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===Background===
===Background===
'''Disney's FastPlay''' is a special feature used on Disney DVDs, introduced in the late summer of 2004. The system purports to play the upcoming film and certain bonus features automatically, without needing to use a remote. Infamously, FastPlay will also play all of the trailers and previews featured on the DVD, meaning it can take up to 8 or 10 minutes for your movie to actually start. However, a few releases like the 2018 DVD of ''Incredibles 2'' instead have the previews after the film, meaning that the movie begins right away. Others, like the 2021 DVDs of ''Soul'' and ''Luca'', play no bonus features at all after the films, and instead begins at the main menu. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the feature began to be phased out after ''Frozen II''.
'''Disney's FastPlay''' is a special feature used on Disney DVDs, introduced in the late summer of 2004. The system purports to play the upcoming film and certain bonus features automatically, without needing to use a remote. Infamously, FastPlay will also play all of the trailers and previews featured on the DVD, meaning it can take up to 8-12 minutes for the film to actually start. Coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, the feature began to be phased out after ''Frozen II''; before finally being retired in early August 2021.


===(August 17, 2004-August 3, 2021)===
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'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' Disney previously used "Open Market A" in a Disney Channel "Feature Presentation" bumper in 1986.
'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' Disney previously used "Open Market A" in a Disney Channel "Feature Presentation" bumper in 1986.


'''Availability:''' Fairly common, but became rarer in 2020.
'''Availability:''' Despite its quiet retirement in mid-2021, it is still common.
*Debuted on ''Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers''. This can be seen on [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] releases from ''Chicken Little'' to ''Raya and the Last Dragon'', as well as ''G-Force'' and both ''Planes'' movies, among others.
*Debuted on ''Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers''. This can be seen on [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] releases from ''Chicken Little'' to ''Raya and the Last Dragon'', as well as ''G-Force'' and both ''Planes'' movies, among others.
*This also appears on Pixar releases starting with ''Cars 2'' and the 2011 re-release of ''The Incredibles'' (with the exception of ''Onward'', which did not have previews at all, and instead jumps straight to the main menu) up to ''Luca''.  
*This also appears on Pixar releases starting with ''Mater's Tall Tales'' (with the exception of ''Onward'', which did not have previews at all) up to ''Luca''.  
*Notably, the only three instances where it actually did what it advertised was on the 2009 Big Wave Edition DVD of ''Lilo & Stitch'', as well as ''Incredibles 2'' and ''Zombies 2'' (due to those releases not having previews before the film, and ''Incredibles 2'' plays the previews after the film).
*Notably, the only three instances where it actually did what it advertised was on the 2009 Big Wave Edition DVD of ''Lilo & Stitch'', ''Incredibles 2'', and ''Zombies 2'' (due to those releases not having previews before the film or at all).
*The logo was last seen (oddly enough) on the 2021 DVDs of both ''Soul'' and ''Luca'', despite only having one preview before the films, and no bonus features at all after them. Having no previews like ''Onward'' would have been better.
*The logo was last seen on the 2021 DVDs of both ''Soul'' and ''Luca'', despite only having one preview before the films, and no bonus features at all after them.
*The 2021 DVD of ''Raya and the Last Dragon'', the second-to-last release with this logo, does have the theatrical short ''Us Again'' after the movie, followed by the aforementioned main menu.
*The 2021 DVD of ''Raya and the Last Dragon'', the second-to-last release with this logo, does have the theatrical short ''Us Again'' after the film, followed by the aforementioned main menu.


'''Editor's Note:''' While this logo is decently animated, the enhancement remains rather infamous for how it claims to play the movie "fast" and "automatically", when it really just plays the movie after a ton of trailers (just 1 or 2 in its final years), as well as the logo's speedy nature making it difficult to immediately hit the main menu option. This inspired numerous articles from disgruntled parents, and later became a minor internet meme.
'''Editor's Note:''' While this logo is decently animated, the enhancement remains rather infamous for how it claims to play the movie "fast" and "automatically", when it really just plays the movie after a ton of trailers (averaging between 8-12 minutes' worth, less after the mid-2010s), as well as the logo's speedy nature making it difficult to immediately hit the main menu option. This inspired numerous articles from disgruntled parents, and later became a minor internet meme. The logo's abrupt nature was also known to scare young children, earning it the nickname of "Your First Panic Attack" as a result.


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