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The truth is that Donald might be more popular than Mickey himself in Nordic nations. Disgruntled Swedish voters even have a tradition of voting for the Donald Duck Party — better known as Kalle Anka — to register protest votes. In fact, at points over the past 25 years, the Donald Duck Party had enough votes to theoretically qualify as the country's ninth most-popular political organization. Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny hardly register a single vote. Now that's quackers.

Rooney Slips a Mickey: Actor Mickey Rooney recalled how, as a little boy, he climbed on Walt Disney's lap and looked at a drawing of a mouse that Disney called Mortimer.

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It was 1927, and Rooney, just 6 or 7 years old, was already starring in "Mickey McGuire" comedies. He recalls his fateful meeting with Disney quite clearly in his 1991 autobiography, "Life Is Too Short."

"I told him I had a better name — mine. I said, 'Why don't you call him Mickey Mouse, Uncle Walt?' " Rooney wrote

It's a great story, but it isn't true, except for the fact that Mickey was almost named Mortimer. Rooney, now 84, always loved a tall tale, but Disney historians say this claim qualifies the 5-foot, 3-inch actor for full citizenship in Fantasyland. Another Disney naming dispute involves Tinkerbell, who wasn't inspired by Marilyn Monroe or even Paris Hilton.

Splash Mountain's Overboard Pictures: In the late 1990s, Disney's Splash Mountain log flume began clamping down on female visitors who were showing the camera a little more than a smile as they hurtled down the water slide. Several photos were posted on the "Flash Mountain" Web site.

In a 1998 Los Angeles Times article titled "Unzip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," park management said it was taking stricter measures to make sure that the camera mounted on the flume for souvenir photos would not be abused by a few naughty Mouseketeers. Reports of these thrill seekers have since disappeared, faster than the speed of Magic Kingdom trash.

Buck Wolf is entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. "The Wolf Files" is published Tuesdays.