Mickey Mouse was almost named Mortimer
米老鼠差点被命名为“摩梯末”
When Walt Disney suggested the name to his wife, Lillian, she didn’t think the name matched the character’s personality. He later came up with Mickey Mouse, and the rest is history. Mortimer Mouse eventually became Mickey’s taller, more arrogant nemesis, sporadically appearing in print and short films since 1936.
华特迪士尼曾经向妻子莉莲建议，用“摩梯末”来命名米老鼠，但是他的妻子觉得这个名字不符合角色的人物特点。随后他想到用“米奇”这个名字，后来的故事就是我们都熟悉的历史了。“摩梯末”这个名字最终用在了比米奇更高、更傲慢敌人的身上，它从1936开始偶尔出现在印刷品和短片中。
Mickey and Minnie have the same birthday
米奇和米妮的生日在同一天
In 1933, Walt Disney stated that Mickey’s birthday was October 1, 1928, since that was “the day on which his first picture was started”. But in 1978, Dave Smith, founder of the Disney Archives, changed the date to November 18, 1928, the premiere of Steamboat Willie. The 1928 animated short officially debuted Mickey and Minnie Mouse to the world, which meant that date was Minnie’s birthday, too.
1993年，华特迪士尼宣布米奇的生日是1928年10月1日，因为这一天是华特迪士尼第一次开始画米老鼠形象的日子。但是在1978年，戴夫史密斯把米奇的生日改到了1928年11月18日，这是《蒸汽船瓦力》首演的日子。1928年动画公司正式向世界介绍米奇和米妮，这意味着这个日子也是米妮的生日。
Several Disney characters have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
好几个迪士尼人物在好莱坞星光大道上有自己的星星
On November 18, 1978, Mickey Mouse became not only the first Disney character to get a star, but the first ever cartoon character to get one. Six more stars have since been awarded to Disney characters: Snow White (1987), Kermit the Frog (2002), Donald Duck (2004), Winnie the Pooh (2006), Tinker Bell (2010), and The Muppets (2012).
1978年11月18日，米奇老鼠成为了首个在好莱坞星光大道获得明星的迪士尼形象，这也是首个在星光大道拿到明星的卡通形象。迪士尼的卡通形象们随后又拿到了六颗好莱坞明星，分别是：1987年的白雪公主，2002年的青蛙克米特，2004的唐老鸭，2006的维尼熊，2010的叮当铃和2012年的提线木偶。