History YMMV / HouseOfMouse

* VillainDecay:
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]]...apparently he's ''afraid of the dark''.
** The Headless Horseman, like Gaston he was pretty much turned into a living RunningGag, his was that he had no head and can't speak. Really sucks the scary out of him.
** ''Not'' Pete for once, no, this position goes to the Phantom Blot, who went from an eponymous mastermind to someone who was tired of his old cloak because it had no color. Although he arguably gets his stride back in his third appearance in ''House of Mouse'', with him kidnapping ''every Disney character in the House.''

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]]...''afraid of the dark''.

* TheScrappy: Shelby Turtle, the annoying little hellion and KarmaHoudini that has gotten away with tormenting Donald ''and'' Mickey, is this in both the ''House of Mouse'' segments and the Mouseworks toons. His mother is also definitely one as well for never realizing how much trouble her son causes Donald.
* VillainDecay: ''Not'' Pete for once, no, this position goes to the Phantom Blot, who went from an eponymous mastermind to someone who was tired of his old cloak because it had no color. Although he arguably gets his stride back in his third appearance in ''House of Mouse'', with him kidnapping ''every Disney character in the House.''

* WhatAnIdiot: A minor one, but one has to wonder why they keep Gus Goose in their employ given his tendency to eat the food meant for the customers. Even by comedic toon standards, that seems counter-productive.

* FoeYay: Happens when Mickey accidentally sends Mortimer a sweet fax that was meant for Minnie in "Mickey's Mix-Up".

* DesignatedHero: Mickey and Minnie act like this on occasion. Like in "Donald's Lamp Trade", Mickey teases Donald for being "a ham" and Donald gets offended by it and later gets hypnotized by Jafar into thinking Mickey is not his friend and orders him to bring Jafar "the Lamp", which was later revealed to be Mickey's dressing lamp and Donald later gets turned into a ham, and [[OutOfCharacterMoment Minnie, of all people orders Gus Goose to eat Donald]], ''literally'' and they show no remorse and acts like he deserved it ''despite him being hypnotized''.

** The show has many characters from other Disney films they never included, in spite of being very popular--[[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Casey Junior]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel's sisters]], and [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Bimbettes]]--are left out entirely, with nary a mention to their whereabouts. Granted, Disney had only so many characters they could work with, but they could have at least snuck them in once or twice.

** One of the criticisms of ''{{WesternAnimation/Dumbo}}'' was that Jim Crow was voiced by a white actor imitating a black man (though the rest were voiced by actual black actors). When the crows make an appearance in "Donald Wants to Fly", Jim is voiced by black VA Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.

** The whole {{Crossover}} premise is rather under-utilised besides a few odd episodes, with mostly only the classic Disney cast taking up the majority of main storylines and shorts, and the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon cast mostly just played for quick gags, meta references or cameos.

* MagnificentBastard: "Mickey Foils the Phantom Blot": [[DarkIsEvil The Phantom Blot]] is a [[EvilIsHammy hammy supervillain]] who seeks to steal a credit card from Ludwig that'll get him access to every source of money in the world. Managing to steal it as Ludwig is conversing with the main trio, he traps them in an ink bowl when they pursue him, using the trap to escape on his blimp with the card. When Ludwig reveals that only he knows the PIN code to it, he quickly kidnaps him and uses him to gain access to the card, using it to rob everything he can while evading the police. Upon the trio managing to destroy the card later, he decides to flee and ejects them out of his blimp using a trap door, getting rid of Donald and Goofy while dealing with Mickey, keeping the mouse on his toes throughout the fight and only being beaten by his blimp suddenly crashing into a mountain.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Arguably counts for the Phantom Blot in the episode he became "The Phantom Rainbow", as he makes his first appearance in [[VideoGame/EpicMickey a video game]]. The game involves running colors but it's more... grim, in comparison.

--->'''Daisy:''' "And now no one needs a wake-up kiss like Gaston."

--->'''Hades:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker I... fail to see the humor.]]"

---> '''Timon:''' "Actually, no one asked the opinion of Gaston."

-->'''Mickey:''' [[LampshadeHanging That accomplished absolutely NOTHING.]]

** With Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s return to Disney, who knows what kind of conundrums he could bring to the table?

* DesignatedHero: Mickey and Minnie act like this on occasion. Like in "Donald's Lamp Trade", Mickey teases Donald for being "a ham" and Donald gets offended by it and later hypnotized by Jafar into thinking Mickey is not his friend and orders him to bring Jafar "the Lamp", which was later revealed to be Mickey's dressing lamp and Donald later gets turned into a ham, and [[OutOfCharacterMoment Minnie, of all people orders Gus Goose to eat Donald]], ''literally'' and they show no remorse and acts like he deserved it ''despite him being hypnotized''.

* FanficFuel: With the many Disney movies and TV shows having come out since the show's ending, many people who write fanfics or draw fanart about this show often write stories involving characters from movies such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', and others being involved in the hijinks at the House of Mouse. And then there's the animated shows Disney's ignored- ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', along with more popular ones like ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' and ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. This also stretches to the theme park attractions like ''Journey Into Imagination'' and video games like ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. This [[UpToEleven even extends]] to everyone else, like those from Pixar, The Avengers, Spider-Men, the X-Men, the ''Star Wars'' cast, the ''Indiana Jones'' cast and more from Disney's acquired properties.

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* CatharsisFactor: The show is arguably built upon this principle. Many of the classic Disney Villains are given more comedic traits and are often subject to jokes and slapstick. If there was a villain from any of the shorts or movies that scared you like the Big Bad Wolf, Chernabog or Maleficent? There's a good chance you'll get some relief from those terrors here.

** In "Donald's Lamp Trade", Mickey offends Donald by calling him "a ham" and he gets hypnotized by Jafar into bringing him the lamp and when it was revealed it wasn't the lamp he asked for, it was Mickey's dressing lamp, Donald gets turned into a ham by Jafar and Minnie has him to be eaten by Gus Goose, despite him being ''hypnotized'' [[AssholeVictim and he's somehow the bad guy who deserves it]].

** In "House of Crime", one of the clues to find the culprit behind the kidnappings at the club is "someone who was here since the beginning", and later, everyone thinks it was Mickey. This can be harder to watch for those who know that Walt Disney has been making cartoons long before Mickey was even conceived[[note]]Such as Pete, who made his debut in the ''Alice Cartoons'' series in the early 1900s.[[/note]]. Oswald fans may have the hardest time hearing this, since a crucial part of Oswald's character in ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is how Mickey replaced and overshadowed him.

*** And then ''[[Film/{{Descendants}} Descendants 3]]'' came along and revealed that [[spoiler:Mal is the daughter of both Maleficent and '' Hades'', although once again the ship had sunk.]]

--->'''Daisy:''' "And now no one needs a wake up kiss like Gaston."

* NightmareRetardant: The show takes tons of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon's most scariest and vilest villains, and makes them PunchClockVillain audience members who get in on the gags. ''Chernabog'' of all characters is a source of several gags, and loses a lot of his silent sinister mystique by talking here, in a goofy raspy voice. Basically if you or your kid ever got traumatised by one of the Disney franchise's bad guys, this is a good recovery source.

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* VillainDecay: ''Not'' Pete for once, no, this position goes to the Phantom Blot, who went from an eponymous mastermind, to someone who was tired of his old cloak because it had no color. Although he arguably gets his stride back in his third appearance in ''House of Mouse'', with him kidnapping ''every Disney character in the House.''

** [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Considering]] [[Film/TheLastJedi just]] [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 how]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph twist]] [[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama villains]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Disney]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 has]] [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries created]] [[Series/WandaVision ever]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome since]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse House]] [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Of]] [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 Mouse]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} ended]], [[Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms one]] [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier can]] [[WesternAnimation/Amphibia imagine]] [[WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyMovie that]] the line "[[EvilAllAlong A villain in disguise]]" would have played out differently if the series were made today.

** One of the band names used by Huey, Dewey, and Louie was [[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} Quackwerk]]. Quackwerks would later be the name of a company prominently featured in the WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck [[ComicBook/DarkwingDuck comic book]].

** [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Considering]] [[Film/TheLastJedi just]] [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 how]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph twist]] [[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama villains]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Disney]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 has]] [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries created]] [[Series/WandaVision ever]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome since]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse House]] [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Of]] [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 Mouse]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} ended]], one can imagine that the line "[[EvilAllAlong A villain in disguise]]" would have played out differently if the series were made today.

* CatharsisFactor: The show is arguably built upon this principle. Many of the classic Disney Villains are given more comedic traits and are often subject to jokes and slapstick. If there was a villain from any of the shorts or movies that scared you like Chernabog, The Big Bad Wolf or Maleficent? There’s a good chance you’ll get some relief from those terrors here.

* Catharsis Factor: The show is arguably built upon this principle. Many of the classic Disney Villains are given more comedic traits and are often subject to jokes and slapstick. If there was a villain from any of the shorts or movies that scared you like Chernabog, The Big Bad Wolf or Maleficent? There’s a good chance you’ll get some relief from those terrors here.

* HarsherInHindsight: In ''Mickey vs Shelby'', WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} compares a stage frightened Shelby to a DeerInTheHeadlights, before he gets stunned himself by [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Benny the Cab]]. In ''WesternAnimation/BambiII'' made eight years later, a PlayedForDrama focus in plot is Bambi suffering this trope before Man's attacks.

** It got even ''more'' insane following [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 the reboot of Ducktales]], where fans are already coming up with hi-jinks involving the 2017 incarnation of Webby, Lena de Spell, and of course, [[spoiler: shenanigans with Della Duck (Donald's twin sister) meeting Daisy]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Donald is this in some episodes when he gets no attention or respect from anyone. An example is "Everybody Loves Mickey" where he's presented in the wrong for hating Mickey because he gets more attention than him, but you can really sympathize with him since he's always the ButtMonkey, [[NoRespectGuy gets no respect from other people]], and is always treated like the bad guy. But when he throws Mortimer off stage for telling rude and unfunny jokes about Mickey, he finally gets the attention he deserves, but still you can feel sorry for him when he feels unwanted and just wants to be noticed.
%% ** He especially comes off as this when he gets tormented by his tormentors and he'll get blamed for their misdoing despite him being ''completely innocent''.
** In "Donald's Lamp Trade", he is shown to be completely in the wrong for being angry at Mickey for calling him "a ham" and stealing "the Lamp" (which wasn't the lamp he asked for, it was the lamp in Mickey's dressing room), but he was manipulated by Jafar into thinking that Mickey is not his friend and he gets turned into a ham by Jafar and ordered to be eaten by Gus Goose ''[[OutOfCharacterMoment by Minnie]].''

** [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Considering]] [[Film/TheLastJedi just]] [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 how]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph twist]] [[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama villains]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Disney]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 has]] [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries created]] [[Series/WandaVision ever]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome since]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse House]] [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Of]] [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 Mouse]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} ended]], one can imagine that the line "[[EvilAllAlong A villain in disguise]] would have

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*** And then ''[[Film/{{Descendants}} Descendants 3]]'' came along and revealed that [[spoiler:Mal is the daughter of both Maleficent and ''Hades'', although once again the ship had sunk.]]

** Although Max and Roxanne make recurring appearances in the series, Pete’s wife and kids do not appear at all. It would have been nice to see how they would react to Pete’s schemes to take over the club and what they would bring to the table in the episodes where he does take over. For instance; PJ could replace Max as the valet, Peg could replace Minnie as the manager and Pistol could replace the nephews as the house band?

* FanficFuel: With the many Disney movies and TV shows having come out since the show's ending, many people who write fanfics or draw fanart about this show often write stories involving characters from movies such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', and others being involved in the hijinks at the House of Mouse. And then there's the animated shows Disney's ignored- ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', along with more popular ones like ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' and ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. This also stretches to the theme park attractions like ''Journey Into Imagination'' and video games like ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. This [[UpToEleven even extends]] to everyone else, like those from Pixar, The Avengers, Spider-Men, the X-Men, the ''Star Wars'' cast, the ''Indiana Jones'' cast and more from Disney's acquired properties. Then there are even properties Disney has either shown on its channel(s), owned at one point or collaborated with, such as the ''Power Rangers'' (and by extension, pretty much anything from Hasbro like ''G.I. Joe'', ''Jem'', ''Transformers'', ''My Little Pony'' and so on), ''My Hero Academia'', pretty much anything from Capcom, ''Final Fantasy'' (and to a lesser extent, pretty much anything from Square-Enix), Ubisoft's ''Assassin's Creed'', ''Prince of Persia'' and ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'', anything from Bandai-Namco, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and ''Rick Riordan's Mythology'' book series, amongst others.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Considering the main conflict of the series was that Pete couldn’t tear down the House of Mouse so long as they always put on a show? Given the series’ cancellation? You could say Pete won.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Considering the main conflict of the series was that Pete couldn’t tear down the House of Mouse so long as they always out on a show? Given the series cancellation, you could say Pete won.