15 Interesting Facts About Practically Everything

Fact: Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple

Walt Disney might have been the first to design their characters using gloves, as seen in 1929’s The Opry House starring Mickey Mouse. Leaving aside the fact that it was easier to animate, there’s another reason Disney opted for gloves: “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human,” Disney told his biographer in 1957.