ʜʏɴꜰᴜᴄꜱ on Instagram: "🐭 Interesting Fact: Mickey Mouse Mickey actually wasn’t supposed to be called Mickey at all. Walt Disney first named him “Mortimer Mouse,” but his wife thought that sounded a bit too serious and suggested “Mickey,” which felt friendlier and more playful. Mickey’s big breakthrough came in 1928 with Steamboat Willie, one of the first cartoons with perfectly synced sound, which made audiences lose their minds at the time. Walt Disney even voiced Mickey himself for years. His