Five hundred things you learn from Disney





500. You can fly above the clouds with little clothing and not freeze at all.

499. Elephants can fly.

498. The best way to express your wants and desires is through song.

497. Apples make you sleepy.

496. Mice can talk.

495. Ducks can talk as well, though you might not be able to understand all of them.

494. A giant magical key makes a perfectly good weapon.

493. No matter what happens, tomorrow is just a dream away.

492. You must learn to control your temper.

491. Ohana means "family". "Family" means nobody gets left behind... or forgotten.

490: You can learn to speak "gorilla".

489: When you wish upon a star, your dreams really do come true.

488. Eating greens is a special treat. It makes long ears and great big feet. But it sure is awful stuff to eat.

487. You can be a pirate, and still a good man.

486. … Unless you're Norrington.

485. Both the beauty and the beast are scared, and neither one's prepared.

484. There's a reason why rum's always gone.

483. Nani's loose in the house all the time, yet Lilo sleeps just fine.

482. There aren't any real rules... only guidelines.

481. True beauty is found within.

480. Destructive aliens make for great pets.

479. Everybody wants to be a cat.

478. With friends like these, who needs anemones?

477. Be careful of questionable water - there may be piranhas.

476. Never say "blow me to Bermuda". Unless you're longing for a vacation.

475. Never scratch your head while saying "I don't have fleas." It's not very convincing.

474. If you say "no pink dragons" you can still turn into a purple dragon.

473. Don't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing.

472. You can't take your llama into a restaurant.

471. Anything and everything a chap can unload is sold off the barrow in Portobello Road. Unless you're looking for an old book.

470. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

469. Jim's still here.

468. A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Sometimes in life, laughter is the only weapon we have.

467. Buzz Lightyear is a TOY!

466. All you need is faith and trust and pixie dust.

465. Hercules put the “glad” in gladiator.

464. Perfect isn't easy.

463. Never presume the second glass slipper cannot be produced.

462. With a fairy godmother on your side, anything is possible.

461. Things aren't always what they seem.

460. Hakuna matata means "no worries".

459. Remember who you are.

458. If it's not baroque don't fix it.

457. Everyone has a birthday once a year, but that person also has 364 unbirthdays!

456. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.

455. The world takes it's time from Greenwich but Greenwich takes its time from General Boone.

454. A dream is a wish your heart makes.

453. In Upendi is where the passion fruit grows sweet.

452. Clownfish aren't funny.

451. Cheetahs never prosper.

450. We are one.

449. Never trust your butler. He may try to get rid of your cats.

448. If you don't like your stepdaughter you can go ahead and try to kill her, even if she's a princess.

447. A whale's mouth can be quite homey.

446. Glass slippers don't hurt your feet.

445. If you write a pop song describing your wife's friend as evil and it becomes a hit, the friend won't be upset or even react.

444. A fox and a hound can be great friends.

443. When you get in trouble and you don't know right from wrong, give a little whistle and always let your conscience be your guide.

442. A cricket makes a great conscience.

441. You can learn to love a beast.

440. In Australia they have ginormous golden eagles.

439. Yzma has a secret lab.

438. Don't play with Yensid's hat.

437. True Love's First Kiss can wake the dead, or the soundly sleeping.

436. Never tell a heroine she can't do/go somewhere, because that's the first thing she'll do.

435. One Tsp is one teaspoon.

434. Prince Charming gets around...

433. When you find yourself in an enchanted castle, don't worry. Appliances will come to your aid.

432. No where is there a more happier crew than them what sings "Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo!"

431. No matter what the mood, the entire area will break out in song -randomly... this is considered normal.

430. You don’t need a weapon; your friends are your power.

429. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

428. The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in, but deep down, there's a light that never goes out!

427. "Pirate" is a perfectly good excuse.

426. Pink cats with stripes can stand on there heads.

425. Never take apples from strangers.

424. Don’t touch mysterious spindles.

423. Hide your Dalmatians.

422. When in doubt call the Rescue Aid Society.

421. There will always be a door to the light.

420. If you're lonely, don't worry. Someday Snow White's prince will come.

419. All ways are the queen's ways.

418. Prince John is sure to be known as John the Worst.

417. The best way to woo a woman is flowers, chocolates and promises you don't intend to keep.

416. Pigs can foretell the future.

415. Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

414. Never wear your best shoes in the jungle.

413. Nobody will recognize you if you put a goat on your back and wear a cloak.

412. Monkeys can hide lamps in their vests without anyone noticing.

411. Dragons don't do that tongue thing.

410. If you have a diminished physique and large forehead you should become a scholar. You're suited for nothing else.

409. You can make a pyramid out of several large elephants. On a ball.

408. If a crocodile swallows a clock he won't digest it. It will just stay in his stomach forever.

407. Everybody has a laughing place.

406. Animals can help make your house squeaky clean.

405. When in an awkward situation at a tea party, just move down.

404. Alice very seldom follows her good advice.

403. No matter how high you fall, you'll always be saved by a giant trampoline.

402. A muzzle can make a pretty good log puller.

401. Curtsey while you're thinking - it saves time.

400. The red man first said "ugh" when he saw his mother-in-law.

399. Pugs and Raccoons CAN get along; it just takes a tree to make them wise up.

398. If you leave a baby with a pack of wolves that have new pups, the pups will still be young when the boy is ten.

397. Don't trust royal advisors who were animated by Andreas Deja.

396. Stitch likes fuzzy.

395. You can catch fish with a big club and a little bit of chewing tobacco...

394. Don't lose your memory piece or you might question your past, like if you were ever dancing with an android named Lupe.

393. When assembling a guest list for your party, remember to include everyone, even evil green fairies.

392. Before a lion became a king, before a beauty tamed a beast, before Aladdin, unleashed a Genie, there was a little mermaid, who dreamed of something more.

391. Tiger sharks and great whites can survive on a vegetarian diet.

390. If two dogs of different breeds have pups the female puppies will be the same breed as the mother while the male ones will be the same as the father. The same thing goes for when anthropomorphic aliens of different kind breed.

389. You can actually trap one of those big scary fishes with a Diver's mask.

388. Some fish have short-term memory loss, while others don't.

387. Absence does make the heart grow fonder, not forgetful.

386. Goodbye may seem forever, farewell is like the end, but in your heart's a memory, and there'll it'll always be.

385. All cats love jazz.

384. Crocodiles can play the organ really well.

383. Being brave does not mean you go looking for danger.

382. If you're trying to protect a princess from a curse that will strike before sunset on her sixteenth birthday, it's a good idea to keep her in your safe hiding place until AFTER sunset on her sweet sixteen.

381. You’ve got to kiss the girl.

380. There are colors in the wind.

379. If three witches want to suck your little sister's life away, you might as well just go ahead and let them.

378. Don't kill bears out of revenge because the great spirits love poetic justice.

377. Never throw out a pirate's rum. It will make him quite upset.

376. Just because a duck does not wear pants, that does not mean he will not cover up when getting out of the shower.

375. If an anthropomorphic mouse has an anthropomorphic dog for a best friend and a regular dog for a pet, he and everybody he knows will be just fine with this.

374. Asanti Sana Squash Banana means you're a baboon, and I'm not.

373. The only way to kill a Toon is with the Dip.

372. Even if pair of anthropomorphic mice have been dating for 80 years, it will never even cross the mind of the boy to propose. The girl will be just fine with this.

371. Even if you practice 3 hours a day every day with a sword, you won't beat a pirate in a fair sword fight.

370. Pirates always cheat. Period.

369. If you lie your nose will get long.

368. Foxes don't eat chickens, they play badminton with them.

367. No matter where you are, Paris, China, Agrabah, or in a jungle with a man raised by gorillas, everyone will still speak English.

366. You can leave an infant in a bell tower and he'll survive.

365. You should take a look through someone else's eyes every once in a while.

364. Frozone's wife is the greatest good he's ever gonna get.

363. Monkeys are sassy and cheeky.

362. When all of your sisters have different colored hair, your hair will DEFINITELY be red.

361. All French cooks like crabs. And they all run really weird when they're chasing after live crabs.

360. Jessica Rabbit is not bad. She's just drawn that way.

359. Mice can carry keys up stairs.

358. Don't underestimate the importance of body language.

357. When trying to get phenomenal cosmic powers, don't forget about the itty-bitty living space.

356. Snakes are always hypnotic. End of story.

355. An entire family of normal lions can have a black-maned lion as a relative and nobody says anything about it.

354. If you cry, then your fairy godmother will appear.

353. Shang will make a man out of you.

352. Toys never forget kids like Emily and Andy, but they forget their toys.

351. You might think that sitting in a tree with a man who talks to monkeys is as bad as it can get, but you're wrong.

350. A dinglehopper will give you aesthetically pleasing confligerastive hair that humans go nuts over.

349. The wonderful thing about Tiggers is Tiggers are wonderful things!

348. Never trust warrior bugs, they always turn out to be circus bugs in the end.

347. Little old men are always shorter than their daughters.

346. No one at Kuzco's palace ordered a giant trampoline.

345. You can learn a lot of things from the flowers. Especially in the month of June.

344. Lions and foxes can be first cousins by blood.

343. You can date outside of your species, unless your a mouse or a duck.

342. You can fall in love with somebody you've known for two seconds.

341. Always be nice to strangers, or you'll get tuned into a beast.

340. Certain bugs taste like chicken.

339. The following animals can all be kept as pets, with no danger to yourself: tigers, crocodiles, komodo dragons and ordinary dragons.

338. Baloo is a shiftless, two bit, jungle bum.

337. If you get turned into a cow, you are excused from military duty.

336. Most regular sized mice will have normal voices, yet mice the size of 4 year olds will have really high pitched voices.

335. If your pizza order is late, it's probably because toys stole the truck.

334. Seagulls can only say one word.

333. Snapping your fingers will make your room clean itself.

332. A chalk drawing is a fine place for a day out.

331. You can be a bell ringer from a very young age and never have the slightest problems with your hearing. Warning: don't try this in the novel.

330. Yzma has an extra lever. We don't know why.

329. Candles and teapots can sing.

328. If you want to give your dog a treat buy "Canine Crunchies".

327. An ape like Louie can learn to be human.

326. A witch who can't turn someone into a toad can, however, use magic to defeat invading Nazis.

325. Always be nice to silly old wizards who follow your son home.

324. Chinese warrior girls can ride astride a horse even if they're wearing skirts. Evil viziers can too.

323. If you're a big black dragon, watch out for the Sword of Truth.

322. Saint Bernards make good nannies.

321. An overnight stay at Pleasure Island will turn you into a donkey if you allow yourself to have too much of a good time.

320. If you're going to trade your entire manor for a motorcar, never ask a bartender named Winky to witness the deed.

319. All we know about school is that it has something to do with twice times and how to make things called ABC's and where a place called Brazil is.

318. If you notice a person has repaired his clothing with the Lambert stitch, it can be assumed that the person is a surgeon.

317. It is ALWAYS once upon a time... in New York City.

316. Mermaids can't write well enough to explain who they are or why they've mysteriously appeared on the beach - they can pretty much only sign their name.

315. Genies CAN bring people back from the dead, they just don't like to, because it's not a pretty sight.

314. Although you won't find this information in the Bible, Noah actually brought four ducks on the Ark.

313. Laughter is ten times more powerful than a scream.

312. Racecars don't need headlights, because the track is always lit.

311. Basil of Baker Street can tell you everything about your background, your profession and your latest travels, really everything there is to know about you - except your name.

310. Learn how to say the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". It impresses people.

309. Better say it carefully though, or it could change your life.

308. … You can say it backwards, but that's going a bit too far.

307. Ducks fly together!

306. If you're a prince you can just stroll up to any random princess in her own back yard and start to serenade her. She won't find you creepy or pushy at all.

305. Six out of seven dwarfs will not find it odd when a 14 year old girl begins to tidy up their home and tell them what to do.

304. When you use your sleeves to remove your makeup, none will actually end up on the sleeve.

303. Ladies don't start fights, but they can finish them.

302. Dreaming is still how the strong survive.

301. A hero is not measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

300. Forever is a long time, and time has a way of changing people.

299. Jasmine is very punctual.

298. If you've been to Singapore you know that taking a woman's corset off will allow her to breathe after a near drowning.

297. Use a montage when performing mundane acts... or even during exciting moments. It saves time.

296. If you have an invisible dragon for a friend, no one will believe you unless it actually reveals itself.

295. Dragons come in all sizes. Mushu is travel sized for convenience while Maleficent is not.

294. Tomorrow is another day.

293. One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation.

292. You can actually die laughing.

291. No matter how many times people see the movies; people cannot seem to be able to spell Dalmatian, Aladdin, and/ or Pocahontas.

290. Mickey Mouse is the leader of the club that's made for you and me.

289. Despite the fact that mice are nasty, disgusting vermin, a mouse can be the most beloved cartoon character on the planet.

288. Never forget that this all started with a mouse.

287. When presenting someone with a new dress it is customary to chant "Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Happy birthday!" Even if it's not their birthday.

286. Some penguins long for warmer countries.

285. If you're a villain chances are you'll fall to your death.

284. Mice invariably wear clothes.

283. Mice only wear pants or skirts and ducks only wear shirts.

282. Never trust somebody who has a raven or a parrot as a pet.

281. Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy on the 6th of January all because it's Topsy Turvy day.

280. A kingdom can burn all its spinning wheels and still have clothing sixteen years later.

279. Blue, green and purple are all perfectly normal skin colors for villains and nobody talks about it.

278. A dead crab could always be mistaken for a real one.

277. "Once Upon a Dream" is a perfectly legitimate place to meet a guy.

276. Wheels off of mill houses can keep rolling on and on across an island until they hit the water, and that includes nailing all of those jumps.

275. It is also possible to have 2 guys walking on top of the wheel while banging swords with each other, until the third person comes in and then they can swing in and out of the wheel without making it loses its balance.

274. Little polls that knock a guy out will disappear if a guy returns to the same place it happened just moments earlier, if the guy is determined to get that key.

273. Villains' pets are never cute, and they always have villain like names.

272. Said pets tend to have just as evil a personality as their masters.

271. Villains are always surrounded by incompetent, bumbling, idiots.

270. Remember: BEE yourself.

269. If there's another guy stealing the attention of the girl you want, just send the headless horseman after him.

268. If Ariel says she's gonna be part of your world then she's gonna be part of your world.

267. ... But Sebastian thinks it's better under the sea.

266. Neverland is always the second start to the right. Regardless of which direction you're looking to begin with.

265. Teenagers never get pimples.

264. Your average 16 year old looks like she's about 20.

263. Pugs eat cherries, while taking a bubble bath.

262. Young adults were just as head strong in the 14th century as they are in the 21st century.

261. If you meet a girl who has a pet racoon, talks to trees and has a mother who's a bunch of blowing leaves, don't be alarmed or call the men in the white coats. This is perfectly normal.

260. Whoso pulleth out this sword from this stone and anvil is rightwise king, born of England.

259. Fairies come in all shapes, sizes, colors, personalities, and intelligence

. 258. Trespassers will is short for Trespassers William. But, TW is even shorter.

257. If you're a hero engaged battle on top of a high cliff/building, your arms will be strong enough to cling onto said ledge for an indefinite amount of time.

256. Flying ships can be run on either pixie dust or Aucturian solar crystals.

255. Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

254. Hercules is an action figure.

253. Beware of hitchhiking ghosts.

252. Disneyland is the happiest place on earth!

251. If you have a kind heart, mice will talk to you, but cats and dogs won't.

250. A heffalump or woozle is very confuzzle. They come in ones and twoozles, but if they so choosle, they will multiply.

249. Piglet stutters even in writing!

248. It can be the 6th of January, but people can still walk around in bare feet and be comfortable.

247. Similarly, people can be perfectly all right walking around the desert in bare feet.

246. You can't destroy Agrabah, even if you are a mighty supernatural entity.

245. Invading Germans will keep shooting walking armour even after they see that it does no good.

244. Small dragons can be hidden in clothing more effectively than similarly-sized spider monkeys.

243. Don't bother correcting a villain who mispronounces your name. They will only say Whatever.

242. Don't insult Bucky.

241. The girl will meet Prince Charming, but she won't discover that its him till chapter three.

240. If you see a brunette with a glowing sea shell necklace and long hair on the beach, plug your ears.

239. In every world, you make and meet friends.

238. No matter which way he's facing, a mouse's ears will always stay round.

237. Just because someone is wearing a Pirate medallion does not automatically make them a pirate or the only child in whose veins flows the blood of William Turner.

236. The deepest circle of Hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers.

235. If you are a true princess, you can always rely on your animal friends to try to help you out.

234. You don't walk up to a girl, hand her a bouquet and say, "Hey, remember me? We were kids together. Will you marry me?"

233. Despite rumours to the contrary, there simply aren't enough monkeys in a 'Barrel of Monkeys' to reach from a second story window all the way to the ground.

232. You've got a friend in me.

231. All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately.

230. If your dress keeps changing colors from blue to pink no one will notice.

299. Unless you're a fairy that wears red or blue.

228. When a polecat gets the best of you, you get the worst of him.

227. It's better down where it's wetter.

226. Cats rule and dogs drool.

225. Milo Thatch can swim pretty girl.

224. Mice make great tailors.

223. A dog can jump out a tower window after a cat, and while the cat does not make it the dog lives.

222. If a mouse wears gloves, he will never take them off, even when bathing...

221. Sometimes hitting someone on the head with a walking stick is the best way to get them to listen to you.

220. Fairies like Tinker Bell refuse to talk unless you make them their own TV series.

219. Stuff that gets destroyed in the original will be inexplicably fixed in the sequel.

218. Running away to the jungle solves everything.

217. Kids and animals are normally way more intelligent than the adult humans.

216. A woman and a rabbit can be married.

215. There are different types of laughing people.

214. The "whites" of most ducks' eyes are blue.

213. Just like Caesar, Hercules comes, sees and conquers.

212. Stars are in fact dead lions looking down on you.

211. Buck is wearing Rico's saddle.

210. Stitch is cute and fluffy.

209. Your "Aunt" and "Uncle" can be aliens in rather ineffective disguises... and no one will blink an eye...

208. With Pumbaa, everything's gas.

207. Zurg is really Buzz's dad.

206. Pirates are really bad eggs...

205. In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

204. If you're an evil and unrightful king, the country will suffer from a drought during your reign.

203. Parrots don't actually like crackers, they just pretend to so that His Majesty thinks he has a way with dumb animals.

202. Don't fire your royal advisor. All that does is make them want to overthrow you even more than they already do.

201. Beds make good transportation.

200. You can pass for a great stone dragon if you hold one's head in front of your head.

199. The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.

198. Trained royal guards panic when a monkey is wielding a sword.

197. If you're trying to woo the heart of a woman DO NOT threaten to have her father taken away to the asylum.

196. Always make sure your potions are correctly labelled.

195. The Big Blue is big and blue.

194. Sandy Plankton doesn't know everything.

193. "Eskapee" is spelled just like the word "escape".

192. Sharks are carnivores because they never knew their fathers.
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191. The only way to get down from the ceiling is to think of something awfully sad.

190. Presenting someone with a rock is either an ant thing or a circus thing... only Flick and Dot know for sure.

189. You can have purple eyes.

188. Never go into an elevator in a haunted hotel.

187. To stop a mad watch, use a hammer!

186. To calm a dormouse down, use jam!

185. Super powers are genetic, but super children will get powers completely different from their parents.

184. Nobody notices a goat in church.

183. Never ever give a little girl named Darla a pet fish only to do so the next year due to the fish's sudden "death".

182. Never ever send two imps to do a woman's job when dealing with a guy.

181. Love is a song that never ends.

180. Never be late for 3 really ugly hags who can see the future....they'll see it coming.

179. Even Disney characters hate "It's a Small World After all".

178. Listen with your heart... you will understand.

177. When telling a penguin waiter you want a drink on the rocks, let them know right then you mean ice otherwise you'll literally get it on the rocks.

176. Always remember what your father tells you (no matter what the subject).

175. You must always be quiet in the meadow...and very careful.

174. Fish are not meant to be kept in bowls (or tanks)... it does things to them.

173. Every king is a clown on January 6th.

172. It is easier to measure the height of a sycamore tree if you don't cut it down.

171. If you meet a girl in the forest who is dancing around with an owl dressed in a cape and a hat, she is not mentally ill. She is in love with you.

170. It is possible to be born to Romany parents who both have dark hair and dark skin, yet end up a redheaded white boy.

169. If you're a princess, you can jump from 100-foot-high cliffs with no injuries, yet if you're a villain, you die.

168. If you can't say it with guns, germs, and steel, say it with gift baskets.

167. Paris can rebuild itself completely in less than 12 hours.

166. Imaginary gargoyles can still be seen by goats.

165. Launchpad McQuack's clutzyness is genetic (got it from his great-great-great grandfather).

164. Telling a dying person that you love him/her is more effective than CPR.

163. A booby trap to blow up a planet won't go off until the robot says "BOOBY TRAP!"

162. If you meet someone who talks and talks and talks, it's likely your new sidekick.

161. A fish can be used as a sword, and will only go limp after two drunken men realize it's a fish.

160. When somebody tells you to use your head in a fight, they don't mean to literally use it.

159. That being said, your head does make a good weapon...

158. And a hero is only as strong as his weapon.

157. If you are the mother of a Disney character, watch out. Odds are you're going to be killed by hunters, chained up and locked away, or completely absent from the story. In the world of Disney mothers, only the strong survive.

156. Everything I needed to know about becoming a princess I learned from Princess Diaries.

155. It's the Bible - even if you can't read, you get credit for trying.

154. You can have a black horse named Snowball when you first start out and it will still be alive and well twenty years later.

153. Don't insult Kronk's spinach puffs.

152. Cutting down a chandelier usually works.

151. If a good character is knocked out at the end of the final battle and everyone's poking the body and crying, the character's not really dead.

150. Men say hello by punching.

149. Men also like being slapped on the behind.

148. Dragons have bunny slippers.

147. The heart of a pig looks very much like the heart of a princess.

146. Even in the belly of a whale, it’s never too damp to start a fire.

145. Chopping an enchanted broom into 1000 pieces is a very bad idea.

144. You don’t need a magic feather to fly, you just have to have big ears.

143. Skunks don’t mind being called “flower” – they’ve been called worse.

142. A gaucho is exactly like an American cowboy… only completely different.

141. If you’re looking for the Three Caballeros, you’ll find them beneath their sombreros.

140. A wolf is no match for a little boy with a toy pop-gun, a cat, a bird, and a duck.

139. Bears like to say “I love you” with a slap.

138. Clouds aren’t really clouds at all… they’re apple blossoms in Johnny Appleseed’s heavenly orchard.

137. You can have two crocodiles watch after a young girl. They won't harm her in any way.

136. Don’t try to explain yourself to the Headless Horseman. You simply can’t reason with a headless man.

135. Midnight always comes much sooner than you’d expect when you’re with the one you love.

134. The first rule of a caucus race is that you must run with the others – otherwise you’ll never get dry.

133. You can’t stick your shadow on with soap. It needs sewing.

132. In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money can not buy – to wit, the wag of a dog’s tail.

131. After sixteen years, babies tend to grow up – you can stop looking for them in cradles.

130. The jungle is about the most interesting place for a young boy to live… unless he sees a girl with a jug on her head.

129. Crème de la crème a la Edgar is an excellent way to cure insomnia.

128. A wedged bear in a great tightness is a job for Gopher, even though he’s not in the book.

127. When your dog is wearing a muzzle-get a beaver to bite it off... but convince him its a handy-dandy genuine log puller (the busy beaver's friend) first.

126. It is a very bad idea to enchant a broom.

125. You don't sell family.

124. When you're seeing pink elephants you know you've had too much to drink.

123. When playing hide-and-seek, it’s considered cheating for a hound dog to peek, but apparently it’s OK for them to use their nose.

122. If you’re a bard looking for somewhere to entertain, it’s probably not a good idea to go knocking on the door of the Horned King’s castle.

121. For those who want to introspect, it may be beneficial to know that German music is very introspective.

120. Sparky’s not the kind of a dog who would chase Bumper all over the field and then catch him and rip him to shreds – at least, not according to the story.

119. Even though they spend their entire lives at the bottom of the ocean, some merpeople (especially kings) can still get a nice tan.

118. Never underestimate the power of the words “open sesame” when you need to get into the bad guy’s hideout.

117. Gaston is roughly the size of a barge (give or take a few dozen eggs).

116. If you’ve taught your pet monkey to steal for a living, you have no right to be mad at him for trying to nab the largest ruby on the face of the earth.

115. Richard and John's mother always liked Richard better.

114. Savage is just a term for people who are uncivilized, and therefore shouldn’t be offensive when it is applied to you.

113. Gypsies don’t do well inside stone walls, unless those stone walls happen to be underground in a place called the Court of Miracles.

112. With just a little cirrus, a touch of nimbostratus, and a dash of cumulus you can make yourself a magnificent horse, with the brain of a bird.

111. A father would do well to teach his daughter to hold her tongue in a man’s presence.

110. Men who have been raised by gorillas have NO respect for personal boundaries.

109. Learning to yo-yo is a practice that tends to be frowned upon in the flamingo community.

108. "Squeaker squeak squeak squeaken” is squirrel for “You owe me a new acorn”.

107. The four basic food groups are beans, bacon, whisky and lard.

106. Earth is a protected wildlife preserve that the Galactic Federation has been using to rebuild the mosquito population, which, if you need reminding, is an endangered species.

105. Astronomers are doctors, but not that kind of doctor. They have a doctorate, but it's not the same thing.

104. Never touch your tongue to an iceberg. It will stick and they will have to rip it off to save you. Then you’ll hath to tog like thith all a time.

103. Fish are Friends, Not Food.

102. Love is a powerful force. Even more powerful than gravity.

101. Even with all the technology of the 20th Century, the twilight bark is still the fastest way to send information.

100. Girl squirrels are a handful, but redheads are particularly feisty. This should be a lesson to all guys out there, as human girls follow pretty much the same pattern.

99. Alameda Slim looks nothing like himself when he puts on his spectacles.

98. No matter how hard you try, a Tar Baby will never say a word to you. Attacking it will only get you into a very sticky situation.

97. If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank, safe and sound, soon that tuppence, safely invested in the bank, will compound!

96. A Bill of Sale that lays claim to a property (such as the ownership of a young boy) is only valid as long as it has not been burned up by a dragon's breath of fire.

95. No toon can resist the old "Shave-and-a-Haircut" trick. Tap-tap-ta-tap-tap -- Two Bits!

94. In Halloweentown, the children don't throw snowballs, they throw heads.

93. When playing peewee hockey you can cross-check, play without a helmet, engage in roughing, slashing and tripping... and no referee will call you on it.

92. A good soldier, even a plastic soldier with attached legs, never leaves a man behind.

91. No one likes to hear the story of the time they almost got swallowed by a bird, even if it is a truly great story.

90. When you save the lives of Little Green Men, they will be eternally grateful and will not leave you alone until they have repaid their debt, so you might as well adopt them.

89. Milking a yak ain’t exactly a picnic, but once you pick the hairs out, it’s very nutritious.

88. If you come along a dark, spooky trench while swimming along in the ocean, go through it, not over it.

87. Always check to see if the citizen who is plummeting to his death from a skyscraper is doing so on purpose before you attempt to save him.

86. GPS systems will work anywhere on the planet – except in Radiator Springs along Route 66.

85. If you can ever muscle your way past the gag reflex, all kinds of food possibilities open up.

84. Sometimes the sky really is falling.

83. Sending a T-rex on a mission to seize a boy may seem like a good idea at the time. However, their heads are too big and their arms are too small to carry out the mission.

82. Scary old women wonder the streets in London.

81. If you listen with your heart, you can magically learn English in two seconds.

80. And not only that. Your friend will also magically understand you when you’re speaking English later on.

79. Beware the cyborg.

78. You can tell your children not to go to the surface/leave the palace/mingle with the strange visitors to the jungle/stay away from the pale visitors/whatever, but they'll never listen.

77. If you duel with a sword against a candelabra, the candelabra will win.

76. You can tell which woman you danced with by her shoe-size.

75. If you're trying to fool an evil sorcerer into thinking you love him, make sure you're not wearing anything reflective.

74. Never let an enchanted hat stand do your hair-you'll look so... sooo... stupid.

73. Never make a pixie jealous... some lost boys make shoot you down mistaking you for some sort of bird.

72. Beware the groove! Beware the groove!

71. Never ever trust a woman who looks scary beyond all reason.

70. You must learn your scales and arpeggios.

69. Be cautious with 4 British vultures - they will be friends with you out in the jungle, but they'll desert you soon as a big mean tiger comes along.

68. When a whale sneezes, say gezunheidt (sp). Its only polite.

67. You can be kidnapped and dragged to a dungeon, and yet your hair will still be neatly in place when the 3 good fairies come to rescue you.

66. If you're pretending to be a prince from a faraway land, don't start yapping about your pet monkey. It's a dead giveaway.

65. The only thing worse than the kid you belong to getting a Buzz Lightyear toy is the kid getting a puppy.

64. Put your faith in what you most believe in.

63. A genie has the power to turn you into a prince, but he’ll forget to give you a country to go with it.

62. Love may be blind but its not deaf (much less tone-deaf), especially between a prince and a princess "posing" as a peasant girl in the forest.

61. Two Siamese cats = trouble!

60. When it comes to toys, never get them from a guy in a chicken suit, he's nuts.

59. Grasshopper's come, they eat, they leave.

58. Never try to build the ultimate summer getaway on a hill where a peasant's family has lived for 6 generations.

57. All toys know they're toys except for Buzz Lightyear action figures.

56. If you are trying to lure someone out of a building, it's best not to blow it up, because then the person you were trying to lure out would be dead.

55. Don't say "For the first time in my life, things are starting to go right," since that's just about the time the royal guards are going to show up and throw you into the sea.

54. The tallest tower in a castle isn't always inhabited by a princess. Sometimes an absent-minded old wizard or an evil vizier lives there instead.

53. When running off to war, it helps to think of a fake name beforehand so you don't accidentally tell your commander your name is Mushu.

52. Crickets are luckier than praying to the ancestors, because the ancestors are dead.

51. If you wear a skimpy dearskin dress, it will magically cover all your necessary parts even when you swim/dive off cliffs/climb trees/run through the forest/whatever.

50. Ditto for a loincloth.

49. You can shave in the jungle.

48. If you catch Slim once you can do it again.

47. There’s no use crying over spilt milk.

46. The jungle is not the place for Mowgli.

45. Never give a racoon a cookie - he'll only want more.

44. The way to a woman's heart is a huge library full of books (Note: this only works on girls who are totally into books).

43. If there are 13 steps on a stairwell, just hop over the last one.

42. Fairs are for tourists.

41. Hummingbirds can be both protective and stubborn of their friends.

40. Fairies dressed in pink and blue are really obsessed with things being in their color. Fairies dressed in green don't care so much.

39. Flying is just falling... with style!

38. Moonfish do great impressions and are also good at giving directions.

37. Life is like a hurricane in Duckburg.

36. If Scrooge loses a billion dollars a minute he will be broke in only 600 years.

35. Kim Possible can do anything.

34. But maybe she just thinks she's all that, but she's not.

33. A trunk makes for a wonderful cradle.

32. A meerkat and a warthog can be best friends with a lion.

31. If your genie is red and lives in a black lamp, don't wish for sunken treasure. He'll take you a bit too literally.

30. Gargoyles don't have good hearing.

29. Don't trust the old prisoner in a hood who knows the way to a secret treasure.

28. There’s nothing wrong with rusty old cars.

27. Don't swing on a string, it's much too frill, the best kind of swing is a tigger's tail!

26. Faint hearts never won fair lady.

25. Rabbits teach their children good manners in the form of poems.

24. When someone brags that they killed “seven with one blow”, they’re probably not talking about giants.

23. It’s best to build your house of bricks, because deep, down inside, we’re all a little afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.

22. Slow and steady wins the race, especially when the Hare really doesn't take the race very seriously.

21. If you need to learn how to do something, anything at all really, Goofy can show you.

20. Forget everything you ever knew about American history. Most of Benjamin Franklin’s great ideas came from a little mouse named Amos.

19. Cleaning up an entire national park can be loads of fun, as long as you have a bear named Humphrey to do the job for you. It also helps if you have a catchy song to motivate him… bump – bump.

18. Sometimes, only the smallest elephant can take on a threat the size of a mouse.

17. Learning about the Golden Ratio, Pi, or the Pythagorean Theorem isn’t just for eggheads. Billiards players need to know this stuff, too.

16. Even a money-hungry old miser like Uncle Scrooge, who thinks that Christmas is a humbug, can have a change of heart.

15. Santa's toys are alive until they're given to children.

14. Elves brush the reindeers' teeth with huge tubes of toothpaste and huge toothbrushes.

13. There is no more annoying bird than the Aracuan.

12. Santa's sleigh is not red, it's gold!

11. If you get a chance, try saving the captain of your military troop. You never know when it might come in handy.

10. Despite the lack of visible eyes and ears, magic carpets can easily perceive what is going on around them.

09. Never get caught wearing your boss's nemesis's merchandise!

08. Point Hercules at a monster and you’re talking SRO.

07. You can find square-shaped eggs in Plain Awful.

06. If you feel lost and on your own, and far from home, just think of your friends and your heart will lead you home.

05. It's important to bring Pudge the fish a peanut butter sandwich every Thursday, because Pudge controls the weather.

04. Dragons don't like biting butts.

03. Stepmothers are never up to any good.

02. Never look back, it distracts from the now.

01. You've seen about everything when you see an elephant fly.





This list was compiled by the members of the DisneySites message board.





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