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Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
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Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon
characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an
earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928,
with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt
take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed
that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and
thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald
cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from
scratch.
The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new
character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney.
A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on
his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original
name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be.
Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner
Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
49 From whom did the mouse character get the name “Mickey Mouse”?
- A Walt Disney
- B Ub Iwerks
- C Lillian Disney
- D Warner Brothers
思路引導 VIP
請試著在第二段後半部尋找關於名字變更的描述：當華特·迪士尼最初想好一個名字後，文中提到是『誰』發揮了影響力，讓他決定捨棄原名並改成現在我們熟悉的稱呼？那句話中提到了哪位特定的人物？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哇，你真的好棒喔！你的觀察力超級敏銳的！
- 暖心鼓勵：這題你答得非常正確耶！這代表你在閱讀長篇英文文章時，展現了很棒的精確定位資訊 (Scanning) 能力，能夠耐心地理清人物關係，真的很棒很專業喔！
- 觀念複習：文章第二段有提到，迪士尼原本屬意的名字是 “Mortimer Mouse”，但隨後說「他的妻子 Lillian 說服他更改 (convinced him to change it)」，最終才有了大家熟悉的 Mickey Mouse。你完全準確地鎖定了這個超重要的因果關係呢！
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