your old when trivia

I think Mickey's first name was Mortimer Mouse and Walt Disney's wife didn't like that name, so she suggested Mickey Mouse.

mortimer mouse?

Before the answer I actually knew I had heard this somewhere and I also knew the name Mortimer. I did not however know why it changed. I always thought Walt named the mouse Mortimer from the mouse in his studio and after the animators were finished with the mouse, Walt Disney felt his actions were like a relative and he named Mickey after his relative. But I can see from looking it up, which I am sure what most people did, that his wife named the mouse Mickey or rather conviced walt to change his name from Mortemir to Mickey. But isn't there a Mortimer in one of the cartoons Walt disney created?

Dang it!! I know this one. Just can't pull it out of my memory right now. btw, I don't think 35 is old, lol...

Actually, this is a common myth. Mickey's name has always been Mickey. He became famous because of the animated film Steamboat Willie, so often his name is mistaken as that. However, he had been in two little cartoons before hand, and was named Mickey since creation, decided by Disneys wife, who disliked his idea of Mortimer Mouse. He was created as a replacement for Oswald the Rabbit, after he lost the property rights to that cartoon. This is all verifiable if you check it up through sources. Check wikipedia .. just search Mickey Mouse.