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[[File:The Walt Disney Company logo.png|right|350px|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]]
'''The Walt Disney Company''', commonly known as '''Disney''', is an American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate headquartered at the [[W:Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios complex]] in [[W:Burbank, California|Burbank, California]], USA. The favorite presence original best-selling franchise major characters such as ''Mickey Mouse'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Cinderella'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Frozen'', ''Aladdin'', ''The Lion King'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', ''Toy Story'', ''Cars'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Disney'', ''Pixar'', ''The Muppets'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Hulk'', ''X-Men'', ''Fantastic Four'', ''Marvel Comics'' and ''Star Wars''.

== History ==
[[File:Walt Disney 1946.JPG|right|thumb||right|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]]
Founded on October 16, 1923, as the '''Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio''' by brothers [[W:Walt Disney|Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]] and [[W:Roy Oliver Disney|Roy Oliver Disney]], it also operated under the names the '''Walt Disney Studio''' and '''Walt Disney Productions''' before changing its name to the '''Walt Disney Company''' in 1986. The company is known for its film studio division, [[W:Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], which includes [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[W:Lucasfilm|Lucasfilm]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[20th Century Animation]], and [[W:Searchlight Pictures|Searchlight Pictures]].

The well studio operated original characters like ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Toy Story'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Disney'' and ''Pixar''.

The company established itself as a leader in the [[animation|American animation]] industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, consumer products, publishing, and international operations, and since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions and [[W:Intellectual property|Intellectual properties]] in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands.

=== Mascot ===
[[File:Mickey Mouse 4.jpg|right|thumb|Mickey Mouse]]
The [[cartoon]] [[character]] [[Mickey Mouse]], created in 1928 by Walt Disney and [[W:Ub Iwerks|Ub Iwerks]], serves as the company's [[mascot]].

== Animation ==
[[File:RobinHoodMostWanted.jpg|right|thumb|Robin Hood]]
From the [[W:Alice Comedies|Alice Comedies]], going through the creations of Pete, [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] and Mickey Mouse, the making of the classic ''[[W:Steamboat Willie|Steamboat Willie]]'' (the first post-produced sound cartoon), its ''[[W:Silly Symphony|Silly Symphonies]]'', [[Donald Duck]], Pluto and [[Goofy]], the marriage of advanced technologies of the time and its films like [[W:Technicolor|Technicolor]] (which lead to the first feature-length film in Technicolor, 1937's ''[[W:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'') or its own, like the [[W:Multiplane camera|multiplane camera]], its artistic contribution during the [[W:WWII|war]], or the World populace at the time (''[[Saludos Amigos]]'', ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[Song of the South]]'' and ''[[Cinderella (1950)|Cinderella]]''), which, with the creation of its own distribution company, [[W:Buena Vista Distribution|Buena Vista Distribution]], let them control the future releases of their almost continuous wins with both animated and live-action feature films (''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', ''[[W:Sleeping Beauty|Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', ''[[The Aristocats]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[Robin Hood]]'', ''[[The Rescuers]]'', and ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'', ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[W:The Little Mermaid (1989)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Brother Bear]]'', ''[[Frozen]]'', ''[[Zootopia]]'', etc), and TV animation series (''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[TaleSpin]]'', ''[[Bonkers and Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]'', et al).

Not even the deaths of both Walt and Roy Disney stopped the Walt Disney Company from spreading out to news/sports media ([[W:NBC|NBC]], [[W:American Broadcasting Company|American Broadcasting Company]], [[W:ESPN|ESPN]]), on to their own theme parks, cruise liners, the search of new technologies (resulting on Disney's first 3D animated feature film, ''[[Chicken Little]]''), and so on, all with the goal of spreading their intellectual properties (including animation), worldwide, resulting in higher earning which made possible for Disney to acquire the third-party, high-profit companies and their own IPs ([[W:The Jim Henson Company|The Jim Henson Company]] and [[Pixar Animation Studios]]), or their now bulging film and animated portfolio.

In August 31, 2009 - Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion - The only buy owns the classic comic book superheroes characters such as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and other various original Marvel characters.

In October 30, 2012 - Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion - Lucasfilm the franchises such as ''Star Wars'' (featuring Darth Vader) and ''Indiana Jones''. Then Star Wars trilogy be form closing down at the 20th Century Fox studios for Hollywood in the Los Angeles. William Fox, Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck's company of 20th Century Fox (the one original female character Marilyn Monroe).

This let Disney establish itself as a major animation presence within the whole world's culture. Disney highest-grossing franchises like ''Mickey Mouse'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', ''Snow White'', ''Cinderella'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The Lion King'', ''Aladdin'', ''Disney Princess'', ''Frozen'', ''Toy Story'', ''Cars'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean''.

(*) See [[W:The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]

== Disney and furry ==

The [[furry fandom]] has had a very long connection with Disney's movies and characters, starting mostly with the pivotal 1973 American animated adventure musical comedy film '''''Robin Hood''''', based on the English folk tale of the same name with the characters reimagined as [[anthropomorphic]] [[animal]]s, with many [[furries]] noting in [[BBS]]s, [[IRC]], [[forum]]s, social media, and scientific questionnaires over the long years that this Disney classic was the most influential showcase of anthropomorphic animals first presented to the fandom.<ref>[http://twigmans.blogspot.com/2013/01/robin-hood-and-advent-of-furry-fandom.html ''"Robin Hood" and the Advent of Furry Fandom''] article on the [[Blogspot]] ''Twigman's, with Kuurion & Captain Video''. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://isitfurbait.tumblr.com/post/159124112476/robin-hood-the-disney-animated-fox-one ''Our old boy, Robin Hood seems to fall into the role of pivotal furrybait.''] article on the [[Tumblr]] site, ''Is it furbait''. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.flayrah.com/4117/retrospective-illustrated-chronology-furry-fandom-1966–1996 ''"Robin Hood" and the Advent of Furry Fandom''] article by [[Fred Patten]] on [[Flayrah]]. Dated 15 July, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2022.</ref>

Other Disney animated features of interest to the furry fandom include ''Saludos Amigos'', ''The Three Caballeros'', ''Bambi'', ''Song of the South'', ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', ''The Aristocats'', ''The Rescuers'', ''The Fox and the Hound'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''The Lion King'', ''Brother Bear'', and ''Zootopia''.

== References ==
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== See also ==

*[[W:Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://disney.com Disney.com] - Walt Disney's official website
* [https://www.facebook.com/Disney/ Disney] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/WaltDisneyCo The Walt Disney Company] on [[Twitter]]

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