🎨 ORIGINAL ANIMATION FUN FACTS
Released in 1937, this film became Disney’s first full-length animated feature.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
This hopping desk lamp became Pixar’s mascot after starring in a 1986 short.
Luxo, Jr.
Julie Andrews assures the Banks children that “A Spoonful of Sugar” helps the medicine go down in this 1964 film.
Mary Poppins
Walt Disney reportedly used this term for his core group of legendary supervising animators—including Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
The Nine Old Men
Debbie Reynolds plays this magical grandmother to Marnie, Dylan and Sophie.
Aggie Cromwell
To help animators study realistic movement for this 1942 film, live deer were brought to the Disney studio.
Bambi
In this Oscar-winning short, an elderly man plays a fierce game of chess against an opponent who looks remarkably familiar.
Geri's Game
“The Ugly Bug Ball” was sung in this 1963 Disney film starring Tommy Kirk.
Summer Magic
The distinctive medieval artwork in Sleeping Beauty was heavily shaped by this Disney artist, whose visual concepts initially caused friction with some animators.
Eyvind Earle
The first Halloweentown movie reveals that Marnie comes from this powerful family of witches.
Cromwells
**DAILY DOUBLE**
The multi-plane camera helped create an illusion of depth by photographing artwork positioned on multiple layers; this 1937 Disney short famously demonstrated the technique.
The Old Mill
A group of snooty little birds learns a painful lesson about bullying a much larger bird in this 2000 short.
For the Birds
“The Happiest Millionaire” features this tongue-twisting song about something being fortunate.
Fortuosity
Rather than traditional painted backgrounds, much of this 1941 feature used watercolor backgrounds—a technique the studio had largely moved away from.
Dumbo
This villain, the son of Kalabar, casts the Grey Spell in Halloweentown II.
Kal
Actress Eleanor Audley provided the voice for both Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and this horned Disney villain.
Maleficent
A proud sheep loses his confidence after being unexpectedly sheared in this musical Pixar short.
What is Boundin’?
Angela Lansbury sings the Oscar-nominated “The Age of Not Believing” in this 1971 Disney fantasy.
Bed Knobs & Broomsticks
The animation of Baloo dancing with King Louie in The Jungle Book was later reused for Little John dancing with this character in Robin Hood.
Lady Kluck
In Halloweentown High, Marnie arranges for students from Halloweentown to attend school in this world.
Mortal World
Disney’s 1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians embraced this reproduction process, allowing animators’ drawings to be transferred directly to cels instead of being hand-inked.
xerography
Before Toy Story, Pixar released this 1989 short about a snowman desperately trying to escape his glass-enclosed world.
Knick Knack
Helen Reddy performs “Candle on the Water” in this 1977 Disney movie musical.
Pete’s Dragon
Disney animators filmed actress Helene Stanley as a live-action reference model for this 1959 princess, just as they had used her for Cinderella.
Princess Aurora
In Return to Halloweentown, Marnie attends this institution to study magic.
Witch University