Mickey vs. Mortimer

Mickey vs. Mortimer is a 1994 short film which is part of the 1994-1995 Mickey Mouse short films and centers around Mickey Mouse and his enemy Mortimer. It was directed by Joe Ranft and was written by Ranft and Brad Bird and released in theaters on September 2, 1994 and received mixed reviews from critics, but received positive ones from audiences and Disney fans.
== Synopsis ==
When a race for mice opens in town, Mickey is one of those mice racing there. However, it turns out that his enemy Mortimer is also in there, since he is also a mouse. The challenge is: whoever races 500 million miles to the Very Hot Desert, wins all of the cheese in its restaurant (also for mice), The Cheese Plaza. The rules are simple. Whoever cheats is officially out of the game. But Mortimer doesn't play by the rules.
== Plot ==
At his home, Mickey is watching TV with his pet dog, Pluto. However, Mickey sees on the TV that a race for mice is in position and plans to go there, which Pluto steals his TV to watch a dog show. At the racing arena, Mickey signs up to become one of the racers but is later uninterested when his enemy, Mortimer, also signs up. Mickey than tries to leave but when the announcer announces that at the end of the race the winner will get all of the cheese at the Cheese Plaza, Mickey once again re-enters the race.
When the race is about to start in one minute, Mickey wishes Mortimer good luck but Mortimer doesn't have the same for Mickey. With Minnie being his tire fixer, the race then starts and all of the cars drive out of the arena to get to the Very Hot Desert. Mortimer, despite hearing that whoever cheats is out of the race, than decides to cheat and plants a bomb on somebody's car, which causes the person's car to explode. Mickey than worries about this and he, Mortimer, and the other drivers, are 2 miles away from the Very Hot Desert, but then make it there in three seconds.
Mortimer than crashes his car into somebody else but gets kicked by one of the car's tires and goes to outer space, but comes back down and smashes the car into the ground. During this, Pluto is reading a newspaper about dogs while the race is on TV. Four minutes later, Mortimer has knocked out every driver, except Mickey. For his next cheat to win, Mortimer opens the hole where Mickey's car keeps all of its gas, and the gas drops out, causing Mickey's car to die out. Finding a way to repair his car