Fluffsters, I’m annoyed.

I somewhere yesterday, and the speaker said something that I highly disagree with, and so I’m writing to rant express my thoughts.

You see, he tried to use a reference to the movie Tangled. And although it could have been done well, he instead decided to go with the “fact” presented on this meme:

As I said, this could have been done ok except for one minor detail… THIS “FACT” IS WRONG IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.

Yes, you read that correctly. For some reason, there seems to be this hypothesis that Flynn is a Disney Hero, because he doesn’t sing and dance. I disagree. I disagree heartily. I disagree with the entire premise that Flynn Rider is the only Disney character to question why everybody is singing.

To refresh your memories, here’s the scene being referred to.

So, yes. He has an expression of “Seriously?” throughout the entire scene. He also explicitly says “Sorry boys, I don’t sing.” And that is where the entire premise of the meme stems from.

SO, here we go.

First, the premise that Flynn is even questioning why everybody is singing.

I would like to make the case that he’s not even doing that.

Don’t worry, I’m getting to that.

You see, I’d claim that his disbelief comes not from the singing, but from the content of what’s being sung… and by who’s singing.

The entire point of the song is that the folks of the Snuggly Duckling are a study in paradoxes. They look “Big, mean, and scary.” What are they doing singing about their dreams… Especially dreams that are so ridiculous? From Flynn’s perspective, dreams of that sort, and singing about dreams of that sort is not cool.

Flynn basically says as much when he ends up joining the song. First, he has a look of contempt when the folks ask him about his dream. Then, he simply says “I don’t sing.” He doesn’t make any sort of judgment call about singing in general, just about himself singing. Then, he sings about his dream, he sings “I have dreams like you, no really! Just, much less ‘touchy feely’…“. To repeat, this is what he’s especially baffled by in this scene. IT’S NOT THAT HE IS QUESTIONING EVERYONE SINGING. HE’S QUESTIONING THE TOUCHY-FEELY OF IT. Especially in light of the fact that it looked like they were going to cause serious problems for Rapunzel, not start talking (or singing) about touchy-feelies. So, NO. FLYNN IS NOT QUESTIONING WHY EVERYONE IS SINGING AND DANCING. HE’S QUESTIONING WHY THEY’RE SINGING/DANCING ABOUT TOUCHY-FEELY TOPICS. (I feel like he would not object to Aladin’s “One Jump” song, for instance…)

So, yeah. He’s not actually questioning the singing and dancing. But even if you don’t buy into that argument, I HAVE EVEN STRONGER EVIDENCE THAT HE IS NOT THE ONLY CHARACTER TO QUESTION THE SINGING AND DANCING.

As my evidence, take this scene from a Disney movie:

Did you catch that?

“No, don’t sing. LET’S JUST WALK.” (emphasis added.)

And then, “He knows this song, too?”, “I don’t dance”, and “I don’t sing”.

Also, note that Robert, unlike Flynn, never actually joins the singing routine. In fact, he’s actually trying to stop the singing because it’s NOT NORMAL.

The Disney movie “Enchanted” is OBVIOUS PROOF BY COUNTEREXAMPLE that THIS ENTIRE MEME IS FALSE. Flynn is NOT the “only” Disney character to question everyone’s singing and dancing. (Even if you don’t buy into my argument above.)

Although actually, if you don’t buy into my argument, then you’d probably be required to accept Cogsworth as another example of a Disney character objecting to random song and dance routines. Take the first ten seconds of this clip of “Be Our Guest” as proof.

Thus, my point is made. THAT MEME IS FALSE AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHY PEOPLE MADE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE IT IS WRONG. FLYNN RIDER IS NOT THE ONLY DISNEY CHARACTER TO QUESTION WHY A RANDOM SONG AND DANCE ROUTINE IS OCCURRING.

Have a great Monday!