Thinking that five fingers on Mickey’s hand were “too many for a mouse” and would look like “a bunch of bananas,” Disney decided to give him four fingers instead.For example, he is known as Musse Pigg in Sweden, Mi Lao Shu in China, and Topolino in Italy.

Mickey has different names around the world.

However, Walt’s wife, Lillian, thought that Mickey sounded better.

Mickey was originally going to be named Mortimer.

Even after the voice work was officially turned over to Jimmy MacDonald in 1947, Walt continued to do Mickey’s voice for shorts on The Mickey Mouse Club.

Walt Disney voiced Mickey Mouse – From 1928 to 1947, Walt was the man behind the mouse-literally.

Walt Disney came up with Mickey Mouse whilst on a train from New York to Hollywood.

Oswald inspired the birth of Mickey Mouse.

Disney lost the rights to Oswald in a dispute with a business partner at Universal.

Created as a replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey first appeared in the short Plane Crazy, debuting publicly in the short film Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first sound cartoons.

He’s an anthropomorphic mouse and one of the world’s most recognizable characters.

Mickey was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928.

How about his voice? Close your eyes and try to remember his falsetto voice! Are you getting the whole Mickey Mouse picture? To help you in this Disney character recollection here are some interesting facts about Mickey Mouse… Mickey is easily identified by his round ears, red shorts, white gloves, and yellow shoes.

‘When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human and that is the secret of his popularity’ – Walt Disney was so right! We all relate to his cheerful and yet mischievous character.

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