"'O Sole Minnie" is one of the season 1 shorts of the new Mickey Mouse (2013) series created by Paul Rudish for the Disney Channel and Disney.com. It's the 12th to air both on the Disney Channel and online.
In Venice, Italy, gondolier Mickey falls for waitress Minnie Mouse, causing him to make multiple attempts to win her heart.
Like in "Croissant de Triomphe" and "Tokyo Go", nobody speaks English in this short. Instead, the characters speak Italian.
Tropes:
- Abhorrent Admirer: The female hippo.
- All Love Is Unrequited: In the first few attempts to woo Minnie, Mickey unintentionally woos a hippo lady.
- Art Shift: This is the second cartoon in this series to be a stylistic tribute to Mary Blair.
- The Cameo:
- Willie the Whale shows up when Mickey is singing to Minnie.
- The "It's a Small World" clock tower makes a brief appearance.
- Face Palm: Mickey does this when Willie disrupts Mickey's singing.
- Love at First Sight: Mickey is so smitten on first seeing Minnie, his gondola is dragged back to her ristorante.
- Sad Clown: One is seen playing a sad violin as Mickey learns that Minnie's restaurant is closed and is quite depressed.
- Something Else Also Rises: A gargoyle gets a wingboner when Mickey starts singing.
