Julius the Cat after Julius. The Julius character appeared in 47 of the 51 films of the "Alice Comedies" series. Julius the Cat Julius (the Cat) is a funny animal cartoon character, starring in the first animated series created by Walt Disney, the "Alice Comedies", making him the predecessor of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. Julius is an anthropomorphic cat, appearing intentionally similar to Felix the Cat. A bold and inventive hero, he gradually became the primary focus of the "Alice Comedies", to the point Disney abandoned live action for pure animation on subsequent projects. Julius was the first of Disney's
Elmer the Great Dane Elmer was pulled out of retirement and made a guest appearance in "Wrestling Wrecks" (1953). There, he was recast as the dog of Woody Woodpecker. He would still show up more than a decade later in the Halloween special "Spook-A-Nanny" (1964). This time, he was redesigned with a smaller head and a larger nose. Elmer the Great Dane Elmer the Great Dane is a Walter Lantz character in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon series. The character's name is most likely a reference to "Elmer, the Great", a 1933 film. When Universal's then biggest cartoon star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit