The Best Disney Memes of the Week

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jan 4, 2026 11:00 AM EST

Happy New Year, Disney fans!

It's 2026, and you know what that means? It means that new characters have entered the Public Domain, and this year, one of them is a Disney character! For those not in the know, a creative work enters the public domain once the exclusive rights to said work have expired. This year, movies released in 1930 entered the public domain, so no one owns the exclusive rights to the original Frankenstein and Dracula films anymore. That's because renewed copyrights can last up to 95 years, but once those 95 years are up, they are no longer the sole property of the former copyright holder. 

What does that have to do with Disney? A whole lot, because Disney's works are slowly but surely entering the public domain. Steamboat Willie, the earliest incarnation of Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain on January 1st of 2024. The earliest version of Pluto from the short The Picnic entered on January 1st, 2026, but he was not named Pluto when this cartoon premiered. His name was Rover, meaning Pluto doesn't technically belong to the people yet. If you're glad that copyright restrictions do not apply to memes, sit back, relax, and enjoy these Disney Memes. 

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  • 01
    "Why are you always so extra?" my fashion icons since I was 8: 700 MISSING
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    London Tipton, Raven Baxter, Sharpay Evans, and Hannah Montana: you will always be famous

  • 02
    The art of old Disney
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    Bring back hand painted backgrounds!

  • 03
    I got that dawg in me
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    The dawg that's in me is much more similar to Max

  • 04
    I think Judy's 1200 year old recipe for hot cocoa could heal me
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    Need a cup of Judy's hot cocoa every day to get through the winter.

  • 05
    My kids on Christmas morning
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    There's no such thing as being too excited on Christmas.

  • 06
    Nick and his love of buying everything oversized QUER
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    He's got no problem hauling that stuff around.

  • 07
    Me in the middle of my conversation trying to remember what I was talking about
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    And it's always in the most critical moments.

  • 08
    Disney is the first and only studio to cross $6 billion this year It is the first time the studio has reached this milestone since 2019 mers
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    Disney has officially recovered from the first couple of years of the 2020s

  • 09
    How lucky am I to make it through another holiday season.
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    Christmas 2026 will be just as great!

  • 10
    Christmas morning photos be looking like this DISNEYINEVERYWAY | TUMBL
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    Christmas morning is no time to brush your hair

  • 11
    Nicholas Wilde, you are under arrest For what? Hurting your feelings? Felony tax evasion briannathestrange Yeahhhhh. $200 dollars a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20 which is $1,460,000 I think! I mean, I am just a dumb bunny but we are good at multiplying! (x)
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    Hopefully, Nick used some tax-advantage accounts.

  • 12
    In Beauty and the Beast, Belle wears two of the dresses the Wardrobe showed her earlier in the film. CCCC @ProudDisnerds
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    I never would've noticed that…thank you, meme!

  • 13
    ankle-beez I cant watch Finding Dory again because Pixar put an uncomfortably realistic balding middle aged man face on Marlin and I cant stare at it for more than 5 seconds without wanting to change the movie
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    He's not a young dad anymore

  • 14
    Some of you don't realize that you make magic happen just by existing.
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    Your existence is somebody's wish come true.

  • 15
    Friend: what's your New Years Eve plans? Me:
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    The best way to ring in the new year

  • 16
    me: "i need to go out more." me everytime im free: PEF
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    Books can't wait!

  • 17
    You ever just feel like
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    Cinderella, I know exactly how you feel.

  • 18
    when they think the success you have is dumb luck but you've always locked in
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    She's almost there!

  • 19
    this is how this week feels. wake me up in the new year, when it's spring.
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    Let's just skip January and February really quickly

  • 20
    When it's 8:55 AM and you start at 9 AM
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    Vroom vroom!

  • 21
    Me taking a nap after doing nothing
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    Nothing wrong with rest on top of rest

  • 22
    them
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    Me and who?

  • 23
    Me learning to drive:
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    I'm literally just a girl!

  • 24
    BEING A MOM IS JUST DOING CHORES ALL DAY AND SOMEHOW NOTHING IS EVER DONE
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    Nobody gives moms enough credit for the work they do

  • 25
    Friend: Do you want to come to my New Year's Eve party? Me: sorry I have plans The plans: NETFLIX
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    Stranger Things Finale, anyone?

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