12 Little Known Facts About 12 Disney Animated Films

It's almost as if none of these 12 little known facts are true! But this is the internet, so everything must be true, right? No, probably not.

1. Pinocchio

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Walt Disney connected with the story of Pinocchio because for a short period of 4 years, he was a wooden child too.

2. Bambi

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It wasn't the bullet wound that killed Bambi's mother. It was the cancer.

3. Cinderella

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To help animators draw women, Walt Disney brought in prostitutes into the studios as models. He only slept with one of them.

4. One Hundred and One Dalmatians

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Perdita is, in fact, the mother of all 99 puppies in the film. She cheated on Pongo several times. The fact that she doesn't have more children is most surprising.

5. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

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Winnie the Pooh and friends were all a figment of Christopher Robin's imagination. They were created as a means to help him mentally handle his father's addiction to alcohol and the nightly beatings he received.

6. The Little Mermaid

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The character of Ursula was based on Walt Disney's wife Lillian, who was born with eight limbs, four of which were surgically removed after Walt's Death.

7. Aladdin

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Gilbert Gottfried was originally going to be the voice of Genie, but Disney quickly realized they actually wanted to make money, so they hired Robin Williams and forced Gottfried to be the voice of Iago.

8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Quasimodo was modeled after photos of Disney CEO Michael Eisner as a young adult.

9. The Emperor's New Groove

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David Spade was so desperate to be in the public eye that he paid Disney $2 million to voice Kuzco.

10. Home on the Range

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This film was actually produced by Walt Disney in 1947, but was shelved for over 50 years because it was deemed ahead of it's time. In fact, Disney's final words before he died were "Home on the Range will change the world."

11. Tangled

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The song Rapunzel sings in the film to make her restorative powers work is the same song Mandy Moore has sung for over 50 years to stay looking so young.

12. Frozen

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DIsney employees that don't reference Frozen at least once per day are executed during their mandatory end-of-week check up.