What was Mickey Mouse’s name before it was changed to Mickey?
Correct answer: Mortimer
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nimblemoon
Thank you, Lillian!
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brooksy92491
robertthemoose14, Steamboat Willie, if I remember. And not silent, even now I can hear the annoying whistle..
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Taranchalanche
What about Willie? Or was Mortimer Mouse PLAYING Steamboat Willie in a 'toon named Steamboat Willie? I wonder...
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Malignancy
Mickey Rooney claims the mouse was named after him.
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ChampionNymph37634
You know, if the character were more scholarly or intellectual, "Mortimer" might have stuck as a name for the mouse. However, being more lighthearted & comical, "Mickey" does seem to fit better.
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nimblemoon, behind every great man, there is a woman, and sometimes even in front of them.
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Goldbluff
Taranchalanche, Willie is the name of the steamboat
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K4PJA
Knowing the Disney history helps.
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Player #88442286
Paige may be a little late for her 8th birthday
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Ooma
brooksy92491, that's how I remember him, before his Mickey days.
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Player #66817220
The Mouse Formerly Known as Mortimer.
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Wolfgang
Mortimer still exists as the arch-nemesis of Mickey.
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Player #13210661
did it by accident
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Heisenberg
Taranchalanche, he was never actually called Mortimer, it was an idea Walt floated by Lillian, but never an official name nor a used name.
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Iwonder
CripplingHoplite3411, the program used for the questions can't do hyphens as I understand it
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WaldoLydeker
And to this day, no one of note has been named Mortimer. Mickey's are a dime a dozen. He would have been the only one in history. Mortimer Adler was born 25 years before Mickey, so he doesn't count.