We have our championship teams. How did we get here? Toy Story shut out Chicken Little to move ahead automatically, beat Ratatouille after winning the vote 10 to 4, advanced past Wall-E by winning 75% of the vote, and easily proved to be the superior Toy Story by a 14 to 4 vote against Toy Story 3 to win the Pixar region. In the Final Four, Toy Story easily advanced after giving Snow White only a 2 in 13 chance of winning. Overall, Toy Story had a solid 35% chance of winning all five of the match-ups and advancing to the finals.
The Lion King seemed almost predestined to make the championship match-up. It swept all the votes from Home on the Range and Tangled, beat the Princess and the Frog by a vote of 13 to 1, and moved past Mulan, a film that was only given a 3 votes to 15 chance. The competition in the Final Four was a bit easier than it could have been for the Lion King due to the upsets in the 1959-1992 region. Oliver & Company, the Norfolk State/Lehigh of the Disney tournament, beat Beauty and the Beast after receiving one very decisive vote. Aladdin upset The Little Mermaid, a movie that would have given the Lion King a better run for its money, despite being outvoted by a 2 to 1 ratio. Nevertheless, the Lion King faced the opponent on the schedule and won easily after a vote of 12 to 2. The Lion King's probability of defeating all five opponents was a gaudy 66%.
We've all seen both movies, probably at least 5-10 times and likely in the theaters. The Lion King was the peak of the Disney renaissance that started with the Little Mermaid and tailed off with Tarzan and Fantasia 2000. Toy Story, released one year after the Lion King, introduced us to Pixar and spawned two equally excellent sequels. We know the songs, from "Circle of Life" to "I Will Go Sailing No More," the Oscar winning "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and the Oscar nominated "You've got a Friend in Me." One stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and "Home Improvement" star Tim Allen and the other features Jonathan Taylor Thomas, every part Hanks' acting equal and longtime TV son of Allen.
So here we are. After voting on 62 match-ups, there is only one left. So who will be the Disney Bracket champion: Toy Story or the Lion King?
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