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2. Alice in Wonderland

The animated Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s tripped-out 1865 novel is rife with metaphors and symbolism, but Alice in Wonderland’s primary underlying theme is the inevitable loss of innocence that comes with the end of childhood.

One example of this is the Caterpillar’s mushroom. The mushroom, with its phallic shape, is a symbol of sexual virility. Alice has to eat pieces of the mushroom to control of her rapidly fluctuating size, which represents the bodily changes brought about by puberty.