Mickey Mouse

***Mickey Mouse*** (a.k.a. *Mickey Mouse Shorts*) is an American animated comedy television seriesproduced 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 Networktelevision series *Sym-Bionic Titan* and is also the series' executive producer and supervising director, while Joseph Holt is the series' art director. 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, 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**
	+ 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.
	+ However, Iwan voices Mickey in the app game *Where's My Mickey?*
* 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[edit]

As a running gag, some episodes feature cameos of other characters, from a variety of other Disney properties.

* Yeti from Matterhorn Bobsleds
* Cinderella and Prince Charming from *Cinderella*
* 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 and Tramp from *Lady and the Tramp*
* Glut the Shark, Sebastian and his Bandfrom *The Little Mermaid*
* Belle, the Beast and Sultan from *Beauty and the Beast*
* Jose Carioca from *Saludos Amigos*
* 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
* Phantom Blot
* Yzma from *The Emperor's New Groove*

## Episodes[edit]

Main article: List of Mickey Mouse episodes

 1 | 18
 2 | 19
 3 | 20
 4 | 19
 5 | 18
 Specials | 2