Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is another one that deserves a spot in the Shrine to the Greats. Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and was even voiced by Walt Disney!Since his creation Mickey has become the icon of the Walt Disney Company. The company even celebrates Mickey’s birthday, which is on November 18, 1928. That was when Steamboat Willie was released, where Mickey first appeared.
Mickey Mouse was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbitm, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney Studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios.When Disney asked for a larger budget for his popular Oswald series, Mintz announced he had hired the bulk of Disney’s staff, but that Disney could keep doing the Oswald series, as long as he agreed to a budget cut and went on the payroll. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio initially consisted of animator Ub Iwerks and a loyal apprentice artist, Les Clark. One lesson Disney learned from the experience was to thereafter always make sure that he owned all rights to the characters produced by his company.
In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of frogs, dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. They would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar.
Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. In 1925,Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney called Mickey Mouse.
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”
“I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.” — Walt Disney
Walt Disney was originally going to call the mouse Mortimer Mouse, but his wife insisted it was a bad name. The really cool part about this is that there is a bad guy on a show on Toon Disney,House of Mouse, and his name is Mortimer Mouse. Neat little easter egg.
Mikey and Minnie Mouse debuted together in an old short called Plane Crazy, which was released on May 15 1928.The plot of Plane Crazy was fairly simple. Mickey Theodore Mouse is apparently trying to become a pilot, he then builds his own plane and asks Minnie to join him.Mickey as portrayed in Plane Crazy was mischievous, amorous, and has often been described as a rogue. At the time of its first release, however, Plane Crazy apparently failed to impress audiences, and to add insult to injury, Walt could not find a distributor. Though understandably disappointed, Walt went on to produce a second Mickey short.
Mickey Mouse didn’t start wearing his trademark gloves until March 28, 1929 in the Opry House.Mickey can be seen wearing them in most of his subsequent appearances. Supposedly one reason for adding the white gloves was to allow audiences to distinguish the characters’ hands when they appeared against their bodies, as both were black (Mickey did not appear in color until The Band Concert in 1935.)
To sum things up so we can get on to one of my favorite things Mickey Mouse has starred in, Mickey Mouse, ever since his debut, has become one of the most popular and successful cartoons in the world today.
Now on to one of my favorite video game series, which stars none other than Mickey Mouse. In the Kingdom Hearts series Mickey is the king of the Disney universe. He, along with Donald,Goofy, Minnie,
and other popular Disney characters live on a world called Disney Castle. When the universe is threatened by a force called the Heartless, Mickey sets out to stop them, giving Donald and Goofy orders to find the keyblade master. In KH2, King Mickey wields a keyblade himself and can be called upon to help the keyblade master if he is in need.King Mickey will also appear more in the Kingdom Hearts series, so be ready for Birth By Sleep and 358/2 Days, the newest editions to the series.
This is a new category I made that recognizes all the greats in this world.
own.In fact, King Kong was one of his favorite films, at the age of nine he attempted to make his own version of it using stop-motion models.As a teenager, Jackson discovered the works of author J.R.R. Tolkien.The Lord of the Rings. He instantly fell in love with the books.
Halo-Peter Jackson was going to make a movie version of this hit game,but the project went on hold when fiscal backers withdrew their support. But it is still a possibility it will be made.
