The Simpsons: Welcome To The Club is a Simpsons short special released on September 8, 2022 on Disney+.
Plot[]
The short begins when Bart Simpson (secretly Loki in disguise) takes Lisa to a park where she would be a princess which Lisa feels unsure of going there which Lisa suddenly changes her mind of becoming a princess where the she arrives at the Enchanted Staircase section, only for the staircase to become flat where she ends up in a secret chamber. Lisa encounters a mysterious figure whom she confuses for "Snow White" but the figure is none other than The Evil Queen in her hag form, followed by other Disney Villains approaching Lisa consisting of Captain Hook, Ursula, Cruella De Vil, Hades, Scar, and Kaa approaching her and this area is none other than Disney Villain Land. Kaa tells Lisa to join the villains which Lisa refuses, even though the Evil Queen and Cruella were also telling her to join the Disney Villains. Ursula then explains to Lisa that villains get to sing their own musical number just as Ursula, Hook, Cruella, and Kaa sing to Lisa about what it is like to be a villain. Throughout the song, various princes appear and join in only for the song to be interrupted by Mickey Mouse. The princes, along with Doc and Sneezy, then apologize and lie on the ground to form the shape of Mickey's head.
Voice Cast[]
- Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Mickey Mouse
- Cartwright also voiced Loki, while he was disguised as Bart
- Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson and Snow White
- Chris Edgerly as Prince Charming and Disney princes
- Dawnn Lewis as Kaa and Ursula
- Tress MacNeille as Cruella De Vil, Evil Queen, and Queen of Hearts
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Captain Hook and Disney princes
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Trivia[]
- At the beginning of the short when Bart explains to Lisa about the theme park in a plan to make her a princess, the statues seen there consist of Cinderella, Elsa, and Tiana which are seen outside the castle.
- The three statues reference the statues of the Seven Dwarves at the Team Disney building at the headquarters of The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California.
- This marks the first time Kaa appears in animation since The Jungle Book 2 19 years prior, and the second time he was voiced by someone other than Jim Cummings.
- Similar to The Simpsons in Plusaversary, none of the original voice actors of the Disney Villains returned to reprise their roles, including Pat Carroll (who died two months before this short was finished). However, Tress MacNeille does reprise her role as the Queen of Hearts, whom she has voiced in official Disney media since 1983.
- MacNeille also voiced the Evil Queen's hag form in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episode "Once Upon an Apple".
- Additionally, she voiced Cruella in two episodes of 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
- MacNeille also voiced the Evil Queen's hag form in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episode "Once Upon an Apple".
- In the end credits, Kaa has Homer tangled up in his coils which was reused from The Simpsons episode "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" where Homer got tangled up in the coils of a python named Strangles. Unlike The Jungle Book and its sequel, Homer's eyes are not in swirling colors as Bagheera Mowgli and Shanti had when they were being hypnotized by Kaa.
- The Disney Villains seen during the Disney Villain Land sequence include:
- The Evil Queen (in her hag form) from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- Captain Hook from Peter Pan.
- Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
- Cruella De Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
- Hades from Hercules.
- Scar from The Lion King.
- Kaa from The Jungle Book.
- Maleficent and Diablo from Sleeping Beauty.
- Jafar from Aladdin.
- Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland.
- Cameos seen during the musical sequence:
- The Prince from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs appears in a magic mirror during Captain Hook's verse.
- The Prince from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Prince Phillip, Aurora, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty, Prince Edward from Enchanted, Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid, and Prince Charming from Cinderella, appear during the princes part of the musical sequence.
- At the end of the song, Doc and Sneezy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs briefly appear, followed by cameos of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
- Kaa is erroneously identified as "Sir Hiss" (a character from Robin Hood) in the English audio description.
- This marks the first Simpsons short to list Disney as the copyright holder on the poster, replacing 20th Century Studios previously.
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