This drives an ongoing rivalry between the two opposing forces, though Grumpy usually follows Doc's lead, nevertheless, with most situations.ĭoc encourages rational, organized behavior amongst the dwarfs and is particularly kind towards Snow White. The pompous, pot-bellied self-proclaimed leader of the seven dwarfs, Doc often bumbles and stammers, losing his train of thought mid-sentence or mixing up letters and sounds saying things like, "search every crook and nanny" or "what are you and who are you doing?" Nevertheless, he appears to hold complete authority over all the dwarfs except for Grumpy, who often objects to his decisions. Before Doc knows what is going on, Dopey has returned to Happy with the vest, sending the jolly dwarf into hysterics.
Dopey, who is collecting fabric for the bed, sneaks up behind Doc and pulls his vest from under his coat. During the bed-building sequence, Doc is seen with a chisel. Of course, he also oversees the bed's construction. Sleepy's idea for a bed is ultimately agreed upon, and Doc declares that he will 'fix' Snow White's name on the bed. Doc suggests a royal coach, with six white horses his idea is rejected. The entire sequence can be seen on the second disc of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition DVD.Ī scene was storyboarded and partly animated in which the dwarfs hold a meeting to decide on a gift for Snow White. Snow White reminds them of how scary the forest will be for her if she has to leave, and Grumpy finally agrees that she can stay until she has made the gooseberry pie. A fight ensues, which Grumpy appears to be winning until the other dwarfs try to pry him away.
Grumpy, fed up, twists Docs nose Doc retorts by knocking Grumpy's nose, causing it to swing from side to side. As they back away from each other again, Grumpy insults Doc, who, flustered, tried to repeat the phrase but gets it wrong at every attempt. The two dwarfs walk up to each other, eventually hurting themselves by squashing their bulbous noses against each other. Doc confronts Grumpy and demands that he let Snow White stay, but Grumpy continues to refuse. The deleted sequence begins when Grumpy disagrees and scolds his fellows for weakening at the mention of gooseberry pie. Following Snow White's promise that she will cook gooseberry pie, all dwarfs cheer and agree that she can stay. Snow White's movements and a decrease in size as she moved further from the camera were dictated by the filmed footage of Marge Champion, though Doc and Happy were drawn without the aid of live-action reference.ĭoc and Grumpy facing off in the deleted scene.Ī sequence that was fully animated was ultimately cut as it was felt to detract from the story. Clark found this task difficult but reputedly accepted and completed it without argument.
Les Clark was responsible for the animation of Snow White dancing with Doc and Happy. In order to establish Doc's character during the march home in " Heigh Ho", George Stalling noted traits specific to the character, to be taken into account in the animation: An armature of each dwarf was constructed as reference for the animators. Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that the dwarfs had to move a little more quickly to keep up with the human characters. Though designing the dwarfs was relatively easy, animating them proved to be difficult, as the animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate 'ill-formed' human figures. Radio comedian Roy Atwell, who used stammering in his act and specialized in mixed-up language, was appropriately chosen for the voice of Doc. Disney personally suggested the sequence in which Grumpy feeds him the phrase "mad as hornets" when Doc is lost for words, causing Doc to blurt out Grumpy's words without thinking, and having to go back and correct himself, leading to even more dithering. Several months later, his role in the film and his relationship with Grumpy was established: Walt Disney commented that Doc's flustered personality should be such that he never knew quite where he is without one of his fellow dwarfs reminding him. Perce Pierce, one of the storymen working on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was particularly active in creating the characters of the dwarfs.ĭoc was not present in the original November 1935 story outline of the film Robert D.
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