Why most animated movies have a dance party ending?

[Filipe]

You've probably noticed that most animated movies, when it gets to the end, almost every character in the movie shows up in a dance part, not saying that all of them are like this, but pretty sure 80% or more are and it feels forced in most of the time, and I can't quite understand why is that a thing.

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[SuperMalleo64]

for the kids I guess

[Nix the Glaceon]

le epic pop song

[SuperMalleo64]

le epic pop song

that, too

[cblock360]

I blame Dora for making us stretch and becoming active at the end of each episode as a cheap ploy to say they're not sucking the life force out of each child by slapping colors on the screen for money and power.

[Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph]

because most small children don't care as long as they're being shown the funny haha 3d people

[Conan]

to emphasize happy ending for kids. generally the more playful movies that dont deal with any serious themes at all do this - fortunately most films at least tangentially bring them up

[The Resonte!]

to end on a happy note

[Foxscotch]

can you give some examples

[ßlöükfáce]

can you give some examples

despicable me
gnomeo and juliet
shrek and shrek 2
a lot of loving disney movies
robots
to name a few

[Drydess]

to tell kids that in the end it'll all be fine no matter what. which is kinda a stuffty message for kids to remember once they get older, but the idea is preserving their youth and childhood

[Filipe]

to emphasize happy ending for kids. generally the more playful movies that dont deal with any serious themes at all do this - fortunately most films at least tangentially bring them up

It might be, but it's getting way overdone and the ending on these movies are getting predictable, even ones that have a proper story that don't need a party at the end.

[cooolguy32]

because most small children don't care as long as they're being shown the funny haha 3d people

[TheABELBOTO]

intellectuals discussing childrens media (colorized)

[The Young Avenger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNgIAk2wMEk