Disney Facts!

Facts 421-450

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Fact #421

There is a hidden mickey in Frozen during the song Do You Wann Build A Snowman?. The hidden mickey in the movie is a Mickey Mouse plush toy that is located on the top left corner of the giant bookself next to the clock where Anna is. You need to look closely or zoom in to find it.

Fact #422

The actual ages of the Disney Princes are as followed. Prince Florian from Snow White is 17-18 years old, Prince Henry from Cinderella is 19 years old, Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty is 19-20 years old, Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid is 18 years old, Prince Adam from Beauty and The Beast is 21 years old, Aladdin from Aladdin is 18 years old, John Smith from Pocahontas is 20 years old, Li Shang from Mulan is 18 years old, Neveen from The Princess & The Frog is 20 years old, Flynn Rider from Tangled is 24 years old, and Kristoff Bjorgman from Frozen is 21.

Fact #423

Glen Keane, the supervising animator on the Beast, created his own hybrid beast by combining the mane of a lion, the beard and head structure of a buffalo, the tusks and nose bridge of a wild boar, the heavily muscled brow of a gorilla, the legs and tail of a wolf, and the big and bulky body of a bear.

Fact #424

The instant message Trixie receives from Velocistar237 on the computer reads, "U there? I made it 2 the Dark Fortress!!" She was chatting with Rex.

Fact #425

Cliff Edwards was a popular jazz singer known as "Ukelele Ike" before voicing the character of Jiminy Cricket. He later provided the voice of the lead crow and sang "When I See an Elephant Fly" in Disney's "Dumbo."

Fact #426

The story team originally suggested that Dopey from "Snow White" should be the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but Walt Disney insisted that it be Mickey Mouse, whose popularity had actually been waning with audiences at the time.

Fact #427

The U.S. State Department enlisted Walt Disney to be a goodwill ambassador to South America to help sway several governments away from their ties with Nazi Germany.

Fact #428

Clarence "Ducky" Nash -- who provided the voice of Donald Duck for nearly 50 years -- also did the Spanish, Portugese and Italian versions of Donald's dialogue, which he learned phonetically.

Fact #429

With much of Disney's staff either serving in WWII or working on films for the war effort, the studio had to release a series of compilation films made up of short subjects. The first segment in this, "The Martins and the Coys," was cut from the video release for being too violent.

Fact #430

"Mickey and the Beanstalk" was originally going to be it's own feature, but the story was trimmed and paired with the short "Bongo." Originally, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his puppet Charlie McCarthy narrated the story, but was later replaced with animated segments featuring Ludwig Von Drake.

Fact #431

Basil Rathbone narrates the story of "The Wind in the Willows." His voice can also be heard as Sherlock Holmes in 1986's "The Great Mouse Detective," even though it was released nearly 20 years after he died.

Fact #432

A song was written for Alice called "Beyond the Laughing Sky" that was cut from the film. But the same melody was given new lyrics for Disney's next film, "Peter Pan," and it became the song "The Second Star to the Right" which still does include the phrase "beyond the laughing sky".

Fact #433

Pongo, the male Dalmatian, has 72 spots, the female Perdita has 68, and every one of the puppies has 32 spots.

Fact #434

The Sword In The Stone was the first Disney film with songs composed by the Oscar-winning team of Robert and Richard Sherman. The brothers went on to write songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," along with the theme for the ride "It's a Small World."

Fact #435

Originally, Disney considered doing a feature based on the French folk tale of Reynard, the red fox. That story was abandoned, but the character design was adapted for the character of Robin Hood.

Fact #436

Sebastian the crab was originally supposed to have an English accent. Thankfully, he wound up with a zesty Jamaican accent as his song "Under the Sea" went on to win an Oscar.

Fact #437

The characters in "Hercules" were fashioned after the animation seen in "Pink Floyd The Wall" - that and Greek statues.

Fact #438

Like "Mary Poppins," it combines live-action with animation. Overall, critics gave "Dinosaur" marginal praise, though it wasn't one of Disney's highest performers at the box office.

Fact #439

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who voiced the role of alienated teen Jim Hawkins, sprinkled some James Dean inspiration into his part.

Fact #440

Home On The Range would have been rated G if Maggie (Roseanne Barr) hadn't said the line, "Yeah, they're real. Quit staring." For that, it got knocked over to PG territory.

Fact #441

While he's not seen, Wilbur does say his dad looks like Tom Selleck. That's because he IS Tom Selleck.

Fact #442

Filmmakers built a real-life version of the imagined '80s retro arcade game depicted in "Wreck-It Ralph." Called Fix-It Felix, it actually works!

Fact #443

Set for release next November, "Big Hero 6" marks Disney's first animated feature based on a Marvel comic.

Fact #444

In November of 2007, security cameras caught a woman dumping an unknown substance during the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at Disneyland. Security arrived after the woman left, and Anaheim police identified the substance as cremated human remains. The ride was shut down, and it took over an hour to clean up the mess.

Fact #445

Using false identities, both current ruler Kim Jong-Un and his brother, Kim Jong-Chul, visited Tokyo Disneyland as children. In 2001, eldest son Kim Jong-Nam brought shame on the family (and dashed his hopes of becoming the heir to the rule of North Korea) when he was caught using a forged Dominican Republic passport trying to sneak into Japan so he could visit Tokyo Disneyland himself.

Fact #446

Disney's Frozen went through multiple cancellations. It started in the late 1990's, got scrapped in 2002, came back in 2008, got scraped again in 2010, and came back one more time in 2011 to be completed for good.

Fact #447

Let It Go is translated into 25 different languages.

Fact #448

Disney Channel's hit show Good Luck Charlie was orignally going to be named Love Teddy.

Fact #449

Good Luck Charlie was shot on the same stage set as Hannah Montana.

Fact #450

When the mother in Good Luck Charlie was pregnant with Toby in season 3, she wasn't faking it. She was pregnant with her real second child.

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