History WesternAnimation / GetAHorse

!!''Get a Horse!'' provides example of:

* AspectRatioSwitch: The short starts out on a small screen on black. When Mickey breaks through the screen, the rest of the wide area lights up to reveal the theater the cartoon is playing in. Afterwards, Mickey pulls back the curtains on the theater stage to reveal a wider animated screen underneath.

* LogoJoke: The Disney logo at the end is in black and white, with "Disney" written in an older signature font and Clarabelle is jumping over the castle with a trail of pixie dust ([[{{Squick}} or is it?]]) behind her.

** So is Pete saying he's going to "knock [Mickey] into next week." [[spoiler:Only to over do it and send Mickey into next ''century''.]]

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Your nachos will get wrecked. [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope And it works both ways;]] if Pete thinks the theater screen will protect him, he's got another thing coming (and then some).]]

This short is notable in that it utilized Creator/WaltDisney's voice for Mickey Mouse. The short was released on November 27, 2013, on the same theatrical bill as ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. It was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to ''Mr. Hublot''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Clarabelle tries to hitch a ride on Horace's hay cart by [[ShowSomeLeg showing a little leg]]... and udder.
** Pete's stare at Minnie is drawn with a straight dotted line, when Mickey notices and replaces Minnie with a Clarabelle, Pete's stare line becomes flaccid and limp.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Your nachos will get wrecked. [[spoiler:And it works both ways; if Pete thinks the theater screen will protect him, he's got another thing coming (and then some).]]

* RewindGag: PlayedWith. When Mickey [[BreakingTheFourthWall literally breaks the fourth wall]], he discovers he can use this trope to help him defeat Peg Leg Pete by rotating the screen. He rewinds and fast forwards the on-screen events in order to wear Pete down.

* TheCameo: Near the end, OswaldTheLuckyRabbit pops in for a quick cameo.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Your nachos will get wrecked. [[spoiler:And it works both ways; if Pete thinks the theater screen will protect him, he's got another thing coming.]]

''Get a Horse!'' is a 2013 Creator/{{Disney}} animated short starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, the first theatrical short featuring the character since 1995's ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain''.

This short is notable in that it utilized Creator/WaltDisney's voice for Mickey Mouse. Directed by Lauren [=MacMullan=] (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''), the short was released on November 27, 2013, on the same theatrical bill as ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. It was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to ''Mr. Hublot''.

''Get a Horse!'' is a 2013 Creator/{{Disney}} animated short starring Disney/MickeyMouse, the first theatrical short featuring the character since 1995's ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain''.

!!This cartoon contains an example of:

* ExorcistHead: Mickey's head does a 360 while following his crawling sentient shoe.

* FilmWithinAFilm: [[spoiler: The premise of the short is that the characters somehow managed to literally break the fourth wall and thus, can go between it as long as there's a hole in it.]]
* FisherKingdom: [[spoiler: Our world not only makes the characters colored, it also depicts them as CGI characters.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The anthropomorphic horn's line "Make way for the future!" becomes more poignant in that [[spoiler:1928's Mickey enters the world of 2013 and interacts with modern technology.]]

* FoundFootage: Parodied. It was initially promoted as a "lost" Mickey Mouse cartoon that was made shortly after ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'',[[spoiler: but partway through, it proves to be anything but]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Mickey imitates an Army bugle to call the others for help, the hay wagon can be seen in the background moving like a tank.

** Clarabelle tries to hitch a ride on Horace's hay cart by [[ShowSomeLeg showing a little leg]]...and udder.

* ManipulativeEditing: Voice tracks from previous Mickey cartoons were used to create new dialogue. [[hottip:*: It took two weeks for the editors to edit Walt Disney's voice clips to assemble the word 'red' and to make it sound like a surprised statement.]]
* MediumAwareness: The characters become this once [[spoiler: Mickey was literally knocked right out of the cartoon.]]

* [[spoiler:TheOner]]: [[spoiler: Beyond the theatre screen, the whole short takes place in one shot!]]

* RealWorldEpisode: [[spoiler: The true premise of the film is that the ''Steamboat Willie''-era Mickey Mouse inadvertently managed to literally jump out of the theatre screen while his short was playing. In modern day times.]]

** [[spoiler:Horace is briefly seen wearing a ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' t-shirt. Besides being a nice little CallForward to the later-released ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Cap is a contemporary of Mickey and the gang who ''also'' found himself in the modern day.]]

* TitleDrop: After Pete is defeated, his car horn comes to life and honks at him "Get a horse!".

* [[spoiler:TheOner]]: [[spoiler: Beyond the theatre screen, the whole short takes place in one shot!]]

* ShownTheirWork: They really put effort to give it that early sound film quality, including cel mistakes, film scratches and poor-quality soundtrack.

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* StylisticSuck: They really put effort to give it that early sound film quality, including cel mistakes, film scratches and poor-quality soundtrack.

** [[spoiler:Horace is briefly seen wearing a ''CaptainAmerica'' t-shirt. Besides being a nice little CallForward to the later-released ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Cap is a contemporary of Mickey and the gang who ''also'' found himself in the modern day.]]

* {{Retreaux}}: Done in the style of a 1920s cartoon [[spoiler:until Mickey mouse finds himself in the real world.]]

This short is notable in that it utilized Creator/WaltDisney's voice for Mickey Mouse. Directed by Lauren [=MacMullan=] (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''), the short was released on November 27, 2013, on the same theatrical bill as ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. It was nominated for the AcademyAward for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to ''Mr. Hublot''.

The full short can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5hVruHRYcA here]].

The full short can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFgaZK13vvc here]].

* FisherKingdom: [[spoiler: Our world not makes the characters colored, it also depicts them as CGI characters.]]

** So is Pete saying he's going to "smack [Mickey] into next week." [[spoiler:Only to over do it and send Mickey into next ''century''.]]

''Get a Horse!'' is a 2013 Creator/{{Disney}} animated short starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, the first theatrical short featuring the character since 1995's ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain''.

** And let's not get into [[spoiler:the CGI]].

* BulletSeed: [[spoiler: Mickey uses Horace as a makeshift biplane and he spits Milk Duds as ammo.]]
** Later, Pete [[spoiler:closes up the screen by swallowing a can of nails and spitting them across the bottom.]]

* TheChewToy: Pete.

* FilmWithinAFilm
* FisherKingdom: [[spoiler: Our world.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Clarabelle tries to hitch a ride on Horace's hay cart by [[ShowSomeLeg showing a little leg]]...and udder.

* MediumAwareness

* MickeyMousing: Naturally.
* NonSequiturThud: "Company dismissed!" (The line originally came from ''[[WartimeCartoon Donald Gets Drafted]]''.)
** And right before that: "I used to have a little cat once!" (Originally from ''Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip.'')

* PortalPicture: [[spoiler:The theater screen.]]

* RealWorldEpisode

* {{Retreaux}}: Done in the style of a 1920s cartoon [[spoiler:until...]]
* RubberHoseLimbs

** [[spoiler:Mickey leaping out of his own cartoon might be a nod to ''Film/SherlockJr'' or ''Film/ThePurpleRoseOfCairo''.]]

* StylisticSuck: See ShownTheirWork above.

* XRaySparks: When Pete hits the telephone wires.