1. Animators used their own faces as reference for the characters' facial expressions.

2. Lady was based on a real dog. After seeing sketches Joe Grant did of his pet Springer Spaniel, Walt Disney encouraged the writer/artist to create a full storyboard featuring the pup. Like Lady, Grant's dog (also named Lady) was learning how to deal with a new baby in the house.

3. A moment from Walt Disney's personal life inspired one of the first scenes in the movie. Jim Dear gifting Lady to his wife in a hat box was inspired by a similar situation in Walt Disney's life. One Christmas, Walt put a chow puppy in a hat box and gave it to his wife!

4. Real animals were brought into the studio as a reference.

5. Walt Disney was personally responsible for naming Tramp. After struggling to come up with a name for Lady's love interest, Walt Disney offered Tramp as a possibility, and it stuck.

6. A famous singer at the time, Peggy Lee, worked on the movie and voiced the character of Peg.

7. The spaghetti scene almost didn't happen. Walt Disney couldn't wrap his head around two dogs romantically sharing a strand of spaghetti. After he was shown a draft of how the scene would play out, he changed his mind.

8. Trusty the bloodhound almost didn't make it out alive after the wagon falls onto him. Disney changed his mind after getting a lot of criticism for killing off Bambi's mother, and after he saw Peggy Lee crying in the studio because the scene was too sad.

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Late Merry Christmas everyone! What presents did you get?
Coming next are Moana facts! I saw the movie today and it was really good. Hei Hei is the best 😂😂