In addition to the standard-size gold statuette, the animation trailblazer was given seven tiny Oscars mounted on a miniature staircase. Mickey’s cartoons have been nominated for nearly a dozen ...

This record includes myriad Oscars for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) for such animated shorts ... The award involved a typical, full-sized Oscar statuette, accompanied by seven small statues ...

And the Oscar goes to... Wait, wait, wait... The statue was originally named the Academy Award of Merit. The legend goes that former Academy librarian Margaret Herrick, after seeing the statue for ...