The Return of Jafar

(The Walt Disney Pictures logo is shown, before showing footage from various Disney sequels that were released direct-to-video/DVD)

Doug (vo): Well, every Disneycember, we try to look at the best that Disney has to offer. This year, we're gonna go the opposite route. If you're younger, you might have noticed all these sequels that seem to pop up to popular Disney films that don't really seem to be as good. This is because as hand-drawn films were starting to phase out and CG films were starting to phase in, Disney didn't always have a lot to do for their hand-drawn department, at least, nothing that made them much a profit. However, that seemed to change, though not necessarily for the best, with the direct-to-DVD sequels. For whatever reason, kids just loved to see what was gonna happen next in these movies that really didn't need any continuing stories. And they got a reputation pretty fast of being the worst. You name it. Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, even The Hunchback of Notre Dame got a sequel. As they seemed to make more and more money, they pushed them up faster and faster and...well, they have a reputation for being some of Disney's worst material in recent years. For a long time, people have been asking me to look these over and, by God, I didn't want to. But you know what? I'm an optimist. And I'm gonna hold out that there's at least one, just one, good sequel out there. Is it a fool's wish? Maybe. But I'm determined to get through all of them to see if they're as bad as everybody said they are. I get a feeling they're right, but I should judge for myself. Even though there's surprisingly enough films to almost fill the entire month, there's still one or two that I have available yet. So I'll fill those in with not sequels, but still direct-to-DVD movies that they made. Is there somewhere a diamond in the rough to be found? Well, all through the month of December, I'm gonna find out. Because you demanded it, this is Disneycember: Direct-to-DVD Sequels. (Sighs) I hope you appreciate what I do for you.

(The Disneycember logo is shown, before showing a video cassette of The Fox and the Hound and the pamphlet inside)

Doug (vo): So let's go to where this all started. I remember I got the VHS of Fox and the Hound, and as soon as you open it up, there's a little pamphlet that said "one of the greatest villains was coming back". You open it up and you saw Disney's The Return of Jafar. Holy smokes. To a little kid, this was amazing. Aladdin was one of the biggest films that ever came out at that time, and Disney never really did any sequels apart from The Rescuers Down Under.