List of Disney references in Enchanted

This is a list of Disney references made in the 2007 film Enchanted. Enchanted pays tribute to many Disney films, both animated and live-action, as well as other works produced by Disney. In an interview, director Kevin Lima said that there are "thousands" of specific details, scenes, actions and lines of dialogue that were purposely included as allusions to earlier Disney films. Several actors from past Disney films have also made contributions in the film through either voice narration or on-screen appearances.
General
General references that allude to more than one Disney film are:
* The storybook opening of Enchanted is a tribute to the openings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Cinderella, The Sword in the Stone, Sleeping Beauty and others. It would later be used in Disney's A Christmas Carol among others.
* The final fight scene at the top of Woolworth Building is a homage to similar climaxes in Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Beauty and the Beast.
* Narissa also poisons Giselle with an apple, which rolls away after Giselle falls much like it does when Snow White eats the poison apple.
* Giselle mistakes a little person in New York City for the dwarf Grumpy.
* "Happy Working Song" is an homage to "Whistle While You Work".
* Prince Edward refers to the hotel television as a Magic Mirror.
* Giselle cleans up Robert's apartment with the help of animals, similarly to how Snow White cleaned the dwarfs' house.
* When Nathaniel hands Giselle the poisoned apple, the caramel covering it makes the same skull pattern seen on the poisoned apple in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Narissa is both an evil queen and a stepmother, just like the villain of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Giselle looks through a pair of blue gems while constructing her dream man. One of the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White, Dopey, can be seen looking through a pair of gems as well.
* The law firm that Robert appears to work for is named after the composers of the music from ': Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul J. Smith.
* A television reporter is named Mary Ilene Caselotti, a reference to Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White in the 1937 animated film.
* When Narissa falls to her death, a small part of the Woolworth Building falls with her, similar to how a giant rock fell with the Evil Queen when she died. However, it was implied at the end of Snow White that the rock killed the Evil Queen, while in Enchanted it was shown clearly that Narissa was killed by the fall alone.
Cinderella
Specific references made to Cinderella include:
* Giselle's carriage looks similar to Cinderella's pumpkin carriage.
* During the song "Happy Working Song", there is a scene where Giselle scrubs the floor and bubbles float everywhere and reflect her, just like Cinderella during the song "Sing Sweet Nightingale".
* Robert mistakes Edward's name as 'Charming'- a reference to Prince Charming from Cinderella.
* Giselle uses Robert's curtains and Morgan's rug to make her dresses, a reference to the dress that Cinderella's mice friends make for her from things that her stepsisters weren't using.
* Jodi Benson plays Robert's secretary, Sam; Benson provided the speaking and singing voice for Ariel in The Little Mermaid, and voiced various Barbie dolls in the Toy Story series and Weebo from Flubber.
* The troll, while being flung into the next kingdom, does the Goofy holler, heard in many other Disney films and shorts; this is a reference to Goofy.
* The bus driver's hair is shaped like the ears of Mickey Mouse.<ref name="sciretta" />
* Television clips watched by Prince Edward and Nathaniel in their hotel room - according to director Kevin Lima, "Everything on the television comes from a Disney film. Every

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