26The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Disney created a short called The Sorcerer's Apprentice to boost Mickey Mouse's fading popularity. As production costs began to mount, they decided to include it as part of a feature film set to classical music. This became the classic Disney film, Fantasia.
27. The Mary Poppins word Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious breaks down into: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and -docious "educable", with the roughly meaning, "atoning for educability through delicate beauty.
28. Cinderella is not the real name of the protagonist, instead, it was an insulting nickname given to her. She was forced to sleep in the ashes and because of that, she was always covered in dust and dirt.
29. The Lion King was originally called “King of the Jungle” until the Disney team remembered that lions don’t live in the jungle.
30. Bambi and Bambi II hold the record for the longest gap in between movie sequels, the first being released in 1942, the second being released 64 years later in 2006.
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31Mars Needs Moms
Disney's movie "Mars Needs Moms", resulted in an estimated loss of $130,503,621 and is Disney's worst received movie ever.
32. There is no such character as the "Mad Hatter" in Alice In Wonderland, it is only "The Hatter". He had a mad tea party and the two concepts merged.
33. In the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don't die by other means (which is common), Peter "thins them out." The author never clarifies whether this means they're executed or banished.
34. Baloo from the Jungle Book is lazy because he's literally supposed to be a "sloth bear."
35. Ariel from the Little Mermaid is the only Disney princess to have had a child of her own.
