2002 May 20, Timmy Ramone, “"Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" -- A Response”, in rec.arts.animation[1] (Usenet):
This was by no means a Disney "cheapquel," and it's amazing just how far the old "House of Animation" has let the ball drop on "2-D" animation -- only to have it picked up by the crew at Dreamworks.
2003 July 10, LordofTheBidding, “It's true, Brother Bear is the final nail”, in rec.arts.animation[2] (Usenet):
I just can't get over how they directly lifted the scene from Lion King where Simba's father appears in the clouds! And the stampede! I mean, the similarities are laughable, this comes across almost as bad as Dizzney's cheapquels.
2004 February 29, DishRoom1, “Pixar and Disney relationship ends”, in rec.arts.animation[3] (Usenet):
Also I have been read a lot online about all the Disney animated cheapquels, and the reason they sour against the originals and the Disney name in animation is how that the plots in the sequels are more or less the same as the originals, or that they would have the characteers[sic] do the same or similar things from the original flicks.
2004 March 4, ELurio, “Re: Re-elect Eisner? 43% vote NO!”, in rec.arts.animation[4] (Usenet):
The problem is the theme parks and the animation studio. If the cheapquels didn't sell so well, there wouldn't be the confusion between the "prime" stuff and the crap. That's what killed the division.
2004 April 23, Derek Janssen, “Re: Ranking Disney's 45 Animated Features... +1”, in rec.arts.animation[5] (Usenet):
So, although "Lion King II" and "Pocahontas 2" (and yeah, that Mulan 2 that kinda got away before they shut the rest down) still exist as separate entities, most of the pulled cheapquels to titles still remaining on the Platinum list (Jungle Book, 101D) are rumored to have now been downgraded to "Bonus extras"...
2004 October 3, DishRoom1, “Re: Whats the best?”, in rec.arts.animation[6] (Usenet):
And according to the SaveDisney personality "Merlin Jones", greenlighting the shows was the start of how Eisner began his reign of terror in Disney's toon world just before the cheapquels and stuff.
2008 April 9, Juan F. Lara, “Re: Disney announces 10 new film projects”, in rec.arts.animation[7] (Usenet):
No, he shut down the production of cheapquels. These Tink films are "Disney Fairies" franchise products instead.
