The Original Characters
This character is the one who started it all, premiering on November 18, 1928.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
This was the first feature-length animated movie ever made.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
This 1950 movie saved Disney animation by returning to a traditional fairytale.
What is Cinderella?
This movie was originally called 'Basil of Baker Street' but executives forced a title change.
What is The Great Mouse Detective?
This movie saved Disney Animation in 1989.
What is The Little Mermaid?
This character was originally an antagonist who weaponized a fake illness to get out of hard work.
Who is Donald Duck?
This movie brought live deer into the studio to capture their movements correctly within the animation.
What is Bambi?
This 1959 princess movie with a cursed heroine was a box office flop and caused many animators to be let go.
What is Sleeping Beauty?
This movie centers around a classic English tale told through the animal kingdom.
What is Robin Hood?
This movie is based on the Shakespeare play 'Hamlet'.
What is The Lion King?
These two characters first appeared alongside Pluto in 1943.
Who are Chip and Dale?
What is Fantasia?
This movie starring a bear and a panther was Walt Disney's last project before he passed in 1966.
What is The Jungle Book?
This movie lost the box office race to The Care Bears Movie and its premiere is still considered the darkest day in Disney History.
What is The Black Cauldron?
This film was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This character, often overlooked by their more famous partner, will turn 100 years old on November 18, 2028.
Who is Minnie Mouse?
A song from this movie went viral online in 2022, following a remix from DJ Jack, featuring the lines "I can stand the sight of worms and look at microscopic germs, but technicolor pachyderms is really too much for me."
What is Dumbo?
This movie's plot was entirely based on one Christmas when Walt Disney gifted his wife a puppy in a hat box.
What is Lady and the Tramp?
This movie is based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, 'Oliver Twist.'
What is Oliver and Company?
This sequel to a 1977 classic was the first animated movie to use computers to ink and paint frames.
What is The Rescuers: Down Under?
This character originally appeared as Mickey's antagonist, fighting him for the hand of Minnie.
Who is Goofy?
What is Pinocchio?
The backgrounds of this movie are unfinished due to budget cuts, but the animators were able to make it seem like a stylistic choice.
What is One Hundred and One Dalmatians?
While these characters are in the public domain, this film possesses specific designs, such as a red shirt, that can't be legally used until 2074.
What is The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh?
This movie was prematurely predicted to be a smash hit, with 'Romeo and Juliet' inspiration, and many thought it would beat out "The Lion King", when the opposite proved to be true.
What is Pocahontas?