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Only in America have film stars been elected to public office. Walt Disney began his first series of fully animated films in , featuring the character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Mickey was often joined by his girlfriend, Minnie Mouse, as well as an animated gang of friends that included Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Mickey was a cheerful and mischievous anthropomorphic rodent who starred in more than cartoon shorts and became a worldwide cult figure.
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Mickey MousekersizeA Poem Is I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse. He is an anthropomorphic mouse characterized as a cheerful, yet mischievous underdog who must rely on his quick-wit and athleticism to overcome adversity. Estimated as standing 2' 3' His speech is typically infused with 's slang like 'swell' and 'gee'.
Inspired by comedians and swashbucklers from the silent film era[2][3], Mickey made his first public appearance in the short film Steamboat Willie, on November 18, His simplistic, 'rubberhose' design allows for both relatable emotion, as well as exaggerated physical gags. Many cartoons see Mickey embarking on fantastical adventures, most often to rescue his girlfriend Minnie Mouse from the clutches of Peg-Leg Pete. Mickey steadily branched into other mediums over the years, beginning in with a comic strip by cartoonist Floyd Gottfredson.
In , Mickey made his feature-length film debut with Fantasia, for which he was given his modern redesign by animator Fred Moore. With a lovable personality and imaginative cartoons, Mickey rapidly rose to the pinnacle of American culture, becoming the most popular and recognizable cartoon character in the world, and the prime influence of following cartoons.
As its most famous character, Mickey serves as the mascot of the Walt Disney Company. He has appeared in over films, for which he received numerous accolades. His 3-circle silhouette serves as the logo for most of Disney's subsidiaries, save for the ones that don't carry the 'Disney' or 'Walt Disney' label.
Contents[show]BackgroundMickey comes from a stable, nuclear family. According to the Italian story Once Upon a Time In America, Mickey's father has a wealthy background, which he built with the help of his future wife and Mickey's mother. By his parents, Mickey has an older sister named Felicity Fieldmouse.
He once stated that he has no brothers. Mickey is normally depicted as living a modest life with his pet dog, Pluto. His earliest cartoons portrayed him as a country boy living in the midwest. According to Walt Disney, Mickey and Minnie are married in private life and are merely depicted as dating onscreen. Mickey's occupational status is dependent on the story, but he is usually portrayed as a jack-of-all-trades, working as anything from a steamboat deckhand to a sorcerer's apprentice.
The most recurring employer of Mickey's is the Ajax Corporation, where he has worked alongside his best friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. Ajax consists of a variety of odd jobs ghost exterminators, car washers, rollercoaster painters, etc.
In comic stories, Mickey has frequently been portrayed as a detective working closely with his friend Horace Horsecollar and the Chief of Police, Chief O'Hara. Though not for pay, Mickey has been a regular contributor to his local orphanage—which houses hundreds of nameless mice children.
With help from Minnie, Donald and other friends, Mickey has organized numerous benefits for the orphans such as picnic outings and theatre shows. In some cartoons, he and Pluto have even welcomed the orphans into their home.
Concerning his in-universe age, Mickey is depicted as being relatively young. The official character training video for Disneyland recorded in the s describes him as 'an average young boy of no particular age. Mickey's like, 'Hey! I'm smart, I can do anything, I get into trouble, but I can get out of it I'm sort of rebellious, you know.
I live by my own rules. Rebelling and making it work, that's Mickey. He had little respect for authority figures, and showed great disdain for manual labor. Instead, he would much rather goof around the steamboat, play music, or pretend to be the captain. His mentality mirrored that of a rebellious child, as he mocked his superiors and threw a tantrum when others laughed at his comeuppance. Though self-serving, he also showed empathy by quickly rushing to aid Minnie in catching a ride on the steamboat.
With a head full of curiosity and slight arrogance, Mickey has a habit of finding himself in a wide array of self-inflicted trouble—sometimes comical[33], sometimes highly consequential based on his clumsiness. Because of his small size and limited resources, Mickey often relies on his wit to overcome adversity. His craftiness is also put into good use when looking for ways to make life easier for himself, even if he knowingly has to break a few rules in the process, being somewhat of a schemer in this sense.
When put in charge of a production, for example such as a stage show or the House of Mouse nightclub theater he is professional and composed, even when inconveniences get in the way. Mickey's selflessness is also highlighted when paired with the two. For example, as seen numerous times with Goofy, Mickey tends to act as a passive friend, as he cares a great deal for Goofy's happiness, and therefore puts up with a fair amount of nonsense for the latter's sake.
At times, Mickey can be too caring towards others, which can drive him to disregard his own needs, though he has his limits. This — among other feats — proved to Oswald that Mickey's nobility was genuine, and in turn, motivated him to work alongside the mouse as an ally. While Mickey's temper is not out of his control, he can be rather explosive after being pushed to a certain limit. He is also somewhat relentless when it comes to getting back at them for their harassment.
In 'Goofy for a Day', he panicked at the prospect of losing his hosting job at the House of Mouse, believing 'show business' is the only profession he's actually good at. His popularity seems to act as a double-edged sword. While he typically enjoys the attention, Mickey also feels a sense of pressure from the public to always be at his very best. This is most notably seen when Mickey is tasked with hosting live entertainment in front of a large audience.
In which, he becomes short-fused, anxious, and intolerant towards any delays or disturbances. In spite of being an anthropomorphic mouse, Mickey has the tendencies to act with his animal nature, including the fact that being a mouse, he loves cheese. In the television series House of Mouse, Mickey, being a mouse, is made fun of when he is shown to exercise on a hamster wheel and drink from a rodent drinking bottle like the ones found in a hamster cage. These particular facts seem to only exist in the House of Mouse and haven't been shown again, proving to have been used for brief gags only.
Voice Disneyland in CinemaScope! An example of one of Walt's post performances as Mickey's voice. A large part of Mickey's screen persona is his famously shy falsetto voice. Since , Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney himself, a task in which Disney took great personal pride. However, by , Disney was becoming too busy with running the studio to do regular voice work which meant he could not do Mickey's voice anymore and as it is speculated, his cigarette habit had damaged his voice over the years and after recording the Mickey and the Beanstalk section of Fun and Fancy Free, Mickey's voice was handed over to veteran Disney sound effects artist and voice actor Jimmy MacDonald.
MacDonald voiced Mickey in the remainder of the theatrical shorts and for various television and publicity projects up until his retirement in the mid's, although Walt would still reprise Mickey's voice on rare occasions, such as in the introductions to the original — run of The Mickey Mouse Club TV series, 'The Fourth Anniversary Show' episode of the Disneyland TV series, and Disneyland USA at Radio City Music Hall in Clarence Nash voiced Mickey in the short The Dognapper, which would also be the only time that Nash voiced him.
Allwine, who would serve as Mickey's official voice actor from until his death in , once recounted something MacDonald had told him about voicing the character: 'The main piece of advice that Jim gave me about Mickey helped me keep things in perspective.
Despite Iwan being Mickey's official voice actor, the character's voice is provided by Chris Diamantopoulos in the Mickey Mouse series, which premiered in Since the premiere of Mickey Mouse, Diamantopoulos has reprised the role for numerous projects, including Wonderful World of Animation, the DuckTales episode 'Moonvasion!
He and his studio had been removed from the Universal Pictures-owned Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon series due to Disney having payment issues with the 'middleman' producer Charles Mintz. In addition to this, Mintz had his assistant George Winkler successfully convince the majority of the animators at Disney's studio to work at Mintz's company, Winkler Pictures the company served as the 'middleman' between Disney and Universal.
While on the train, Walt desperately brainstormed ideas for a new cartoon character. He had visions of a mouse in the back of his head he had previously made silent cartoon shorts with animated mice.
He wanted to call his new creation Mortimer Mouse, but his wife Lillian thought the name was too pompous, so she suggested he changed it to Mickey Mouse, which he did. The name Mortimer would later be used for a character who became a new rival for Mickey in one cartoon. Walt created a sketch to get the basic idea of the character, and later shared it with Ub Iwerks who refined it. Concept art of Mickey from early ; the sketches are the earliest known drawings of the character, from the collection of The Walt Disney Family Museum.
Since Disney was still contractually obligated to finish a few more Oswald cartoons, Disney and Iwerks produced the first two Mickey Mouse cartoons in secret. The first of them was Plane Crazy, and it was first screened for test audiences on May 15, , the same month that Disney finished the Oswald cartoons he was obligated to finish. Plane Crazy which introduced both Mickey and his flapper girlfriend Minnie Mouse focused on Mickey's attempt to become an aviator in emulation of Charles Lindbergh.
In this short Mickey was gloveless, shoeless, and portrayed as a rash and arrogant character, even going as far as to antagonize Minnie. Because of its relatively unimaginative production and unlikable lead character, Plane Crazy failed to impress audiences and struggled to find a distributor. The second-produced Mickey short, The Gallopin' Gaucho, was significant in giving Mickey shoes for the first time and introducing him to his arch-nemesis Pete, but also failed to make an impact.
Once again, Disney was devoid of a distributor. Because neither had a distributor, neither shorts were released to the public. Mickey in his most famous cartoon, Steamboat Willie. It was then that Walt decided to take an extremely ambitious step by breaking into 'talkies'. Sound had been in animated cartoons before, but never on a scale quite like Mickey's third-produced short, Steamboat Willie. Walt provided the vocal effects for the short's two main stars—Mickey and Minnie—and would continue to voice Mickey for decades to follow.
Considered groundbreaking and innovative for both animation and film as a whole, Steamboat Willie—upon its release on November 18, at Universal's Colony Theater in New York City—was an enormous hit with both critics and audiences. Though it was the character's third short to be produced, it was the first to be officially released.
As such, November 18th is recognized as the official birthday of Mickey Mouse, as declared by archivist Dave Smith in The success of Steamboat Willie later allowed for the official releases of both The Gallopin' Gaucho and Plane Crazy, remastered with sound. Mickey in The Karnival Kid, his first actual speaking role. A slew of shorts would quickly follow, a majority of which portrayed Mickey as a rascally mouse living in a barn-like setting.
As more cartoons were released, Mickey's character would continue to develop in significant ways. In The Opry House, Mickey was given his trademark gloves, which made him and other characters with black fur easier to animate. In The Plowboy, Mickey was given a friend in the form of Horace Horsecollar, who would regularly appear in Mickey's early shorts as his steed and sidekick. With Mickey's success all but assured, Disney was offered a deal—three hundred dollars in cash for the right to feature Mickey on a children's pencil tablet that was going to be produced.
Walt accepted, and thus began Mickey Mouse's foray into merchandising. Though the club had its start in the United States, it would later expand to overseas markets such as Europe and Australia. The club had over one million members. In June , J. Connelly of King Features Syndicate proposed the concept of a Mickey Mouse comic strip for newspapers.
By the summer of , the comic had appeared in up to forty newspapers across the world. By May of that year, the comics were taken over by Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson, who would become renowned for four decades worth of work on Mickey Mouse comic stories. Like Mickey's entry into merchandising, the first of Mickey's comic strips were credited to having attributed to ushering in Mickey's golden age and worldwide success. During this period, regardless of the fact that he was a cartoon character, Mickey was regarded as a cultural celebrity among Hollywood's finest.
Walt was even awarded an Honorary Academy Award for the creation of Mickey in The Disney artists indulged in this by producing Mickey's Gala Premiere in which paired Mickey with numerous A-list Hollywood stars. That same year, Mickey made his debut in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the third character from pop culture to have a licensed balloon. Mickey's cast of supporting characters would also grow during the early s, joining the likes of Minnie, Horace and Clarabelle Cow; Pluto first appeared as Mickey's pet dog in 's The Moose Hunt; Mickey's klutzy friend Goofy followed shortly thereafter in , as did Mickey's hot-tempered foil Donald Duck in Mickey in The Band Concert, his first official cartoon in color.
Walt had taken a gamble on Technicolor for the Silly Symphonies cartoons in Disney's cartoon, Flowers and Trees, was the first to break this new ground and was a success. This motivated Disney to regularly use color from then on out, though it would take another few years for this to translate into Mickey's cartoons.
Mickey's first appearance in color was in 's Parade of the Award Nominees, a short created for the 5th Academy Awards banquet. As a result, it was not released to the public. In his first animated appearance in color, Mickey donned green shorts, yellow gloves, and shoes. It wouldn't be until 's The Band Concert, that Mickey was given his first official cartoon in color. The short depicted Mickey as the struggling conductor of a public band concert, with such nuisances as Donald Duck and a sudden tornado causing havoc throughout the performance.
Despite the breakthrough, two more Mickey cartoons released that year in black and white; the last of which was Mickey's Kangaroo. With the introduction of color, Mickey's body structure was given a new look; his round body was replaced by a pear-shaped looking one and his head was changed so his nose was closer to his body. His ears were turned from round to oval and his eyes became more detailed the pupils smaller, the eye itself outlined instead of partially open.
Mickey in his Fred Moore redesign in The Pointer. As time went on, Mickey steadily became more of a character that audiences could sympathize with—a role model—mainly to appease unhappy parents who disapproved of Mickey's more controversial and flawed behavior. These characters became more popular as a result, and they were eventually given their own series of cartoons to headline. This would also lead to the famous series of comedy shorts pairing Mickey with Donald and Goofy, beginning with 's Mickey's Service Station.
Unfortunately, this did not come without repercussions. With his mischievous personality having been reduced, stripping a great deal of his comedy and charm, Mickey's cartoons declined in popularity. To remedy this issue, Disney looked to rebrand his most famous character. Fred Moore would be brought on to redesign Mickey to allow a broader range of emotion in the character animation, breaking away from the restricted motion of the Ub Iwerks design.
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