Welcome to another post on Disney- this time outlining the Subliminal messages in the lion king. We will highlight several instances of subliminal persuasion being used in the Lion King.
The most widely known about example is from the scene where Simba is sitting on top of a cliff edge and the stars start to swirl and form an outline of his father in the sky. During this the stars briefly form the word “Sex”.
Their response was to simply deny everything and say they have not intentionally used subliminal suggestions. As always (and yes, this isn’t the first time Disney have used subliminal messages in their movies) they claim it was not intentional, just purely coincidental that the stars happened to look “like” the word sex for a split second.
You might be inclined to believe that if it wasn’t for the 100s of other disney subliminal messages across their range of animations, and movies.
The “Sex” message in the sky is the only suggestion the average person is aware of. But, this word keeps on popping up at various scenes in the background of the movie.
You can see them, spelled out by trees and leaves in the jungle, by blades of grass in the fields, and by rocks on the cliff faces – once you start looking the suggestions seem to be everywhere, practically in all of the scenes.
When you see these multiple messages it all seems a bit more plausible that Disney may using hidden messages in their movies. What we can’t properly answer is why? 
It might be just for their amusement, the designers personal game, or perhaps even a ploy to make the movie more memorable.
Sadly many of these messages have been edited out for newer DVD re-releases, so you can only see them on the original VHS editions – get yours out and watch closely and let us know if you find any more
