguises doesn’t blend in,’ a third joked.

Many said they had ‘always’ spotted the objects that were about to move. 

‘I remember when I was little and felt so smart for knowing which objects the character would interact with,’ one user replied. 

‘When I was very tiny, I fancied that I had some super power that allowed me to see what the characters were about to interact with,’ a second chimed in.

‘I remember trying to explain this to my mom and she acted like I was crazy,’ a third said.

Some remembered it was also the case in other cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Duck Tales, and the Flintstones as well as video games.   

Someone shared an image from Scooby Doo where the door the character Fred is about to open is a different colour from its neighbours. 

‘I didn’t always think they were significantly more detailed, they were definitely brighter than the other objects though,’ someone added. 

One movie lover explained why the objects stood out in cartoon films and TV shows. 

‘This was due to the animation style and using individually painted ‘cells’ for each individual frame of animation,’ they said, 

‘Static backgrounds were unchanging, but the cells on top could be moved and photographed one by one until a full movie was created. Snow White for example had around 1.5 MILLION hand painted cells.’