Mickey Mouse (TV series)

Mickey Mouse (also known as Mickey Mouse Shorts) is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. Featuring Disney cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto in contemporary settings such as Paris, Venice, Tokyo and New York, the series has the slapstick feel of the earliest Mickey Mouse shorts while providing a modern update, and "presents Mickey in a broad range of humorous situations that showcase his pluck and rascality, along with his long-beloved charm and good heartedness". The animation is provided by Mercury Filmworks.

The series was developed by artist Paul Rudish, who was the co-creator of the Cartoon Network television series Sym-Bionic Titan and is also the series' executive producer and supervising director, while Joseph Holt is the series' art director. Chris Diamantopoulos was cast instead of Bret Iwan, because the producers wanted a voice that sounded similar to the one used by Walt Disney for Walt's portrayal of Mickey. Paul Rudish, Jenny Gase-Baker and Joseph Holt won three Emmy Awards for their work on the series in September 2013.

The pilot episode, "Croissant de Triomphe", was first released as a special preview on March 12, 2013, on Disney.com. The series officially premiered on June 28 of that year on Disney Channel & YouTube, followed by the releases on Disney.com and Watch Disney Channel. A total of 18 episodes aired in the first season while the second season, premiering on April 11, 2014, consisting of 19 episodes. The third season premiered on July 17, 2015, with 20 episodes aired. The fourth season premiered on June 9, 2017, with 19 episodes aired. The fifth (later final) season of the original series premiered on October 6, 2018, with 18 episodes aired.

The series was succeeded with The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, which premiered on Disney+, on November 18, 2020, to coincide with Mickey's 92nd birthday.

Voice cast

 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Mickey Mouse and Morty and Ferdie Fliedmouse
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse and Huey, Dewey, and Louie
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
 * Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck and Chip
 * Jim Cummings as Pete
 * Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake and Dale
 * April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
 * Alan Young (2015–16) and John Kassir (2016–18) as Scrooge McDuck

Cameos
• Yeti from Matterhorn Bobsleds appears in "Yodelberg"

• Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella appear in "Croissant de Triomphe"

• Casey Junior, Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse and the Crows from Dumbo

• King Candy's name from Wreck-It Ralph

• Horace Horsecollar

• Clara Cluck

• Luxo Ball from Luxo Jr.

• Lady, Tramp and Peg from Lady and the Tramp

• Glut the Shark, Sebastian and his Band from The Little Mermaid

• Belle, the Beast and Sultan from Beauty and the Beast

• Jose Carioca from Saludos Amigos

• Panchito Pistoles from The Three Caballeros

• Buzzie, Flaps, Dizzie and Ziggy, King Louie, Flunkey and his Monkeys from The Jungle Book

• Snow White, her Dwarfs, and the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Eeyore's Tail and Winnie the Pooh's Honey from the Winnie the Pooh franchise

• Pinocchio, Geppetto and Monstro from Pinocchio

• Teenagers from All the Cats Join In

• Beagle Boys appear in "Sock Burglar" and "Touchdown and Out"

• Phantom Blot appears in "Sock Burglar"

• Big Bad Wolf appears in "Sock Burglar"

• The names of Fantasia 2000 and Pumbaa from The Lion King

• Thumper and Bambi from his film

• Gus Goose

• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

• Chernabog from Fantasia appears in "Touchdown and Out" and "The Scariest Story Ever"

• The Ostriches from Fantasia

• Martian Robot from Mickey Mouse Works

• Walt Disney

• Jafar from Aladdin

• Penguin Waiters and Jolly Holiday Farm Animals from Mary Poppins

• Raja the Tiger from Goliath II

• Humphrey the Bear

• Destiny from Enchanted

• The King from Brave Little Tailor

• Wolf Arrowmen from Robin Hood

• Young Tantor and his mother from Tarzan

• A VHS copy of The Black Cauldron

• Nana from Peter Pan

• Copper from The Fox and the Hound

• Pongo from One Hundred and One Dalmatians

• Tito from Oliver & Company

• Three Little Wolves from their short film

• Max Hare and Toby Tortoise from The Tortoise and the Hare

Broadcast
As of March 2014, a total of 100 million viewers in the United States had seen the series, and it was airing in 160 countries. As of June 2014, the show, translated in 34 languages, had reached over 135 million viewers worldwide.

Theme park attractions
A Mickey Mouse-themed attractions, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway and Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie, replaced The Great Movie Ride and Star Wars: Path of the Jedi at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. This attraction was also located at the Mickey's Toontown section of Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort, which opened on January 27, 2023 in Anaheim, California. The attraction is the third Mickey Mouse-themed attraction at any Disney property worldwide, only behind Mickey's PhilharMagic, directly based on the series and involves guests watching the premiere of a new Mickey Mouse cartoon and then entering the cartoon itself. The show's creative team, including Paul Rudish, Joseph Holt and composer Christopher Willis, collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering to create the attractions, which opened on March 4, 2020, at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Music
On July 21, 2023, Walt Disney Records released a soundtrack album of several songs from the series.