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Facts about DISNEY CLASSICS

AND NOW to conclude Fact Week, here is a cluster of facts about Disney Classics.

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Walt Disney created a film about Donald Duck being a Nazi. It won an Oscar.

All the Disney princesses are teenagers.

Snow White - 14 years old

Cinderella - 16-19; an age is not specified, but getting married at a young age was common during her time and she was still living with her stepmother and two unmarried stepsisters at the time.

Aurora - 16; the curse on her stated that she would prick her finger at this age.

Ariel - 16; at the beginning of the film her father is holding a celebration for her 16th birthday.

Belle - 17-21; her age is also not specified, but she lives at home with her father and the Beast is known to be 21, since his cursed rose only blooms until his 21st birthday.

Mulan - 16; young Chinese women were sent to matchmakers around this age.

Jasmine - almost 18; in the movie she is to be married by her 18th birthday.

Pocahontas - 17ish; in reality, Pocahontas was only 12 when she was said to have met John Smith. The filmmakers made her older to allow for a romantic connection; however, she can't be too old considering the film's sequel and the fact that the real Pocahontas only lived until the age of 21.

Tiana - 19; the film opens in 1912 with Tiana at age five, 14 years later, she is a 19-year-old waitress.

Rapunzel - 18; her 18th birthday occurs during the film.

Ariel is the only Disney Princess to have had a child.

Pumba was the first Disney character to fart in a movie!

Disney was sued for defamation of hyenas.

Aladdin Fun Facts

-The person who voices Aladdin is 'Scott', DJ's boyfriend, from the TV show 'Full house'.

- Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid) has a cameo. After Aladdin asks Genie if he can make him a prince, Genie starts reading a book called Royal Recipes. After Genie says "Alaskan King Crab," he pulls his finger out of the book with Sebastien on the end

-When Sultan is playing with his toys, his stacking animal shaped figures. Beast is in the pile of figures. If you stop the video right when it first shows the pile of toys, Beast is towards the top of the stack.

-The most successful film of 1992, earning over $217 million at the US box office and over $504 million worldwide.

-The genie appears in the following guises: - a nightclub entertainer - a Scotsman - a Scottish terrier - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Ed Sullivan - a slot machine - Groucho Marx - a boxing trainer - a fireworks rocket - a French maître d' - a roast turkey - a pink rabbit - a dragon - a certificate - William F. Buckley - a pair of lips - Robert De Niro - a flight attendant - Carol Channing - a sheep - a hammock - a muscle man - PinocchioGaius Julius Caesar - Arsenio Hall - a tailor - a game-show host - a drum major - Walter Brennan - a little boy - a fat man - TV parade hosts - a tiger - a goat - a harem girl - Ethel Merman - Rodney Dangerfield - Jack Nicholson - a teacher - a talking lampshade - a bee - a submarine - a one-man band - a script prompter - a ventriloquist - a Fantasia (1940)-like devil - Jafar - cheerleaders - a baseball pitcher - a tourist with a Goofy hat - and the moon. - a zombie which strongly resembles Peter Lorre (1940) - a magician - a Frenchman in a beret and striped shirt - a chef -