Gnosticism in cartoons (Shreck, Wall-E, Wreck-It Ralph, Barbie, etc.)

This post is inspired by The Matrix - Gnostic symbolism and elite disclosure thread with an in-depth analysis of the movie Matrix and its gnostic symbolism.


Cartoons also contain gnostic agendas. Find a compilation of various cartoons and several short key points per each cartoon below. You can find a more in-depth analysis for the cartoons at the bottom of the post in Sources section.

The cartoons try to push onto us these ideas:

  1. Ideal places are boring and dull. Being outside of an ideal place is more fun.
  2. The ruler of the ideal place is a dictator who requires obeying the rules.
  3. Rules suppress our individuality and hide the truth. Breaking rules is cool.
  4. Being bad/defective/have glitches is okay (even beneficial) - accept it and be your true self.

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Smallfoot (2018)

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The Yeti Village is a village above the clouds where everyone is happy. It’s built on the foundation of stones on which laws are written.​​

The Stonekeeper interprets and enforces the laws. He says that “stones are to protect us and keep us safe”.

Migo is banished for questioning the stones, he goes on a journey to prove that stones are false and that the Stonekeeper is hiding the truth behind the stones.

UglyDolls (2019)

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Uglyville is a place to where defective dolls are thrown. It’s colorful, chaotic and funny.

The Institute of Perfection is a place where perfect dolls live. This place looks ordered and dull.

Lou is the ideal doll who rules the perfect city. He is very arrogant and is a standard to all other dolls. He sings a song with these words: “You’ve got to measure up or you won’t get eternal bliss”.

The ugly dolls try to become perfect, but soon they understand that they lose themselves and their uniqueness.

Wall-E (2008)

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The Axiom Starship is a technologically perfect place where everything is automated. Humans are always sitting in floating chairs and enjoying while all the work is done by robots. (Note: an axiom is a statement that is taken to be true).

Wall-E gives EVE a plant so that the humanity can leave the perfect starship and go to Earth.

Wall-E gets to the starship where other robots strictly follow the lines while he drives as he wants and causes chaos.

Interesting coincidence: if you sum up all the ships’ captains years you get 666:
2248-2105=143
2379-2248=131
2520-2380=140
2645-2521=124
2774-2646=128
143+131+140+124+128=666

The LEGO Movie (2014)

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The Lego World is a place where everything is ordered and everyone is happy.

Lord Business rules this world. He says: “Let’s take extra care to follow the instructions or you will be put to sleep”. He hates creativity and chaos. He wants “to end the world as we know” by fixing it in an ideal static order.

Emmet Brickowski lives strictly following instructions. Then he falls down into a hole where he meets Lucy, which guides him in his struggle against Lord Business. Emmet then sacrafices himself to save the world.

Shreck (2001)

The kingdom of Duloc is a perfect kingdom with strict standards and rules.

Lord Farquaad is the tyranical and narcistic ruler of the kingdom. He banishes everyone who doesn’t fit in.

Shreck lives alone in swamp, doesn’t obey rules, showers up in filth. A red dragon later becomes his friend and helps him.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Niceland is a perfect place where good guys live.

Fix-It Felix is adored by everyone there. He is a carpenter who has a healing power and a resurrection power. He celebrates his 30th anniversary.

Ralph wrecks the building in Niceland, but Felix always fixes it. Ralph lives outside of Niceland in the town’s dump. He also attends BAD-ANON meetings where he sits next to Satan. The attendees manifest “we can’t change who we are” and “I’m bad and that’s good”. He goes on a journey to get a medal, which would outshine the Felix’s medal.


King Candy is the ruler of the Candy Paradise.

Vanellope is a racer character who has a glitch. King Candy says that their world will be destroyed if Vanellope stays in with a glitch. Another racer girl reproaches her: “the rules are there for a reason, Vanellope, to protect us”.

King Candy says that bad guys don’t win medals.

Ralph wants to sacrifice himself, but Vanellope’s glitch helps to save him.

Wish (2023)

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Kingdom of Rosas is a kingdom on “the most perfect island deep in the Mediterranean Sea”.

King Magnifico is “able to protect from harm or ill will, any wish given to him and, for the good and the worthy, even grant that wish”. But he is not going to answer the wishes which he thinks can cause harm to Rosas.

Asha thinks that Magnifico has to return ungranted wishes to their owners (so that people can make them true on their own) and starts a struggle against Magnifico.

The Wild Robot (2024)

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There is a place designed by the Universal Dynamics where “every need has been anticipated”. “Could this world be any better?”

ROZZUM1734 finds herself on a wild island after a crash and it starts going against its programming to survive.

Another robot says: “You are defective. You are in the wrong place. You have become the wrong being. You must return to factory”. But ROZZUM1734 doesn’t want to return back - the new wild place is much better.

Barbie (2023)

​Barbieland is a place where everything is perfect.

Barbie leaves the Barbieland for the real non-ideal world.

Break the rules / Follow your heart (Do what thou wilt)

Based on: Disney’s Biggest Deception: Follow Your Heart and Break The Rules | LED

Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True (2002)

Who’s to say the rules must stay the same forevermore?
Whoever made them had to change the rules that came before.
So make your own way, show the beauty within.
When you follow your heart there’s no heart you can’t win.

Mulan 2 (2004)

– Your duty was to stay home, but your heart told you to break the rules. How did you decide between duty and heart?
– By following my feelings I wound up doing the right thing. I guess I learnt that my duty is to my heart.

The Croods (2013)

The croods made it because of my dad. He was strong and he followed the rules. The ones painted on the cave walls. Anything new is bad, curiosity is bad, going out at night is bad, basically anything fun is bad. Welcome to my world, but now we know the croods will make it, because we changed the rules. The ones that kept us in the dark.

Coco (2017)

The rest of the world may follow the rules, but I must follow my heart.

Frozen (2012)

It’s time to see what I can do to test the limits and break through.
No right, no wrong, no rules for me. I am free!

Aladdin (1992)

Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide? I can open your eyes.
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A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view. No one to tell us no or where to go.

Thumbelina (1994)

Follow your heart, follow your heart
Trust your feelings, it will guide you
Follow your heart, follow your heart
It will tell you what to do

Pocahontas (1995)

Listen with your heart, you will understand
Let it break upon you like a wave upon the sand

Belle’s Magical World (1998)

Listen with our hearts
It’s an honest place to start
It’ll let you know that you can make amends
If we make a mistake, before our good hearts break
We should try to talk to our best friends

Brave (2012)

Writes our own story. Follow our hearts.

All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)

Welcome to doing whatever you wish.

Sources


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Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

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You forgot to touch on the Sophia character, the female embodiment of wisdom. I have not seen most of these in a while but Wreck it Ralph has a Sophia. It’s the glitchy girl that helps Ralph.

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