Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) personalities. The dwarfs names were chosen from a pool of about fifty potentials, including Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty, and Burpy. The seven finalists were chosen through a process of elimination. The leader of the dwarfs, required to be pompous, self-important and bumbling, was named Doc; others were named for their distinguishing character traits. At the end of the October story meetings, however, only Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy and Happy of the final seven were named; at this point, Sneezy and Dopey were replaced by 'Jumpy' and an unnamed seventh
Jiminy Cricket crickets, which are black or dark brown, with very long antennae and he dresses like a gentleman from the 19th century. Since his debut in "Pinocchio", he has become a recurring iconic Disney character and has made numerous other appearances. The character's name is a play on the exclamation "Jiminy Cricket!", a minced oath for "Jesus Christ" – which itself was uttered in "Pinocchio"s immediate Disney predecessor, 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by the seven dwarfs themselves. Another example occurs in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", wherein Dorothy (Judy Garland) cries, "Oh! Oh! Jiminy Crickets!" when