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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVD collections have been out of print for over a decade and are getting harder to find.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's nemesis Pete got his start here, although as some sort of bear-mouse....thing.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of Of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there As of 2023, all are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The the Public Domain in the United States, but those remaining shorts known to exist ''still'' haven't seen release, plus the DVD collections have been out of print for over a decade and are getting harder to find.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's nemesis Pete got his start here, although as some sort of bear-mouse....bear-mouse... thing.



* MissingEpisode: 16 of the shorts are currently lost.

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* MissingEpisode: 16 of the shorts are currently lost. Somewhat ironically, nearly all of these are from the series's ''final'' year (1927), while most of the oldest shorts (1923/4) survive.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVD collections have been out of print for at least a decade and are getting harder to find.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVD collections have been out of print for at least over a decade and are getting harder to find.

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* FirstAppearance: ''Alice Solves the Puzzle'' is notable for being the first appearance of WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}.





* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Mickey's nemesis Pete got his start here, although as some sort of bear-mouse....thing.

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\n\n* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Mickey's WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's nemesis Pete got his start here, although as some sort of bear-mouse....thing.



** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. However, contrary to Pete, Julius the Cat's career did not resist time (he got a few non-speaking cameos in early Mickey Mouse short as "a black cat in the crowd", and that was that).

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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. However, contrary to Pete, Julius the Cat's career did not resist time (he got a few non-speaking cameos in early Mickey Mouse short as "a black cat in the crowd", and that was that).



** In reality there were really only three Alices as we know them. Dawn O'Day shows up for exactly [[WeHardlyKnewYe one short.]]

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** In reality reality, there were really only three Alices as we know them. Dawn O'Day shows up for exactly [[WeHardlyKnewYe one short.]]]]
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVDs have been out of print for at least a decade and are getting harder to find.


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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVDs DVD collections have been out of print for at least a decade and are getting harder to find.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Out of the 57 Alice shorts, 16 have been lost while only 20 have been officially released on DVD in different collections, leaving at least 21 shorts that have never been released on video. While there are some copies in public domain, there are others that are have never had a public release. The DVDs have been out of print for at least a decade and are getting harder to find.




* MissingEpisode: 15 of the shorts are currently lost.

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* MissingEpisode: 15 16 of the shorts are currently lost.
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* FollowTheLeader: The cartoons were heavily deriative of Creator/OttoMessmer's ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'', Paul Terry's ''Aesop's Fables'' and [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] ''WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell'' cartoons.
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* NoBudget: Each of the shorts were made for a paltry budget of 1,500$ apiece.

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* NoBudget: Each of the shorts were made for a paltry budget of 1,500$ $1,500 apiece.
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* NoBudget: Each of the shorts were made for a paltry budget of 1,500$ apiece.
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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of Main/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. However, contrary to Pete, Julius the Cat's career did not resist time (he got a few non-speaking cameos in early Mickey Mouse short as "a black cat in the crowd", and that was that).

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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of Main/FelixTheCat, WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. However, contrary to Pete, Julius the Cat's career did not resist time (he got a few non-speaking cameos in early Mickey Mouse short as "a black cat in the crowd", and that was that).
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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of Main/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse.

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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of Main/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. However, contrary to Pete, Julius the Cat's career did not resist time (he got a few non-speaking cameos in early Mickey Mouse short as "a black cat in the crowd", and that was that).
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** He isn't the oldest recurring character either, though; Julius the Cat, who is a prominent character in this series but already existed in Disney's very first series, the ''Laugh-o-Grams'', is. He is an {{Expy}} of Main/FelixTheCat, and at the same time a prototype to both Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse.
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* MissingEpisode: Several of the shorts are currently lost.

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* MissingEpisode: Several 15 of the shorts are currently lost.
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** This makes him the oldest still-active Disney character, beating out even WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit by a couple of years.

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** This makes him the oldest still-active Disney character, beating out even WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit by a couple of years.years.
* MissingEpisode: Several of the shorts are currently lost.
* TheOtherDarrin: Four different actresses played Alice throughout the series, due to either [[NotAllowedToGrowUp getting older]] or contract disputes.
** In reality there were really only three Alices as we know them. Dawn O'Day shows up for exactly [[WeHardlyKnewYe one short.]]
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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Mickey's nemesis Pete got his start here, although as some sort of bear-mouse....thing.
** This makes him the oldest still-active Disney character, beating out even WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit by a couple of years.

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