Brave was an exception, or a turning point depending on how you see their later releases. A large number of Disney works have been "inspired by" other works. I

Brave was an exception, or a turning point depending on how you see their later releases. A large number of Disney works have been "inspired by" other works. I'd estimate just under half, but this changes with every release. They do seem to be getting more original, but that seems to be mainly due to the Pixar team. The quote below was from 2002 when there were a total of ~45 Disney animated feature films. "a total of 28 films that have acknowledged sources outside of The Walt Disney Company itself, more than half of all the movies they've made to date."[1] There are now around 79 released feature films (Based on http://everything2.com/title/Disney+Animated+Features http://everything2.com/title/Disney+Animated+Features), of which 34 (to my count) are not original so it looks like they are slowly improving. Now they just need to stop making multiple sequels for everything... [1]: http://everything2.com/title/How+many+Disney+movies+are+actually+original+stories%253F http://everything2.com/title/How+many+Disney+movies+are+actu...