Disney Character Bracket

Hi bracket fans!!!!!

We are back with more bracket fun since its March!

I have found a bracket template online that is way easier to use and should allow for more brackets!

Below are our Ultimate Disney Character Brackets!!

For this bracket, my boys wanted me to do animal Disney characters + the incredibles. So I used the criteria of them having a mask if they were in the park. No face characters are in the bracket.
The 4 one seeds are the 4 main characters. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Minnie.
I tried to place characters by personality.
More classic/hero characters in Mickey's region.
Fiery characters in Donald's region.
Goofy characters in Goofy's region.
Sweet characters in Minnie's region.

It looks kind of blurry here, but I'm posting it below
Left Side
Mickey Mouse
Timothy Mouse
Lumiere
Rex
Rafiki
Joy
Buzz Lightyear
Mr. Toad
Nala
Mufasa
Jiminy Cricket
Happy
Sebastian
Bagheera
Genie
Judy Hopps
Goofy
Dopey
Frozone
Jack Jack
Timon
Vanellope
Launchpad
Robin Hood
Tigger
Abu
Pumba
Nick Wilde
Baloo
Crush
Stitch
Hei Hei

Right Side
Donald Duck
Dash
Chip
Dale
Lightning McQueen
Rabbit
Beast
King Louie
Simba
Mr. Incredible
Grumpy
Scrooge McDuck
Woody
Kaa
Pluto
Wreck It Ralph
Minnie Mouse
Kion
Nemo
Dory
Jessie
Bullseye
Dumbo
Flounder
Winnie the Pooh
Olaf
Piglet
Flik
Baymax
Elastigirl
Daisy Duck
Koda

Here is jr.'s bracket

So Jr. loves Kion and picked him to win it. The biggest reason Kion was included was for Noland Jr. He picked the criteria for the bracket as always and I seeded them. As you can see, he loves the lion guard. He even had a lion guard birthday party 2 years ago. Its still his favorite show! The only threat was the Incredibles. Frozone made it to the finals and Dash made it to the Final Four. Kion outlasted them both though. Buzz Lightyear rounded out his final 4, but couldn't beat the Incredibles and Kion combo.

Next up, is our youngest

Our youngest loves the Jungle Book. The Jungle Book had 2 of the final four with Baloo and Bagheera each making it. Baloo was the ultimate winner for Eli. Now 3, Eli has had Jungle Book as his favorite for everything Disney since he was one. He absolutely loves the Jungle Book.

Jenna's bracket now...

Jenna still has Winnie the Pooh as her #1. She loves Pooh bear. Probably because she is sweet just like Pooh Bear. Pooh beat out Mickey Mouse in Jenna's final. Her bracket is probably the most common combo for anyone reading this. Jenna's final four was Mickey, Tigger, Donald, and Pooh.

Finally comes my bracket

My ultimate winner was Jiminy Cricket. Of course! He's the best character in Disney. How can you not love him?
I also had Baloo in my final four. Baloo went really far in 3 of our brackets and was one of the best performances. Buzz Lightyear also did really well. He didn't win any brackets, but he was in Jr.'s final 4 and most of our top 8. Jiminy Cricket beat Winnie the Pooh in my final matchup. Each of us had Pooh winning at least 1 except Eli who had Olaf in the final. Maybe that was too tough a 1st round matchup.

Until next time, keep enjoying and happy March Madness!!!

- Noland

Coolest Animated Bear Bracket

This is the most specific bracket we have done to date and possibly the most fun. Who is the coolest animated bear? A debate you may have not known you had, but certainly are thinking about now.
Is it Yogi?
Baloo?
Pooh?
Another Contender?

There are so many surprising, and wonderful options to select here. I hope you take a look at what we have put out there for you. I know the intrigue is killing you, so why don't we just go on ahead and release the bracket already....

There are themed regions as always. This time it is mean bears in the bottom right, adventuring bears in the top right, bears with personality in the top left, and caring bears in the bottom left. The bottom left could also be labeled the care bear regional. That is where most of the care bears are. It was the hardest regional for me and my family to do because we don't watch care bears. We did it based on colors and designs of the bears as well as names. The four obvious #1 seeds were Yogi, Baloo, Smokey, and Winnie the Pooh. Most would assume most people will go chalk and pick those 4, but not so fast my friend. The Bear in the Fox in the Hound is the 16 seed in the mean bear regional.

Let's go over some of the lesser known characters and clarify. Whistlestop Jackson is a pilot in the series TaleSpin. Vladimir Gryzlikoff is a villain in the cartoon Darkwing Duck. Ted is who you think it is, that vulgar bear from the adult movie. It was tough to find this many bears and I figured to include him for any people that might want to fill one out. Koslov is the giant polar bear from Zootopia. Most don't know his name, but he is an intimidating presence and Eli loves him. None of us really know who honey bear is, but he is a bear that comes up in searches. Just type animated honey bear and he will be there. Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Mother Bear and Papa Bear are from Berenstein Bears. There is also Mama and Papa Bear which I have designated as Disney. Those ones designated as Disney are from the series Goldie and Bear. Jack A. Bear is the main bear from Goldie and Bear. Tug is the giant, friendly bear from the movie Brother Bear. Bongo the Bear is a circus bear from early Disney and Lulubelle is his girlfriend. Bernard the polar bear is from his own standalone series. I had never heard of him, but apparently there is some cult following.

Let's start with Jenna, because this was her favorite bracket so far...

Jenna went mostly chalk and had 3 1 seeds in her final. With Koda pulling some upsets in the other bracket. This could be a trend in our family as we loved the Brother Bear movies with the star Koda. The characters in those two movies could do quite well throughout the brackets. Plus, as mentioned earlier, we aren't big care bear fans, so you might see them knocked off. Jenna also enjoyed the Berenstein Bears as she had the characters from those shows advancing further than the rest of us. She even had Brother Bear advancing to the sweet 16. Jenna is the only one to pick Sister Bear over Funshine Bear (although she did it after saying Funshine first hence the cross out)

To the surprise of nobody, her champion was Winnie the Pooh. If you remember our Disney Movie Madness bracket, you will remember that she picked The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as her champion. You might also remember she wrote that Pooh was the kindest, sweetest bear. He is her favorite Disney character of all. Not just her favorite Disney bear. There is no beating Winnie the Pooh for her on any bracket.

Her final four was rounded out with Yogi and Baloo. I was actually a bit surprised with Baloo as I thought she would go Kenai due to her affinity for Brother Bear. However, she stuck with the family favorite and took Baloo into the final. It is impossible not to like Baloo after all. Yogi making it was not surprising as he is an iconic character. What was surprising was Nita's first round exit. As cool as Po is, Jenna loves Brother Bear. I assumed Nita would be up against Kenai in the next round.

Next, let's look at the boy who inspired this bracket in Eli Thomas...

Eli is all about Baloo. It is his favorite character. He absolutely loves that bear and Jungle Book and TaleSpin. You can see that he had that TaleSpin bias with Kit Cloudkicker also making his Final Four.
Although it's not really bias because Kit Cloudkicker and TaleSpin are awesome. The only TaleSpin characters knocked out before the Sweet 16 were Whistlstop Jackson who was knocked off by TaleSpin alumnus Becky Cunningham, and Molly Conningham who was bested in Rd. 2 by the super popular Little John.

The two other characters in the Final Four were Koslov and Koda. Brother Bear was a family favorite and Koda did well in all of our brackets. That little bear from Brother Bear was expected to make it that far. But, Koslov? Most don't even know his name. That being said, he is popular in our house as we absolutely love Polar Bears. Eli especially loves Polar Bears. I'm looking up places we can see polar bears as we speak so that he can see one in person. A fascinating animal that Koslov happens to play very well.

Eli had Special Agent Oso going further than either his mom or I. He also had Bedtime Bear further than any of us. Other than Cheer Bear making the Elite 8, there were no other huge surprises. Eli and I picked Tug from Brother Bear further than the rest of the family did. We just really like Tug. Finally, another upset over Smokey, maybe you are starting to realize a trend.

I guess we will do my bracket next....

That final is so tough for me. Winnie the Pooh or Baloo, how do you choose? I have gone back and forth on the two of them several times over the years. Each of them always finishing in my top 3 characters. Recently, as my 2nd and 3rd favorite characters respectively. I usually say I like Pooh more, but I go back and forth a lot. The tiebreak for me recently is how much Eli adores Baloo. When your kids like something more, it makes you like it more as well. Eli's love for Baloo won it for the bear. It is just one more thing Eli and I get to bond over, Jungle Book and TaleSpin.

I kept the trend going with Koda to the Final Four like everyone else so far. He truly is a one of a kind character. It is always nice to see that movie recognized and to recognize it ourselves. Speaking of Brother Bear, Jenna and I both selected the character Brother Bear to the Sweet 16. That character is from Berenstein Bears though not the Disney movie. The other main character from the Disney movie Brother Bear, Kenai, also did really well in the brackets. Kenai made it to the Elite 8 in both mine and Jenna's brackets.

My Final Four was rounded out by Br'er Bear. This character from Disney's Song of the South and Splash Mountain is known for the ride more than anything else. That ride is my favorite and it brings me joy when I see Br'er Bear around the parks. He is just fun to me even though he is a bad guy. Lots'O or Br'er Bear was a tough decision, but the Splash Mountain connection was the tie-breaker.

Now up, the bracket king, Noland Jr.....

Junior had a crazy upset off the top with Kwicky Koala (who he doesn't know) over family favorite Baloo. This was rather surprising as Jr. has always loved Baloo. He was just messing with his brother who is obsessed! You will notice quite a few upsets in Jr.'s bracket actually. Whistlestop Jackson even made an appearance in his final four.The Bear from Fox and the Hound upset Yogi and went all the way to the Elite 8. Another surprise elite 8 appearance came from Birthday Bear. We haven't watched Care Bears so that was quite the shock. The explanation wasn't shocking though, because who doesn't love birthdays. He said he picked him because he loves birthdays.

The overall champ for Jr. was Kit Cloudkicker. That made for quite the TaleSpin Final Four. Kit Cloudkicker and Whistlestop Jackson both making it into the Final Four. The young bear (Kit) is another favorite in our household and in particular a favorite of Jr. He has always enjoyed Kit and his bravery. That glider doesn't hurt Kit's case either.

Also in the Final Four was the ever popular Koda. Well, he's popular in our house anyway. Finally, the top group was rounded out by Special Agent Oso. Jr. has always enjoyed Oso. The yellow bear showed us 3 special steps to making it in the Final Match U. He is a pretty neat character, but Noland had him going twice as far as the rest of us combined. While Noland picked Oso, I thought Baloo would win that regional in everyone's bracket. I guess I was wrong.

Bonus Pick: My little brother Justin asked whether it was TaleSpin Baloo or Jungle Book Baloo. I stated that it is whatever Baloo you want it to be. He picked Baloo to win it all specifying that it must be the version from TaleSpin. He claimed that Baloo would drop water from the Sea Duck on the fire started by Smokey the Bear in the championship

Here are our top 5 according to most spaces advanced on the brackets (not including Justin since we don't have a full bracket).
5. Special Agent Oso (11 spots)
T - 3. Koda/ Kit Cloudkicker (16 spots)
T - 1. Baloo/ Winnie the Pooh (17 spots)

Super jammed at the top. Baloo wins 2 brackets, but has to tie with the overall win because Jr. decided to pick a Koala he has never heard of lol. He really does love Baloo, he was just messing with his brother. We will give the overall win to Baloo because of that and him winning Justin's bracket as well!

What did you think of our brackets?
Who are your favorite bears?
Got any ideas for future brackets?
Leave us any feedback you wish in the comments

Join us back here in 5 days for our North American Animal Bracket

- Noland

Disney Movie Madness

I am sure you saw the disney movie bracket that went viral during March Madness. If you have not seen it yet, here it is...

The bracket is awesome and fun. There is one problem with this bracket though. It does not include some of the best movies of all-time on the Disney side. It does not include any movies before the Disney Renaissance. It was a successful time period for Disney, but they made movies before then. They made so many wonderful classic movies.
While I enjoyed that little bracket I set out to create my own bracket that included the classics.
My improved bracket isn't as pretty, but it gets the job done.

I decided to separate the bracket by eras. This was done so more movies could be included. It also seemed foolish to seperate it into Disney v. Pixar because Pixar has less than 20 movies. There were a few choices that had to be made on what to leave out in order to separate it by eras. A lot of classics meant that The Rescuers was left out. However, The Rescuers Down Under was included with the Disney Renaissance. A lot of wonderful movies got included now that were left out before. The seeding was done by what I think the more popular movies are at this time. Snow White got a automatic pass to a #1 seed because its the original movie. #Respect

Below are our filled out brackets with Noland Jr. 1st.....

The Lion King was the ultimate champion for Noland Jr. and it has been his favorite movie for quite some time. He is also really into the Cars movies as you can see. Cars and Cars 3 both made it into his Final Four and Jr. had those movies going further than any of us did. He said that the toughest decision of his bracket was The Jungle Book or the original Cars. His most surprising choice to us was that he picked Inside Out over Coco. We all loved Coco and I had it going much further than he did. Junior also had the original Toy Story out super early which was odd to me.
His reasoning was "Buzz is mean to Woody in that one." 5 year olds and how they rationalize things......

My bracket is next

The Jungle Book is my all-time favorite Disney movie. My favorite being left off the original bracket was my biggest inspiration for creating the bracket as I did. It is always a tough choice for me between Lion King and Jungle Book as I consider them 1a and 1b of Disney movies instead of 1 and 2. That being said, Jungle Book does have a slight edge. My #3 movie is actually Pinocchio, but that movie couldn't make the Final Four because it had to be knocked out by Jungle Book in the Disney Classics section of the bracket. As I told you with Jr.'s bracket, Coco got over big with my family and made it into my Final Four. I'm the only one that had it going as far as I did, but I just loved this family-oriented Disney movie. Coco is my favorite Pixar movie of them all, even beating out Toy Story. That one is a close call though.

You will probably notice a few wins that would be considered upsets in my bracket. I talked about how we respect Snow White and all agree it should be a one seed. Then both Jr. and I have The Fox and the Hound upsetting Snow White. While we respect the movie and that it started it all, it is nowhere near the favorite of any of us. It gets knocked out by a superior movie in our book. Just like Noland I move Dumbo (a top 10 Disney movie) into my Sweet 16. I had Princess and the Frog and Wreck It-Ralph both going to the Elite 8 and farther than most would have them. They are both terrific movies that I absolutely loved. Finally, my toughest decision for the bracket was Brother Bear over Finding Nemo. The story and characters of Nemo are timeless and I adore the movie. That being said, you can see I went Brother Bear. To me, Brother Bear, is the most underrated Disney movie. It is a true classic and a Top 5 movie of Disney. Finding Nemo is top 10, but not top 5 to me. I felt like I should go Finding Nemo, but Brother Bear I enjoy more. I put Brother Bear in my Final Four.

It's Eli's turn







Let's start with the obvious here. What is that scratched out at the top of Eli's page? Did we actually have to write his name more than once?

Of course, we didn't mess up intentionally. Noland Jr. tried to write his brother's name and messed up so we wanted to make sure it was correct before we posted. We thought about starting fresh, but the whole save the environment thing + it shows we are not perfect.

Anyways, onto the bracket. Eli is obsessed with The Jungle Book, so that was the obvious winner before we even started. The only question was how he would fill out the rest of the bracket. His favorite non- Jungle Book character is Baymax, so it makes sense that Big Hero 6 would make it all the way to the final. He also really likes Goofy and he had A Goofy Movie going much further than any of us did. His biggest change from the group is that he is the only one of us who picked Monsters Inc. over Brother Bear. Eli loves Monsters Inc. he likes it a lot better than the rest of us. He thinks Mike and Sulley are so funny and laughs whenever he sees them. All of us had this movie losing the 1st round, but Eli took it all the way to the Final Four. We enjoy the movie a lot more when Eli is around! I'm curious how far he would have taken Monsters University if it didn't have to go up against Big Hero 6.

Now, the wonderful Jenna

Jenna's is clearly the prettiest bracket. She has such better handwriting than I do and wrote out some nice reasons for her picks. You can tell The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was her #1 choice of all Disney movies. She selected this because it is such a nice movie of by far her favorite character. This 1977 classic was far better than the 2011 version which lost in an opening round matchup to Frozen. The original has really stood the test of time and cemented Pooh as a classic Disney character. There is even a ride of the movie at Walt Disney World. An amazing ride that our family loves (that might show up on a future bracket soon...)

Jenna also had Brother Bear making the Final 4, so you can really see the wait the movie holds in our house. You can also see the female influence Jenna brings as opposed to us as she has many princess movies going further than us. She had Moana making the Final 4, Cinderella making the Sweet 16, Beauty and the Beast in the Elite 8, and Sleeping Beauty winning period which none of us had.

Jenna also had the Lion King making the Final Four. That movie is the only movie that advanced into all of our Final Fours. It also won the bracket for Noland Jr. However, with Jungle Book winning mine and Eli's brackets, which is the ultimate champion. If you go by most rounds advanced, it is a straight up tie. So our ultimate champions are both the Jungle Book and the Lion King for this family. The 1a and 1b movies of the Robinson household.

We might have a few more brackets with characters from Lion King or Jungle Book related stories, so please stay tuned. Trust in Me that we have a lot more great brackets to come.....

What do you pick?
What do you think of our picks?
What other brackets do you want us to do?
Leave us a comment and let us know!!
We will have a Super Hero bracket up in a few days for you!!!!

-Noland