When Disney gets into a groove, it doesn’t stop until there’s a flop. Should Cinderella disappoint at the box office, the parade of live-action remakes of animated hits might get paused.

The recent movement started in 2010, when Tim Burton’s candy-coated visual mess Alice In Wonderland made $1 billion worldwide. It was followed by last year’s Maleficent, then Cinderella. Jon Favreau is working on The Jungle Book, Bill Condon is directing Beauty and the Beast and there’s already a sequel to Alice in development.

And if you thought Disney would limit itself to only animated films with major human characters, you’d be wrong. Yesterday’s horrid news that Burton was hired to make a live-action Dumbo has proved that nothing is off limits.

It should actually be noted that this isn’t a new habit for Disney. The studio has done live-action remakes of animated films in the past, like 1996’s 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil. And in 1994, the studio did make a live-action Jungle Book, starring Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli.

Of course, the current trend is more eye-opening because all these movies are coming at once. With that in mind, let’s look at 10 Disney movies that hopefully never get remake as live-action movies. Before yesterday, Dumbo would be No. 1, of course.

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Winnie The Pooh (2011) and The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh (1977)

You have to think that Disney is trying to find a way to get Winnie the Pooh back in theaters. Hopefully, that won’t involve a CGI/live-action hybrid with Christopher Robin played by a real boy. Winnie The Pooh and his friends should only be presented as hand-drawn characters that bring book illustrations to life.

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Considering that Atlantis: The Lost Empire wasn’t a big hit when it came out, Disney probably isn’t even thinking for a second about revisiting the odd adventure story. The movie is defined more by its comic book-style than its slow story, so it wouldn’t work in any other medium.

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Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Here’s another recent Disney movie that’s defined by its style. In this case, it’s watercolors that bring Hawaii to life in a new way. Lilo & Stitch just shouldn’t be turned into a live action movie, because that could also turn the story into some E.T. knockoff.

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The Sword in the Stone (1963)

With Warner Bros. currently working on its own King Arthur series, it would be pointless for Disney to try to cover the same territory. If Disney could actually go back to the T.H. White novel and try to flesh out the story and fix the weaknesses of the animated version, it might work. But again, Disney probably isn’t going to want to do the same story that a rival is covering.

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The Rescuers (1977)

Like Winnie The Pooh and The Jungle Book, this one would require a heavy amount of CGI to bring to life. If Disney decided to adapt a different story about Bianca and Bernard, it might be interesting. But if not, just leave it alone.

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Pinocchio (1940)

Considering how Disney would probably sanitize the original story, they should never even consider making a live-action Pinocchio movie. It could be an opportunity to try to stick with the original Carlo Collodi story, but I’m sure children would be horrified to see Pinocchio smash Jiminey Cricket in the first 20 minutes.

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The Lion King (1994)

No, just no. It’s not going to work. There’s no human characters and if you try to adapt the story for humans, you know what you get? Hamlet.

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Lady and the Tramp (1955)

As you can see, this list is dominated by movies that feature little to no human characters. Lady and the Tramp is a classic and doing an all-CGI remake would be silly.

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Bambi (1942)

Before yesterday, I would have said that Bambi and Dumbo were the two definites. The two that Disney would never ever try to remake. Now, it’s just Bambi. There’s no way to make this work, because the only human character of any importance is shown off screen. And that’s the way it should be.

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Aladdin (1992)

This may sound surprising, because Aladdin seems tailor made for a sensible live-action remake. Like Beauty and the Beast, it was already translated to the stage and most of its main characters are humans. Should Disney really decide to remake it, they could rationalize it as a movie version of the stage show.

That said though, the animated film is so dominated by the Genie, voiced by Robin Williams, that it would be far too hard for Disney to find someone for the role on the big screen. The movie would also be incredibly CGI heavy. There’s just no way a remake could live up to the original, so just leave it be.