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TIL that there was going to be a prequel to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs called "The Seven Dwarves", in which it would be revealed that Dopey lost his voice due to trauma upon witnessing her mother's death. It was cancelled after John Lasseter was put in charge of Walt Disney Animation.

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