11 Facts About Dumbo

1.

Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

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2.

Dumbo is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings.

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3.

Dumbo is blamed for the incident and shunned by the other elephants.

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4.

Dumbo, crying after visiting his mother, gets the hiccups, so Timothy takes him to the vat for water.

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5.

From Disney's perspective, Dumbo required none of the special effects that had slowed down production and grew the budgets of Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi.

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6.

Dumbo is one of the few Disney features to use the technique, which was used for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and regularly employed for the various Disney cartoon shorts.

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7.

Dumbo the Flying Elephant is a popular ride that appears in Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland.

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8.

Dumbo appears in the popular PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts released in 2002 in the form of a summon that the player can call upon in battle for aid.

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9.

In 2001, the "60th Anniversary Edition" DVD of Dumbo featured a sneak peek of the proposed sequel Dumbo II, including new character designs and storyboards.

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10.

Dumbo II sought to explain what happened to Dumbo's father, Mr Jumbo.

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11.

Dumbo II was supposed to be set on the day immediately following the end of the first Dumbo movie.

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