For parodies of Mickey Mouse himself, see Mocky Mouse, for references to his debut cartoon, Steamboat Willie, see this page, and for references to The Mickey Mouse Club, see this page.
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- In a commercial for Disney+ featuring The Simpsons, a frustrated Bart is forced to dress up as Mickey Mouse. When he complains to Homer (dressed as Iron Man) about this, Homer tells him "You put on that nose and ears or I'll take off yours!" When the Simpson family has their picture taken, Bart pulls down his pants to moon the photographer, at which point his butt is censored by the Disney+ logo.
- Marvel Two-in-One: During his first team-up with Doctor Strange, the Thing ends up fighting a giant rat and calls it "Mickey".
- Peanuts: A storyline from July 1990 has Linus experience some difficulties in tying his shoelaces. In the July 5th strip, Linus tells Snoopy that he wouldn't find it funny if he had shoes to tie, then asks him why he doesn't just get some shoes to wear, since Mickey Mouse wears shoes. Snoopy then thinks, "Mickey Mouse's shoes don't have laces..."
- Cat City: The film is set in the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse).
- The Simpsons Movie: While the family is on a train, Bart rummages through luggage and comes out wearing a black bra on his head, saying "I'm the mascot of an evil corporation!".note
- Steven Universe: The Movie: Spinel's design, especially her past form, is partly based on Mickey Mouse, including the detail that her heart-shaped buns always retain their shape like Mickey's ears. She even rescues Steven in the style of Mickey's famous Steamboat Willie scene at one point.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: In the flashback of Splinter's horrible trip to the surface, a bystander mistakes him for someone in "a bad Mickey Mouse costume" before attempting to take his head off and realizing he really is a "rat-man".
- Toy Story: A Mickey Mouse wristwatch clock can be seen on the wall of Andy's bedroom.
- An American Werewolf in London: While an undead Jack visits David, he plays with a posable Mickey Mouse doll and says "Hi, David!" in a squeaky voice. Later, during David's transformation, the camera briefly cuts to a shot of the doll, symbolizing that he's becoming something similar to what Mickey is: a combination of human and animal.
- Backstreet Dreams: Shane has a marionette of Pluto hanging from his wall.
- Broadway Melody of 1936: During the "Sing Before Breakfast" number, Ted is wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt.
- Carry On at Your Convenience: The Rifle Range has balloons of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto as prizes to be won.
- In Demolition Man, as John Spartan is about to crash a SAPD patrol car, he bellows "Brake now, you Mickey Mouse piece of shit!"
- In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the butler who guards the entrance to the castle that Henry Sr. is held captive in is not pleased with Indy and Elsa disguising themselves as Scottish aristocrats and rebukes them by sarcastically proclaiming himself as "Mickey Mouse". Indy then knocks the butler unconscious after their cover is blown.
- Marathon (2005): As a child, Cho-won sleeps in pajamas with pictures of Mickey and Minnie on them. As an adult, he sometimes wears a T-shirt with a picture of Goofy.
- Massacre at Central High: Craig wears a Mickey Mouse T-shirt during the hang-gliding scene.
- Xiaoming from Ming and Ming wears a Mickey Mouse T-shirt in one scene.
- In Molly (1983), one of the spectators at the circus wears a Mickey Mouse T-shirt.
- In The Professional, Norman Stansfield says "I haven't got time for this Mickey Mouse bullshit" towards his superiors when they ask him about what happened during the raid on the apartment before he storms out.
- In A Safe Place (1971), Noah's apartment has a poster of Mickey on the wall.
- In Spectre, James Bond sarcastically introduces himself to Lorenzo, the Spectre agent guarding the meeting in Rome, by saying "sono Topolino" ("I'm Mickey Mouse"). It then turns into a Brick Joke when Lorenzo namedrops Mickey in English after Bond gets exposed.
- In Sunburn (1979), Ellie catches a man in a Mickey Mouse mask rummaging through her drawers. When she tells Jake she saw a man with a Mickey Mouse face, he assumes she's been taking pills.
- In the The Dresden Files short "A Restoration of Faith" when warned by Nick that the Astors reported their daughter as kidnapped after hiring Nick and Harry to find her after she ran away Harry sarcastically guesses that the description they gave of the "suspected kidnappers" matches the description of Mickey and Donald.
- Julia's Kitchen: Marlee's mother Minnie, who loves all things Disney, makes her and Cara Mickey Mouse pancakes when Cara stays over.
- In Eye Contact, Suzette wears an old Mickey Mouse T-shirt.
- In Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, as Alexander goes to bed, his Mickey Mouse night light burns out.
- Colette from Tornado Brain used to tie her hair up in knots like Mickey Mouse ears.
- Mickey from You Have a Match earned her nickname by being obsessed with Disney.
- In Tempest (2011), Tempest's friend Mickey got her name because she was born in Disneyland.
- Birds of a Feather:
- In "Sailing", Tracey wears a jumper with Mickey Mouse on it.
- In "It Happened in Hollywood", Sharon makes a joke about Mickey Mouse falling in love with Dorien.
- Sesame Street: In Episode 1706, Big Bird meets his camp counselor Mickey, and he says "I've heard of a mouse of the same name."
- Inai Inai Baa!: In the live-action segment following "Tomodachi Hahaha" on the VHS release of the same name, Tomoka-chan is seen with a Mickey Mouse bike.
- Aladdin (Virgin Games): In the second level, the Desert, there is a Mickey ears hat hanging on the clothesline. Standing in just the right position in front of the hat (so that Aladdin's Idle Animation makes him look like he's wearing them) will make an extra life appear in the Offscreen Start Bonus area.
- Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc: When Rayman puts on the helicopter power-up, it briefly takes on the appearance of Mickey Mouse ears before Rayman forces it to work properly.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2: In Mystic Cave Zone, one of the small animals that escapes from the robots when they are defeated is a mouse who is referred to in supplemental materials as Micky.note Micky can be seen again in Sonic Mania in Studiopolis Zone.
- The Angry Video Game Nerd: In his review of Garfield games, while reviewing Garfield Labyrinth for the Game Boy, the Nerd brings up that the Japanese version of the game was a Mickey Mouse game, namely the fourth in its series. The third game became Kid Klown In Night Mayor World in its US release, while the first two games were part of the The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series in the US. In The Stinger, when the Nerd punches Bugs' head off, one of the new heads that Bugs gains is Mickey's.
- Console Wars:
- In one episode, Greg and Dan see whether the SNES or the Sega Genesis had the better Mickey Mouse Licensed Game; Disney's Magical Quest or World of Illusion.
- In another episode, Greg and Dan see whether the SNES or the Genesis had the better version of Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse.
- In another episode, Pat and Dan are visited by Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who need their help with fixing their relationship. Along the way, they try to find out whether the SNES or the Genesis had the better version of The Great Circus Mystery. This episode is notable in being the second episode that ends in a tie (the first one being the Battletoads and Double Dragon episode).
- The Nostalgia Critic:
- At the end of his review for Quest for Camelot, a stressed-out Critic kills Mary Poppins and Bert in a fit of blind rage and tries to run before he kills again. As he runs off camera, he is heard being greeted by Mickey before shooting him.Critic: I'm sorry! Quest for Camelot made me do it!Mickey: (dying) I... I understand.
- In his review of Bébé's Kids, Critic imitates Mickey swearing vengeance over a shot of a Disney-like castle crumbling in the distance.Critic as Mickey: Damn you, Bebe's kids! The Mouse will have vengeance on you! I will see you perish in flames! I have connections to the Lord of Darkness. Your ass is grass! They won't recognize your bodies! I will steal your souls, Bebe's kiiiiiiiids...
- In his review of The Disney Afternoon, Critic sheds light on the infamous Bonkers episode where Mickey "appears", but isn't seen or mentioned by name.
- In "War of the Commercials", the Critic reviews various commercials for the Mickey Mouse Talking Phone.
- At the end of his review for Quest for Camelot, a stressed-out Critic kills Mary Poppins and Bert in a fit of blind rage and tries to run before he kills again. As he runs off camera, he is heard being greeted by Mickey before shooting him.
- SCP Foundation: SCP-3640
are tourist brochures advertising tour guides of urban legends. If one reads an instance of it and visits the specified starting location at any of the specified times they will be attacked by predatory organisms that resemble uniformed mascots of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy.
- Animaniacs: In "This Pun for Hire", Yakko says that someone tried to "slip him a mickey", and he is given a drink containing a mouse wearing red shorts.Yakko: Nice try, bub, but I work for Warner's.
- Drawn Together: In "Terms of Endearment", Mickey Mouse appears as a Darth Vader-like villain who wants to exterminate all racially-insensitive cartoons. Every mention of his name is partially bleeped.
- Family Guy:
- In "A Hero Sits Next Door", Peter tells Joe that playing on his company's softball team is so fun, "it should be illegal, like copyright infringement", before his head morphs into Mickey's (referencing Disney's lobbying for the Copyright Term Extension Act).
- In "The Cleveland-Lorretta Quagmire", Peter and Brian are decked out in souvenirs after having done everything in the world, with Brian wearing a Mickey ear hat.
- In "Peter's Def Jam", Peter laments being deaf and remarks that he'd rather be stuck on a Disney Cruise, leading to a cutaway of Mickey running for the bathroom while shouting "Don't eat the shrimp!".
- In "Nanny Goats", Mickey kills Jewish mouse Frank Maxwell.
- In "The Birthday Bootlegger", when Stewie has to go to Quahog Elementary School for his first detention, he finds Bart Simpson writing "It is a pleasure to work for the Disney corporation" on the chalkboard repeatedly. Stewie then says, "Oh, that is a load of...", but his voice gets dubbed by Mickey Mouse saying "Truth! A wonderful load of truth!"
- In "Supermarket Pete", after Peter gets fired from the Stop 'N Shop supermarket, he flies away in the Mickey-copter, a thememobile helicopter modeled after Mickey Mouse.Peter: See, Disney? Nothing here but respectful synergy.
- Garfield and Friends:
- In "Mini-Mall Matters", while giving a lecture on mini-malls, Garfield tells the viewers that he was going to show them a mini mouse, but she's on another show.
- In the Quickie preceding the U.S. Acres segment, "Make Believe Moon", Garfield asks Odie if he can do any impressions. Odie shapes his ears to look like Mickey Mouse's and puts on a pair of White Gloves, but Garfield continually gives him incorrect guesses.
- In "The Floyd Story", when Garfield denies Floyd a part in the episode, Floyd quits, telling Garfield that someday he (Garfield) will beg him (Floyd) to be on the show, and he (Floyd) won't be there for him (Garfield), since he (Floyd) will be working for Disney. Garfield doubts that, saying Disney's up to here with mice under contract.note
- My Life as a Teenage Robot: In "Pest Control", Vladimir and his mouse army were experimented on by Dr. Wakeman to make them look like Mickey-like mice. At the end, Wakeman prepares to dress him in a familiar pair of red, buttoned shorts.
- Pinky and the Brain: At the end of "Cinebrainia", Brain's plan to become a movie star fails, and he laments "It's clear that no mouse is ever going to make a lasting impression on the silver screen". At that moment, a certain artist sees his mouse silhouette cast on the empty screen and gets an idea.
- Rocko's Modern Life:
- In "Rocko's Happy Sack", a mouse in red shorts appears in the ice cream aisle of the Heap-O-Food grocery store, complaining that it never sells his favorite flavor of ice cream; head cheese and berries.
- In "Zanzibar", during the "Spring Cleaning" song, in the scene where the old goat asks, "Where'd I get this dead rat?", inside a nearby mousetrap is a mouse skeleton wearing white gloves, red pants, and yellow shoes.
- The Simpsons:
- In "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", one of Herb's fellow bums mentions that he used to be rich by owning Mickey Mouse Massage Parlors before Disney shut them down for the unlicensed use their trademark.Hobo: I said, "Look, I'll change the logo, put Mickey's pants back on!"
- At the end of "Special Edna", Homer tries to break into Disney World, and he gets spotted by security as a squeaky voice says "Step away from the wall!".
- In "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", the episode of The Itchy and Scratchy Show that Bart and Lisa watch, "Moo Goo Gai Pain", has Scratchy visit a Chinese restaurant called Mickey Mao's.
- In "Mobile Homer", an album of Homer's various near-death experiences contains a photo of him getting beaten up by Mickey and Goofy at Disneyland.
- In "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star", Lisa describes Latin as "the language of Plutarch", whom Homer mistakes for "Pluto".
- In "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", one of Herb's fellow bums mentions that he used to be rich by owning Mickey Mouse Massage Parlors before Disney shut them down for the unlicensed use their trademark.
- South Park:
- In "The Ring", "Obama Wins!" and "Band in China", Mickey appears as the greedy CEO of Disney in plots satirizing certain money-related controversies the company was involved in.
- In "Eek, a Penis!", Mrs. Garrison goes to a police sketch artist and describes a runaway lab mouse that's being used to grow her eventual new penis. The resulting sketch depicts Mickey pitching a tent.
