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First of all... you have to read....

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Mickey Mouse

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Password: a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.

“During the last few years we’ve ventured into a lot of different fields, and we’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with a lot of wonderful people. I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.” ―Walt Disney

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Mickey Mouse

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Password: Walt's older brother

“He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb, and disaster seemed right around the corner” ―Walt Disney in his 1948 essay, "What Mickey Means to Me"

Where did Walt Disney live when he was a boy?

An authentic dog star in the Disney galaxy, Pluto has been “best in show” ever since he first sniffed out stardom in 1930.Walt was inspired to create Disney’s top dog by remembering the personable pooches he met while living on the farm in his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri.

Ever since Pluto has, as Walt put it, been “working hard and trying, but usually not succeeding, in staying out of trouble.” In celebration of Mickey’s pal Pluto during these dog days of summer, we’ve dug up ten fascinating facts about everyone’s favorite fido.

Did you know that Pluto...

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At the age of 15 Walt Disney worked as ...?

I saw the handwriting on the wall. My costs kept going up and up, but the short subject was just filler on any program. And so I felt I had to diversify my business. You could only get so much out of a short subject...

I don't know why I picked "Snow White". The story is something I remembered as a kid. I once saw Marguerite Clark performing in it in Kansas City when I was a newsboy back in 1917. It was one of the first big pictures I'd ever seen. That was back in 1917... I thought it was the perfect story. It had the sympathetic dwarfs, you see? It had the heavy. It had the prince and the girl. The romance, I just thought it was a perfect story. —Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Aladdin is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1992 animated feature film of the same name. A former street rat from the city of Agrabah, Aladdin spent much of his youth scraping for food and ducking guards with his monkey sidekick Abu. Though sanguine, Aladdin's poor upbringing left him with severe insecurity, making him feel worthless and undeserving of love, specifically that of Princess Jasmine. He nevertheless sustained a heroically selfless deposition, which in turn made him entitled to a magic lamp concealing a wish-granting genie.

What is the name of Aladdin's monkey?

“Someday, Abu, things are gonna change. We'll be rich, live in a palace, and never have any problems at all.” ―Aladdin on his dreams

If know the name you may touch the lamp

What is the name of Aladdin's girlfriend?

GREAT JOB! Well done!