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6	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub Made for you and me.]]''[[note]]"90 Years of Mickey Mouse" painted by Disney artist Tim Rogerson; center: Mickey's modern design; clockwise from top: ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', Paul Rudish's ''[[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013 Mickey Mouse]]'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert'', ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'', WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy'', and ''WesternAnimation/BraveLittleTailor''.[[/note]]]]
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11	->''"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse."''
12	-->-- '''Walt Disney'''
13
14	In 1928, Creator/WaltDisney had just lost the rights to his biggest cartoon star, WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, to Charles Mintz at [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Studios]] and needed a replacement. Creator/UbIwerks, one of three animators[[note]]the other two being Les Clark (who would become the first of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen) and Johnny Cannon[[/note]] who had stuck with Walt after the Oswald fiasco, designed a mouse inspired by a pet mouse Walt had back in his farm life. Walt [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally intended to name the new character Mortimer Mouse]] (which would later go on to be the name of the sleazy CasanovaWannabe who would always unsuccessfully pine for [[WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse Minnie's]] affection), but his wife, Lillian Bounds, suggested he go with the cuter-sounding name of Mickey.
15
16	''The'' most recognizable fictional character of all time was then born, and the rest is history.
17
18	Getting Mickey off the ground wasn't an easy task, though. Two cartoons, ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho'', were made and given limited release, but they failed to impress audiences or find a distributor. For the third film, ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', they added a synchronized soundtrack. The addition of sound to the series paid off and made Mickey one of the most prominent cartoon stars of the time.
19
20	The early Mickey Mouse cartoons are some of the most prominent examples of MickeyMousing (which he is the TropeNamer of) ever done in a cartoon--it was done to the point where many, many cartoons were built ''solely'' around the novelty of the characters being able to tap or move to the beat of the soundtrack.
21
22	In his earliest shorts, Mickey was a roguish AntiHero, who had no problem drinking beer, smoking and stealing kisses from Minnie. Over the years, he evolved into a more boyish and cheerful personality, an underdog with a heart of gold. In 1935, Mickey's cartoons were upgraded to color, but his days as a headlining star in his own shorts were beginning to end--WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup and newcomers WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} were soon dominating several of his shorts.
23
24	In 1940, Creator/{{Disney}} tried to give Mickey a comeback via the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''. Unfortunately, the film bombed and thus negated this comeback. During this time, Mickey was slightly redesigned to have more expressive eyes than before.
25
26	As time went by, Mickey's shorts became less and less frequent in number, overshadowed by his contemporaries and reduced to a bit player. While another attempt at a comeback was done via the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', it was once again a failure. In 1953, Disney finally retired Mickey, with the last of his original theatrical cartoons being ''The Simple Things''.
27
28	For the next several decades, Mickey would continue to appear in television reruns, ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'', merchandise and the Ride/DisneyThemeParks in addition to still being the face of the company.
29
30	It wasn't until 1983 that he would make his cartoon comeback in the featurette ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''. While that film was billed as Mickey's comeback, he was still reduced to a minor role as the character of Bob Crachitt, with Scrooge [=McDuck=] headlining the cartoon instead.
31
32	Mickey would cameo with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in the hit 1988 feature film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
33
34	In 1990, Disney gave him another featurette, ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', where Mickey received a central role in a cartoon for the first time in decades.
35
36	1995 proceeded to give us a DarkerAndEdgier update of the character, via the theatrical cartoon ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain'', obviously borrowing influence from the more adventurous Mickey of the Floyd Gottfredson comics. Unfortunately, it caused a big stir among parents, causing the short to fall into company Discontinuity and Mickey's theatrical cartoon career was once again put on ice.
37
38	In 1999, Disney blessed Mickey with a TV revival called ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'', later retooled into ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' in 2001. Essentially lower-budget versions of the original cartoons, both programs went on to be big hits.
39
40	In 2004, Mickey received a direct-to-video film along with Donald and Goofy called ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers''.
41
42	In 2006, Mickey received a preschool show called ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''. It quickly became one of his most popular and successful TV shows ever. Even after it ended in 2016, it still remains the definitive version of Mickey and his friends for a whole generation. The success of ''Clubhouse'' would pave the way for more preschool shows starring Mickey and his friends, such as ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'' (later renamed ''Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'') in 2017, ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse'' in 2021, and a reboot of ''Clubhouse'' set to debut in 2025.
43
44	In 2010, Disney once again attempted a DarkerAndEdgier Mickey Mouse story, but this time with a video game--headlined by Creator/WarrenSpector, creator of ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and then-closet Disney fanboy. The video game, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'', brought the mouse back to his roots, reuniting many of the classic Disney characters, including Disney's original cartoon star and Mickey's long-lost half-brother, WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit. Critical reception was hit or miss, but the game was a hit, selling over a million copies on release. A sequel was made in 2012 called ''VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerOfTwo'', but it didn't sell very well, causing Disney to close down Junction Point Studios so they could detour their gaming production elsewhere, ending the franchise.
45
46	The ''Epic Mickey'' series wasn't Mickey's only major contribution to the video game medium. In 1990, Disney licensed ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'', developed by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem. It was a 2D side-scrolling platform game with Mickey as the main character. The game became a major hit and is considered to this day as an all-time classic which even had a sequel: ''VideoGame/WorldOfIllusion'', released in 1992. He also plays a prominent role in the popular ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series from Creator/SquareEnix, in which he displays a BadassAdorable personality and [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]]-like combat skills.
47
48	In 2013, Disney hired Paul Rudish to produce a series of [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013 new Mickey Mouse animated shorts]] for Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney.com, and Disney's official Website/YouTube channels. The first season began airing on Disney Channel on June 28th of that year, starting with "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E1NoService No Service]]". The show ran for a total of five seasons and also received two [[Recap/MickeyMouseS3E21DuckTheHallsAMickeyMouseChristmasSpecial half-hour]] [[Recap/MickeyMouseS4E9TheScariestStoryEver specials]]. Every short made can be seen online [[http://video.disney.com/ here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyShorts/videos here]]. The show was later retooled as ''The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse'' for Disney's streaming platform, Creator/DisneyPlus, in 2020.
49
50	Also in 2013, Mickey starred in a new theatrical short called ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'', a throwback to Mickey's early days as a scrappy barnyard character.
51
52	As of 2024, due to ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' and the silent versions of ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy''[[note]] the sound version was released in 1929, so that version is still copyrighted untill 2025[[/note]] and ''WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho''[[note]]the sound version, although released on December 30, 1928, had its copyright registered in 1929, so that version is still copyrighted until 2025[[/note]] entering PublicDomain in the United States, the early version of Mickey featured in those shorts is now a PublicDomainCharacter, along with their iterations of Minnie and Pete. Note that this ''only'' applies to those versions; Mickey designs resembling his modern appearance (most notably his small eyes, his pale pinkish face and his physical "roundness" in his later appearances) are still off-limits to anyone but The Walt Disney Company. In addition, Mickey's trademark still applies; one cannot use 1928's Mickey in a misleading fashion to make it seem like a product was approved by or associated with Disney.
53
54	We can still hope that Mickey will go on and on into the future, to be loved by old and new generations.
55
56	Despite some people thinking differently, he and Minnie ''are'', by [[WordOfGod word of their creator]], actually happily married outside of their acting careers and just play whatever roles they need to play onscreen at the time. However, Walt did not confirm whether or not the two mice have any children.
57
58	His current official voice actor since 2009 is illustrator Bret Iwan in all productions except for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse\|2013}}'' shorts, Ride/MickeyAndMinniesRunawayRailway, ''WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse'', and ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' where he is instead voiced by actor Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos. Creator/WaltDisney himself was the original voice of Mickey, and Diamantopoulos's vocal portrayal is a throwback to Disney's portrayal. The most famous, and memorable, Mickey voice, however, has got to be the late Creator/WayneAllwine, who voiced the iconic mouse from the mid-1970s until his death in 2009.
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60	[[foldercontrol]]
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62	[[folder: Mickey Mouse Filmography]]
63	!1928
64	* WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy: May 15, Walt Disney: Made in secret by Disney and Ub while they were still finishing the last Oswald cartoons. Ub animated the whole short on two weeks notice. Debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Originally a silent cartoon.
65	* WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho: August 2, Walt Disney: Second short produced in the series. Originally a silent cartoon. First time Mickey was shown wearing shoes, and in the middle of the short, his eyes would evolve into his iconic "classic" appearance.
66	* WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie: November 18, Walt Disney: First Mickey Mouse cartoon with sound, the one short that got Disney Studios off the ground and kicked off UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.
67
68	!1929
69	* The Barn Dance: March 14, Walt Disney
70	* The Opry House: March 28, Walt Disney: The first short where Mickey wears his famous WhiteGloves.
71	* When the Cat's Away: May 3, Walt Disney: An odd short in the series, depicting Mickey and Minnie as actual household mice.
72	* The Plow Boy: Walt Disney, June 28: First appearance of Horace Horsecollar.
73	* The Karnival Kid: Walt Disney, July 31: Mickey's first speaking appearance--his first lines being "Hot dogs!"
74	* Mickey's Follies: Wilfred Jackson, August 28: First appearance of Patricia Pig, and debut of Mickey's original theme song "Minnie's Yoo Hoo".
75	* Mickey's Choo-Choo: Walt Disney, October 1
76	* The Barnyard Battle: Burt Gillett: October 10
77	* The Jazz Fool: Walt Disney, October 15
78	* Jungle Rhythm: Walt Disney November 15
79	* "Haunted House" Walt Disney December 2
80	* "Wild Waves" Walt Disney December 21
81
82	!1930
83
84	* "The Barnyard Concert" Walt Disney April 5
85	* "Fiddling Around" Walt Disney March 14[[note]]Also known as "Just Mickey"[[/note]]
86	* "The Cactus Kid" Walt Disney May 15
87	* "The Fire Fighters" Burt Gillett July 25
88	* "The Shindig" Burt Gillett July 29
89	* "The Chain Gang" Burt Gillett September 5: First appearance of [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]].
90	* "The Gorilla Mystery" Burt Gillett October 10
91	* "The Picnic" Burt Gillett October 23
92	* "Pioneer Days" Burt Gillett December 5
93	* "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" Walt Disney December 25: A sing-a-long reel made for the Mickey Mouse Clubs featuring Mickey leading a rendition of the theme song from "Mickey's Follies".
94
95	!1931
96
97	* "The Birthday" Burt Gillett January 7
98	* "Traffic Troubles" Burt Gillett March 14
99	* "The Castaway" Wilfred Jackson April 6
100	* "The Moose Hunt" Burt Gillett May 3
101	* "The Delivery Boy" Burt Gillett June 13
102	* "Mickey Step's Out" Burt Gillett July 7
103	* "Blue Rhythm" Burt Gillett August 18
104	* "Fishin' Around" Burt Gillett September 25
105	* "The Barnyard Broadcast" Burt Gillett October 10
106	* "The Beach Party" Burt Gillett November 5
107	* "Mickey Cuts Up" Burt Gillett November 30
108	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysOrphans" Burt Gillett December 9
109	* "Around the World In Eighty Minutes": An otherwise live action feature contains a very brief animated segment featuring the lovable mouse.
110
111	!1932
112
113	* "The Duck Hunt" Burt Gillett January 28
114	* "The Grocery Boy" Wilfred Jackson February 11
115	* "The Mad Dog" Burt Gillett March 5
116	* "Barnyard Olympics" Wilfred Jackson April 15
117	* "Mickey's Revue" Wilfred Jackson May 25: Debut of WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
118	* "Musical Farmer" Wilfred Jackson June 23
119	* "Mickey in Arabia" Wilfred Jackson July 18
120	* "Mickey's Nightmare" Burt Gillett August 13
121	* "Trader Mickey" Dave Hand August 20
122	* "The Whoopee Party" Wilfred Jackson September 17
123	* "Touchdown Mickey" Wilfred Jackson October 15
124	* "The Wayward Canary" Burt Gillett November 12
125	* "The Klondike Kid" Wilfred Jackson November 12
126	* Parade Of The Award Nominees: November 18: Technically not a Mickey Mouse cartoon, although it does have Mickey appearing in the opening, in his very first color appearance, no less!
127	* [[WesternAnimation/MickeysGoodDeed Mickey's Good Deed]]: December 17
128
129	!1933
130
131	* WesternAnimation/BuildingABuilding
132	* WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor
133	* Mickey's Pal Pluto
134	* WesternAnimation/MickeysMellerdrammer
135	* WesternAnimation/YeOldenDays
136	* The Mail Pilot
137	* Mickey's Mechanical Man
138	* Mickey's Gala Premier
139	* Puppy Love: First appearance of Minnie's dog Fifi.
140	* The Pet Store
141	* The Steeplechase
142	* Giantland
143
144	!1934
145
146	* Hollywood Party: While this is actually an MGM movie, the bulk of which is live action, Mickey does make a brief appearance, in an interesting [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action / animation]] encounter with Creator/JimmyDurante.
147	* Shanghaied
148	* Camping Out
149	* Playful Pluto: A short that has gained recognition among Disney animators for the famous "Flypaper Sequence", a milestone in personality animation.
150	* Gulliver Mickey
151	* Mickey's Steamroller
152	* WesternAnimation/OrphansBenefit: First appearance by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck in a Mickey cartoon. First cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy all in the same cartoon, though not performing as a team.
153	* Mickey Plays Papa
154	* The Dognapper
155	* Two-Gun Mickey
156
157	!1935
158
159	* Mickey's Man Friday
160	* WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert - First full length Mickey Mouse cartoon in color.
161	* Mickey's Service Station – First cartoon with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy acting as a team.
162	* Mickey's Kangaroo - Last Black & White Mickey Mouse cartoon.
163	* Mickey's Garden: First time Mickey's IconicOutfit would be seen in color. Also marks the first time the buttons on Mickey's shorts were depicted as ovals.
164	* Mickey's Fire Brigade: Second team-up of Mickey, Donald and Goofy. First Disney short that Disney legend [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Bill Tytla]] animated on.
165	* WesternAnimation/PlutosJudgementDay: First short where Mickey is redesigned to have a pear-like body.
166	* On Ice
167
168	!1936
169
170	* WesternAnimation/MickeysPoloTeam
171	* Orphan's Picnic
172	* Mickey's Grand Opera
173	* WesternAnimation/ThruTheMirror
174	* WesternAnimation/MickeysRival
175	* Moving Day: First time Mickey's face was colored with flesh-tones.
176	* WesternAnimation/AlpineClimbers
177	* Mickey's Circus (The first appearance of Salty the Seal)
178	* Donald & Pluto: Billed as a Mickey Mouse short, although he is [[WolverinePublicity completely absent from it.]]
179	* Mickey's Elephant
180
181	!1937
182
183	* The Worm Turns
184	* WesternAnimation/MagicianMickey
185	* Moose Hunters
186	* Mickey's Amateurs
187	* Hawaiian Holiday: Notable for a scene of animation done by animation veteran Creator/ShamusCulhane--he did the sequence of Pluto and his encounter with a pesky crab.
188	* WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners
189	* WesternAnimation/LonesomeGhosts
190
191	!1938
192
193	* Boat Builders
194	* WesternAnimation/MickeysTrailer
195	* The Whalers
196	* Mickey's Parrot
197	* WesternAnimation/BraveLittleTailor
198
199	!1939
200
201	* WesternAnimation/SocietyDogShow: Last Mickey Mouse Dot-Eyes Cartoon.
202	* Mickey's Surprise Party: Rare Mickey Mouse short with a Nabisco promotion at the end, made for the World Fair. First appearance of Mickey's "modern" appearance, with a bigger head and redesigned eyes. In the PublicDomain.
203	* WesternAnimation/ThePointer
204	* The Standard Parade
205
206	!1940
207
208	* Tugboat Mickey
209	* WesternAnimation/PlutosDreamHouse
210	* Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip
211	* The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Released as segment #3 in ''Fantasia'' and inspired the Sorcerer version of Mickey Mouse that became the studio's [[Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo corporate icon for home entertainment]] through the 80s and early 90s with the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo and the early 90s ''Walt Disney Classics'' logos.)
212
213	!1941
214
215	* The Little Whirlwind
216	* A Gentleman's Gentleman
217	* Canine Caddy
218	* WesternAnimation/TheNiftyNineties
219	* Orphan's Benefit: A ShotForShotRemake of the 1934 short.
220	* WesternAnimation/LendAPaw: Semi-remake of "Mickey's Pal Pluto". Also won the 1941 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, beating out the debut of Max Fleischer's first [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons Superman cartoon]].
221
222	!1942
223
224	* WesternAnimation/MickeysBirthdayParty
225	* Symphony Hour
226
227	!1946
228
229	* WesternAnimation/SquattersRights
230
231	!1947
232
233	* Mickey and the Beanstalk: The second half of the feature film WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree.
234	* Mickey's Delayed Date
235
236	!1948
237
238	* Mickey Down Under
239	* WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheSeal
240
241	!1951
242
243	* R'Coon Dawg
244
245	!1952
246
247	* Pluto's Party
248	* Pluto's Christmas Tree
249
250	!1953
251
252	* The Simple Things: The last of the original theatrical Mickey Mouse cartoons.
253
254	!1955
255
256	* Mickey Mouse Club: Made appearances in animated openings for the show.
257
258	!1983
259
260	* WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol: Mickey's first film in several decades, although he only plays a minor role in it.
261
262	!1990
263
264	* WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper
265
266	!1995
267
268	* WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain
269
270	!2013
271
272	* Steamboat Willie Redux: A recreation of ''Steamboat Willie" celebrating Mickey's 85th anniversary using various [[ArtShift animation]] [[MultiAnimatorProject styles]].
273	* WesternAnimation/GetAHorse: Theatrical short utilizing old Walt recordings.
274	* WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse\|2013}}: TV series by Clay Morrow, Aaron Springer and Paul Rudish
275
276	[[/folder]]
277	----
278	!!Media featuring Mickey
279
280	!!!Notable Mickey shorts:
281	* "WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy"
282	* "WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie"
283	* "WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor"
284	* "WesternAnimation/OrphansBenefit"
285	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysGoodDeed"
286	* "WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert"
287	* "WesternAnimation/AlpineClimbers"
288	* "WesternAnimation/MagicianMickey"
289	* "WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners"
290	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysPoloTeam"
291	* "WesternAnimation/MovingDay"
292	* "WesternAnimation/LonesomeGhosts"
293	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysTrailer"
294	* "WesternAnimation/BraveLittleTailor"
295	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysBirthdayParty"
296	* "WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol"
297	* "WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper"
298	* "WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain"
299	* "WesternAnimation/GetAHorse"
300
301	!!!Feature films:
302	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''
303	* ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''
304	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' -- in which it is shown that he and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny actually get along pretty well.
305	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas''
306	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia 2000}}''
307	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers''
308	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas''
309
310	* ''Film/SavingMrBanks'' - As a CompanionCube.
311
312	!!!Short film:
313	* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio''
314
315	!!!Television shows:
316	* ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub''
317	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'' / ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''
318	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''
319	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse\|2013}}'' / ''The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse''
320	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'' / ''Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures''
321	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse''
322
323	!!!{{Video game}}s:
324	* ''VideoGame/MickeyMousecapade''
325	* ''Illusion'' series:
326	** ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion''
327	** ''VideoGame/LandOfIllusion''
328	** ''VideoGame/WorldOfIllusion''
329	** ''VideoGame/LegendOfIllusion''
330	** ''VideoGame/DisneyIllusionIsland''
331	* ''VideoGame/MickeysDangerousChase''
332	* The ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest'' series
333	* ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''
334	* ''VideoGame/MickeysSpeedwayUSA''
335	* ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalMirrorStarringMickeyMouse''
336	* ''VideoGame/DisneysHideAndSneak'' (playable alongside Minnie)
337	* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series
338	* The ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' series
339	* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' (Two playable versions of him exist; a Sorcerer's Apprentice variant from 1.0, and a standard figure in ''3.0'')
340	* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms''
341	* ''VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode''
342	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland''
343	* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena''
344	* ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse''
345	* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''
346	* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (Two playable versions; the "standard" Mickey Mouse and "Steamboat Mickey", a version based on his appearance in ''Steamboat Willie'' with an old-timey RadioVoice added)
347
348	!!!Comic books:
349	* ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse
350	* ComicBook/WizardsOfMickey
351
352	Also of note is Mickey's appearance on the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Walt Disney Animation Studios]] VanityPlate.
353
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355	!!Tropes that apply to Mickey:
356	* AdaptationalBadass:
357	** In all but one of his appearances in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, Mickey Mouse has apparently taken several. He is not only an amazingly skilled wielder of the Keyblade, but is a beloved king, and a BadassLongcoat in his first real appearance. And that's not counting the fact that his training consisted of his time as [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} the Sorcerer's Apprentice]] and [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers a musketeer]], as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]]''.
358	** He's also like this in ''Epic Mickey'', but as a pragmatic fighter utilizing a magical brush.
359	** He was also very much like this in the 1930s-1950s comic strip serials later reprinted as ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', where he was an heroic action-adventure detective with Goofy as a not-too-dumb sidekick. The huge, evil cat Pete (then called Black Pete, or Pegleg Pete if it was a nautical tale) was his constant adversary. Kids could pick up some cool historical and geographical facts in these stories.
360	** In the ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'' in general, Mickey would often been portrayed as TheAce in high contrast to his more [[TheEveryman everyman]]-based personality in the classic cartoons: DependingOnTheWriter he's mostly either portrayed as a hyper-competent AmateurSleuth or a straight ActionHero going on globe-tropping adventures - or even adventures in space or [[TimeTravel other time periods]] - in the comics.
361	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mickey may be an odd variation in that it was his adaptation interpretations that ''avoided'' such a change. While the Mickey of WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts was slowly tamed into TheEveryman, the comics continued to refer to his earlier more adventurous and abrasive persona for a long period of time. ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' even plays with this, allowing you to choose between evolving Mickey into either his former or latter persona.
362	* AerosolSprayBackfire: In "Mickey's Garden", Mickey uses a flit gun to fumigate his garden, but after he reloads the gun gets stuck. While trying to clear the tip, Pluto, whose head is stuck inside a pumpkin, accidentally backs up and sprays Mickey in the face, the fumes of the pesticide giving him hallucinations of giant bugs.
363	* AliceAllusion: The short ''WesternAnimation/ThruTheMirror'' features Mickey walking through a mirror to enter a fantasy land, and battles a deck of playing cards, only to [[AllJustADream wake up from his dream]]. To drive the reference home, a copy of ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'' is seen next to Mickey's bed.
364	* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ickey '''M'''ouse
365	* AnimatedAdaptation: A few of the Mickey Mouse cartoons are based on pre-existing stories, including:
366	** ''Giantland'' and the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' is loosely inspired by the traditional English tale of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' (most likely the famous Joseph Jacobs retelling).
367	** ''Gulliver Mickey'' is a loose adaptation of the Lilliput section of Creator/JonathanSwift's ''Literature/GulliversTravels''.
368	** ''Brave Little Tailor'' is an adaptation of the Creator/BrothersGrimm story ''Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor''.
369	** ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' (later reprised in ''Fantasia 2000'') is set to Paul Dukas' tone poem of the same name (which in turn was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name).
370	** ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'' is a direct adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.
371	** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' is a loose adaptation of Creator/MarkTwain's story ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper''.
372	** ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'' is an adaptation of the story ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''.
373	* TheArtifact: Some animators noted that as time went by and the characters got more and more realistic, Mickey's old-school abstract design, as well as his perspective-defying ears got more and more outdated and out of place. A full-on redesign was out of the question due to familiarity, so Disney briefly tinkered with Mickey's design in the early 40s, making his design more loose and organic, as well has having his ears work in perspective--this can be seen most prominently in the short "The Little Whirlwind". For some reason, they quickly went back to the original design afterwards. However, the ears not matching up with perspective was {{Handwaved}} as early as 1929, in "The Karnival Kid": [[spoiler:Those aren't really Mickey's ears--it's a loose fitting hat.]]
374	* ArtEvolution: Mickey's design has changed in many ways, some subtle and some obvious, since the 1920s.
375	* AscendedToCarnivorism: "The Worm Turns" is about Mickey inventing a spritzer that can cause prey animals to turn against their respective predators: A fly attacks a spider, a mouse attacks a cat, a cat attacks Pluto, and finally Pluto attacks Pete the dogcatcher.
376	* AuthorAvatar: For Creator/WaltDisney.
377	* BadassAdorable: In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' and whenever a short or comic calls for it.
378	* BearsAreBadNews: Done in ''The Pointer''.
379	* BewareTheNiceOnes: On occasion, especially common in portrayals that try to bring out his adventurous side without eschewing the NiceGuy persona.
380	* BlackBeadEyes: In his original designs.
381	* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: The early cartoons are full of this, with Mickey playing animals like musical instruments by making them squeal. ''Steamboat Willie'' is the most famous example; it includes a sow played like an accordion, a cat having its tail pulled and then swung around, and a goose squeezed like a bagpipe.
382	* BlowingARaspberry: Used to do this all the time in his early cartoons, all the way back to ''Steamboat Willie''.
383	* BreakingTheFourthWall: In 1931's "The Moose Hunt," after Mickey thinks he's shot Pluto by mistake and mourns over the pup's limp body ([[spoiler:Pluto's playing a joke on him]]), he turns to the audience and tearfully asks, "Is there a doctor in the house?!"
384	* TheCameo: Mickey appears briefly in the cartoon segment of the live action film "Hollywood Party", alongside Jimmy Durante.
385	* CaptainErsatz: Of WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, who was already an [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] of WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat. We're not saying {{Expy}} here, because Walt technically never owned Oswald to begin with. Mickey would get his own [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] in [[WesternAnimation/LadyPlayYourMandolin short-lived Merrie Melodies star Foxy]].
386	* CartoonConductor: Mickey takes this role in ''The Band Concert''.
387	* CatConcerto: The 1929 short ''The Karnival Kid'' has Mickey serenading Minnie by playing guitar while two cats sing "Sweet Adeline". They even bring in a fence to complete the effect.
388	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Currently: Either the Everyman and the cartoon character that everybody knows and loves, or the Keyblade/Paintbrush-wielding Badass that Kingdom Hearts/Epic Mickey fans know and love.
389	** 1928: The guy who forced Minnie to kiss him was also a bit of a jerk and didn't mind harming his enemies.
390	** Mickey in the Walt-era cartoons was prone to almost Bugs Bunny-levels of retribution (such as his magical pranks on Donald in Magician Mickey), and had quite a low tolerance for things not going his way, notably pulling a gun on Donald in Symphony Hour when the Duck tried to ditch a Concert GoneHorriblyWrong.
391	** Epic Mickey returns to his original characterization, sort of. Mickey's pranks set in motion the dangerous events of the game and he has the option of either helping the inhabitants of the world he inadvertently endangered (becoming The Hero and looking more heroic) or looking out for himself and just trying to get back to his world (becoming The Scrapper and looking more sinister). Essentially, the player has the option of making Mickey like his modern self or his original self.
392	** Mickey's change in personality over the years could be seen as him growing up as a person.
393	* ChasteToons: In his comic strip, he was given a pair of nephews named Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse. They've rarely appeared in animation (their only appearances there being ''Mickey's Steamroller'', a cameo in ''Boat Builders'', and Morty as Tiny Tim in ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'').
394	* ChastityCouple: By word of Creator/{{Walt\|Disney}}, Mickey and Minnie are happily married outside of their acting career, but either do not seem have a sex life, are holding off on lovemaking (or at least Mickey is), or ''have already'' made love and bore children but choose to keep it hush-hush in order to protect their family. The short ''Mickey's Nightmare'' tries to explore this but uses storks (which are symbolic of womanly fertility) as well as watering a flower garden to symbolize sex. The current powers-that-be appear to have ignored this completely, as the Paul Rudish short “[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E17ThirdWheel Third Wheel]]" ends with the strong implication that they [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} had sex]], [[spoiler:and inside Goofy's stomach, no less!]]
395	** Fans all over the Internet have created FanFiction and FanArt depicting Mickey and Minnie with children of their own, from one mouseling to many of them (with them oftentimes living in either a typical middle-class home or a huge, luxurious mansion).
396	* CheatedAngle: Mickey's ears are always round, no matter what angle you're looking at him from. However, it's averted in certain appearances where he doesn't really need it (such as the later games in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series).
397	* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Mickey's red shorts, buttons, WhiteGloves and oversized shoes are iconic.
398	* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: On "The Spirit of Mickey" VHS tape, the print of "Mickey's Surprise Party" is edited to remove the ProductPlacement of Nabisco cookies in the end by digitally editing a background and having Russi Taylor redubbing some of Minnie Mouse's lines. The former change is acceptable, but Russi's new lines painfully clash with the sound quality of the rest of the cartoon. At any rate, the cartoon was later presented unedited on the first Walt Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse set.
399	* ColossusClimb: His method of defeating a giant in ''The Brave Little Tailor'' and ''Mickey and the Beanstalk''.
400	* ConjoinedEyes: In the earliest cartoons, ''Plane Crazy'' and ''The Gallopin' Gaucho''.
401	* CoveredInKisses: Minnie sometimes does this to him.
402	* DarkIsNotEvil: He is dressed in black and gray suit in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''.
403	* DeadpanSnarker: In ''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''House of Mouse''.
404	* DemotedToExtra: In a lot of projects, Mickey would be billed at the star only for Donald Duck (in attractions like Mickey's Philharmagic) or Pluto (in most of the later shorts) or even Uncle Scrooge (in ''[[YetAnotherChristmasCarol Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'') to be the real focus of the feature.
405	* DependingOnTheArtist: Between the 1950s and 1990s Mickey either had eyebrows or he didn't in animation and merchandise. It wasn't until the late 1990s that his eyebrows were removed permanently. The only time Mickey is seen with eyebrows now is when he makes live appearances.
406	* DownerEnding: In ''The Barn Dance'', [[spoiler:Minnie dumps Mickey for Pete, [[OutOfCharacterMoment who surprisingly acts like a gentleman in this short]]. The cartoon ends with Mickey [[BreakingTheFourthWall facing the viewers and sobbing]].]]
407	* DrivenToSuicide: An early storyline in the comic strip dealt with Mickey becoming despondent when Minnie fell for a city slicker and deciding to end it all. After a week of unsuccessful suicide attempts (not to mention half-hearted - in one strip, he thought of drowning himself but decided not to because the water was too cold), Mickey was encouraged to go on, even though he hadn't yet won Minnie back.
408	* EscapedAnimalRampage: In "WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheSeal" a baby seal escapes from the zoo and unknowingly to Mickey and Pluto travels along to their house.
409	* TheEveryman: In his earliest shorts, he was quite naughty, and could sometimes be a womanizer or a sadist to animals. Later, his nicer and more whimsical qualities were quickly played up to where he became a character for the audience to project themselves onto. Some later entries have tried to bring back his scrappier qualities, but they never go as far as portraying him as he was in shorts like WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy.
410	* EvilIsBigger: Mickey commonly faces and triumphs over foes bigger than him like Pete, various giants and a gorilla.
411	* ExtremeDoormat: When his NiceGuy persona is exaggerated enough, he will take a lot of crap from friends and foes alike with naive optimism. [[BewareTheNiceOnes He sometimes bites back though.]]
412	* {{Flanderization}}: All because of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode, really, he became LighterAndSofter and as a result less popular.
413	* {{Foil}}: Ironically, Mickey is one to himself. Compare the NiceGuy, ExtremeDoormat that most people are familiar with today who rarely loses his temper (but does get upset) or has bad things happen directly to him and more straight storytelling cartoons to the still nice guy, but mischievous and shorter tempered at times borderline ButtMonkey from the 1930s and new shorts and the more slapstick, wackiness found in them.
414	** Donald Duck is the main one to him. He's short-tempered, full of vices, and often desires the popularity of his best friend.
415	* ForgotToPayTheBill: The plot of "Moving Day" is set in motion by the fact that Mickey and Donald Duck haven't paid the rent in six months.
416	* FurryConfusion: Mickey is, well... [[RodentsOfUnusualSize pretty big for a mouse]]. And there's been at least a couple shorts where Mickey encounters an actual tiny mouse.
417	* GratuitousSpanish: After Mickey gets a bit too playful with Minnie in ''The Cactus Kid'' (1930), Minnie berates him in Spanish before angrily throwing objects at him. This short was the debut of Marcelite Garner as the voice of Minnie, and she got the job for her ability to speak Spanish as well as her singing talents.
418	* GroinAttack: Poor Mickey gets hit in the crotch ''15 times'' by a fencepost in the 1930 short "The Chain Gang".
419	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal:
420	** His classic outfit consists of only a pair of shorts and yellow shoes.
421	** During his AudienceAlienatingEra they ditched the simple, iconic look to put him in [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal full outfits]], making him look like your bland neighbor. Of course, this isn't to say that a fully clothed Mickey is strictly indicative of his audience alienating era. Modern appearances of Mickey tend to go back and forth depending on what's needed, using the classic shorts as a default, but if Mickey needs an alternate look more suited to a specific plot or setting, it will be a full outfit, such as his suit in ''House of Mouse'', or his adventuring clothes in ''Kingdom Hearts''.
422	** This is played with in the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' episode, "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E1NoService No Service]]", where Mickey is forced to surrender his pants and shoes to Donald so the latter can comply with the DressCode at Goofy's Snack Shack.
423	* HappilyMarried: According to Walt, Mickey and Minnie are canonically married however the two can be in any stage of a relationship depending on what the plot requires. Again, though, their sexual and familial escapades are left ambiguous.
424	* HappilyFailedSuicide: An old comic book story. Mickey jumps off a bridge but lands on a boat. An angry sailor (who resembles Pete) yells that he throws stowaways overboard. Mickey starts pleading by saying he can't swim.
425	* HauntedHouse: Featured in the appropriately named "Haunted House", as well as WesternAnimation/LonesomeGhosts.
426	* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: In his guest spot on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''.
427	* IdealHero: Even in times of trouble, Mickey remains altruistic, kind-hearted, and will always strive to do the right thing. Is it any wonder he's one of ''the'' most iconic fictional characters ever?
428	* InexplicablyTailless: They seem to have a pretty consistent rule for when Mickey will be shown with a tail or not. When shown in the classic outfit, he'll have a tail, when in a full outfit, the tail will be missing. ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is a notable exception to the fully clothed = tailless rule.
429	* InterruptedSuicide: In the comic strip storyline in which Mickey contemplates suicide after losing Minnie to a city slicker, one of his attempts is to jump from a bridge - but what happens next proves his heart isn't really in it.
430	--> '''Mickey:''' It's no use! I can't get Minnie off my mind! I just can't go on without her! It's the river for me! ''[jumps off bridge]'' Goodbye, Minnie! Goodbye, cruel world!
431	--> ''[Instead of in the water, Mickey lands on the deck of a tugboat passing under the bridge.]''
432	--> '''Tugboat Captain:''' ''[somewhat resembling Mickey's archnemesis Pete]'' A stowaway, eh? Well, ya'll get no publicity outta this trip - it's into the water for you!
433	--> '''Mickey:''' Help! No! No! Please don't! I can't swim! I might drown!
434	* InnocentlyInsensitive: In the 1939 short "Mickey's Surprise Party", Minnie is playing on a piano to entertain Mickey as they're waiting for Minnie's cookies to finish baking. However, Mickey and later Minnie smell something burning until she quickly realizes that her cookies are burning. Minnie is later seen crying on her couch over her cookies. Mickey tries to lighten the mood by saying "My mother used to burn them all the time" and chuckles to himself. However, it only causes Minnie to cry harder.
435	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In his earliest shorts.
436	%%* KidHero: [[VagueAge Sometimes]].
437	* KillerGorilla:
438	** In "The Gorilla Mystery", a monstrous gorilla breaks out of a local zoo and kidnaps Minnie Mouse, forcing Mickey to chase it down into a derelict house and rescue Minnie.
439	** In "The Pet Shop", the main antagonist of the short is Beppo, a movie-loving gorilla who is fascinated with ''Film/KingKong1933''. To imitate his idol, he breaks out of his cage, kidnaps Minnie, and [[KingKongClimb climbs up a stack of pet food boxes]] as a flock of birds that Mickey released fly around him like airplanes.
440	* LookalikeLovers: [[TropeMaker Trope Makers]] with Minnie.
441	* LongLostRelative: WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit.
442	* {{Mascot}}: He's the face of the entire Disney company. There's a reason this very site used the mouse symbol to represent the Disney namespace.%%** Arguably this has done more to hurt his image than help it, as writers often kept him bland to avoid rising his status as the company's image man. Modern productions often try to let up on the extreme, squeaky-clean image for something a little feistier.%%Examples aren't arguable.
443	* MickeyMousing: The [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]. Happened more in his early shorts.
444	%%* MooseAreIdiots: The "Moose Hunters" short. "Kiss me!"
445	* MrViceGuy: In his earliest cartoons, Mickey smoked, drank beer, chewed tobacco, openly ogled Minnie, and yet was still the hero. In conjunction with his eventual evolution into a NiceGuy (likely spurred by the popularity of his shorts with children), the credo of Mickey Mouse Clubs in the 1930s proclaimed that "Mickey Mice do not smoke, swear, cheat, or lie." Of course, Walt himself did plenty of at least the former two.
446	* NegativeContinuity: The cartoons, like every other animated cartoon series of the time, have no continuity between shorts. Mickey can show up [[UniversalAdaptorCast in any place or time depending on the stories needs]], be it in [[TheMiddleAges Medieval Europe]] in "Ye Olden Days", "Brave Little Tailor" and WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper, the pioneer expansion to the west in "Pioneer Days", working as an apprentice to a sorcerer in Fantasia, and so on.
447	* NiceGuy: Except in some of his earlier appearances.
448	* NiceMice: One of the most famous examples of a nice and heroic mouse.
449	* NoodleIncident: It's never explained how Mickey ended up in prison in "The Chain Gang".
450	* NotSoAboveItAll: Even after becoming the straight man, there were times Mickey displayed a breaking point such as in "Magician Mickey" where after being heckled one too many times by Donald he puts the Duck through a magical HumiliationConga or "Symphony Hour" where he threatens Donald ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes with a handgun]]'' to keep him from abandoning the other performers during their disastrous concert.
451	%%* OfficialCouple: With Minnie Mouse.
452	* OutdatedName: To an extent though it's just short of Michael, which is not outdated, few people actually go by Mickey anymore, in part because the name has become so associated with the round-eared mouse.
453	* OutOfFocus: Later on WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and even WesternAnimation/{{Pluto\| The Pup}} became far more popular, being the characters who had an easier time adapting to the ScrewballSquirrel and IronButtMonkey archetypes becoming more popular in animation in the 40s. Though Mickey remains the symbol of Creator/{{Disney}}. Modern productions often try to reverse this.
454	* PieEyed: Occasionally in early shorts, when he doesn't just have BlackBeadEyes. He returned to this look in the 2013 flash-animated shorts.
455	* PrehensileTail: Especially in the early shorts, when he'd often use his tail as a kind of third hand to pick things up and manipulate them.
456	* PressGanged: The aptly-named "Shanghaied". The cartoon begins with Mickey and Minnie already on the ship, but it's not hard to tell how they got there.
457	* ProductPlacement: 1939's "Mickey's Surprise Party" in its original version is a thinly veiled commercial for cookie and snack manufacturer Nabisco. When a mishap ruins the cookies Minnie was baking for Mickey's birthday, Mickey salvages the party by buying large quantities of Nabisco cookies. For later home video releases of the short, the Nabisco references were edited out and some of Minnie's accompanying dialogue was redubbed by Russi Taylor. See also ClumsyCopyrightCensorship.
458	%%* TheProtagonist
459	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: He engages in animal cruelty in his earliest shorts, usually by using live, conscious animals as musical instruments, and it's PlayedForLaughs.
460	* PublicDomainAnimation: "WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor" is one of the very few Disney shorts to slip into the PublicDomain, although its extremely rare for it to appear in compilations (the only known time is in "Attack of the 30s Characters" from Thunderbean) due to legal fears over the usage of a copyrighted character like Mickey. As of 2024, "WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie" and the silent versions of "WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy" and "WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho" copyrights have expired. [[note]] the audio still copyrighted until 2025, but the story and visuals are currently public domain. [[/note]]
461	** Another is 1930's "Minnie's Yoo Hoo," although it's little more than a singalong of the title song intended for Mickey Mouse Clubs (the 1930s theater version, not the later TV series).
462	* PublicDomainCharacter: In 2024, Mickey as a character lost his copyright status in the United States and became free for all creative works to use and adapt — but only the earliest versions of him, not the more modern ones.
463	* TheQuietOne: Mickey was this in several of his 1930s shorts.
464	* RedIsHeroic: He primarily wears red shorts and is usually very nice and heroic.
465	* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's red, [[{{Irony}} ironically enough]] since he wears red shorts while Donald wears a blue sailor suit.
466	* ResourcefulRodent: Mickey has always been depicted as resourceful and clever, from building his own airplane out of a Model T ("[[WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy Plane Crazy]]") to making music with household objects and barnyard animals ("[[WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie Steamboat Willie]]") to taking down a giant with just scissors, needle and thread ("[[WesternAnimation/BraveLittleTailor Brave Little Tailor]]").
467	* {{Retraux}}: The 2013 shorts returned Mickey and his friends back to their rubberhose roots from the late 20's-mid 30's, while the backgrounds resemble those from 50s and 60s cartoons.
468	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: In the earliest cartoons to feature both him and Donald Duck together, Mickey is much taller than Donald. Nowadays he's generally the same height as Donald, if anything, Donald's the taller of the two now, but he's still a three foot tall mouse.
469	* RogerRabbitEffect: As early as the 1934 film "Hollywood Party" (which was one of the ''very'' few non-Creator/{{Disney}} works where Mickey was allowed to appear) and of course, his appearance in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. He appeared along-side then-chairman Michael Eisner in his promo appearances and in a theme park movie. In both ''Fantasia'' and ''Fantasia 2000'', he thanks the conductor of the orchestra after his own sequence.
470	** He even appeared at the end of a ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet TV special]]'' where the Muppets head to Disney World, made to promote a planned acquisition of the Muppet brand by Disney.[[note]]Jim Henson left the contracts unsigned before his death; his family decided to cancel the deal. Disney would have to wait until 2004 to get the Muppets.[[/note]] In this special, ''Mickey'' is the Disney CEO!
471	** He even makes a few appearances in the TropeNamer itself.
472	* ScrewballSquirrel: In his earliest appearances. His appearance with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is a {{callback}} to those days.
473	* SignatureLaugh: A quick, good-natured "Ha-ha!", which is largely NewerThanTheyThink. While Mickey's always had a shy giggle, the distinct "Ha-ha!" that modern audiences recognize as Mickey's laugh originates from Creator/WayneAllwine's tenure as the Mouse, and Bret Iwan's Mickey continues the tradition because it's become inseparable from Mickey's modern identity.
474	* SigningOffCatchphrase: "See ya ''real'' soon!" Taken from a line in the song used to sign off the ''Mickey Mouse Club''. Mickey also uses it to sign off in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', the first season of ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', and various live shows at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks.
475	* SpeciesSurname: Although the Disney company strangely insists that it's just his surname, and that Mickey is not an actual mouse.
476	* TheSpeechless: In his earliest shorts, up until ''The Karnival Kid''. ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Mickey Mouse 40th Anniversary Show]]'' hangs a lampshade on it when two different versions of him interact:
477	-->'''1968!Mickey:''' ''[addressing 1920s!Mickey]'' Hey! Hey, you! [...] Are you the first original Mickey Mouse?\
478	'''1920s!Mickey:''' [[WrittenSoundEffect Squawk!]]
479	* StandardizedLeader: In many of his pairings with {{Jerkass}} Donald and TheDitz Goofy, Mickey is the most competent, reliable, or just the least wacky of the trio. So, while often with plenty of personality of his own, his companions are the ones adding flavor to the team whilst Mickey is the one making sure stuff gets done. DependingOnTheWriter however, he is sometimes distinguished as an eccentric [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] or an ExtremeDoormat.
480	* StraightMan: Whenever Donald and Goofy are around, though if his eccentricities are being played up, Donald may take the role instead.
481	* ThemeTune: Mickey had his own in the late 1920s and early '30s, a Carl Stalling-composed ode to his girlfriend called "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo!" First sung by Mickey (though not by Walt Disney) in ''Mickey's Follies'' (1929), it also served as an InstrumentalThemeTune for Mickey shorts until 1934 (well after Stalling's departure), and was recorded by several artists on record as well. The 1930s Mickey Mouse Clubs also sang it at the conclusion of each meeting.
482	* TookALevelInKindness: Back then he was hardly a role model, but now...
483	* TooManyBabies: In "Mickey's Nightmare", Mickey dreams about getting married to Minnie, after which a flock of storks drops about twenty babies down his chimney in rapid succession. Of course, it's AllJustADream, but fans have created fan fiction and fan art of him with children anyway.
484	* ToughBeetles: In "Mickey's Garden", when Mickey [[AerosolSprayBackfire accidentally sprays himself with pesticide]], he starts hallucinating plants and insects growing to massive size. During his trip, he sees a giant beetle drinking his bug poison and growing stronger from it. As it roars with a PrimalChestPound, it then rushes at Mickey to snap him with its mandibles.
485	* TheTrickster: In the very earliest days.
486	* UnderestimatingBadassery: Especially in ''Shanghaied'', ''Two-Gun Mickey'', and ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain''.
487	* VocalDissonance: When Mickey first spoke in ''The Karnival Kid'' and ''Mickey's Follies'', he had a more typical deep adult male voice, compared to the falsetto voice he'd gain ''Mickey's Choo-Choo'' onwards.
488	* YourSizeMayVary: From his first appearance, Mickey and any other mice are usually conveyed as the size of small humans (it often takes an IncredibleShrinkingMan plot to bring them down to actual mouse height). However, the early short "When the Cat's Away" scales Mickey and Minnie as actual rodents.
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