{"id":2446,"date":"2024-10-08T04:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:45:09","slug":"disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4179.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4179.jpg 424w, https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4179-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4179-148x210.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5832164a1e17f8e21a60f241982ed97\">1923: Disney founded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5f498ba0cad852afadaa043c93d1755c\">1957: Disney has a controlling stake (64%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aaed69dec0a217a1aa5bfb108007ead8\">1960: Disney owns 100% shares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd57ceb7849c5c2ea8b79fa0f185cda7\">1965: Disney buys WED Enterprises (Disney Parks Design and Engineering divisions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea595d8bc102e49f989abfe95e225d94\">1987: Disney buys 50% shares in Wrather Corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a91e6491a3d05bd5670a065aa008eb70\">1988: Disney buys remaining 50% shares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52b8b72198908e43984a6cc8a10e7e52\">1989: Disney entered into negotiations to buy The Jim Henson Company (canceled due to Jim Henson&#8217;s death in 1990)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6fd31fc32a0406993f6ff01c2ed1b8c\">1993: Disney buys Miramax Films<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f1b6bf38b33a45b048cf5c5c7239b62\">1996: Disney buys Capital Cities\/ABC Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a0c4ef09b79b0a983d03d63d64a8540\">1996: Disney buys Toysmart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b2bbc021a44b67781b49a97c792fd4f4\">1998: Disney buys Starwave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e94d95949438cf34a7711ca7c19315f9\">1999: Disney buys Infoseek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba71892cf730f0be2b75a0568de5f740\">2004: Disney buys The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-80c6ff43619f69929016bd80fc7fdedc\">2005: Disney buys Avalanche Software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b6b103c685cbc9f57376d7a02c593d8e\">2006: Disney buys Pixar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b0ae0bdd1b4054bad77388967e5bc061\">2006: Disney buys Climax Racing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-608aa12d6f46220be2e2fa50fe5d2de6\">2007: Disney buys Junction Point Studios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c234a5c1c215130621479a9075b379ee\">2007: Disney buys New Horizon Interactive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-427dd5cee0c9a6b8a7db5f71e5941baf\">2009: Disney buys GameStar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-849f72b65b546321cf5bd8b5eebf665d\">2009: Disney buys Kerproof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d46dba1d5fb382fb1fae6aede2a90a4a\">2009: Disney buys Wideload Games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f452d0105ae323cbab55d6b9d0c09f1\">2009: Disney enters 30-film deal with Dreamworks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f8dce7f981ad81831a440af8decaa24b\">2009: Disney buys Marvel Entertainment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a975f419dd9865bed44d297e5688a7c6\">2010: Disney buys Tapulous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e59f646caf21f3ec3cea806c3870a10\">2010: Disney buys Playdom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4200d4575f7c3ea648507bb7d1b9009a\">2012: Disney buys UTV Software Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21f51c53da7d651ef42fe2fbb05609cf\">2012: Disney buys StudioEX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-920c8a4d58054785f094c0400ad8cebb\">2012: Disney buys Lucasfilm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6882e85455588a577f4821bdf3c1f641\">2014: Disney buys Maker Studios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1cd4b52781ebf31bab9f0a1d0341daf\">2016: 2015: Disney buys BAMTech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ce6a64d47d00f6be03ffa522463e617\">2017: Disney buys Euro Disney SCA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-031e7420286bd2a1a74523c058b3261d\">2019: Disney buys 21st Century Fox (60% stake in Hulu) <sup><a href=\"#footnote_1_2446\" id=\"identifier_1_2446\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"There are discrepancies in the amount of shares acquired by Disney\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8382053b968420c8aa4bfe4c81719c0b\">2019: Disney buys Hulu (WarnerMedia&#8217;s 10% stake) <sup><a href=\"#footnote_1_2446\" id=\"identifier_2_2446\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"There are discrepancies in the amount of shares acquired by Disney\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d23807f43d46befde03d92a1ab300919\">2019: Disney buys National Geographic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be2278457bffc97c7a52e344db67d6f8\">2019: Disney releases Disney Plus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5eb06e668b2238720cb0c6a4c295e5c1\">2022: Disney buys Universal Studios <sup><a href=\"#footnote_2_2446\" id=\"identifier_3_2446\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Disney never actually bought Universal Studios. The line of demarcation bewteen what is real and fictitious is fuzzy because Disney really did buy 33% of shares from Comcast in the following year.\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f106c5e3f6e2c86c99c78aee988b1d71\">2023: Disney buys the remaining 33% of shares from Comcast <sup><a href=\"#footnote_1_2446\" id=\"identifier_4_2446\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"There are discrepancies in the amount of shares acquired by Disney\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc3072e0b85ba55bacfd7816a85c7504\">2024: Disney buys 9% equity stake in Epic Games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2cfeca0de0a75fa2a4caa030539c3e9a\">2025: Disney buys Dreamworks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb2c4aa302e16b3b2d191193447c4ada\">2026: Disney buys Sony. Playstation rebranded as Disney Infinity. Playstation Network rebranded as Disney Universe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29b180ade27df9035152d4a59feaf6d2\">2028: Disney attempts to buy Warner Bros; W.B. says no<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ccecc07b7c00052e5111f633e3b8af91\">2028: Disney attempts to buy W.B. through Shell Corps; W.B. finds out and gets hostile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94715587d7d60a68c3a87c3c31da0c85\">2030: Disney buys Apple. Apple Watch rebranded as the Mickey Watch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33de43ee9efd4cfb72e3292655ec3557\">2031: The Church of Baby Yoda is the fastest-growing religion in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ca82715d7d78f119f10584c7400d9e24\">2031: Disney acquires a private military and starts corporate espionage on a large scale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5d47d51ca97e4d177d9f49ef03cf29e\">2032: Disney storms Warner Bros.&#8217;s headquarters. Few die because of the electronic surveillance provided by the &#8220;Apple&#8221; products most W.B. employees use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-066615e8450a7c60dfd6feb2b5e614be\">2033: Disney buys D.C. Comics. Mickey Mouse is now more powerful than Superman.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc5b8cc28e6b62ba4cf8a99f4b5c2453\">2034: Disney owns the majority of the copyrighted material. It buys off the E.U., U.S., and other major powers to honor unlimited copyright for corporate ownership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f241762294903350e6e6dd4c9e21a2c\">2035: Disney buys Microsoft. The Disney Universe has expanded further, and Master Chief is now a Disney Princess.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-819afe50bcc0f74e62c7f59ed6a373d6\">2038: In the midst of negotiations for a takeover, Google launches an escape craft. It departs the solar system, and its destination is unknown. Google takes with it the most powerful Artificial Intelligence ever constructed, GeminiX. No traces of it remain on earth, and critical infrastructure begins to fail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f71896dba9e4c8597e7badf846d36043\">2040: Counter Disney efforts take place. The War of the Black Market starts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67c40f10787e315e73e3cd222e90661f\">2041: Disney claims that small studios head up Black Market efforts. Starts forced corporate takeovers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5f90200466851c26226031ecf5248546\">2042: &#8220;Terrorist&#8221; attacks on Disney start.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e8d36bded4ed5510d8d4e0dd955a52f0\">2045: Nuclear explosion destroys The World Captial of Disney, Orlando, Florida. Everything south of Orlando, from coast to coast, is an irradiated wasteland. Black Market Terrorists blamed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2e75029237140a417bc50a5e67b40c6\">2046: Hollywood turns into a war zone. Due to the die-off of actors, all releases for the next ten years are forty-year-old CGI Tech. Disney begins genetically engineered farms, growing the next generation of Hollywood actors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2264d7464f4d848dad4fe1596a64569d\">2050: Disney buys the United States of America.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0c0fce2da1ece75edfdb0164198db41\">2051: The Disney States of America (D.S.A.) is born.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0de240a0f1ba0a19bedfbdf0b2842295\">2052: Disney nukes Hollywood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25dde1d6cc0e8062d6a514d643efcaae\">2055: The D.S.A. annexes Canada. South Park becomes an underground resistance to the D.S.A. and releases an episode on the black market deriding the move. It&#8217;s the #1 most-viewed South Park Episode of all time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30cc86e37a2653b4a70ac38bf004c5ed\">2056: The creators of South Park declared terrorists. A Manhunt ensues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-914b18d5cb34b8501503a99cb628f823\">2057: Mexico resists annexation due to the cartels banding together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4d87edb7e338c961b9f71615c16a34e\">2058-2060: War in Mexico results in eventual annexation. South America has become a hotbed of resistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6098ec26c58da74bdd918573cef4578f\">2061: E.U. integrates into the D.S.A. Disney State of the World (D.S.W.) is born.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-271e0b66a5a0ed5faef5236160f4dc3b\">2062 &#8221; The U.K. joins D.S.W. B.B.C. is acquired\u2014Doctor Who is now a Disney Princess.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ff232e3d479140ad964a5d3e2d0795f\">2065: D.S.W. colonizes the Moon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a390b863adafbbae5bce3835bf5898c\">2067: The Moon has its government under the D.S.W. The Disney States of the Universe (D.S.U.) is born.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-779c185ea334f35511fc3826df268d5c\">2069: Mars colonization efforts start\u2014political prisoners used for the initial efforts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c0db653a654084025e7e40278c4d6d0\">2074: The First Mars Civil War starts. F.M.C. was put down swiftly due to orbital strikes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46db0f54cd1dede11095ad5c6f1366d9\">2080: Mars colonization finalized. Disney Land Mars opens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1e233475c31712a7e8b050264d79c1b\">2083: First mission to Titan sets out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53fdebddbc257caa75e7f0ef9f169d66\">2086: Proposal for interstellar mission submitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5e41956672871f532ea88114ee8279a\">2088: Second Mars Civil War (S.M.C.W.) starts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9551dc84e6a6ea5335ad432042a46967\">2090: The Creators of South Park were discovered behind the S.M.C.W. Pluto Team 6 is dispatched. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have yet to be heard from again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a6bc357e0aedc999412f80f8d6cf1441\">2091: The final Martian Resistance is finally put to an end on Mars. Construction on Deathstar-like begins. Rumors say it looks like the Mickey Mouse logo. Disney re-brands it&#8217;s standing army as Mickey Troopers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79f47c10f7eee5dda41797c0c543fdba\">2092: Total annexation of all remaining world governments is successful, except for Switzerland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0812daca651f4162112d7334cdfb6fe5\">2094: First-ever FTL travel occurs. Exploration of close star systems begins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22544e54278e801f0c2c6e06569178a2\">2097: Budding civilizations are founded in distant star systems. Monoliths are used to &#8220;re-educate&#8221; the populations. 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