Deliberate mistake: While the mouse is walking on Dumbo's trunk, there is a jump in the animation. He's facing Dumbo at one point, then all of the sudden he is in a different position and is facing the other way (this all occurring in the same shot). Look for it before the mouse says, "Dumbo, the great!"
Dumbo (1941)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Norman Ferguson, Samuel Armstrong, John Elliotte
Starring: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, James Baskett
Continuity mistake: At the end of "When I See an Elephant Fly," the crows laugh and tumble to the ground. In the two shots of them laughing on the ground, you can see a crow dressed in red and pink with a cigar in his mouth on the left side of the screen. This crow plus the four other crows in the shot PLUS the leader of the crows equals six crows. Throughout the rest of the sequence, there are only five crows, and the extra crow is never seen again.
Elephant Matriarch: Out of my way, assassin.
Trivia: The sequence with the multi-coloured elephants was based on an unused plan from Fantasia.
Question: Are there any official names for the elephants (other than Dumbo and Mrs. Jumo)?
Answer: The elephants are Matriarch (voiced by Verna Felton), Catty (voiced by Noreen Gammill), Giddy (voiced by Dorothy Scott), and Prissy (voiced by Sarah Selby). Catty is the one who nicknamed the baby elephant "Dumbo."
Answer: All the elephants are credited as "Elephant." The only difference is "Matriarch Elephant."
Sol Parker