# What children's movie(s) have you unwillingly seen the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171 "2018-06-15T20:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/1 "2018-06-15T20:05:47Z")
Inspired by a moment from a similar thread: > [@What movie have you seen the most times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/104): > > When I was growing up, my parents had custody of my niece. She used to watch _The Little Mermaid_ repeatedly. That probably holds the record for the movie I seen the most times I didn’t even like. I sure a lot of parents have movies like this that their kids watched that that they can’t stand. Maybe we should start another thread about movies you seen the most you don’t even like.😃 I thought it would be fun to read people’s accounts of having to watch children’s movies repeatedly because of a child’s interest AND of how much said movie was loathsome. I know my friends who are 'rents have moaned and groaned whenever I mentioned certain Disney movies\* or Dora the Explorer or My Little Pony or Strawberry Shortcake or what have you. So what movies have you been forced to watch by the tyrannical monomania of a megalomaniac infant, much to your displeasure? Share with us your tales of woe! \*If y’all didn’t know, the market for Disney VHS tapes is insane! If you have any, find them and [start](https://www.ebay.com/b/Diamond-Edition-Aladdin-1992-film-VHS-Tapes/309/bn_42777507) [checking](https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-LITTLE-MERMAID-Rare-VHS-Disney-Black-Diamond-Classic-1990-Banned-Cover-Art/232362508992?epid=1144521138&hash=item3619e282c0:g:6icAAOSw1WJZMI5d) [eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/1988-Walt-Disney-Cinderella-VHS/222455005260?hash=item33cb5a004c:g:7FwAAOSwXYtY2r9K)! ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/2 "2018-06-15T20:49:03Z")
My own kids haven’t really been into rewatching the same things over and over, but my nephew Jack used to come round and watch Disney Dinosaurs, on repeat, every saturday for about 4 years, so I know that movie pretty much off by heart. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/3 "2018-06-15T20:49:11Z")
My kid loved Thomas the Tank Engine. That was mind-numbing, even when narrated by Ringo Star. To the point that, in my mind, I took refuge in dark humor … ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/4 "2018-06-15T21:07:09Z")
Since my comment inspired this friend, I thought I’d respond. Some other films my niece used to watch include_The Land Before Time_ and \* An American Tail\*. My niece now has a toddler of her own who likes to watch _Trolls_ constantly. My other niece used to watch The Mother Goose Treasury VHS tape over and over again. I’m not sure this counts as it’s not actually movie. It’s a collection of nursery rhymes performed by a woman dressed as Mother Goose and people in costumes as the characters. Then there are the Barney The Dinosaur VHS tapes; but they’re not actually movies either. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/5 "2018-06-15T21:08:24Z")
Were you channelling [your inner Tesco Vee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNRXEGzKa5s)? 😛 \*NSFW punk rock song ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/6 "2018-06-15T21:19:20Z")
Oh, Man! This just triggered a repressed memory! :eek: My kid had some awful _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ movie (not the original) that had **Rick Moranis** in it. Singing! Had it on the TV non-stop for what seemed like years. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/7 "2018-06-15T21:31:52Z")
I remember being at someone’s house and their kid was watching some movie about a dinosaur migration or something and in the end the dino kid’s mom died and all hope was lost. I was gobsmacked and asked “what the fuck are you letting your infant watch?”, completely puzzled about why anyone would let a young child watch this loathsomely depressing movie. I mean, why burden a toddler with existential angst? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/8 "2018-06-15T21:58:54Z")
Ugh…Buddies movies: > **[Movies presented by Disney Buddies](https://buddies.disney.com/movies)** > > Take a look at every Disney Buddies movie. Just when oldest lost interest, middle picked them up. I can only hope littlest never catches on. I don’t mind the CGI Thomas shows, but I don’t like the old ones. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/9 "2018-06-15T22:05:49Z")
Toy Story, over and over and over. From age 3. She could recite it as it played. I never hated anything so bad until Spongebob Squarepants came on the scene. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/10 "2018-06-15T22:20:33Z")
TV shows: Dora the Explorer. “_Can you say tree? \ I knew you could._” Go Diego Go. “_Say it louder. Everybody Scream._” Movies: Veggie Tales - shoot me now The Lion King Fortunately they moved on to Miyazaki. Even that got old after a while, but at least it was more intelligent. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/11 "2018-06-15T23:01:27Z")
Nightmare Before Christmas, at least once a year some class from elementary to high school would play it right before Christmas break. Due to it’s versatility I’ve seen the film in the same class right before both Halloween and Christmas break. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/12 "2018-06-15T23:54:29Z")
I think I’m too old to have been subjected to multi-watched kid tapes. Just not really available until they were old enough that we could get ones we all liked. Although, if they had been listening to something I didn’t like, I’d have found it really easy to ignore. All I’d have had to do is pull out a book and I wouldn’t have heard a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/13 "2018-06-16T02:17:26Z")
The (pregnant) duckling, with SIL and grandduck are currently living with us. It’s cool. It’s like a sitcom. I don’t sit through all the kid’s movies that are constantly on, but they’re still on through the day. _Moana_ and _Coco_ are currently streaming. Constantly. I have, however, see this silly little _Sing_ musical almost 3 times all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/14 "2018-06-16T03:22:38Z")
For the most part we pretty much liked, or saw the value in, what Sophia liked. Dora was cute, Backyardigans was charming, we all LOVED Spongebob, Barney had some good lessons about manners, etc. Really, it wasn’t until she developed her own taste in music did differences really creep up, but that’s more on me than her. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/15 "2018-06-16T03:30:12Z")
I have not unwillingly watched a movie with my children more than once. I am lucky because my kids had an uncle who wanted to watch what they did, and they probably ended up unwillingly watching movies again because their uncle wanted to see them. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/16 "2018-06-18T14:22:09Z")
One summer my son watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer non-stop. The other movies that were on a constant showing during his childhood were: Beastmaster, The Wizard of Oz, The Dirt Bike Kid, Rad and Laurel & Hardy. I have to say I loved watching Laurel & Hardy with him. That kick lasted into his adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/17 "2018-06-18T14:25:00Z")
**The Little Mermaid**. My youngest wanted it on ALL THE TIME. She sang along with it constantly. And pitched fits when other activities were mandated. God, I hate that movie. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/18 "2018-06-18T14:42:46Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned _Frozen_. I’ve never seen it and I’m sick of it, mostly because of that interminable song. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/19 "2018-06-18T18:30:04Z")
**Frozen** for sure, probably **Moana** too. Ain’t it fun having girls. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171/20 "2018-06-18T19:07:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Toy Story, over and over and over. From age 3. She could recite it as it played. I never hated anything so bad until Spongebob Squarepants came on the scene. Reminds me of one of my nieces and her love for _Dumbo_ (this was back in the early era of VHS tapes). She was around three but she had watched that movie so many times she had it memorized and would recite the lines as it played. My brother turned to me as it started and said “I used to like this movie.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-s-have-you-unwillingly-seen-the-most/816171.md?page=2)