Mickey Mouse universe

The **Mickey Mouse universe** is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Genie, and Chip and Dale as the primary members, and many other characters related to them, being most of them anthropomorphic animals. The universe originated from the *Mickey Mouse* animated short films produced by Disney starting in 1928.

## Protagonists

### Mickey Mouse

An anthropomorphic mouse most often dressed in gloves, red shorts and yellow shoes. While typically given a modest and pleasant personality, he is often an enthusiastic and determined character, seeking new adventures, excitement and mysteries. He often serves as the de facto leader of his friends. He was introduced in the 1928 short film *Steamboat Willie*.

### Minnie Mouse

Mickey's female counterpart, an anthropomorphic mouse usually portrayed as his girlfriend who first appeared in the 1928 short film *Steamboat Willie*. Originally characterized as a flapper, Minnie has often played Mickey's damsel in distress. Her most frequent profession in early cartoons was a musician and songwriter.

### Genie

Genie is a jinn and is never given a proper name.

### Chip and Dale

Chip and Dale are two chipmunks who are often trouble-makers for Pluto and Donald. However, the chipmunks are often provoked, especially by Donald.

### Pluto

Mickey Mouse's pet dog who was first introduced in the 1930 short film *The Picnic* as Minnie's dog Rover and in the 1931 short film *The Moose Hunt* under his current film as Mickey's dog. Unlike the anthropomorphic Goofy, Pluto is a normal dog who walks on four legs and rarely speaks.

### Dumbo

Dumbo, the nickname given to Jumbo Jr. He is an elephant who has huge ears and is able to use them to fly, carrying what he thinks of as a magic feather. He is also Mickey Mouse's pet elephant.

### Walt Disney

The creator of the Disney multiverse and Mickey's master.

### Disney Heroes

The group of heroes from other universes created by Walt Disney.

## Antagonists

### Pete

Pete (also called Peg-Leg Pete) is a large, overweight anthropomorphic cat. He is the most recurring antagonist in Mickey Mouse stories. He was first introduced in 1925 as a bear. His character ranges from a hardened criminal to an ethical menace : depending on the context, he is either Mickey's arch-rival or a simple nuisance. In the earlier comic strip storyline he was paired with Sylvester Shyster before evolving into the main villain. In the *Goof Troop* TV series and subsequent film adaptations, he is depicted as Goofy's exploitative friend and neighbour.

### Maleficent

Maleficent is an evil fairy, the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, and the leader of the Disney Villains, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday. She is also the archenemy of Mickey Mouse.

### Hades

Hades is the lord of the dead and the second in command of the Disney Villains. He plans to overthrow Zeus and rule the Universe but kill Hercules before that so the hero doesn't foil his plot. However, he failed, and was trapped in the River of Death for all eternity.

### Disney Villains

The group of villains led by Maleficent and her second in command Hades.