When Disney began drafting dwarf names for 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, they first compiled this short list of potential dwarven candidates.
Doc was added to the roster later, and as you can see below, some of these names would’ve made Disney’s first theatrical animated release an unmitigated train wreck. If I were in the director’s chair, I would’ve recruited an all-star team of Burpy, Flabby, Hickey, Wheezy, Dirty, Awful, and Biggo-Ego, who I can only assume was trained in Freudian psychoanalysis.
- Awful
- Baldy
- Bashful
- Biggo-Ego
- Burpy
- Daffy
- Deafy
- Dippy
- Dirty
- Dizzy
- Doleful
- Dopey
- Dumpy
- Flabby
- Gabby
- Grumpy
- Hickey
- Hoppy
- Hotsy
- Hungry
- Jaunty
- Jumpy
- Lazy
- Neurtsy
- Nifty
- Puffy
- Sappy
- Scrappy
- Shifty
- Shorty
- Silly
- Sleepy
- Snappy
- Sneezy
- Sneezy-Wheezy
- Sniffy
- Snoopy
- Soulful
- Strutty
- Stuffy
- Swift
- Tearful
- Thrifty
- Weepy
- Wheezy
- Wistful
- Woeful
Tag: The Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs Go To The Vatican
The Seven Dwarfs go to the Vatican and, because they are the The Seven Dwarfs, they are immediately ushered in to see the Pope. Grumpy leads the pack.
‘Grumpy, my son,’ says the Pope, ‘What can I do for you?’
Grumpy asks, ‘Excuse me your Excellency, but are there any dwarf nuns in Rome?’
The Pope wrinkles his brow at the odd question, thinks for a moment and answers, ’No, Grumpy, there are no dwarf nuns in Rome.’
In the background, a few of the dwarfs start giggling.
Grumpy turns around and glares, silencing them.
Grumpy turns back, ‘Your Worship, are there any dwarf nuns in all of Europe?’
The Pope, puzzled now, again thinks for a moment and then answers, ‘No, Grumpy, there are no dwarf nuns in Europe.”
This time, all of the other dwarfs burst into laughter.
Once again, Grumpy turns around and silences them with an angry glare.
Grumpy turns back and says, ‘Mr. Pope! Are there ANY dwarf nuns anywhere in the world?’
The Pope, really confused by the questions says, ‘I’m sorry, my son, there are no dwarf nuns anywhere in the world.’
The other dwarfs collapse into a heap, rolling and laughing, pounding the floor, tears rolling down their cheeks, as they begin chanting……
‘Grumpy screwed a penguin!’
‘Grumpy screwed a penguin!’
‘Grumpy screwed a penguin!’