Public Domain Super Heroes
Merry Dwarfs

Real Name

N/A

First Appearance

 The Merry Dwarfs (December 19, 1929)

Original Publisher

Disney/Columbia Pictures

Created by

Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks

Origin[]

The residents of a dwarf village dance as they go about their business (sweeping the floor, etc.). Several dwarves make music. Some of them played the (shoe-covered) feet of arthropods (a centipede, a grasshopper) with hammers, while others played instruments such as saxophones or drums. Several groups of dwarves even dance with barrels (over which they jump) and beer glasses. The dancing continues once they have drunk their glasses of beer. The short film ends when a duo of dwarves, dancing on a flower, fall into a barrel of beer located under the flower. The dwarves come out of the barrel drunk and continue dancing in that state.

Public Domain Animated Appearances[]

  • The Merry Dwarfs (December 19, 1929)

Notes[]

  • The dwarfs made a cameo appearance during the song, "Smile Darn Ya Smile" in the 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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