Vintage Disney films frequently reused animation as a cost-effective and time-saving strategy known as “recycled animation” or sometimes associated with “rotoscoping.” This technique involved tracing or directly copying motion sequences from earlier films and adapting them for new characters. For instance, dance scenes in Robin Hood were repurposed from Snow White and The Jungle Book. By recycling these animated sequences, Disney animators could preserve fluid motion without redrawing each frame

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