"Couple's Sweaters" is the thirteenth season 3 short of the new Mickey Mouse (2013) series created by Paul Rudish for the Disney Channel and Disney.com. It's the 50th to air on the Disney Channel and put up on Disney.com.
Mickey reluctantly wears an itchy "couple sweater" that Minnie made for him to complement hers on their date at the boardwalk.
Tropes:
- Abilene Paradox: At the end of the cartoon Mickey comes clean and admits that he hates wearing the sweater, only for Minnie to reveal that she hates them as well, so now they can get rid of the things.
- All Cloth Unravels: Mickey's sweater gets caught in a ferris wheel and unravels as it rotates.
- Ambiguously Gay; The waiter at the restaurant that Mickey and Minnie dine at speaks in a rather effeminate voice.
- Disney Acid Sequence: Mickey has a vision of monstrous sweaters coming after him.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: This short contains various close-ups of Mickey suffering the effects of the dry, itchy sweater he's wearing, including chapped lips and rashy skin.
- Homemade Sweater from Hell: The couple sweater Mickey wears for Minnie causes him to itch like crazy, but he doesn't take it off because he doesn't want to hurt her feelings. It turns out that Minnie hates her sweater as well.
- Limited Wardrobe: Mickey's closet is full of his trademark red buttoned shorts.
- Oh, Crap!: Mickey when he sees that Minnie is wearing her matching couple sweater, making him obligated to wear his.
- Shout-Out:
- The teenage dancers come from the short All the Cats Join In.
- Mickey's sweater nightmare parodies the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from Dumbo.
- The pier and Ferris wheel closely resemble Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure.
- Vacuum Mouth: Mickey eats all his food this way so that he can leave and take off his sweater quicker.
- Wham Line: "Oh, Mickey. It's really okay. I hate these sweaters too!"
