The 25 Most asked Questions to Animation Aficionados Everywhere (1-5)

25 Most asked Questions to Animation Aficionados Everywhere.

We all know the answers to these questions, but we’re constantly being asked them! Here are the 25 most asked questions to animation fans and historians everywhere. Several historians suggested questions or have an FAQ section on their site. I've also stated who each question was suggested by. Often (not for this post though), I'll be quoting what Mark Evanier or Jerry Beck have said in their own FAQ's as they are much smarter, wiser, and better resources to answer questions. 

Credits for helping me with this list:

Mark Arnold

Tom Sito

Jerry Beck

Mark Evanier

Greg Ehrbar

1.      Is Tweety a Boy or a Girl?

Tweety isn’t a girl. Tweety is a male canary. I guess Warner Bros doesn’t know that because of the girl icon he became with the children’s clothing and such. It got to the point that the WB Store Online had a Looney Tunes and a Tweety section!

2.     Was Walt Disney a Nazi?

I don’t know why I’m always asked this. Walt wasn’t a Nazi. I never met Walt, but I know he wasn’t a Nazi. This is all thanks to the internet. People on the internet see Der Fuehrer’s Face and immediately think that Walt Disney was a Nazi. He wasn’t. When I answer no to people asking me if Walt was a Nazi, they ask: “What about that Donald Duck Cartoon?”. They clearly haven’t seen the cartoon or at least the ending.

3.       Were Chip & Dale the first Gay Couple in Animation?

OK, this one came from Tom Sito and all I can say is that the answer is no. They were not a gay couple. Neither were the Goofy Gophers. Tom Sito said Nathan Lane thought Timon and Pumbaa were.

 

4.       Is Speedy Gonzales a racist stereotype?

No. The character was named after Hispanic animator Frank Gonzales. Animators like Rudy Zamora and Phil Roman worked on those cartoons.

5.       Who was the Dog in Quick Draw McGraw Cartoons that loved Dog Biscuits?

Jerry Beck and Mark Arnold both state that they're asked this a lot. Snuffles is the answer of course. Snuffles, as we know, would ask for a dog biscuit and then float in the air.