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Also of note were the ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' shorts, which were one-shots (usually, though a few of them got sequels, plus Pluto appeared in one and Donald debuted in another) set to popular music. Later, it primarily served as a showcase to try out animation techniques and technology before using them in the company's feature films. These were immensely popular in the 1930's and led to a [[Follow the Leader]] approach from rival studios, with Warner for example creating ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', and MGM creating ''Happy Harmonies'', among many others. The ''Silly Symphonies'' shorts were responsible for [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ridiculously Cute Critters]] becoming a staple of animation at the time.
Occasionally, the classic characters would appear in [[Disney Animated Canon|feature films]], usually anthology films like ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'', ''[[Saludos Amigos]]'', ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'', and, most famously, the ''[[Fantasia]]'' films. In the '90s, [[Chip and Dale]] received [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
If you're looking to find all of these shorts, all of them have been neatly compiled into a series of truly excellent DVD compilations in a series of sets called the '''Walt Disney Treasures''' series. All of these collection DVD sets with the classic shorts included on them are convieniently listed below just for you:
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Thats 16 well crafted compilation DVDs to collect. Good luck finding them all, though, since they only saw a limited release. They're loaded with great extras and for the most part the films have been cleaned up really good, so they ARE worth going to the trouble of finding them, and most of them aren't even that expensive on their own. (assuming you aren't trying to get them in their collector's tins, which will cost you an arm and leg to aquire.)
For a full list of characters, see [[Classic Disney Shorts
For noteworhy Disney staff, go [[Noteworthy Disney Staff|here]].
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* [[Plutos Judgement Day]]
* [[Flowers and Trees]]
* [[Three Little Pigs (Disney film)|Three Little Pigs]]
* [[The Tortoise and
* [[The Golden Touch]]
* [[The Old Mill]]
* [[
* [[Der
* [[Education for Death]]: a chilling and brutal look at a German boy growing up in Nazi Germany. Unlike [[Der Fuerhers Face]], this cartoon was '''''not''''' meant to be a funny, Allies-Defeat-the-Axis-type of [[World War Two]] cartoon
* [[Brave Little Tailor]]
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* [[Adventures in Music Duology]]
* [[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]
* [[The Prince and
* [[Runaway Brain]]
* [[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]
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* [[Acme Products]]: Only, in this case, it would be Ajax Products.
* [[A Day At the Bizarro]]: ''Toby Tortoise Returns'' is an oddball in the Silly Symphonies lineup-wheras most, if not all of those shorts were either sweet, sentimental and naturalistic, this short has much more in common with a Warner Bros. cartoon, complete with full cartoony, fast paced slapstick comedy.
** Ironically, the real [[Looney Tunes|Warner Bros. cartoons]] being made around the same time were intent on trying to ape the sweeter, sentimental elements of the Silly Symphonies. We won't see a WB cartoon as fast-paced as "Toby Tortoise Returns" until "[[
** Let's not forget Mickey Mouse's "Runaway Brain" from the 90's, which was the first ([[Kingdom Hearts|but certainly not]] [[Epic Mickey|the last]]) attempt at returning Mickey to his adventureous, edgier roots. Whether it succeeded or not is up for debate.
** The later Donald Duck shorts from the '50s and onward show how desperate the writers were to come up with new ideas-one short has Donald become so obsessed with obtaining honey that he dresses up as a bee to steal honey from an [[Too Dumb to Live|actual hive]], instead of just going to the store and buying some honey in a jar like any sane <s> man</s> duck would do.
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** The original shorts occasionally went this route during the '40s, [[Epileptic Trees|perhaps]] [[Fridge Brilliance|due to]] [[World War 2|current events]] (and not just in the [[Wartime Cartoon|Wartime Cartoons]]).
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: From ''Who Killed Cock Robin'': "We don't know who is guilty so we're gonna hang 'em all!" (sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
* [[Depending
** The 1992 series ''Goof Troop'' moved Goofy out of Mouseton to Spoonerville, but this has been written out of canon in more modern material?where Mickey and Goofy once again live in the same neighborhood.
* [[Distracted
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Minnie, frequently.
* [[Dogfaces]]
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* [[The Everyman]]: All of the main trio, to some degree: Mickey (when he's not too good at being a hero), Donald (when he's not being too [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate|nasty]]), and Goofy (when he's not being too clumsy) have all functioned as everyday working stiffs in viewer identification scenarios.
* [[Everything Is an Instrument]]: A dominant trope in most of the early Mickey Mouse shorts.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Exactly What It Says
** Averted in "Donald's Dilemma", because, contrary to the title, it's actually Daisy that has the dilemma...
* [[Extreme Omni Goat]]
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** [[The Lancer]]: Donald - Blue
** [[The Big Guy]]: Goofy - Green (originally Orange)
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Daisy, [[Depending
** [[The Chick]]: Minnie - Pink, or Light Blue. Also associated with polka dot patterns.
** [[Team Pet]] - Pluto - Yellow
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** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5juFWVjF8 Golden Eggs]''. It's not so much Donald [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|crossdressing as a hen to fool a rooster]] (though he does a [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|disturbingly good job at looking feminine]]), but just watch the rooster's reaction at about 4:20.
** In ''Up a Tree'', when Chip 'n Dale first look up their tree to see Donald climbing up it to cut it down, Dale says to Chip, "It's a duck with a big fanny!" (Though in the U.S., the term "fanny" is a euphemism for "backside" (the chipmunks obviously noticed Donald's backside), in the U.K., the term "fanny" is a euphemism for a certain part of a woman's anatomy (and thus was [[Edited for Syndication]])).
* [[Ghost in
* [[Go-Karting
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: The entire premise of ''Donald's Better Self''.
** Pluto also had this in a few shorts, most notably ''Lend a Paw''.
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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Donald Duck is famous for his.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Mickey, Donald, Daisy, and (occasionally) Minnie.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Well, not so much Humphrey, but the actor that voices J. Audubon Woodlore, the ranger that runs the park Humphrey lives in, also voices such characters in Disney animated features as [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|the White Rabbit]] and [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Mr. Smee]] (as well as Droopy at [[MGM]]).
** In the 1930s, the Big Bad Wolf was voiced by Billy Bletcher, the original voice for [[Pete]]. Fittingly enough, on ''[[House of Mouse]]'', he was voiced by [[Pete]]'s current voice actor, Jim Cummings.
** Also in the 1930s, Practical Pig was voiced by Pinto Colvig, the original voice for [[Goofy]]. Fittingly enough, on ''[[House of Mouse]]'', he was voiced by Goofy's current voice actor, Bill Farmer.
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* [[Soap Punishment]]: A lie detector uses this on the Big Bad Wolf in ''The Practical Pig''.
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Donald, to the point where his near-unintelligible speech sparked [http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/donald.asp an urban legend].
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[
* [[Stock Footage]]: A few of the [[Wartime Cartoon|Wartime Cartoons]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: ''[[The Mad Doctor]]''
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* [[The Twelve Principles of Animation]]: These cartoons played a big part in refining them.
* [[Typewriter Eating]]: Present in ''Mickey's Trailer'', ''Donald's Cousin Gus'' and ''Pueblo Pluto''.
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: Perhaps one of the most classic examples would be "[[Der
** Donald Duck had an entire suite of war shorts, from "Donald Gets Drafted" to "Commando Duck".
* [[Wafer-Thin Mint]]
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