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DISNEY CHARACTERS
5. DISNEY CHARACTERS &

FRIENDS

MICKEY MOUSE

FUN FACTS
• Mickey Mouse first debuted in the 1928
cartoon short Steamboat Willie, the first
ever cartoon with synchronized sound.
• Mickey Mouse was first voiced by Walt
Disney himself.
• Walt Disney was originally going to call
his mouse creation Mortimer Mouse, until
his wife, Lillian Disney, said she didn’t like
A friend to everyone, Mickey Mouse the name and instead suggested Mickey.
is the warm-hearted leader of the • Mickey’s first spoken dialogue was in the
Disney gang, who’ll try his hand 1929 cartoon short The Karnival Kid, with
at any role that comes his way, the words “Hot dogs! Hot dogs!”
whether it’s conductor, fire-fighter • Mickey returned to the screen in 2013
or Sorcerer’s Apprentice! Always the with the animated short Get a Horse!,
adventurous hero, Mickey’s eternal blending 2D and 3D animation, and the
inquisitiveness can sometimes let his animated television series Mickey Mouse.
curiosity get the better of him, but
his can-do attitude and willingness to
make things right always prevail.

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