Characters
This princess sang "Once Upon a Dream."
Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
In a unique first, Disney was presented with an honorary award of 8 of these for the animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
Oscars (Academy Award)
This manic, versatile comedian became the first big name actor to voice a Disney character.
This superhero wasn't even owned by Disney yet when his movie kicked off a renaissance for the genre.
Iron Man
Their summer vacation lasted a lot longer than "104 days."
Phineas and Ferb
Genie was stuck in his lamp for this amount of time, before Aladdin found him.
Ten thousand years.
Mickey Mouse was not Disney's first creation. That honor goes to this black and white rabbit.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
This Pixar sequel almost didn't get released when an inadvertent keystroke deleted most of the master; a backup at the home of the supervising technical director is the only reason we have it today.
Toy Story 2
You know you cried watching this movie when the faithful dog had to be put down.
Old Yeller
This popular Disney show kicked off the career of the girl who would later "come in like a wrecking ball."
Hannah Montana
Originally planned as a villain, this popular singer ended up being portrayed in a more positive light alongside her sister.
Elsa
This was the second feature length film made by Disney.
Pinocchio
This unpopular Disney animated film was edited heavily after the Chairman at the time objected to its dark and graphic content.
The Black Cauldron
He was a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted in Volkswagen L87 pearl white in this movie.
The Love Bug
Disney acquired the rights to this show about "babies," which can't be released on home media due to the extensive legalities of the many clips from movies and shows used in its production.
Muppet Babies
This character broke new ground (literally) by becoming the first cartoon character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mickey Mouse
Disneyland first opened its doors to the public on this date.
July 17, 1955
Patrick Warburton ad-libbed a hummed and scatted song, which required him to sign over full rights to Disney for this film.
The Emperor's New Groove
"I look like a moose."
"Yes, but a very cute moose. Make all the boy moose go hwaaaaaaah."
The Princess Diaries
This series was one giant crossover, where heroes and villains from multiple animated shows and movies mingled together.
House of Mouse
Giant and gloomy, though not, in fact, the Devil, this is the name of the beast that inhabits Bald Mountain.
Chernabog
These were the first words every spoken by Mickey Mouse in the Disney short "The Karnival Kid."
Hot Dogs
He was the actual first voice of Mickey Mouse, and went on to a lengthy 22 year career composing soundtracks for Warner Bros’ Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
Carl Stalling
Whilst he is Italian in real life, this movie marks the first time Paul Giamatti has actually played an Italian.
Jungle Cruise
This was the first series on the Disney Channel.
Good Morning, Mickey!