Disney Channel Original Movies "What's What Edition"/ "Pop-Up Edition" (partially found special editions of Disney Channel TV movies; 2000s-2010s)
During the 2000s and 2010s, Disney Channel aired special editions of several of their original movies that featured pop-ups with fun facts about the movies. These were referred to as the “What’s What Edition” or “Pop-Up Edition” in promos and on the title card. These pop-ups had facts that ranged from why the writers chose certain elements to something funny one of the cast members said on set. There were also some pop-ups where an actor from the movie would appear and say something. There has not been an archive of the pop-ups in a transcript format.
This format of special edition was seen in other children’s programming around this time period, such as the “Avatar Extras” edition of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which have been archived and are available on streaming platforms. [1]
These editions were produced by Plastic Cow Inc. [2]
These would have aired only a few times each, as they were special editions and not the standard edition of the movies. Additionally, none of the DVDs for these movies, except The Cheetah Girls: One World, contain the “What’s What/Pop-Up Edition” as a bonus feature or setting. These special editions also cannot be found on Disney+ or other streaming platforms.
Films
There were at least 12 movies that had a “What’s What Edition” or a "Pop-Up Edition", as stated by Mickey Corcoran, the producer of these editions, on his website.[3] There were also 3 episodes of Disney XD shows that had "What's What Editions".[4] The movies that had these editions are:
# | Movie Title | Airdate | Status |
---|---|---|---|
1 | High School Musical: Pop-Up Edition [5] | November 24, 2006 | Partially Found |
2 | The Cheetah Girls 2: Pop-Up Edition [6] | November 25, 2006 | Lost |
3 | Jump In: Pop-Up Edition [6] | Unknown | Found |
4 | High School Musical 2: Pop-Up Edition [6] | Unknown | Found |
5 | Camp Rock: What's What Edition [7] | November 28th 2008[8] | Lost |
6 | The Cheetah Girls: One World: Cheetah Spots | December 16, 2008[9] | Found (A bonus feature on the DVD) |
7 | Princess Protection Program: What's What Edition [10] | Unknown | Lost |
8 | Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie: What's What Edition [11] | October 24th 2009[12] | Lost |
9 | Starstruck: What's What Edition [13] | June 5, 2010 | Lost |
10 | Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam: What's What Edition [14] | October 10th 2010[15] | Lost |
11 | Lemonade Mouth: What's What Edition [16] | May 20th 2011[17] | Lost |
12 | Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure: What's What Edition [18] | Unknown | Lost |
13 | Aaron Stone (2 episodes)[2] | Unknown | Lost |
14 | Zeke and Luther (1 episode)[2] | Unknown | Lost |
There were production orders for What's What Editions for Minutemen and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, but neither of these made it to production stages. There was also a "Pop Goes the Evil" version of Descendants 3 that aired on November 24th, 2019 [19], but this was created by a different company and has a very different style to the "What's What Editions". [20]
Availability
There is little information on when exactly each edition aired and how many times they aired on Disney Channel. The oldest movie is High School Musical, which premiered in January 2006 and the Pop-Up Edition aired that November.
It seems the What's What Editions of Starstruck, Lemonade Mouth [21] and Princess Protection Program [22] were once on Netflix, although there is little evidence outside of tweets from people who remember this.
These editions also have extra content provided, in the Lemonade Mouth What's What Edition, there is vocal commentary from the cast.[23] In Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam What's What Edition, Disney Channel showed the alternate ending of the movie,[24] where Camp Rock win over their opponents Camp Star. This alternate footage is not an extra on any DVD release nor has this alternate ending been found online. The alternate ending was confirmed to have been filmed by extras on the set and the cast.
Several bumpers and promos of these editions of the TV movies have been archived. However, there is very little archival of the movies themselves.
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References
- ↑ The Avatar Extras version of “The Boy in the Iceberg”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A highlight reel by Plastic Cow Inc. which includes "15 Pop-up Trivia Editions" of Disney Channel Movies and Series
- ↑ Shots of Mickey Corcoran's work on some What's What Editions in the "Show Reel" video
- ↑ Clips of Adam Mellema's work on some What's What Editions.
- ↑ Opening of the “Pop-Up” Edition of High School Musical.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A promo for a special event with several “Pop-Up Editions.”
- ↑ An article that mentions the “What’s What Edition” of Camp Rock.
- ↑ The first tweet mentioning Camp Rock: What's What Edition and an airdate.
- ↑ Best Buy's page on The Cheetah Girls: One World dvd that shows the release date.
- ↑ An article that mentions the “What’s What Edition” of Princess Protection Program.
- ↑ The website of Mickey Corcoran, a director who says he worked on 12 “What’s What Editions” of Disney Channel Original Movies.
- ↑ A tweet mentioning Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie What's What Edition and an airdate.
- ↑ A trailer for Starstruck: What's What Edition that was uploaded on the release date.
- ↑ An article that mentions the “What’s What Edition” of Camp Rock 2.
- ↑ A tweet mentioning Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam What's What Edition and an airdate from an official cast member, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle.
- ↑ An article that mentions the “What’s What Edition” of Lemonade Mouth.
- ↑ A tweet from the official Lemonade Mouth Twitter, mentioning Lemonade Mouth What's What Edition and an airdate.
- ↑ Bumper for the “What’s What Edition” of Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.
- ↑ A tweet with the trailer for Descendants 3: Pop Goes the Evil Edition.
- ↑ A tweet mentioning a What's What Edition of Descendants 3, and a possible airdate.
- ↑ Tweet stating Starstruck or Lemonade Mouth What's What Edition was on Netflix.
- ↑ Tweet stating Princess Protection Program What's What Edition was once available on Netflix.
- ↑ Tweet stating the Lemonade Mouth What's What Edition had vocal commentary from the cast.
- ↑ A tweet stating the alternate ending was in this edition of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam