I have heard rumors that when Walt Disney came up with Mickey Mouse he did so as his second character not the first. The reason that he did not use the first was because another production studio or animation company was already using it.\n\nDoes anyone know what the first Character Walt Disney came up with before Mickey Mouse?
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After having lost the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney had to develop a new "star". Most Disney biographies state that Walt came up with a mouse character on his trip back from New York. It is debated whether it was he, or Ub Iwerks who actually designed the mouse (which basically looked like Oswald, but with round instead of long ears). The first films were animated by Iwerks, his name was prominently featured on the title cards. The mouse was originally named "Mortimer", but later christened "Mickey Mouse" by Lillian Disney.
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The original was written by Mary Shelley. The main character created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein really was know as Frankenstein's monster...If I'm not mistaken he was never really given a name. if you go to www.kimwoodbridge.com/maryshel/essays.shtml, it will give you links and histories of how Mary Shelley came up with this idea, also if you like this particular story, Dean Koontz has decided to bring Dr. Frankenstein and his "monster" into the present, in a series of books, which I find quite intriguing...the first is called quite amusingly, "The Prodigal Son".  It gives the creature more morality and a conscience and more importantly a true name...but of course nothing will ever compare to the original story.
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Yes Anaheim is no longer Mighty Ducks which ends the Disney reign for good...Anaheim Ducks was the logical choice and the new colors and jersey seem pretty cool...yes coming up with a mascotish jersey would have been preferable but then again how do you make a Duck look mean yet not cartoonish since that is the image the Ducks are trying to leave behind...so they went with the webbed D and the jersey design is pretty sweet...i understand that there will be shoulder patches added...so stay tuned...as for another Anaheim name....Ducks is fine with me...been a Mighty Duck for so long and dealt with the ridicule that Disney brought down on the NHL so Ducks by itself seems to fit....and it's a great fit!!!  Go Ducks!!!\n\n                                       Jason
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The Disney Corporation is built up of many different religous backgrounds. Many LDS folks work for Disney, yes, but I wouldn't say the company is ran by LDS folks. \n\nI'm LDS and I used to work for Disney.\n\nBy the way, Michael Eisner is not LDS.
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He prepares for the comming Christmas.  Do you have any idea how many toys he has to make for each Christmas?  I did hear that he takes a 2 week vacation after each Christmas, but that is understandable.
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favorite character to song.......does this count?  \n\nLucy asks Schroeder to play "Jingle Bells". Schroeder plays it in the style of a conventional piano, then a three-piece jazz combo, and finally in the style of a pipe organ, but Lucy cannot recognize the tune until the now-irritated Schroeder plays it, with one finger, in the tones of a normal toy piano. It's the only time in the history of the television specials that his toy piano ever actually sounds like a toy piano.  \n\nI always loved this........I loved the disgust in Shroeder's face when he's forced to play it as it actually sounds and I love Lucy's over zealous reaction.  \n\nBut, I took a quiz and it turns out l'm most like Charlie Brown. *shrugs*  I don't get that one.  Take it for yourself and let me know the results.  http://quizilla.com/users/anonymousnowhere/quizzes/Which%20Peanuts%20Character%20are%20You%3F/
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WHAT?!? Who the Hell said that? If this is not one of the most intolerant and stupid things I have ever heard, well, I'm Mickey Mouse. Just get back to the sick bastard and give him your views.
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Haha. Sure it's fair. That's what makes cartoons so rediculous and lovable: they're bogus and imaginitive. Take MOST cartoons, the animals talk. Look at Arthur; He's an ardvark with a dog. And all the other animals (bunnys, gerbils, cats even) can talk but the dog. That's just was makes Disney some bonkers.
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Sure, it's a work in it's own right, but that doesn't exempt photograpers from the normal trademark laws.\n\nIf a "picture" of Mickey Mouse were used in a manner that Disney diapproved of, they can certainly have a cease and desist order issued to prevent the use of their tradmarked asset.  Remember, you don't have to be necessarily using a product for commercial gain in order to be in violation of trademark laws.  Anything you do that a trademark holder can prove is somehow damaging the value of their trademark can be grounds for a civil suit.\n\nThe laws allow newspapers and television news to print or air events that are considered "newsworthy."  Trademarked items aren't exempt from this.  The media is given the right to report on whatever they deem newsworthy.
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Shrek borrowed it from something much earlier.  I think it was originally from a John Wayne classic, but don't ask me which one.
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How Mr. Bean became the spokesperson for Starsbuck.\nHow to pack on the weight with guaranteed results.\nCriss Angel:  Magician or Real?\nSpontaneous Combustion:  What really happened.\nGod told me that He doesn't exist.
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EVERYBODY noticed the cover of the LIttle Mermaid--the movie was made the year you were born!!!  You're just picking up on this NOW?!?!?! People were probably talking about this stuff before you could even speak coherently.  FYI, there are MANY other Disney films that also contain suggestive and sometimes obscene elements.  Lion King, Aladdin, The Rescuers--that one was made 3 years before I was born, and I'm almost a decade older than you anyway.  I think it's funny, and I was not only alive, but socially aware when it happened.  Don't waste your time--you are definitely not the first one to "figure" this out.  WTF....
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Not as long as you state that it's simply for entertainment, you don't own the characters (list them if you made your own) and that you aren't making any money off it. It's considered 'fair use.'
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1. He's a cartoon.  Just following Cartoon Law as described in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?  Or something like that.  2.  Maybe it has something to do with being computer-generated.   3.  Another good question would be: Why haven't these boys aged in 10 years?
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You know, that is the most interesting take on the whole philosophical probelm of the 20th century*.\n\n My guess is that Disney was making the point that standing upright, using tools and speech were an important part of being granted human rights; Since Goofy at least managed to grasp those concepts, he had more rights than Pluto did. \n\n * This is of course the question "Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, pluto is a dog, so What's Goofy?"
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disneychannelfan101---> If you have never heard of them, and you are not a Christian, why are you answering this question? Stop giving yourself points, by being a jerk. Put your knowledge to something useful, and answer a question that you know!