Occult Disney: Exploring the Hidden Mysteries Behind Mickey

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By: Thomas Gorence and Matt Comegys

We look for the real magic in Disney, cracking open that facade of animation to find the hidden symbology, ancient myths, and wild stories that lie behind these classic Disney films.

The Animatrix (Cartoon Cabal)
#129
Today at 4:00 AM

It's not easy being (digital) green.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Rejected (Cartoon Cabal)
#128
Last Saturday at 4:00 AM

This short may be "ground zero" for Internet humor.

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Sonic X "Shadow Knows" (Cartoon Cabal)
#127
Last Tuesday at 4:00 AM

How fast can we go?  Outta prison?

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DuckTales "Yuppy Ducks" (Cartoon Cabal)
#126
03/15/2026

Ask about Illuminati.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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China, Il. "Total Validation" (Cartoon Cabal)
#125
03/13/2026

How do you feel about Toy Story 3?

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Incredibles 2
#124
03/06/2026

How Incredibles is Incredibles 2?  Throw on your goggles and let's find out.

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Cars 3
#123
02/27/2026

V'room, v'room, y'all.

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Finding Dory
#122
02/23/2026

Just how does Pixar swim through this sequel?

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Evangelion: The Beast That Shouted I at the Heart of the World (w/ Mark Malek)
02/21/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Note: We were advised to do the movie and then episode 26.  This generally seemed to work out, though Matt suggests putting the final scene of the movie after episode 26.

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Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
02/20/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Note: We were advised to do the movie and then episode 26.  This generally seemed to work out, though Matt suggests putting the final scene of the movie after episode 26.

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Evangelion: Do You Love Me?
02/19/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Evangelion: The Last Cometh
02/18/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Evangelion: Rei III
02/17/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Evangelion: Don't Be
02/16/2026

We break down episodes 22-26 (plus the movie!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Moana
#121
02/04/2026

Let's dip our fish hook into the sea and see what comes back.

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The Good Dinosaur
#120
01/26/2026

A Good Dinosaur takes psychedelics and rips the heads off of giant beetles.

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Inside Out
#119
01/21/2026

Those 2000's workplace sitcoms stars really get in your head.

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Strange Magic (w/ Scott Atkinson)
#118
01/15/2026

Is this George Lucas' final artistic statement to the word?  That would be a bummer.

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Toy Story 4
#117
01/02/2026

What would Woody do? #wwwd

Jumping the timeline a bit this week because Matt's family wanted to watch Toy Story 4, and 5 comes out this summer.  Hey, we make our own rules arounds here sometimes.

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Zootopia (w/ Isaac Weishaupt)
#116
12/21/2025

Disney did not shy away from MK Ultra programming references in what is still an absolutely fantastic film.

If you wanna dive deep into pop culture and conspiracies, Isaac Weishaupt is the best there is.  Dig his podcasts, books, and more at the other end of this rabbit hole: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/

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Ernest Saves Christmas
#115
12/19/2025

We're getting into an Ernest for every season.  This one is a given.

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Evangelion: He was aware that he was still a child
12/13/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 (plus 21!) of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
12/12/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Evangelion: Introjection
12/11/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

Thomas moved from art direction at Disney World, to creating entertaining comic books, podcasts, and toys riffing on conspiracy theories.  Check out his stuff here:
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Evangelion: Ambivalence
12/10/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: Fourth Children
12/09/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: The Splitting of the Breast
12/08/2025

We break down episodes 16-20 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Big Hero Six
#114
12/05/2025

This Marvel movie (?!?!) just wants you to accept the oncoming technocracy.

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The Wind Rises
#113
11/26/2025

What do you do when your geeky obsession results in the death of thousands?

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Winnie the Pooh
#112
11/18/2025

Cleaning up the Pooh with Disney last (to date) Winnie the Pooh movie as well as the last Disney film with hand drawn animation.

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Frozen (w/ Anna Nicole Wordsmith)
#111
11/07/2025

We get into fire and ice elementals, Disney paying $150 million plus to buy the word "frozen," and we debate if the rock trolls are evil or not.

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Planes / Planes: Fire and Rescue
#110
11/05/2025

Finally, a movie that grandpa and grandkids can all take a nap to.  Especially "Fire and Rescue."

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Halloweentown
#109
10/18/2025

Halloweentown is truly in the Spirit of Halloween.  As in a Spirit Halloween.  That and Euclidean magic.

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Evangelion: Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses
10/17/2025

We break down episodes 6-10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: Weaving a Story
10/16/2025

We break down episodes 6-10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: Lilliputian Hitcher
10/15/2025

We break down episodes 6-10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.
10/14/2025

We break down episodes 11-15 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Evangelion: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
10/13/2025

We break down episodes 11-15 of Neon Genesis Evangelion each day this week!  Get that anime occult on in the Cartoon Cabal.

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Hocus Pocus
#108
10/10/2025

Honey, just off to the store for some adrenochrome.  Back in 300 years.

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Oz the Great and Powerful
#107
10/01/2025

We're off the see the Wizard, the extremely "mid" Wizard of Oz, who is also Great and Franco.

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