History Trivia / OswaldTheLuckyRabbit

* Main/SimilarlyNamedWorks: The [[Main/TheTwenties 1928]] short "Sky Scrappers" should not be confused with the [[Main/TheFifties 1957]] WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip cartoon of the same name.

* Main/SimilarlyNamedWorks: The [[UsefulNotes/TheTwenties 1928]] short "Sky Scrappers" should not be confused with the [[Main/TheFifties 1957]] WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip cartoon of the same name.

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The Disney Oswalds only ran for 26 shorts before falling into the ownership of Charles Mintz and later Creator/WalterLantz (whose shorts are rarely talked about now), but in the long run, due to laying the foundation of Disney's future work and prompting the creation of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, had a ''huge'' impact on changing the HistoryOfAnimation forever.

** In ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'', he's voiced by Creator/DavidErrigoJr instead of Creator/FrankWelker.

** Several of the '30s Lantz Oswald shorts have been lost, too many to list as is. Some of the Charles Mintz shorts still exist, but likewise several of them have been lost as well.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: You can bet your left foot that most people who are aware of Oswald's existence owe it to the series ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' (which was intentionally made as a comeback vehicle for both him and his brother, and the games at least acknowledge Oswald's original cartoons). Adding to the issue is that while half of his cartoons are available on DVD, said set only got a limited release, [[NoExportForYou and wasn't released in other countries.]]

* TheWikiRule: [[http://oswaldtheluckyrabbit.wikia.com/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit_Wiki The Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Wiki]].

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Essentially why Walt was no longer able to use him until his company bought him back long after he passed..

* TakeThat: Some believed that name of the villain of Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', Charles Muntz, was a jab at Charles Mintz. However, this was disproved by Pixar staff, who claimed that it was just a coincidence.

* WolverinePublicity: Reissues of pre-1940's Lantz cartoons would often feature Oswald in the title, even if he never appeared in the cartoon to begin with.

* DigitalDestruction:
** The Walt Disney Treasures DVD set has fine restorations for the most part, but DVNR issues pop up in "Oh, What A Knight!", and "Bright Lights" had a missing part of its transfer found and spliced into the collection at the 11th hour (and the print had considerable issues like sprocket damage, with no time to properly fix or restore it), which resulted in a shaky, jumpy picture with interlacing during part of it. The pencil test for the lost film "Sagebrush Sadie" that was included as an extra was also shot at the wrong framerate (30 FPS as opposed to 24 FPS) which resulted in the tests being at played way too fast of a speed, and whole drawings were revealed to have been dropped from the video when the pencil tests are still framed, all due to this framerate blunder.
** The Lantz Oswald cartoons included on the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker DVD sets got hit with bad DVNR problems too; while the Oswald Rabbit shorts "Hells Heels" and "Spooks" only has it in only minor form, "Grandma's Pet" has some really bad line and art erasing issues.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: But now his company does.
* HostageForMacguffin: In RealLife. Oswald, even after 80 years, was still owned by NBC[=/=]Universal, not Creator/{{Disney}}. To get him back into their intellectual property, Disney gave Creator/{{Universal}} one of their sportscasters, Al Michaels. To understand how crazy this was: Disney traded the contract of a LIVING PERSON for the rights to an old cartoon character.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros / ColbertBump: You can bet your left foot that most people who are aware of Oswald's existence owe it to the series ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' (which was intentionally made as a comeback vehicle for both him and his brother, and the games at least acknowledge Oswald's original cartoons). Adding to the issue is that while half of his cartoons are available on DVD, said set only got a limited release, [[NoExportForYou and wasn't released in other countries.]]

** There were originally plans to do a new series of shorts for Creator/DisneyPlus. However, it would be stuck in DevelopmentHell for a number of years, before it was [[https://whatsondisneyplus.com/oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-disney-series-confirmed-to-be-cancelled/ ultimately cancelled]] in 2021.

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The Disney Oswalds only ran for 26 shorts before falling into the ownership of Charles Mintz and later Creator/WalterLantz (whose shorts are rarely talked about now), but in the long run, due to laying the foundation of Disney's future work and prompting the creation of MickeyMouse, had a ''huge'' impact on changing the HistoryOfAnimation forever.

** Despite Disney buying him in 2006, Oswald is not considered to be a part of the [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey and Friends]] brand and outside of the ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' games and related media, he is effectively forbidden from appearing in any other Mickey Mouse related media outside of minor cameos.
** He is also apparently prohibited from appearing in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', as Creator/TetsuyaNomura wanted to include him in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', but was shot down by Disney.

** Despite Disney buying him in 2006, Oswald is not considered to be a part of [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey and the gang]] and outside of the ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' games, he is effectively forbidden from appearing in any Mickey related media, instead being treated as his own independent entity. Tara Billinger (character designer of the [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013 2013 Mickey short series]]) has heavily implied that the team can only get away with having him in minor background cameos at the very most, but nothing more.
** He is also exiled from appearing in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', as according to Creator/TetsuyaNomura, he wanted to include him in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', but was shot down by Disney.

** He is also exiled from appearing in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', as according to Creator/TetsuyaNomura, he wanted to include him in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', but was shot down by Disney.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Despite Disney buying him in 2006, Oswald is not considered to be a part of [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey and the gang]] and outside of the ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' games, he is effectively forbidden from appearing in any Mickey related media, instead being treated as his own independent entity, most likely because he predates Mickey and the gang. Tara Billinger (character designer of the [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013 2013 Mickey short series]]) has heavily implied that the team can only get away with having him in minor background cameos at the very most.

* ImageSource:
** TheWoobie

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Radio Rhythm", an early Lantz Oswald with numerous outdated references to 1930's radio stars.

** A cameo by Oswald as a racer in Sugar Rush was considered for ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph' at some point in development.