The Little Whirlwind

The Little Whirlwind is a Mickey Mouse short that was released in 1941.
==Plot==
Mickey offers to clean Minnie's yard in exchange for a piece of her homemade cake. But it's easier said than done when a little whirlwind keeps him from finishing his chore. After many unsuccessful attempts of getting rid of it, he starts chasing it away with a rake until it calls for its mother for help. Mama Whirlwind arrives and starts chasing Mickey, sucking everything in her path in the process, and eventually Mickey himself. After wrecking Minnie's yard and dropping Mickey on her fountain, the two whirlwinds leave. Shortly after, Minnie comes outside and finds that her yard looks worse than before. Thinking that Mickey caused the mess, she angrily throws the cake at him, which Mickey then starts to eat, then the short ends.
==Characters==
*Mickey Mouse (voiced by Walt Disney)
*Minnie Mouse (voiced by Thelma Boardman)
*Little Whirlwind
*Mama Whirlwind
==Trivia==
*This cartoon introduced new, unique designs for both Mickey and Minnie that were short-lived. These changes in the designs included a slimmer body, perspective ears and a bigger head, hands and feet as well as the absence of a tail. They were also given buck teeth, but only shown when they're whistling. These designs would last until 1946 short Squatter's Rights.
** Storyboards for this cartoon have Mickey drawn with his older, more circular ears, as they were made before his design was updated for the finished film.
* Much of the animation of the Big Whirlwind is taken from The Band Concert.
* This cartoon was featured in Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse.
* According to "Four Tales on a Mouse", the cake Minnie was baking in this cartoon is actually supposed to be for Mickey's birthday party. After she throws it at him, this segues into new animation of Minnie calling Goofy and she sadly tells him that she's ruined Mickey's cake and needs his help making another one, leading in to Mickey's Birthday Party. This also explains why she was out of character in the short.
* The music cue that plays in the climax of the cartoon was played again in Cured Duck when Donald starts wrecking the house in anger after trying to open the window.
=== Errors ===
* The red band around Mickey's straw hat was black for a short time, however, when he throws the bag onto the Little whirlwind, it changed back to red again.
==Releases==
===Television===
* Disneyland, episode #4.24: "Four Tales on a Mouse"
* Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #1
* Good Morning, Mickey, episode #49
* Disney’s All-Star Mother’s Day Album
* The Magical World of Disney, episode #33.15: "Mickey's Happy Valentine Special"
* Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #27
* Donald's Quack Attack, episode #19
* Have a Laugh!, episode #33
* Treasures from the Disney Vault, October 15, 2018
===Home video===
VHS
* Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections, Volume 2
* Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey & Minnie
* Everybody Loves Mickey
Laserdisc
* Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections: Volume 1
* Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey & Minnie / Starring Chip 'n' Dale
DVD
* Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume 2
* Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites - Volume 1: Starring Mickey
* Everybody Loves Mickey
Blu-ray
* Celebrating Mickey
* Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts - Volume 1
===Streaming===
* Disney+, November 12, 2019
==Have a Laugh! changes==
The following scenes were deleted from the short version due to time constraints:
*The entire opening with the cake and Mickey offering to clean up Minnie's yard for it is cut; it opens with the little whirlwind arriving on the scene.
*The majority of Mickey's antics with the whirlwind, including Mickey's inability to keep the leaves in the basket, the whirlwind leading the leaves in a parade, and Mickey trapping the whirlwind in a bag.
*Mickey mowing the grass as he is being chased by Mama Whirlwind.
==Gallery==
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Category:Minnie Mouse shorts
Category:1941 shorts