King Mickey

Mickey Mouse, also known as King Mickey, is a character from the Kingdom Hearts series.
== Charactah Account ==
The King of Disney Castle, and a Keyblade Master, Mickey Mouse is one of the first to notice how much danger the worlds are in, and one of the first to take action. When he leaves on a journey and doesn't come back, Donald and Goofy set out to find him. Although they meet a few times, Mickey is usually one step ahead of them and has a better idea of what's going on. He becomes a close friend of Riku in particular as he helps him learn to control his inner darkness.
King Mickey is a kind, brave, and noble king, valuing friendship and integrity much more highly than others. Though he is a King, he has little care for his title as King and often prefers his closest friends to address him by his name, such as when he and Riku bonded during their adventure in Castle Oblivion. He is also not above helping people himself. This can be seen during the Battle of 1000 Heartless; he took a role on the battlefield after Goofy was presumed dead.
He originally was very biased towards light, believing that Darkness, and everything that resided in it, was evil and needed to be wiped out, but his encounters with Riku taught him that light and darkness are in balance with each other, and one cannot exist without the other. Like Sora, Mickey has shown some concern for his foes, such as Maleficent and Pete, whom helped them reach the top of the Castle that Never Was. Mickey has had a reoccurring case of not remembering a person's face and name as was the case of Terra-Xehanort, feeling guilty of not figuring out his true identity and agenda in time.
== Appearance ==
=== Light Novels ===
* Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
* Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
=== Manga ===
* Kingdom Hearts
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
=== Video Games ===
* Disney Infinity 3.0
* Kingdom Hearts
* Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
* Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
* Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
* Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
* Kingdom Hearts coded
* Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 Remix
* Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
* Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter Prologue
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts III
* Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
* Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
* Kingdom Hearts Union X
* Kingdom Hearts X
* Kingdom Hearts: All In One Package
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
* Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
== Trivia ==
* Although Kingdom Hearts credits Mickey's first appearance as the Disney short "Steamboat Willie", he technically first appeared in "Plane Crazy". Though "Plane Crazy" was made first and shown to test audiences before "Steamboat Willie", it was not picked up by a distributor for full release until after the success of "Steamboat Willie".
* On May 18, 2009, Mickey's voice actor, Wayne Allwine, passed away from complications due to diabetes. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days became the last work in which Allwine provided the voice of Mickey Mouse (and his final performance overall), and the English versions of the game were dedicated in his memory; the new official voice actor for him is Bret Iwan, who gave his first full performance as Mickey in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and later voiced him in Epic Mickey, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
* Mickey's "Healing Light" ability also occurs in the Co-op Version of the Mirage Arena in Birth by Sleep. When a friend loses all HP, you must go next to the friend and charge up the bar until full and then the friend is revived, similar to Mickey charging up the Drive Gauge and saying, "Light, give me Power!"
* Mickey's image is on the cover of every Kingdom Hearts game after Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, even for his minor role in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
* In Disney Infinity 3.0, the player is able to unlock an additional costume for Mickey Mouse that matches Mickey's King appearance in the Kingdom Hearts games using a power disk that was only released to audience members of Disney's D23 conference. Alongside the Keyblade being available to anyone who has every 3.0 figure, this is the first instance of official Kingdom Hearts content being added to the Disney Infinity games.
* Takashi Aoyagi, Mickey's Japanese voice actor since Kingdom Hearts, retired in November 2018 (Disney: 1991-2018) before the release of Kingdom Hearts III. He did not finish all of his recordings in the game. Takanori Hoshino replaced Aoyagi as Mickey from that point.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Mickey Mouse at Kingdom Hearts Wiki
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Category:Males
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