💡 Trivia Many Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple

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Walt Disney might have been the first to put gloves on his characters, as seen in 1929’s The Opry House, starring Mickey Mouse. The gloves distinguished Mickey’s hands from his body and became part of his official stage costume.

But in addition to being easier to animate, there’s another reason for the gloves: In the Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters, Walt Disney is quoted as saying, “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands, because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave him gloves.”

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