Walt disney Book Scans – The Lion King: The Story of Simba (Danish Version)

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey ratón to Hercules by
John Grant

Pocahontas's best friend, Nakoma is something of a character in buscar of a personality; in their pairing, Pocahontas is certainly the dominant one and certainly the brighter. Nakoma represents, in a subtler way than Kocoum, the reluctance of most of the Native Americans to embrace change, and thus contrasts completely with Pocahontas, who is a wild, free spirit enthusiastic to find adventure in each new moment. Their physical appearances reflect this: Pocahontas has a genuine Native American face...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey ratón to Hercules by
John Grant

Character descripción of King Triton from "The Little Mermaid" (1989)

The character of Triton is in many ways rather nondescript, for the mer-king's role in both the plot and the emotional subtext of the movie is as a symbol - and, at that, a symbol of two different things. First, he is the symbol of constitutional authority, convention and staidness: he is the establishment against which Ariel is rebelling, the past which she wishes to leave behind. Second, he symbolizes parental authority; in this...

It's often been dicho that good things come to those who wait. But no one knows that axiom better than voice actor Jodi Benson. Who had to wait a full año after handing in her The Little Mermaid audition tape before Jodi then learned that she had won the role of a lifetime.

"Back in the Fall of 1986, I was appearing in Smile, a Broadway musical that Howard Ashman had written with Marvin Hamlisch. dado that Howard and Marvin were such huge talents, everyone thought that this mostrar would run forever. But that isn't what happened with Smile. It closed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after just 48...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey ratón to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt disney Character descripción of Jafar from "Aladdin" (1993)

The evil vizier is represented as a caricature villain - he has a long thin face, a curly black wisp of beard, two great spikes of something sticking out from shoulders of his customary garb, an unpleasant habit of hypnotizing people, a sinister voice, and very much more. However, the exaggeration works: the characterization is such that we early become fully aware of his evil, and we cheer when he gets his deserved comeuppance. Much...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey ratón to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt disney Character descripción of Thomas from "Pocahontas" (1995)

A callow youth, Thomas epitomizes the changing mood of the settlers. When we first see him he is besar his mother goodbye on the dock in Londres - they may never see each other again. Within an instant, however, he is enthusiatic about the challenge of the voyage and por the prospect of serving with the great "savage" slayer John Smith. Later Smith saves his life as, during the storm at sea, Thomas very courageously attempts to...