Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples - Part 1 of 2 - Feb 11, 2005

Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples - Part 1 of 2
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HERCULES and MEGARA

Film: Hercules (1997)
Voice Actors: Tate Donovan and Susan Egan
“Their�? Song: “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)�?
DVD: Available

He is the hunky yet slightly awkward hero of mythological Greece; she, a shady lady with “a past�?. And oh yeah, he’s the son of Zeus. No wonder Meg finds it difficult to not say she’s in love with this “wonder boy�?.

DUCHESS and J. THOMAS O’MALLEY

Film: The Aristocrats (1970)
Voice Actors: Eva Gabor and Phil Harris
“Their�? Song: “Ev’rybody Wants To Be A Cat�?
DVD: Available

In romantic Paris, a high society housecat meets a jazz era alley cat, and love blooms, despite a catnapping butler, a couple of nosey geese and three precocious kittens. Dig their groovy dance … on their hind legs! … in the Scat Cat jam session.

AND THEY CALL IT PUPPY LOVE …
Man’s best friend can certainly fall in love just as well as his master.

PLUTO and DINAH

Film: Multiple appearances, beginning with The Sleepwalker (1942)
DVD: The Complete Pluto, Volume 1

Although Pluto was seen with Fifi in some earlier shorts, it’s the seductive dachshund Dinah who later captured his heart and co-starred with him in several shorts, including the memorable Canine Casanova (1945) and Pluto’s Heart Throb (1950).

PONGO and PERDITA

Film: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
Voice Actors: Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer/Lisa Daniels
“Their�? Song: “Dalmatian Plantation�?
DVD: Available

It was love at first sight for Pongo and Perdita, who went so far as to play matchmakers for their “pets�? in order to be together. Most romantic moment: the “double wedding�?, with the dogs “exchanging vows�? outside the church window.

EAST AND WEST
Love in the Far East and the Old West


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FA MULAN and CAPTAIN LI SHANG

Film: Mulan (1998)
Voice Actors: Ming-Na Wen and B.D. Wong
“Their�? Song: “True To Your Heart�?
DVD: Available

One can debate exactly when Shang fell for Mulan (was it before or after the big revelation?), but in the end there is no question about his feelings; like the Emperor says, “you don’t meet a girl like that in every dynasty�?.

PECOS BILL and SLUE FOOT SUE

Film: Melody Time (1948)
“Their�? Song: “Blue Shadows on the Trail�?
DVD: Available

What type of woman can come between a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy and his faithful horse? How about one that can ride a giant trout and make your pistols fire with just one kiss? She best not try to ride his horse, though …