"The Carnival of the Animals", written by Camille Saint-Saëns, is the fifth and shortest segment in the 2000 Disney animated feature film Fantasia 2000; it is based on the "Finale" segment of the piece. The segment has also been used in the first 1 minute and 50 seconds of the closing credits.
Synopsis[]
A flock of flamingos does about their business until they notice a slapstick member of their flock who enjoys playing with a yo-yo going about his own idea of fun. They immediately try to force him to engage in their "dull" routines, which leads to chaos as he begins implementing his yo-yo into the middle of their routine. The member tries to escape once he is caught, engaging in a mad chase that includes pecking, dashing, and kicking. Finally, one of the flamingos catches the yo-yo and throws it into a nearby tree. He is congratulated by the others, but then the slapstick member tangles up his brethren and emerges from the water with multiple yo-yos in several colors, swinging them in verbatim. A question in this segment's host sequence leads into its story, "What would happen if you gave a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?" as opposed to a duller and more realistic question, "What is man's relationship to nature?"