What Disney animated film was the first to feature blood?

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Yesterday, my buddies and I were watching the movie UP, and in the scene where Mr. Frederickson hits the worker for moving his mailbox, the worker moves his hand to reveal blood on his head.

One of my friends then commented saying "I think this is the first Disney movie to have blood.", but I waved him off, sure there was another one older than that that has featured blood.

Is there? Or have I gone crazy?

You may want to specify if you mean blood in general, or in the context of violence. But judging from a quick google search, even several of the Pixar movies seem to "contain" blood. Finding Nemo for example, where Dory gets a nosebleed. And i bet there were several others before "Up". — Rev, Feb 24 '13 at 20:41
What was the first movie to have "blood" from a violent action of some sort? I know Disney started out movies with not that much "graphic violence" — yuritsuki, Feb 24 '13 at 20:50
I would be surprised if it were. Disney has a big back catalog of live action movies too. — iandotkelly, Feb 24 '13 at 21:42
You wasted a perfectly good opportunity for a "First Blood" pun, i.e., "Disney's First Blood" or something like that. :-( — Vedran Šego, Aug 10 '13 at 16:54
@thinlyveiledquestionmark Full-length, or do short ones count as well? — Walt, Oct 26 '14 at 22:21

iandotkelly · Answer 1 · 2013-02-24T22:29:07.047

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The earliest Disney animated movie I can find is Sleeping Beauty, from 1959, which shows the Dragon being slain by a sword, showing some blood. I found this picture, I see no reason why this picture is not genuine...

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In live action movies, in 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954), Captain Nemo (played by James Mason) is shot whilst boarding the Nautilus. He is seen climbing stairs, and there is a big patch of blood on his jacket.

Youtube hosted copy of the scene

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answered Feb 24 '13 at 22:11

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Isn't there suppose to be part in the story where someone pricks their finger on a spindle? – Reactgular Aug 10 '13 at 22:30
@MathewFoscarini - good thinking .... but I found this clip of that scene - no blood at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuWGgqDKugI – iandotkelly Aug 10 '13 at 23:29
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Darn! They didn't show it. There is suppose to be blood. :) – Reactgular Aug 10 '13 at 23:40
not only is iandotkelly correct in identifying that Up is not the first film to feature blood, its not even the first Pixar Film: 'This is the third time blood was shown in a Pixar movie. The first time was in Finding Nemo and next in The Incredibles.' – John Smith Optional Dec 14 '13 at 21:43

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '14 at 22:33

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Seeing that you're after short ones as well, The Winged Scourge from 1943 (which stars the 7 Dwarves) not only features blood graphically and in close-up, it's practically about it, since it's an educational short about the danger of mosquitos. Here's a still frame from it with a mosquito drinking blood:

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There are also possible blood stains on the wall after a shootout in Alice's Wild West Show from 1924 (around 9:35), but I'm not including it as an answer because 1. it's only partially animated and 2. it's B&W and the black splatters could be other things. – Walt Oct 26 '14 at 22:50

score -2 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 19 '14 at 02:59

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In Tarzan (1999), where the mother gorilla finds baby Tarzan, there are bloody jaguar footprints on the floor in the Treehouse!

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answered Jun 22 '13 at 14:04

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The 1999 movie? – iandotkelly Jun 23 '13 at 08:08

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 21:04

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Hercules, where the cyclops beats him up, Herc bleeds from his mouth.

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Hercules was from 1997. Sorry to be picky, but we have examples from the 50s. – iandotkelly Sep 18 '13 at 21:11

What Disney animated film was the first to feature blood?

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