Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
His genius perhaps more than that of any other figure epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Many of his artwork had appeared in many Disney movies and television shows. For example, the Mona Lisa appears in Timon & Pumbaa, the Aladdin series, the Gummi Bears, Quack Pack, Flubber, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, and "The Last Supper" in the American Dragon: Jake Long episode "A Befuddled Mind". He also appeared in It's Tough to Be a Bird for studying how birds fly for his works.
Appearances[]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire[]
Leonardo does not appear in the film itself, but plays a big role in the backstory of the Shepherd's Journal as told in multiple guidebooks for the film. In 1499, the journal came into the possession of Amerigo Vespucci during his explorations of the New World. When he returned to Europe in 1500, Vespucci gave the Journal to Leonardo to see what he could make out of it. Leonardo would become one of the first people to learn how to translate Atlantean language and images of Atlantean flying machines would spark his imagination.
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero[]
In the episode "Number One, Number Two".
Soul[]
Leonardo da Vinci does not appear in person, but he was one of 22's failed mentors and his name badge can be seen in 22's boxhome.
Disney Parks[]
Leonardo da Vinci has appeared in numerous attractions in the Disney parks over the years.
In Epcot's now-extinct World of Motion, a scene covering the Renaissance has Leonardo taking more interest in a working model of one of his flying machines while an impatient Mona Lisa looks on. The World of Motion scene would serve as the basis to a 1995 General Motors-produced promotional video Disney's Magical Adventure, where Leonardo took the viewer on a tour of the resort. A similar scene occurs in the Circlevision film The Timekeeper, when 9-Eye emerges in his workshop and Leonardo enthusiastically begins sketching her.
At Tokyo DisneySea, Leonardo da Vinci is featured at Fortress Explorations as an inspiration for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers and the ghostly host of the Leonardo Challenge game. His flying machines, the Dream Flyers, appeared in Soaring: Fantastic Flight as the ride vehicles.
Disney Comics[]
The Swedish comic Goofy DaVinci from 1976 features Goofy as Leonardo da Vinci.
In the Italian comic "Topolino e il segreto della Gioconda", from 1985, Mickey Mouse and Goofy use a time machine to go back to Florence in 1505 where they meet Leonardo da Vinci and learn more about his famous painting "Mona Lisa".
In "Topolino e il segreto Da Vinci" from 2006, which is inspired by Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, Mickey Mouse and Goofy find out that Leonardo da Vinci was one of few people who knew about the aliens that brought civilisation to earth. One of these aliens is later revealed to be the Mona Lisa.
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