Disney Characters: From The Alice Comedies To Ratatouille

A timeline of character debuts

Before Mickey

• 1924 Alice (of The Alice Comedies, a series of 56 silent cartoons)
• 1927 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (star of 26 silent cartoons)

Recurring Characters: Mickey and Friends

• 1928 Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, in Steamboat Willie
• 1929 Peg-Leg Pete, in The Barn Dance
• 1929 Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar, in The Plow Boy
• 1930 Pluto (AKA "Rover"), in The Chain Gang
• 1932 Goofy (AKA "Dippy Dawg," "George Geef"), in Mickey's Revue
• 1934 Donald Fauntleroy Duck, in The Wise Little Hen
• 1937 Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, in the Donald Duck Sunday comics
• 1937 Daisy Duck (AKA "Donna Duck"), in Don Donald
• 1943 Chip 'n' Dale, in Private Pluto

Stars of Disney Feature Films

• 1937 Snow White, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1940 Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket, in Pinocchio
• 1941 Dumbo, in Dumbo
• 1942 Bambi, in Bambi
• 1950 Cinderella, in Cinderella
• 1951 Alice and the White Rabbit, in Alice in Wonderland
• 1953 Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, in Peter Pan
• 1955 Lady and Tramp, in Lady and the Tramp
• 1959 Aurora, in Sleeping Beauty
• 1961 Pongo, Perdita, and the pups, in 101 Dalmatians
• 1967 Mowgli and Baloo, in The Jungle Book
• 1974 Robin Hood and Maid Marian, in Robin Hood
• 1986 Basil, in The Great Mouse Detective
• 1989 Ariel, in The Little Mermaid
• 1991 Belle and Beast, in Beauty and the Beast
• 1992 Jasmine and Aladdin, in Aladdin
• 1994 Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa, in The Lion King
• 1995 Buzz Lightyear and Woody, in Toy Story
• 1995 Pocahontas, in Pocahontas
• 1996 Esmerelda, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 1998 Hercules and Megara, in Hercules
• 1998 Mulan and Mushu, in Mulan
• 2001 Milo Thatch, in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• 2001 Lilo and Stitch, in Lilo And Stitch
• 2002 Sulley, in Monsters, Inc.
• 2003 Nemo, in Finding Nemo
• 2004 The Parrs, in The Incredibles
• 2006 Lightning McQueen, in Cars
• 2007 Remy, in Ratatouille
• 2008 Wall-E, in Wall-E