When I was 4 my mom told me that Mickey Mouse lived at the top of the water tower in our city.So every time we'd pass by it I yelled "I think I see Mickey Mouse!" and I literally imagined Mickey Mouse was up there waiting to be found by me.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- I thought that "slipping someone the Mickey" had something to do with Mickey Mouse— stymie
- When I was little I wanted to go to Disneyland as soon as I could, before Mickey Mouse died.— Mary
- Someone I know IRL used to believe that Goofy (Mickey Mouse's friend) was a walrusAnon
- I used to think the song"jesus, oh what a wonderful child so holy, meek and mild" was "so holy, Mickey Mouse"— Stephani
- I used to think that when I moved the mouse around on the mouse pad, I was giving the computer a massage.Anon
- I believed that ham was mouse meat, because it was pink and my dad told me so. — Zo