Although Dumbo is now a cherished American classic ... and experience a hallucination of garishly pink, empty-eyed pachyderms - has of course come under scrutiny too.

Katy Perry and her dog Nugget went full pachyderm to deliver a powerful performance ... elephant costumes to deliver the song from “Dumbo” — first performed by Betty Noyes in the 1941 ...

However, this visual conceit was rethought and the actual ride has always sported the classically gray fiberglass pachyderms. The Dumbo car on display at the American History museum dates to ...