Mickey Mouse
About Mickey Mouse
While not the most prolific of Disney characters, the Disney Mickey Mouse Cartoon series is surely the most famous. As Disney himself was fond of saying, "It all started with a mouse." Originally to be named "Mortimer Mouse", Walt's wife Lillian thought the name was too "sissified" and suggested Mickey as an alternative.
With over one hundred cartoons to his credit, Mickey has seen it all. Mickey was there at the beginning of sound cartoons. He has seen black and white and color film stocks. Her has even been married, but that was only in a dream.
Mickey's most recent short was over fifteen years ago, in 1995. Since that time, he seems content to be a corporate symbol rather than an animation star.
Cartoons
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Plane Crazy
Mickey tries to emulate his hero, Charles Lindbergh, and woo Minnie with his own, homemade airplane.
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Steamboat Willie
A loose parody of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Mickey is a roustabout on Pegleg Pete's river steamer. After a goat eats the sheet music, Mickey and Minnie use various objects at hand (in…
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The Gallopin' Gaucho
Gaucho Mickey flirts tempestuously with Minnie in a cantina, but must come to her rescue when bandit Pete captures her. He only rescues her after a manic sword fight.
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Barn Dance
Mickey wants to take Minnie to a dance, but Pete's flashy car beats Mickey's horse-drawn wagon as her transportation of choice. At the dance, Mickey uses some balloons to make himself light…
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The Opry House
Mickey owns and performs at his own theater. At various points, he goes on stage in drag as a harem girl, in a derby as a Hasidic Jew, and finally in a wig as a fancy pianist.
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When The Cat's Away
While Kat Nipp, drunk on bootlegged hooch, is away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and an army of mice ransack the feline's home for food.
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The Barnyard Battle
It's the Civil War all over again, this time with mice and cats. Commandant Pete leads the cats in a raid on Mickey's farm. After enlisting in the army, Mickey mounts a spirited defense of…
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The Plow Boy
Down on the farm, Mickey flirts with Minnie. She spurns him, making him look bad in the eyes of his helper, Horace Horsecollar.
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The Karnival Kid
When Mickey starts selling hot dogs at the fair, he naturally has a rivalry with Kat Nipp. Later, he serenades "shimmy dancer" Minnie with the help of two rowdy cat pals.
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Mickey's Choo-Choo
Mickey's running a small-town railroad. When he takes Minnie for a ride, everyone is on for a wild time.
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Mickey's Follies
Mickey and his barnyard pals put on a show that includes dancing ducks, opera singing by Patricia Pig, and Mickey's own rendition of what will become his theme song, "Minnie's Yoo Hoo."
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The Jazz Fool
Mickey and Horace gather a rural audience and put on a musical show. First the duo treats us to a xylophone performance, then to an elaborate piano solo.
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The Haunted House
When Mickey takes shelter from a ferocious storm inside an old haunted house, he must play the organ for the ghost and skeleton dance.
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Wild Waves
Mickey rescues Minnie from drowning, then plays music with various beach animals.
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Jungle Rhythm
Mickey goes hunting in the jungles of Africa. He ends up singing, dancing and playing music with the strange and wonderful animals that he finds there.
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The Barnyard Concert
Mickey, Horace, Clarabelle, and others put on a concert and dance to the "Poet and Peasant Overture."
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Just Mickey
Mickey the long-hair violinist plays "Traumerei" from the William Tell Overture and a Hungarian dance in a rousing violin performance.
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The Cactus Kid
Riding in on Horace, Mickey enters a western town. Unfortunately, his mischievous antics fail to impress a Mexican Minnie. But when the dastardly Pegleg Pedro kidnaps Minnie, Mickey succeed…
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The Shindig
Mickey, Minnie, Horace, and Clarabelle are off to a wild barn dance. There Mickey plays the harmonica and dances with gigantic Patricia Pig, then joins Minnie in a duet on "Pop Goes the Wea…
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The Fire Fighters
Mickey, Horace, and a motley crew of firemen charge to a burning hotel, where they use a variety of (comic) means to extinguish the flames and save Minnie.
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The Chain Gang
An homage to the Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel and Hardy prison comedies. Mickey's a prisoner on jailer Pegleg Pete's rock pile. In a riot, he escapes, but when he's pursued by the jail guards…
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The Gorilla Mystery
Beppo the Gorilla has escaped from the zoo and captures Minnie, tying her up in her own attic. Mickey hunts down the kidnapper, eventually capturing the ape.
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The Picnic
Mickey and Minnie go picnicking but make the mistake of bringing Rover (Pluto) along. The hound chases rabbits and damages Mickey's car.
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Pioneer Days
One of the earliest "costume dramas" featuring Mickey and his gang, Mickey and Minnie are out West and are attacked by Indians. Minnie is captured. Mickey comes looking for her, and is capt…
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The Birthday Party
Minnie, Horace, and Clarabelle and hordes of others join together for this big birthday celebration. Virtually all of the early supporting characters make an appearance at the surprise part…
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Traffic Troubles
In this short, Mickey is a taxi driver. He takes Percy Pig to an appointment, but loses him on the way. His next fare doesn't fare much better; Minnie must go to her music lesson, but a det…
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The Castaway
Mickey is alone on a raft, and cast up on a desert island. Luckily, there are plenty of bananas and, of course, a piano.
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The Moose Hunt
Mickey and Pluto are out on a moose hunt. Things start off on a bad foot (paw?) when Mickey thinks he's shot Pluto and Pluto does nothing to dissuade that notion. Things continue to go bad…
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The Delivery Boy
Mickey's new job is delivering musical instruments. On his way, he stops his wagon to take them out and play them with Minnie. Mickey plays on everything in sight, such as animal udders, ri…
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Mickey Steps Out
Mickey and Pluto head over to Minnie's place, for some singing, dancing and piano playing. But when an alley cat gets into Minnie's house, their whole afternoon of music is ruined.
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Blue Rhythm
Mickey plays the orchestra leader in this takeoff of Ted Lewis.
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Fishin' Around
Despite fishing in a posted "No Fishing" area, Mickey and Pluto just can't catch a bite. The fish even taunt them. Fun turns to frolic and danger when the game warden shows up to put an end…
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The Barnyard Broadcast
Mickey and the gang make a wild radio show broadcast on station ICU.
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The Beach Party
Just a day at the beach for Mickey and his pals. Mickey has to rescue Pluto after he is swept off the beach by an Octopus.
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Mickey Cuts Up
Mickey and Pluto go over to Minnie's house to do some yard work. Pluto causes more problems than help when he chases a stray cat with the lawn mower following his every move.
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Mickey's Orphans
Mickey and Minnie are celebrating Yuletide when a bunch of orphan kittens are left on their doorstep in a basket. Although the pair are overrun by the mewling troublemakers, Mickey, Minnie…
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The Duck Hunt
Mickey takes Pluto duck hunting, but the tables are turned on them. Who is the hunter, and who the hunted?
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The Grocery Boy
Mickey (and Pluto) are delivering a grocery order to Minnie. She and Mickey make dinner in time to the music, but Pluto steals the turkey and causes chaos when they try to retrieve it.
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The Mad Dog
While being given a bath, Pluto inadvertently swallows the soap. He runs away, and the bubbles from his mouth make the dogcatcher think he is rabid.
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Barnyard Olympics
With Horace as his trainer, Mickey competes against Pete at running, vaulting, rowing, and a delightfully crazy bicycle race.
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Mickey's Revue
Mickey, Minnie, Horace and Clarabelle put on another big show. In the audience, Dippy Dawg is a constant annoyance eating peanuts and laughing.
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Musical Farmer
Mickey performs all his chores while whistling or singing. The big excitement is when Fanny the hen, who hasn't laid an egg in some time, lays a super-giant egg. The whole farm celebrates,…
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Mickey In Arabia
While on vacation in Arabia, Sultan Pete kidnaps Minnie for his harem.
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Mickey's Nightmare
As Mickey is sleeping, Pluto licks him, causing Mickey to dream that Minnie is kissing him. Mickey proposes marriage, wedding Minnie in a church service. The imagined union turns to catastr…
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Trader Mickey
While taking a shipload of musical instruments along the African coast, Mickey and Pluto are captured by a chief and his tribe of cannibals. Mickey ends up in a stew, with Pluto as an appet…
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The Whoopee Party
Mickey and his pals throw a wild party, with Minnie playing a hot piano. Free eats are creatively assembled. The jazz is so hot that the furniture starts to dance! Matches burn and turn int…
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Touchdown Mickey
Mickey- as the classic sports hero- saves the day on the gridiron when Mickey's Manglers take on the Alley Cats. Goofy takes care of the broadcast of the game.
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The Wayward Canary
Mickey's bought a canary to give Minnie as a pet, but doesn't know that the bird has babies, too. The young ones fly around Minnie's house, and an old cat tries to catch them. Mickey causes…
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The Klondike Kid
An homage to the classic leaning cabin sequence from Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush. Mickey entertains guests at a saloon as a piano player, then comforts poor, homeless Minnie. Pete comes…
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Mickey's Good Deed
On Christmas Eve, Mickey needs money to help out a poor mother's desperate children. So he sells Pluto to a rich family- whose spoiled brat gives the pooch a real run for his money.
