Lasseter's favorite film is Walt Disney's "Dumbo". Docter and Rivera cited inspirations from the Muppets, Hayao Miyazaki, "Dumbo", and "Peter Pan". This allows for very specific classifications such as a ruby-eyed cinnamon Berkshire rex Dumbo. "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947), and Dandy (Jim) Crow in Walt Disney's "Dumbo" (1941). A renovated pedestrian connection to Dumbo, Brooklyn, was also reopened before the anniversary celebrations. "Baby Mine" is a song from the 1941 Disney animated feature "Dumbo". Silicon Alley initially also used to extend to Dumbo, a neighborhood in Brooklyn. This led to Allen singing "Baby Mine" from Disney's "Dumbo" at a school concert. Grimpoteuthis is a genus of pelagic umbrella octopuses known as the dumbo octopuses. Chef Jacques Torres opened a chocolate factory in Dumbo in December 2000. Another scene features a reference to the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from "Dumbo". One of the East River Ferry's stops is at Fulton Ferry in Dumbo. In 2015, Ingels bought an apartment in New York's Dumbo neighborhood. A small mouse named Timothy consoles Dumbo and vows to make him a star. "Lilo & Stitch", which drew influences from "Dumbo", also made use of watercolor backgrounds.