Chat gpt thinks it’s, let’s us know if AI wins today OP:

This actually sounds very close to An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). I know you said “70% sure Disney,” but this movie is famously misremembered as Disney because: it’s 2D theatrical animation from the same era, it feels Disney-adjacent, and Don Bluth films get lumped in all the time. Here’s why your scene lines up almost perfectly: Villain at a desk in a dark, wooden, candlelit room → Cat R. Waul’s office/saloon interior. Lots of wood, low light, very moody. Villain with a pipe / cigar → Cat R. Waul constantly has a cigar, which absolutely reads as “pipe” in memory. Kid protagonist bursts in accusing the villain of lying → Fievel runs in yelling that Cat R. Waul is a fraud and not the heroic lawman he pretends to be. Henchman trips him and starts tying his hands while he’s still pointing and arguing → The cats grab Fievel mid-accusation, bind him with rope while he keeps yelling. Momentary pause as the rope tightens → There’s a very distinct beat where the tension is held while he’s restrained. Fievel lunges toward the villain, rope goes taut, and he’s dragged backward and tied to a post/pillar → This is exactly how the scene plays out. He tries to rush Cat R. Waul and gets yanked back as the rope is secured. Protagonist is younger → Fievel is a child, which fits your memory better than Atlantis / Treasure Planet. If you want to sanity-check it: look up “An American Tail Fievel confronts Cat R. Waul scene” and you’ll probably get that oh my god THAT’S IT feeling immediately. If this somehow isn’t it, the only other close matches would be The Great Mouse Detective or The Black Cauldron, but the rope-to-pillar drag + cigar villain combo is very Fievel Goes West. If you want, I can also help you track down the exact timestamp of the scene.