110 Fun Facts About 90s Disney

Which film was the first animated feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?

Beauty and the Beast earned the 1991 Best Picture nomination, the only one for an animated film until Up in 2009, after the category expanded to ten slots; it also won the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy.

Which Disney film held the title of highest-grossing animated film until Finding Nemo overtook it in 2003?

The Lion King was the project most of Disney's top animators passed over for Pocahontas, expecting that film to be the prestige hit; it then became the top-grossing animated film until Finding Nemo in 2003.

Early story treatments for Simba's 1994 film were submitted under which working title?

Linda Woolverton, who was also writing the Belle musical, drafted it as King of the Beasts before it became King of the Jungle. Lions do not actually live in jungles, hence the eventual change.

Which composer scored the 1994 Simba film after A World Apart and The Power of One?

Hans Zimmer took the job, he said, so his young daughter could finally see one of his films; the score won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score, with Lebo M arranging the African vocals.

Which Simpsons voice actor replaced Robin Williams as the Genie in The Return of Jafar (1994)?

Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, took over the Genie for The Return of Jafar and the Aladdin TV series; Williams returned for Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) after Disney apologized.

After its Aladdin marketing feud with Robin Williams, Disney sent him a painting by which artist?

Pablo Picasso: Disney sent the painting, reportedly worth $1 million, after using Williams's Genie voice to sell merchandise against his wishes; he still sat out the first sequel, returning only after the studio apologized in 1994.

Which song was the first from a Disney film to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year?

A Whole New World, sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, won Song of the Year in 1994; a year earlier it had knocked Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' off No. 1 after a then-record 14 weeks.

Animators aged up Aladdin mid-production, borrowing features from Calvin Klein models and which actor?

Tom Cruise became the model after Glen Keane's first Aladdin, based on Michael J. Fox, was judged too boyish; the character was aged to about eighteen and given a more heroic build.

Which film was the first feature made mainly at Disney's Florida animation studio?

Mulan was produced mainly at the Florida animation studio, which had opened in 1989 at Disney-MGM Studios to make shorts like Roller Coaster Rabbit; Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear followed as Florida-made features.

Whose pop recording of 'Reflection' landed her a contract with RCA Records?

Christina Aguilera won the job by taping a cover of Whitney Houston's 'Run to You' to prove she could hit the song's highest note; RCA then signed her, while Lea Salonga sings it inside the film.

BD Wong spoke Captain Li Shang's lines, but which singer provided his singing voice?

Donny Osmond provided Shang's singing voice on 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' while BD Wong spoke the lines; Jackie Chan voiced Shang for the film's Chinese-language dubs.

Which comedian voiced Mushu, the small dragon guarding the Fa family's daughter?

Eddie Murphy, cast after the filmmakers first approached Joe Pesci, recorded Mushu's lines from a studio in his New Jersey home rather than at the Disney studio.

Which musician wrote and recorded the songs for Tarzan (1999), winning the Oscar for Best Original Song?

Phil Collins sang four of the five songs himself because the directors refused to have Tarzan burst into song; he also recorded them in French, German, Italian and Spanish for the film's dubs.

What was the 3D painting-and-rendering system built for Tarzan's jungle backgrounds called?

Deep Canvas let painted jungle backgrounds exist as 3D environments so the camera could swoop with Tarzan as he surfed the trees; its developers received an Academy Technical Achievement Award in 2003.

In which unlikely venue did The Hunchback of Notre Dame hold its June 1996 premiere?

The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans hosted the premiere on June 19, 1996, with a parade through the French Quarter, two days before the wide release; the film grossed over $325 million worldwide.

Which actor, also the voice of Shere Khan in TaleSpin, voiced Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Tony Jay won Frollo on the strength of a brief turn as the asylum keeper in the same directors' previous film, and sang the villain's song 'Hellfire' himself.

Alongside Victor and Hugo, what is Quasimodo's third gargoyle friend called?

Laverne, the eldest gargoyle, was voiced by Mary Wickes, who died in October 1995 before the film's release; Jane Withers recorded her remaining lines.

Which 1990 film was the first feature-length sequel ever produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation?

The Rescuers Down Under opened fourth with just $3.5 million, and the studio pulled its TV advertising after that first weekend; it was also the first feature made entirely with digital ink and paint.

Which 1990 box-office smash opened on November 16, the same day as Disney's underperforming animated release?

Home Alone opened that day. The old gangster movie Kevin watches in it, Angels with Filthy Souls, was never a real film: the crew shot it specially for the comedy.

Buzz Lightyear began as the lead character of which earlier Pixar short?

Tin Toy's hero Tinny, a wind-up one-man band, was Toy Story's first lead; judged too old-fashioned, he was rebuilt as a space toy and renamed Lunar Larry, then Buzz Lightyear.

What did Pixar call its disastrous November 1993 screening of Toy Story story reels for Disney executives?

The Black Friday Incident, Pixar's name for the November 19, 1993 screening, led Disney's Peter Schneider to halt production; Tom Hanks had already complained that Woody had become a jerk, so the script was rewritten.

Toy Story was the first animated film to be nominated in which Academy Award category?

Best Original Screenplay was the nomination, for a script rewritten after Disney halted production in 1993 over an unlikeable Woody; John Lasseter also received a Special Achievement Oscar.

Which DreamWorks film reached theaters weeks before Pixar's similar 1998 film, sparking a feud with Steve Jobs?

Antz opened on October 2, 1998, nearly two months ahead of A Bug's Life; both films center on an oddball male ant who saves his colony and wins a princess, and Pixar believed DreamWorks had lifted the premise.

Which Disney executive quit in 1994 after Eisner denied him the presidency, then co-founded DreamWorks?

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had run Disney's film studio since 1984, left after Eisner refused him the presidency; he then sued for bonuses he said he was owed and settled out of court in 1999.

Disney president Frank Wells died in April 1994 in what kind of accident?

Helicopter crash: on April 3, 1994, the helicopter carrying Wells's heli-skiing party went down in Nevada's Ruby Mountains; his death set off the succession fight that split the studio.

Which Hollywood super-agent was named Disney's president in August 1995, only to be fired in 1996?

Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency and a longtime friend of Eisner, lasted about 14 months; his roughly $140 million severance became the subject of a long-running shareholder lawsuit.

In 1995 Disney announced a $19 billion takeover, then the second-largest in US history, of which company?

Capital Cities/ABC, owner of the ABC network, agreed to the $19 billion deal in the summer of 1995; it brought Disney an 80 percent stake in ESPN and ESPN2 and half of Lifetime.

Which network had Eisner planned to buy before General Electric insisted on keeping a majority stake?

NBC was Eisner's earlier target, but owner General Electric would part with only a minority stake; Eisner wanted a broadcast network to guarantee distribution for Disney's programming.

Which indie film distributor did Disney buy for about $60 million in 1993 to reach adults?

Miramax, the Weinstein brothers' company, soon released Pulp Fiction under Disney, but its new parent barred NC-17 films, so the brothers set up a one-off company to release Kids in 1995.

Euro Disney, which opened in 1992, was built about 32 km east of Paris at which location?

Marne-la-Vallée, a planned new town, hosts the resort, which opened on April 12, 1992; after losing money in its first years it was restructured and renamed Disneyland Paris in October 1994.

Which Walt Disney World theme park opened to the public in April 1998?

Animal Kingdom opened on April 22, 1998, Earth Day, as Walt Disney World's fourth theme park; a planned land of dragons and unicorns, Beastly Kingdom, was put off to save money and never built.

The 145-foot Tree of Life, icon of Disney's 1998 Florida park, is an artificial version of which tree?

Baobab, the broad-trunked African tree, inspired the design; the trunk is about 50 feet wide and carved with more than 300 animals, among them the chimpanzee David Greybeard, added at Jane Goodall's request.

Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, which opened in 1995, sends riders through the Temple of the what?

Forbidden Eye is the temple of the deity Mara, whose gaze riders are warned not to meet; Tokyo DisneySea's near-identical 2001 version is themed as the Temple of the Crystal Skull instead.

Which nighttime show projecting Disney animation onto mist debuted at Disneyland in 1992?

Fantasmic! premiered on May 13, 1992, on Disneyland's Rivers of America, with film projected onto three screens of mist; guests staked out spots hours early, so Disney terraced the shore for better views.

Which future NSYNC member was a Mickey Mouse Club cast member alongside Justin Timberlake?

JC Chasez joined The All-New Mickey Mouse Club in 1991, two years before Justin Timberlake, and the two later formed NSYNC with Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass in 1995.

Disney's NHL expansion team, named after The Mighty Ducks, was based in which California city?

Anaheim, home of Disneyland, got the Mighty Ducks in 1993–94; Disney sold the team in 2005, and in their first season as plain Anaheim Ducks they won the 2007 Stanley Cup.

In The Mighty Ducks (1992), Emilio Estevez plays a Minneapolis defense attorney with what name?

Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer sentenced to community service for drunk driving, is forced to coach the District 5 peewee team; Brock Pierce plays him as a boy, and the film was retitled Champions in the UK.

Cool Runnings (1993) is loosely based on Jamaica's bobsleigh debut at the Winter Olympics in which city?

Calgary hosted the 1988 Games, where Jamaica's four-man sled crashed on its third run and did not officially finish; the novices had needed to ask rival teams for basic equipment just to compete.

Who plays disgraced ex-Olympian Irving Blitzer, the Jamaican team's coach, in Cool Runnings?

John Candy's Irv Blitzer, disqualified for cheating, is invented: the real team was coached by Howard Siler, an American Olympic bobsledder. It was the last film released in Candy's lifetime.

What breed is Chance, voiced by Michael J. Fox, in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)?

American Bulldog is Chance's breed, a change from Sheila Burnford's 1961 novel and Disney's 1963 film, whose trio was a young Labrador, an old bull terrier and a Siamese cat, none of them given a voice.

Which spooky Disney film opened in July 1993, months before Halloween?

Hocus Pocus opened on July 16, 1993, an odd summer slot for a Halloween story, and flopped; yearly October TV airings later made it a seasonal favorite.

What surname do the witch sisters played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy share?

Sanderson is the surname of Winifred, Mary and Sarah, hanged in Salem in 1693 after turning the boy Thackery Binx into an immortal black cat; Kenny Ortega, later of High School Musical, directed.

Who wrote the screenplay for Disney's 1996 live-action 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close as Cruella?

John Hughes, writer of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club, scripted and produced it; Stephen Herek, who had made The Mighty Ducks, directed, and unlike the 1961 cartoon none of the animals speak.

In The Santa Clause (1994), what is the name of the divorced marketing executive played by Tim Allen?

Scott Calvin, whose initials match Santa's, startles the real Santa off his roof and, by putting on the suit, triggers the 'Santa clause' contract that makes him the replacement; Eric Lloyd plays his son Charlie.

The voice cast of Disney's Gargoyles (1994–97) was famously packed with alumni of which franchise?

Star Trek's Marina Sirtis read for both the heroine Elisa Maza and the villain Demona and landed the villain; once she and Jonathan Frakes were in the booth, the producers kept turning to Trek actors for guest roles.

In Gargoyles, the clan was cursed into stone sleep in 994 in which country?

Scotland's Castle Wyvern was the clan's home until a spell turned them to stone in 994; Xanatos moved the castle to Manhattan a thousand years later, where they woke and became the city's nighttime protectors.

Which DuckTales character crossed over to become Darkwing Duck's sidekick?

Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge McDuck's crash-prone pilot, inspired the spin-off: Darkwing Duck grew out of 'Double-O-Duck', a DuckTales episode casting him as a secret agent, and he stayed on as sidekick.

Darkwing Duck's civilian name, Drake Mallard, parodies Kent Allard, the alter ego of which pulp hero?

The Shadow, the 1930s radio and pulp crime-fighter, was really Kent Allard beneath his Lamont Cranston guise; Darkwing's hat, cape, gas gun and flashy entrances send up such pulp heroes.

In TaleSpin, what is the name of the cargo plane Baloo flies for Higher for Hire?

The Sea Duck is Baloo's seaplane; down on his luck, he flies it for Rebecca Cunningham's Higher for Hire out of Cape Suzette, dodging Don Karnage's air pirates and their airship, the Iron Vulture.

Recess and Pepper Ann both premiered on September 13, 1997, as part of which new Disney cartoon block?

One Saturday Morning was due to launch a week earlier, but coverage of Princess Diana's funeral on September 6 pushed it back; Recess, Pepper Ann and a revived Doug were its anchors.

TGIF's Boy Meets World followed Cory Matthews growing up in which city?

Philadelphia is home to Cory (Ben Savage), whose teacher Mr. Feeny also lives next door and keeps turning up: he becomes Cory's high school principal and later teaches at his college.

On which network did Doug premiere in 1991, before Disney bought its studio and revived the show in 1996?

Nickelodeon premiered Doug on August 11, 1991, among its first three Nicktoons with Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show; when it passed on a fifth season, Disney bought Jim Jinkins's Jumbo Pictures and revived it.

Which Hollywood veteran played Grandma Aggie Cromwell in Halloweentown (1998)?

Debbie Reynolds played Aggie, the witch grandmother whose grandchildren sneak onto her magic bus to Halloweentown on Marnie's 13th Halloween; Reynolds returned for three sequels through 2006.

Fantasia 2000 was the first major Hollywood film released in which format?

IMAX theaters had Fantasia 2000 to themselves for four months from January 1, 2000, after a Carnegie Hall premiere with a live orchestra; the sequel was a pet project of Walt's nephew, Roy E. Disney.

Under which label did Disney release The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993, fearing it too dark?

Touchstone Pictures, Disney's adult-oriented label, released it in October 1993 because the studio thought the film too dark for the Disney name; Disney reissued it under its own banner in 3D in 2006.

Newsies (1992) dramatizes an 1899 newsboys' strike against Hearst and which rival publisher?

Joseph Pulitzer, played by Robert Duvall, had raised the price newsboys paid for his World; the film took under $3 million on a $15 million budget, then became a Tony-winning Broadway show in 2012.

Lyricist Howard Ashman, who died in March 1991, had earlier written which Off-Broadway musical with Alan Menken?

Little Shop of Horrors opened Off-Broadway in 1982 with Menken's music and Ashman's book and lyrics, running more than 2,000 performances; Ashman's partner Bill Lauch accepted his posthumous Oscar in 1992.

Who directed the 1997 stage musical of the Simba story with costumed actors and giant puppets?

Julie Taymor became the first woman to win the Tony for directing a musical; finding the story short of strong female characters, she recast the mandrill Rafiki as a woman.

Which group of five singers narrates Hercules (1997)?

The Muses, cut from the nine of Greek myth to five, narrate as a gospel-singing girl group, the film's take on a Greek chorus, with numbers like 'Zero to Hero'.

Pocahontas held its June 1995 premiere at which New York location?

Central Park hosted the outdoor premiere on June 10, 1995, before a crowd Disney officials put at 100,000, with a Vanessa Williams concert to follow; it was billed as the largest film premiere in history.

Disney's unfinished Belle musical, 70 percent animated, screened at which September 1991 event?

New York Film Festival audiences saw the work-in-progress on September 29, 1991, with pencil tests and storyboards filling the unfinished third, and gave it a standing ovation at the end.

Which R&B singer voiced pop star Powerline's songs in A Goofy Movie (1995)?

Tevin Campbell performed 'Stand Out' and 'I 2 I' as Powerline, the fictional pop idol Max Goof worships; the film's finale puts Max and Goofy on stage at Powerline's Los Angeles concert.

In Toy Story 2 (1999), who voices Stinky Pete the Prospector?

Kelsey Grammer, then starring as Frasier Crane, voiced the mint-in-box Prospector who turns villain; Joan Cusack joined as Jessie and Wayne Knight as toy collector Al McWhiggin in a film first planned for direct-to-video.

Which British cartoonist, known for Pink Floyd's The Wall, served as production designer on Hercules (1997)?

Gerald Scarfe was hired after directors Ron Clements and John Musker, longtime fans, saw his style echo Greek vase painting; he went on to produce over 700 character designs.

Who provided the singing voice of the title character in Pocahontas (1995)?

Judy Kuhn was cast first and told she would speak the part too unless Disney found a Native American actress whose voice matched; Irene Bedard then took the dialogue, and Kuhn sang 'Colors of the Wind'.

Which director made Disney's stop-motion James and the Giant Peach (1996), which Tim Burton produced?

Henry Selick, not Tim Burton, also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, though that film carries Burton's name in its full title; Burton produced both.

Which 1991 Disney adventure, set in 1938 Hollywood, was based on a comic by artist Dave Stevens?

The Rocketeer began in 1982 as a backup strip in Pacific Comics' Starslayer; Joe Johnston, a fan of the comic, offered to direct as soon as he learned Disney held the film rights.

Which British comedian voiced Zazu, the hornbill majordomo, in the 1994 Simba film?

Rowan Atkinson, then known for Blackadder and Mr. Bean, voiced the fussy hornbill Zazu; the story's Hamlet parallels were pointed out by a producer after Michael Eisner asked for a plot modeled on King Lear.

In Aladdin (1992), the Cave of Wonders will only admit whom?

The diamond in the rough, 'one whose worth lies far within,' is the only person the tiger-headed cave will admit, so Jafar, Agrabah's vizier, sends the street urchin Aladdin in to fetch the lamp.

Which Law & Order actor voiced Lumière, the candelabra who sings 'Be Our Guest'?

Jerry Orbach, Law & Order's Detective Lennie Briscoe, gave Lumière a Maurice Chevalier-style French accent and sang 'Be Our Guest'; David Ogden Stiers played Cogsworth and Angela Lansbury was Mrs. Potts.

The plot of Disney's 1994 hit about the lion cub Simba draws on which Shakespeare play?

Hamlet supplied the murdered king, the usurping uncle and the prince who must reclaim the throne. The writers also leaned on the Bible stories of Joseph and Moses.

Which British rock star wrote the songs for Disney's 1994 Simba film with lyricist Tim Rice?

Elton John got the job on Tim Rice's suggestion, after Rice's first invitation, to ABBA, fell through.

Which stand-up comedian voiced Iago, Jafar's loud-mouthed parrot sidekick, in Disney's Aladdin (1992)?

Gilbert Gottfried won the part after the filmmakers saw him in Beverly Hills Cop II. Until then Iago had been written as an uptight British type.

In Disney's Aladdin (1992), which Arabian city is ruled by the Sultan, Princess Jasmine's father?

Agrabah was invented for the film. The story was first set in Baghdad, and the location was changed because of the Gulf War.

Which actress made her film debut playing both separated twins in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap?

Lindsay Lohan played both girls, who meet by chance at summer camp and scheme to reunite their divorced parents, played by Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson.

Which singer and actress led the trio of resurrected Salem witches in Disney's Hocus Pocus (1993)?

Bette Midler played Winifred, the buck-toothed eldest sister, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the siblings a teenage boy accidentally brings back on Halloween night.

Which film star played Ebenezer Scrooge opposite Kermit the Frog in Disney's The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)?

Michael Caine accepted on the understanding that he would play the miser as seriously as if he were working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was the first Muppet film produced by Disney.

Disney's stop-motion film James and the Giant Peach (1996) is based on a novel by which author?

Roald Dahl turned down every offer to film the 1961 book during his lifetime. His widow, Liccy, finally approved an adaptation.

In Disney and Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), the ant colony must hand over food every summer to which insects?

Grasshoppers run the protection racket that the misfit ant Flik sets out to break. The plot began with Aesop's fable about an ant who works while his neighbour idles.

In Disney's Pocahontas (1995), what kind of animal is Meeko, the heroine's mischievous pet?

Raccoon Meeko took the place of a wise-cracking turkey sidekick, dropped when the writers decided the animals should mime instead of talk.

Which actor voiced Scar, the scheming uncle who seizes the Pride Lands, in Disney's 1994 Simba film?

Jeremy Irons landed the villain ahead of a shortlist that included Tim Curry, Alan Rickman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.

Which actor voiced the grown-up Simba, the exiled heir who returns to the Pride Lands, in Disney's 1994 film?

Matthew Broderick recorded with another actor only once in three years on the film, and found out who had voiced Nala at the premiere.

Which actress voiced Mrs. Potts, the motherly housekeeper turned into a teapot, in Disney's 1991 film about Belle?

Angela Lansbury got the part after Julie Andrews turned it down, and at first doubted that her voice suited the film's title ballad.

Which singer recorded the end-credits pop duet of the title song from Disney's 1991 Belle film with Peabo Bryson?

Celine Dion scored only her second top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the duet, which peaked at number nine.

Which Hollywood star voiced Captain John Smith, the English settler, in Disney's Pocahontas (1995)?

Mel Gibson also sang the part himself, a break from earlier Disney voice casts, and called the singing the hardest part of the role.

Which American singer and actress recorded the end-credits single of Colors of the Wind for Disney's Pocahontas?

Vanessa Williams was chosen on the strength of her Grammy-nominated hit Save the Best for Last, and her version reached the Billboard top ten.

Which actress spoke the part of Esmeralda, sung by Heidi Mollenhauer, in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)?

Demi Moore was cast because her voice was deeper than those of the actresses who had played earlier Disney heroines.

Which actor voiced Phil, the grumpy satyr who trains would-be heroes, in Disney's Hercules (1997)?

Danny DeVito's Philoctetes counts Achilles among his old pupils, and the earliest story outlines already called for a sidekick of the DeVito type.

In Disney's Hercules (1997), which loyal steed, voiced by Frank Welker, is the hero's forgotten childhood friend?

Pegasus carries Hercules to Olympus for the finale, where the pair free the captive gods and defeat the Titans.

In Disney's 1998 film about the Fa family's daughter, which name does she use while posing as a male soldier?

Ping is the name she gives at the training camp. Lea Salonga was first cast to speak the role as well as sing it, but her deeper soldier's voice did not convince the directors.

Disney's animated Tarzan (1999) is based on the 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes by which adventure writer?

Edgar Rice Burroughs created the ape man in 1912, and licensing issues with the company that bears his name have limited how Disney can use the characters.

Which actress voiced Jane Porter, the professor's feisty daughter, in Disney's animated Tarzan (1999)?

Minnie Driver starred opposite Tony Goldwyn, who voiced the title character raised by gorillas.

In Disney and Pixar's Toy Story (1995), Woody and Buzz hitch a ride on a delivery truck to which restaurant?

Pizza Planet is where Buzz mistakes a claw machine for a rocket and climbs in, which lands both toys in the hands of Sid, the toy-wrecking boy next door.

Which songwriter composed the score and three original songs for Disney and Pixar's Toy Story (1995)?

Randy Newman earned two Oscar nominations for the film, one for its score and one for the buddy anthem You've Got a Friend in Me.

Which actor voiced Woody, the old-fashioned cowboy doll jealous of a new space toy, in Disney's Toy Story (1995)?

Tom Hanks led a cast that included Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles and Wallace Shawn in the first entirely computer-animated feature film.

Which composer wrote the songs for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and sang Jack Skellington's parts himself?

Danny Elfman recorded the songs first, and Chris Sarandon was then cast as the skeleton's speaking voice to match him.

Which actress voiced Jessie, the cowgirl doll from the Roundup gang, in Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 2 (1999)?

Joan Cusack won an Annie Award for the part of a toy who was loved by her owner, Emily, until the girl outgrew her and gave her away.

In Disney's A Goofy Movie (1995), what is the name of Goofy's teenage son, who pines for his classmate Roxanne?

Max is voiced by Jason Marsden in the film, which picks up three years after the events of the TV series Goof Troop.

Which planned town did Disney develop near Walt Disney World, with its first homes built in the summer of 1996?

Celebration was laid out on about 4,900 acres of the company's own Florida land, and its first neighbourhood was called Celebration Village.

Which director received a Special Achievement Academy Award for leading Disney and Pixar's Toy Story (1995)?

John Lasseter was honoured for developing and applying the techniques that made the first feature-length computer-animated film possible.

Which two-hour syndicated cartoon block premiered in September 1990 with TaleSpin and Gummi Bears in its lineup?

The Disney Afternoon launched through Buena Vista Television, keeping DuckTales and Rescue Rangers on the air beside the two additions, and held that name until 1997.

In Disney's Goof Troop (1992), Goofy's next-door neighbor Pete earns his living in which line of work?

Used-car salesman Pete owns Honest Pete's Used Cars in Spoonerville, while his wife, Peg, is the one who sells real estate.

Which gargoyle leads the clan that awakens atop a New York skyscraper in Disney's animated series Gargoyles (1994)?

Goliath and his clan sleep as stone for a thousand years, until billionaire David Xanatos buys their castle and rebuilds it on top of his tower.

In Disney's Recess, which mischievous fourth grader is the ringleader of the six playground friends?

T.J. Detweiler, a lovable rogue who sometimes leads the gang too far, was voiced first by Ross Malinger and later by Andrew Lawrence.

In Boy Meets World, which teacher lives next door to Cory Matthews and later becomes his school principal?

George Feeny, played by William Daniels, starts out as Cory's sixth-grade teacher, and the two share a love-hate relationship.

Which future film star was a cast member of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club alongside Britney Spears and Keri Russell?

Ryan Gosling was one of a striking number of the 1990s revival's young performers who went on to careers in music and film.

Which 1996 Disney cartoon turned Huey, Dewey and Louie into teenagers travelling with their cameraman uncle Donald?

Quack Pack sends Donald around the world filming news stories for Daisy, a TV reporter, with his now-adolescent nephews in tow. It lasted one season of 39 episodes.

In Disney's Darkwing Duck, what is the name of the hero's adopted daughter, who shares his suburban house?

Gosalyn lives with the hero next door to the dim-witted Muddlefoot family, and he struggles to balance his craving for fame with being a good father to her.

In Disney's Doug, which superhero alter ego does Doug Funnie imagine for himself?

Quailman grew out of childhood home movies in which the cartoon's creators had posed as superheroes.

The dinosaur family in Disney's puppet sitcom Dinosaurs (1991–94) takes its surname from which oil company?

Sinclair Oil had used a dinosaur as its logo for decades, and other characters were named after rival petroleum firms such as Hess and Richfield.