Changes: 2000

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Grooveposter — *The Emperor's New Groove*

Buzz Lightyear of star command poster — *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins*

The Tigger Movie film — *The Tigger Movie*

Disneyland's 45th anniversary

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Pooh's Hunny Hunt

The year 2000 (MM) was a common leap year that started on a Saturday.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

January 1 - Fantasia 2000 is released in IMAX theaters.
February 4 - Gun Shy (Hollywood Pictures)
February 11 - The Tigger Movie is released to favorable reviews and becomes a box office success.
March 10
- Mission to Mars (Touchstone Pictures)
- Whispers: An Elephant's Tale is released to poor reviews.
May 19 - Dinosaur is released to mixed reviews, but becomes a box office success.
June 9 - Gone in 60 Seconds (Touchstone Pictures)
June 16 - Fantasia 2000 is released theatrically worldwide.
July 7 - The Kid
September 15 - Duets (Hollywood Pictures)
September 19 - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is released
September 29 - Remember the Titans is released to very positive reviews and becomes a box office success.
October 13 - Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
November 22
- Unbreakable (Touchstone Pictures) is released to positive reviews.
- 102 Dalmatians was released to negative reviews.
December 15 - The Emperor's New Groove is released to very positive reviews, but becomes an only moderate box office success.
December 22 - My Neighbors the Yamadas

Events

Walt Disney Pictures introduces a different logo, which for the most part, only appeared on live-action films, with the exception of Dinosaur, Brother Bear, and the Platinum Edition of The Lion King.
February 16 - Disneyland celebrates its 45th anniversary.
February 26 - Disney holds a wrap party for Recess (and its film, Recess: School's Out), having completely finished production. The remaining episodes would continue to air from February 27, 2000 to November 5, 2001; the film premiered on January 10, 2001 and was widely released February 16, 2001.
November 12 - Mary Poppins premieres at the Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival.
November 18 - Disney agrees to allow Andy Heyward (through Bain Capital) to purchase back DIC Entertainment alongside its programming library, officially making it re-independent. The 2 companies would however would continue to maintain a partnership, which included production on a sequel to Disney's Inspector Gadget Movie.

Character debuts

January 1 - Colorful Triangles, Black Triangles, Humpback Whales, Duke, Flying John, Killjoy Margaret, Joe, Tin Soldier, Ballerina, Jack-in-the-Box, Yo Yo Flamingo, Snooty Flamingos, Noah, Spring Sprite, the Elk, the Firebird
February 29 - Bradley Uppercrust III, Goofy's Boss Unemployment Lady, Sylvia Marpole, Tank, Beret Girl, The Gammas
April 2 - Odella Otter
May 19 - Aladar, Aladar's Mother, Baylene, Eema, Flia, Kron, Neera, Plio, Suri, Url, Yar, Zini
August 8 - XR, Mira Nova, Booster, Commander Nebula, Warp Darkmatter
September 5 - John Rolfe, King James, Queen Anne, Mrs. Jenkins, Uttamatomakkin, Jesters
September 19 - Melody, Tip and Dash, Morgana, Cloak and Dagger, Undertow, Hammerhead Shark, Flounder's guppies, Baby Penguin, Ursula and Morgana's mother
November 22 - Chloe Simon, Kevin Shepherd, Jean-Pierre Le Pelt, Dottie, Little Dipper, Domino, Oddball, Fluffy, Drooler, Chomp, Digger, Waddlesworth, Ewan
December 15 - Kuzco, Pacha, Chicha, Yzma, Kronk, Incan Palace Guards, Bucky the Squirrel, Chaca, Tipo, Yupi, Ms. Birdwell, Papi, Rudy, Mata, Jaguars

Theme parks

June 25 - 23-year-old Cristina Moreno suffers a brain hemorrhage after riding Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland.
July 20 - Disney Ambassador Hotel opens at the Tokyo Disney Resort.
September 4 - Pooh's Hunny Hunt opens at Tokyo Disneyland.
September 22 - 4-year-old Brandon Zucker suffers brain damage after falling out of and being dragged by a car on Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin at Disneyland. He later died in 2009 at the age of 13.
September 25 - Rocket Rods closes at Disneyland for "refurbishment", with a projected spring 2001 reopening; it never reopened.

Television

February 26 - The Weekenders premieres on ABC.
June 17 - Even Stevens premieres on the Disney Channel.
September 9 - Teacher's Pet premieres on ABC.
October 2 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command premieres on ABC and in syndication.
October 15 - PB&J Otter airs its final episode on Playhouse Disney.

Video games

January 20 - Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day: Activity Center for PC
February 15 - Tigger's Family Tree 3D Adventure for PC
March 23 - Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
March 29 - Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood for Game Boy Color
June 8 - Buzz Lightyear 1st Grade and Buzz Lightyear 2nd Grade for PC
July 18 - Mickey Mouse Toddler for PC
September 13 - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
September 24 - The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy (North America only)
September 29 - Tigger's Honey Hunt
October 4 - Alice in Wonderland
October 19 - Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers!
November 8 - 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
November 13 - Mickey's Speedway USA for Nintendo 64
November 15 - 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue for PC, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color and 102 Dalmatians: Activity Center for PC
November 24 - Dinosaur for Sega Dreamcast
November 30 - Dance Dance Revolution Disney Dancing Museum for Nintendo 64 (Japan only) and Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix for PlayStation and arcade
December 1 - Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge for PlayStation and Mickey's Speedway USA for Nintendo 64 (Europe only)
December 15 - Doug's Big Game for Game Boy Color
December 29 - The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure for Game Boy Color

Home video releases

VHS & DVD releases

January 11
- Toy Story (VHS only)
- Love Tales (re-issue)
- Sweetheart Stories (re-issue)
- Mickey Loves Minnie (re-issue)
- Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day (re-issue)
- Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
January 18
- Safety Patrol
- Sister Act
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
- Adventures in Babysitting
February 1
- Tarzan
- Mulan
February 29 - An Extremely Goofy Movie
March 7
- Pinocchio
- Sing a Song with Tigger
March 28 - The Sixth Sense
April 4 - The Aristocats
April 18 - Tarzan: Collector's Edition
May 2
- The Fox and the Hound
- The Three Caballeros
- Saludos Amigos
May 9 - Father of the Bride Part II
May 30
- Geppetto
- Life-Size
June 6
- Pocahontas
- Make Mine Music
- Melody Time
June 13 - Blood In Blood Out
June 20
- Fun and Fancy Free
- A Goofy Movie
July 4
- Alice in Wonderland
- Mary Poppins
- Robin Hood
July 11
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
August 1
- Hercules
- The Rescuers Down Under
- A Bug's Life
August 8 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
August 22
- Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh (re-issue)
- Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh (re-issue)
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (re-issue)
- Disney Sing Along Songs: Happy Haunting: Party at Disneyland (re-issue)
- The Tigger Movie
August 29 - Out of the Box - Trick Or Treat
September 5 - Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
September 12 - Mission to Mars (DVD only)
September 19 - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
October 3
- The Black Cauldron
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- James and the Giant Peach: Special Edition
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition
October 17
- Toy Story (DVD only)
- Toy Story 2
October 31 - Out of the Box - Happy Holidays
November 7
- A Disney Christmas Gift (re-issue)
- Jiminy Cricket's Christmas (re-issue)
- Mickey's Christmas Carol (re-issue)
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (re-issue)
- How the Toys Saved Christmas (re-issue)
- A Walt Disney Christmas
- Spot's Magical Christmas
- 101 Dalmatians: Christmas
- Raymond Briggs' The Bear
- Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs
- Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
- Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
November 14
- Fantasia 2000
- Fantasia: Special 60th Anniversary Edition
November 21 - Smart House
December 12
- Air Bud: World Pup
- Air Bud: Golden Receiver

People

Births

January 7 - Marcus Scribner (actor)
January 8 - Noah Cyrus (actress and singer)
January 26 - Piper Mackenzie Harris (child actress)
February 10 - Yara Shahidi (actress, voice actress, and model)
March 21 - Jace Norman (actor)
March 27 - Halle Bailey (actress, singer, and writer)
June 21 - Natalie Alyn Lind (actress)
July 16 - Jonathan Morgan Heit (actor, voice actor, and singer)
August 3 - Landry Bender (actress and voice actress)
September 28 - Frankie Jonas (actor and singer)
October 11 - Hayden Byerly (actor and voice actor)
October 14 - Mekai Curtis (actor and voice actor)
November 10 - Mackenzie Foy (model and actress)
November 15 - Coco Grayson (actress and voice actress)
November 22 - Auli'i Cravalho (actress and singer)

Deaths

January 12 - Marc Davis (artist and animator)
February 10 - Jim Varney (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
March 13 - Rex Everhart (actor, voice actor, and singer)
March 16 - Adele Malis-Morey (actress and voice actress)
June 24 - David Tomlinson (actor)
July 20 - Eyvind Earle (artist, author, and illustrator)
July 22 - Eric Christmas (stage and screen actor)
August 5 - Alec Guinness (actor)
August 25 - Carl Barks (illustrator and comic book writer)
December 23 - Billy Barty (actor and voice actor)
December 26 - Jason Robards (actor)

2000

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 [[File:Phh.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Pooh's Hunny Hunt]]'']]
 The year '''2000 (MM)''' was a common leap year that started on a Saturday.
 ==Theatrical releases==
 ===Feature films===
@@ Line 18: / Line 17: @@
 *[[March 10]]
 **''[[Mission to Mars]]'' ([[Touchstone Pictures]])
-**''[[Whispers: An Elephant's Tale]]''
+**''[[Whispers: An Elephant's Tale]] is released to poor reviews.''
 *[[May 19]] - ''[[Dinosaur]]'' is released to mixed reviews, but becomes a box office success.
 *[[June 9]] - ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds]]'' (Touchstone Pictures)
 *[[June 16]] - ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' is released theatrically worldwide.
-*[[July 7]]
+*[[July 7]] - ''[[The Kid]]''
-**''[[The Kid]]''
-**''Scary Movie''
 *[[September 15]] - ''[[Duets]]'' ([[Hollywood Pictures]])
+*[[September 19]] - ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]'' is released
 *[[September 29]] - ''[[Remember the Titans]]'' is released to very positive reviews and becomes a box office success.
 *[[October 13]] - ''[[Whispers: An Elephant's Tale]]''
@@ Line 39: / Line 37: @@
 *[[February 26]] - Disney holds a wrap party for ''[[Recess]]'' (and its film, ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''), having completely finished production. The remaining episodes would continue to air from [[February 27]], 2000 to [[November 5]], 2001; the film premiered on [[January 10]], [[2001]] and was widely released February 16, 2001.
 *[[November 12]] - ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' premieres at the Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival.
-*[[November 18]] - Disney agrees to allow Andy Heyward (through Bain Capital) to purchase back [[DIC Entertainment]], officially making it re-independent. The 2 companies would however remain a partnership afterwards.
+*[[November 18]] - Disney agrees to allow Andy Heyward (through Bain Capital) to purchase back [[DIC Entertainment]] alongside its programming library, officially making it re-independent. The 2 companies would however would continue to maintain a partnership, which included production on a [[Inspector Gadget 2|sequel]] to Disney's ''[[Inspector Gadget (1999 film)|Inspector Gadget]]'' Movie.
 ==Character debuts==
 *[[January 1]] - [[Colorful Triangles]], [[Black Triangles]], [[Humpback Whales]], [[Duke (Fantasia)|Duke]], [[Flying John]], [[Killjoy Margaret]], [[Joe (Fantasia)|Joe]], [[Tin Soldier]], [[Ballerina]], [[Jack-in-the-Box (Fantasia 2000)|Jack-in-the-Box]], [[Yo Yo Flamingo]], [[Snooty Flamingos]], [[Noah (character)|Noah]], [[Spring Sprite]], [[the Elk]], [[the Firebird]]
-*[[February 29]] - [[Bradley Uppercrust III]], [[Unemployment Lady]], [[Sylvia Marpole]], [[Tank]], [[Beret Girl]], [[The Gammas]]
+*[[February 29]] - [[Bradley Uppercrust III]], [[Goofy's Boss]] [[Unemployment Lady]], [[Sylvia Marpole]], [[Tank]], [[Beret Girl]], [[The Gammas]]
 *[[April 2]] - [[Odella Otter]]
 *[[May 19]] - [[Aladar]], [[Aladar's Mother]], [[Baylene]], [[Eema]], [[Flia]], [[Kron]], [[Neera]], [[Plio]], [[Suri]], [[Url]], [[Yar]], [[Zini]]
@@ Line 60: / Line 58: @@
 ==Television==
-*[[February 26]] - ''[[The Weekenders]]'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
+*[[February 26]] - ''[[The Weekenders]]'' premieres on [[ABC]].
 *[[June 17]] - ''[[Even Stevens]]'' premieres on the [[Disney Channel]].
 *[[September 9]] - ''[[Teacher's Pet]]'' premieres on ABC.
-*[[September 27]] - ''[[PB&J Otter]]'' airs its final episode on [[Playhouse Disney]].
 *[[October 2]] - ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' premieres on ABC and in syndication.
+*[[October 15]] - ''[[PB&J Otter]]'' airs its final episode on [[Playhouse Disney]].
 ==Video games==
@@ Line 91: / Line 89: @@
 *[[January 11]]
 **''[[Toy Story]]'' (VHS only)
+**''[[Miscellaneous Disney animated shorts compilation videos|Love Tales]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Sweetheart Stories]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Miscellaneous Disney animated shorts compilation videos|Mickey Loves Minnie]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Un-Valentine's Day|Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day]]'' (re-issue)
 **''[[Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You]]''
 *[[January 18]]
@@ Line 137: / Line 139: @@
 **''[[A Bug's Life]]''
 *[[August 8]] - ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins]]''
-*[[August 22]] - ''[[The Tigger Movie]]''
+*[[August 22]]
+**''Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh'' (re-issue)
+**''Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Disney Sing Along Songs: Happy Haunting: Party at Disneyland]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[The Tigger Movie]]''
 *[[August 29]] - ''[[Out of the Box]] - Trick Or Treat''
 *[[September 5]] - ''[[Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World]]''
 *[[September 12]] - ''[[Mission to Mars]]'' (DVD only)
-*[[September 15]] - ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]''
+*[[September 19]] - ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]''
 *[[October 3]]
 **''[[The Black Cauldron]]''
@@ Line 151: / Line 158: @@
 **''[[Toy Story 2]]''
 *[[October 31]] - ''[[Out of the Box]] - Happy Holidays''
-*[[November 7]] - ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''
+*[[November 7]]
+**''[[A Disney Christmas Gift]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Jiminy Cricket's Christmas]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (re-issue)
+**''[[Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too]]'' (re-issue)
+**''How the Toys Saved Christmas'' (re-issue)
+**''[[A Walt Disney Christmas]]''
+**''Spot's Magical Christmas''
+**''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians: Christmas]]''
+**''Raymond Briggs' The Bear''
+**''[[Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs]]''
+**''[[Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas]]''
+**''[[Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving]]''
+**''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''
+**''[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]''
 *[[November 14]]
 **''[[Fantasia 2000]]''
@@ Line 165: / Line 186: @@
 *[[January 8]] - [[Noah Cyrus]] (actress and singer)
 *[[January 26]] - [[Piper Mackenzie Harris]] (child actress)
-*[[February 5]] - [[Jordan Nagai]] (actor)
+*[[February 10]] - [[Yara Shahidi]] (actress, voice actress, and model)
-*[[February 10]] - [[Yara Shahidi]] (actress and model)
 *[[March 21]] - [[Jace Norman]] (actor)
-*[[April 6]] - [[CJ Adams]] (actor)
+*[[March 27]] - [[Halle Bailey]] (actress, singer, and writer)
 *[[June 21]] - [[Natalie Alyn Lind]] (actress)
-*[[July 16]] - [[Jonathan Morgan Heit]] (actor)
+*[[July 16]] - [[Jonathan Morgan Heit]] (actor, voice actor, and singer)
-*[[July 25]] - [[Mason Cook]] (teen actor)
+*[[August 3]] - [[Landry Bender]] (actress and voice actress)
-*[[July 28]] - [[Emily Hahn]] (child actress)
-*[[August 3]] - [[Landry Bender]] (actress)
 *[[September 28]] - [[Frankie Jonas]] (actor and singer)
-*[[October 10]] - [[Aedin Mincks]] (actor)
+*[[October 11]] - [[Hayden Byerly]] (actor and voice actor)
-*[[October 14]] - [[Mekai Curtis]] (actor)
+*[[October 14]] - [[Mekai Curtis]] (actor and voice actor)
-*[[November 10]] - [[Mackenzie Foy]] (actress)
+*[[November 10]] - [[Mackenzie Foy]] (model and actress)
-*[[November 15]] - [[Coco Grayson]] (child actress)
+*[[November 15]] - [[Coco Grayson]] (actress and voice actress)
 *[[November 22]] - [[Auli'i Cravalho]] (actress and singer)
 ===Deaths===
 *[[January 12]] - [[Marc Davis]] (artist and animator)
-*[[February 10]] - [[Jim Varney]] (actor)
+*[[February 10]] - [[Jim Varney]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
-*[[March 13]] - [[Rex Everhart]] (actor and singer)
+*[[March 13]] - [[Rex Everhart]] (actor, voice actor, and singer)
 *[[March 16]] - [[Adele Malis-Morey]] (actress and voice actress)
 *[[June 24]] - [[David Tomlinson]] (actor)
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 *[[August 5]] - [[Alec Guinness]] (actor)
 *[[August 25]] - [[Carl Barks]] (illustrator and comic book writer)
-*[[December 11]] - [[David Lewis]] (actor)
 *[[December 23]] - [[Billy Barty]] (actor and voice actor)
 *[[December 26]] - [[Jason Robards]] (actor)
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 [[nl:2000]]
 [[pt-br:2000]]
-[[Category:Years in Disney history| 2000]]
+[[ru:2000]]
+[[Category:Years in Disney history]]