Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (short)

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a 2022 classic hand-drawn short film. Featuring the character of the same name, the short features traditional hand-drawn animation and is directed by Disney animation historian Eric Goldberg and produced by Dorothy McKim. It is the first Oswald cartoon in over 94 years (other than the holiday short from Disney Japan) released by Disney.
==Synopsis==
The film begins with Oswald going to see a movie with himself in it, only to be kicked out immediately afterward because he did not pay. After he pays, he sits down in the theatre seats. When the movie starts, there is only an empty background and no one is on the screen. The audience starts bickering at Oswald because he's not in the movie. On the screen, Ortensia walks in and puts her lips out as she is supposed to be kissing Oswald. Oswald's heart starts beating rapidly with love and he hops out of his seat. He tries to go into the screen but gets bounced off. Oswald makes an exclamation point over his head and turns it into a cannon. He fires it but it rejects the ball and bonks Oswald's head off and the ball falls where his head should be. Meanwhile, on the screen, Ortensia checks her watch, shrugs, and puckers her lips. Off of the screen, Oswald puts his head back on and the cannonball falls on his foot, takes his foot off, and kisses it. He then starts rubbing his foot all over his body for good luck. He then puts his foot back on and takes his ears off, turning them into scissors. He cuts a hole in the theatre screen and hops in. When he is on the screen, he is too small to kiss, so he pulls his ears up and grows. In the end, they look at the audience and the screen turns black.
==Characters==
*Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
*Ortensia
==Release==
The short was released December 1, 2022 on Walt Disney Animation Studios YouTube channel to mark the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company. The short was released for streaming on Disney+ on April 14, 2023.
==Production==
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was directed by animator Eric Goldberg and produced by Dorothy McKim.
"On the eve of Disney’s 100th anniversary, it was such a joy to create the first new Oswald short from our studio since 1928," says McKim. "Our hand-drawn animation team—including our hand-drawn legends Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, and Eric Goldberg, as well our wonderful team of 2D apprentices—had a ball animating in the style of Oswald's era." Goldberg adds, "Oswald is such a plucky scamp. We wanted to bring Oswald back, and in the short, he literally returns to his original home: the movie screen. We wanted to have Oswald do all of the 'squash-and-stretch', 'rubber hose'-animation style, celebrating that first generation of Walt Disney's artists."
==Trivia==
*This is the second time that an Oswald cartoon takes place in a theatre, the first being Bright Lights.
*At the end of the film, when Oswald and Ortensia are about to kiss, their lips are out, but their mouths are closed when they look at the audience.
*Before Ortensia checks her watch, it was not there, and after she checks it, it is gone again.
*In this short, Ortensia has a tail, though she never had one in other projects.
**Furthermore, this is the first Disney project to have Ortensia's since 1928.
*Just like Get a Horse!, both shorts are made to revive the main characters in a more classic way (being Mickey Mouse and Oswald), they both use classic hand-drawn animation and are animated and directed by Eric Goldberg and produced by Dorothy McKim.
*Coincidentally, two other Oswald memorable moments took place right after Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was released. One, made by Disney and Givenchy, a short that takes place during the Lunar New Year in which Oswald goes around to meet and impress different celebrities, being Madelaine Petsch, Amber Liu, and Alton Mason, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit can be seen at Times Square in New York City.
==Gallery==
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==Videos==
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