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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mouse_factory_6079.jpg]]
2	''The Mouse Factory'' is a sydicated program produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Productions]] and created by Disney veteran [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball]]. Each show had a special guest host interacting with costumed characters from the Ride/DisneyThemeParks and introducing cartoons (or excerpts from feature films) themed around a different subject.
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4	The show aired from 1972 to 1974 in syndication and lasted two seasons. The show was rerun on Creator/DisneyChannel in the 1980s and 1990s.
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6	!!The Trope Factory:
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8	* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Episodes often have short "Did You Know?" segments pertaining to the episode's subject.
9	* BrokenRecord: In "Music", guests Skiles and Henderson stumble into a "WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Museum" and find statues of Disney characters who move and talk when the [[WindUpKey keys]] on their backs are turned.
10	-->"Ha-ha, hi everybody! Ha-ha, hi everybody!"
11	* CreditsGag: The guest stars are credited as "Mickey's Friend".
12	* FurryConfusion: During the opening clock-punching sequence of "Noah's Ark", guest Bill Dana checks off the Disney animals two-by-two. He checks two mice (Mickey & Minnie), two ducks (Donald & Daisy), two chipmunks (Chip 'n' Dale) and two...''goofies''? Said goofies were WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and a character that can be described only as Goofy in drag ([[NegativeContinuity it's just a one-off gag]]).
13	* OnceAnEpisode:
14	** After the credits of each episode, the guest star appears to say "TheEnd" in a rather humorous fashion.
15	** Each episode also begins with several Disney characters and guest star [[AnimatedActors punching the clocks]], followed by a rapid-fire montage of clips from the episode to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "Whistle While You Work"]].
16	* SelfDeprecation: The animated closing sequence for the first season features Mickey Mouse driving a biplane, which gets eaten by a Film/KingKong {{Expy}}.
17	* TheStinger: See OnceAnEpisode above.
18	* StockFootage

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