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5	This page is meant to cover [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Disney short subjects]] that were not or are not part of any ongoing series. Many of these cartoons are WartimeCartoon shorts, educational shorts, or just oneshot cartoons, much like the WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies series.
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7	Note that these shorts do not include shorts in the 40's Disney package films, or the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' anthology films.
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9	[[folder: Misc. Disney Shorts Filmography]]
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11	[[index]]
12	!1938
13
14	* ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'': Adaptation of the 1936 children's book ''Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand''.
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16	!1941
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18	* ''Thrifty Pig'': Borrows footage from WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs, but with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII context applied to it.
19	* ''Seven Wise Dwarfs'': A War Bond mini-short produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada. Recycles much of its footage from Snow White.
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21	!1942
22
23	* ''Food Will Win the War''
24	* ''Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Firing Line''
25	* ''All Together''
26	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewSpirit''
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28	!1943
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30	* ''The Winged Scourge'' (1943)
31	* ''Defense Against Invasion'' (1943)
32	* ''The Grain That Built A Hemisphere'' (1943)
33	* ''Water, Friend or Enemy'' (1943)
34	* ''WesternAnimation/EducationForDeath'' (1943): One of the most infamous of the Disney wartime shorts, notably an adaptation of the book "Education For Death: The Making of a Nazi".
35	* ''WesternAnimation/ReasonAndEmotion'' (1943): Two versions exist--the original version is a blatant wartime film, but later versions splice in new footage to a more contemporary context.
36	* ''[[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle1943 Chicken Little]]'' (1943)
37	* ''Four Methods of Flush Riveting'' (date unknown): Training film.
38	* ''Stop That Tank'': Training film made for Canada.
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40	!1944
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42	* ''The Pelican and the Snipe'' (1944): Originally planned as part of ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', but was released as a standalone short instead.
43	* ''Few Quick Facts: Soldiers Voting Overseas'' (1944)
44	* ''Few Quick Facts: Venereal Disease'' (1944)
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46	!1945
47
48	* ''The Right Spark Plug in the Right Place''
49	* ''Prevention and Control of Distortion in Arc Welding''
50	* ''The Dawn of Better Living''
51	* ''Something You Didn't Eat ''
52	* ''Hookworm''
53	* ''Insects as Carriers of Disease''
54	* ''Cleanliness Brings Health''
55	* ''Infant Care and Feeding''
56	* ''Hold Your Horsepower''
57	* ''The Human Body''
58	* ''What Is Disease?'' (a.k.a. ''The Unseen Enemy'')
59	* ''Tuberculosis''
60	* ''How Disease Travels''
61	* ''Light Is What You Make It''
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63	!1946
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65	* ''A Feather in His Collar'' (1946)
66	* ''The ABC Of Hand Tools'' (1946)
67	* ''The Building of a Tire'' (1946)
68	* ''Bathing Time For Baby'' (1946)
69	* ''Planning For Good Eating'' (1946)
70	* ''Environmental Sanitation'' (1946)
71	* ''Treasure From The Seas'' (1946)
72	* ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfMenstruation'' (1946) -- a public health short meant to be shown to girls in schools
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74	!1950
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76	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveEngineer'' (1950)
77	* ''Morris the Midget Moose'' (1950)
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79	!1952
80
81	* ''WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion'' (1952)
82	* ''Susie the Little Blue Coupe'' (1952)
83	* ''The Little House'' (1952)
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85	!1953
86
87	* ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology Adventures in Music: Melody]]'' (1953)
88	* ''Football Now and Then'' (1953)
89	* ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom]]'' (1953)
90	* ''Ben and Me'' (1953)
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92	!1954
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94	* ''WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain'' (1954): Sequel to ''Casey at the Bat'', which was part of the Disney feature ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic''.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pigs Is Pigs\|1954}}'' (1954): A stylized, UPA-esque short, based on a short story by Ellis Parker Butler. Not to be confused with the mid-1930's WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short of the same name.
96	* ''Social Lion'' (1954)
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98	!1956
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100	* ''Jack and Old Mac'' (1956)
101	* ''A Cowboy Needs A Horse'' (1956)
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103	!1957
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105	* ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfAnyburgUSA'' (1957)
106	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTruthAboutMotherGoose'' (1957)
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108	!1958
109
110	* ''WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan'' (1958)
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112	!1959
113
114	* ''WesternAnimation/NoahsArk'' (1959)
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116	!1960
117
118	* ''WesternAnimation/GoliathII'' (1960)
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120	!1961
121
122	* ''The Saga of Windwagon Smith'' (1961)
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124	!1962
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126
127	* ''WesternAnimation/ASymposiumOnPopularSongs'' (1962): Last film made before the closure of the animated short film department - all future short work is done through [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Feature Animation]].
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129
130	!1965
131
132	* ''Steel and America''
133
134	!1967
135
136	* ''Family Planning''
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138	!1968
139
140	* ''Steps Towards Maturity and Health''
141	* ''Understanding Stresses and Strains''
142	* ''The Social Side of Health''
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144	!1969
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146	* ''Physical Fitness and Good Health'' (1969)
147	* ''The Fight'' (1969)
148	* ''The Game'' (1969)
149	* ''WesternAnimation/ItsToughToBeABird'' (1969)
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151	!1970
152
153	* ''The New Girl'' (1970)
154	* ''The Lunch Money'' (1970)
155	* ''The Project'' (1970)
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157	!1971
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159	* ''The Great Search-Man's Need for Power and Energy'' (1971)
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161	!1972
162
163	* ''Get the Message'' (1972)
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165	!1973
166
167	* ''VD Attack Plan'' (1973)
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169	!1978
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171	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmallOne'' (1978)
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173	!1979
174
175	* ''Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse'' (1979)
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177	!1980
178
179	* ''Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure'' (1980)
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181	!1982
182
183	* ''Fun With Mr. Future'' (1982): A tongue in cheek look at the future, hosted by Mr. Future, an animatronic head.
184	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vincent}}'' (1982): A Creator/TimBurton directed StopMotion short.
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186	!1986
187
188	* ''Oilspot and Lipstick'' (1986): CGI test.
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190	!1988-1989
191	* ''WesternAnimation/LanguageArtsThroughImagination'': Educational video series starring Figment from Ride/JourneyIntoImagination.
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193	!1991
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195	* ''Everything You Wanted To Know About Puberty...for Girls''
196	* ''Everything You Wanted to Know About Puberty...for Boys''
197	* ''Off His Rockers'' (CGI)
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199	!1992
200
201	* ''Petal to the Metal'' (1992) Starring [[WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} Bonkers D. Bobcat]].
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203	!1993
204
205	* ''Recycle Rex'' (1993)
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207	!1995
208
209	* ''Stand By Me'' (1995): Starring [[Franchise/TheLionKing Timon and Pumbaa]], is the first short to star feature animation characters since World War II.
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211	!1997
212
213	* ''WesternAnimation/ReduxRidingHood'' (1997)
214	* ''Three Little Pigs'' (1997): No relation to the 1933 short.
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216	!2000
217
218	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnHenry'' (2000): Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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220	!2003
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222	* ''Destino'' (2003): A result of a decades long collaboration between Creator/SalvadorDali and Disney. Meant to be part of ''Fantasia 2006'', but when the film was cancelled, it instead debuted on the Special Edition Blu-Ray of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''.
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224	!2004
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226	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Lorenzo}}'' (2004): A scrapped segment for the proposed third ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' film, ''Fantasia 2006''. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
227	* ''One by One'' (2004): Meant to be part of ''Fantasia 2006'', but when the film was cancelled, it instead debuted on the Special Edition DVD of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
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229	!2005
230	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOriginOfStitch'' (2005): Included on the DVD and Creator/DisneyPlus extras of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'', serving as a bridge between that film and ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' PilotMovie ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie''.
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232	!2006
233
234	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Matchgirl\|2006}}'' (2006): Meant to be part of ''Fantasia 2006'', but when the film was cancelled, it instead debuted on the Platinum Edition DVD of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}''. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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236	!2008
237
238	* ''WesternAnimation/GlagosGuest'' (2008)
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240	!2010
241
242	* ''Tick Tock Tale'' (2010). Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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244	!2011
245
246	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBalladOfNessie'' (2011): Opened ''WesternAnimation/{{Winnie the Pooh\|2011}}'', and included on its DVD/Blu-ray/digital packages. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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248	!2012
249
250	* ''WesternAnimation/TangledEverAfter'' (2012): Opened the 3D re-release of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
251	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Paperman}}'' (2012): Opened ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', and included on its DVD/Blu-ray/digital packages. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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253	!2013
254
255	* ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'' (2013): Opened ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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257	!2014
258
259	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Feast}}'' (2014): Opened ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', and included on its DVD/Blu-ray/digital packages. Now available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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261	!2015
262	* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' (2015): Opened the 2015 version of ''[[Film/Cinderella2015 Cinderella]]''. Also available as part of the Short Films Collection.
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264	!2016
265	* ''WesternAnimation/InnerWorkings'' (2016): Opened ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''.
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267	!2021
268	* ''WesternAnimation/UsAgain'' (2021): Opened theatrical showings of ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon''
269	* ''WesternAnimation/FarFromTheTree'' (2021): Opened theatrical showings of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}''
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271	!2023
272	* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' (2023): Will premiere on October 15, 2023 on Creator/{{ABC}} and on Creator/DisneyPlus the next day. It will also open on theatrical showings of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish\|2023}}''
273	[[/index]]
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275	[[/folder]]
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277	!!Tropes:
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279	* AllCGICartoon: Some of the later shorts.
280	* AnimatedAdaptation: Several of the shorts are based on pre-existing stories, including:
281	** ''Ferdinand the Bull'' is an adaptation of Munro Leaf's book ''Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand''.
282	** ''Education for Death'' is based on the book ''Education For Death: The Making of a Nazi''.
283	** ''Chicken Little'' is a parody of the fable ''The Sky Is Falling''.
284	** ''The Brave Engineer'' is based on the traditional song ''The Ballad of Casey Jones''.
285	** ''Morris the Midget Moose'' is based on an obscure childrens book by Frank Owen.
286	** ''The Little House'' is based on the 1942 book written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
287	** ''Ben and Me'' is loosely based on [[Literature/BenAndMe Robert Lawson's 1939 book of the same name]].
288	** ''Pigs Is Pigs'' is based on a short story by Ellis Parker Butler.
289	** ''The Truth About Mother Goose'' subverts this, as it's actually about the real life inspirations of where three of the classic [[NurseryRhyme Mother Goose nursery rhymes]] ("Little Jack Horner", "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" and "London Bridge Is Falling Down") came from.
290	** ''Paul Bunyan'' is based on the TallTale of ''Myth/PaulBunyan''.
291	** ''Goliath II'' was based on a 1959 childrens story written by Bill Peet.
292	** ''The Saga of Windwagon Smith'' is based on the American TallTale of ''Wingwagon Smith''.
293	** ''Noaks Ark'' is, obviously, an adaptation of [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] 6:13-8:14.
294	** ''Redux Riding Hood'' is a parody of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood''.
295	** ''Three Little Pigs'' (1997) is another adaptation Disney has done of [[Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs the classic fairy tale]], and unrelated to their [[WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs famous 1933 adaptation of the same story.]]
296	** ''John Henry'' is based on the African American folklore story of ''John Henry''.
297	** ''The Little Matchgirl'' is a straight adaptation of the classic Creator/HansChristianAndersen [[Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl story]].
298	* BenevolentBoss: In ''John Henry'', the men building the railroad are led by [=MacTavish=], a kind Irishman who is clearly concerned for and respectful of the workers.
299	* BibleTimes: The "Noah's Ark" short.
300	* {{Bowdlerise}}:
301	** "Reason and Emotion" was originally a Wartime short, but was heavily edited in a later version to be applied to a teenage context.
302	** In syndicate showings of "Susie, the Little Blue Coupe", the scene where Susie is hijacked by a thief is slightly cut due to the presence of a cigarette, which ironically makes the scene [[NothingIsScarier even creeper]].
303	* BreakTheHaughty: ''Lorenzo'' is about a spoiled cat who is driven to madness when his tail is brought to life.
304	* BittersweetEnding:
305	** In ''The Saga of Windwagon Smith'', [[spoiler: Admiral Smith and Molly Crum are united forever on the windwagon when it is carried away by the twister, thwarting her father's attempts to block their relationship. However, the townsfolk never see either them or the the windwagon they had invested in again, except maybe as visions. It is also likely that Smith and Molly died in the twister.]]
306	** Disney's adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan'' ends with Paul losing a ManVersusMachine logging contest (By one quarter inch!) and becoming obsolete in terms of the logging business, but moves to Alaska with Babe and goes on with his life have a great time with his pet ox.
307	* TheCameo:
308	** The Stork from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' appears in the opening of "Lambert, The Sheepish Lion".
309	** ''Goliath II'' has… everybody. It's practically a crossover. There's the Crocodile from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', the owls from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', Rajah is an older version of the selfsame Tiger from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short ''Tiger Trouble'', and the elephant pride is suspiciously similar to the then-in-development ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''.
310	* CatsAreMean: The title character in ''Lorenzo''. Also the black cat who curses his tail.
311	* EarlyBirdCameo: ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' elephants in ''Goliath II''.
312	* ExplosiveBreeder: The guinea pigs in ''Pigs is Pigs''.
313	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: ''Noah's Ark'', which was animated via stop-motion. A large chunk of ''A Symposium on Popular Songs'' is also animated with stop motion and cut out animation.
314	* HeroicSacrifice: The clock in "Tick Tock Tale" sacrifices itself to save the other clocks by getting smashed by the robber, who subsequently gets caught by a policeman. [[DisneyDeath It gets better though]], thanks to the clocks convincing the owner to rebuild it with a sign, "No repair is too small."
315	* HumanTrafficJam: In ''Goliath II'', which was later reused in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''.
316	* IronButtMonkey: Lorenzo.
317	* LimitedAnimation: The WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology, as well as "Pigs is Pigs" and "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" use very stylized animation inspired by the work of Creator/{{UPA}}.
318	* LyingFingerCross: In ''Ben And Me'', Ben Franklin does this while shaking hands with his good friend, Amos Mouse, after promising not to play another trick on him, which led to Ben's famous discovery of electricity.
319	* ManVersusMachine:
320	** ''Paul Bunyan'' and Babe the Blue Ox go up against Joe Muffaw and his steam-powered saw... and much to the surprise of all, they ''lose''.
321	** ''John Henry''. Unsurprising, since it's an adaptation of the TropeCodifier.
322	* PublicDomainAnimation: ''The Story of Menstruation'' is in the public domain, as is the animation (but not the music) of ''Susie the Little Blue Coupe''.
323	* SapientHouse: The titular house from ''The Little House'', adapted from the children's book of the same name. Like in the book, the story is told from the house's perspective. In the cartoon, the house's neighbors qualify too, although they are much less animate than her and can apparently only move their eyes.
324	* SentientVehicle: The title character and all other cars in ''Susie the Little Blue Coupe''. Also, the cars put on trial in ''The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.''
325	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: "Susie, the Little Blue Coupe" sees the titular car end up in the dump after being crashed by a car thief, with it looking like it was the end for her. Then a young man buys her and modifies her into a hotrod. As the Narrator says, it was a miracle that couldn't have happened to a nicer car.
326	* TallTale: The subject of several shorts; ''The Brave Engineer'' is based on the legend of Casey Jones, and Disney also did shorts about Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Windwagon Smith
327	* ThriftyScot: In Disney's adaptation of ''Pigs Is Pigs'', the cheapskate customer Mr. Morehouse is made into a Scotsman, [=McMorehouse=].
328	* WartimeCartoon: Many of these oneshots.
329	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''The Winged Scourge'', the one mosquito Dopey repeatedly fails to kill gets away and isn't seen again.

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