Mortimer later became the name of Mickey's rival for Minnie – taller than his renowned adversary and speaking with a Brooklyn accent.

He has been presented as both the uncle of Minnie Mouse, and later presented as an unrelated mouse who was Mickey's rival for Minnie's affections.

However, Lillian Disney, Walt's wife, believed the name " Mortimer " sounded too much like ' mortified ' and ' mortician ' and suggested the name Mickey instead, so " Mortimer " later became the name of Mickey's rival.

In House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Works, Mortimer as Mickey's rival is voiced by Maurice LaMarche doing an exaggerated impersonation of Jon Lovitz.

Of all Mickey's partners, Donald Duck, who first teamed up with Mickey in the 1934 cartoon, Orphan's Benefit, was arguably the most popular, going on to become Disney's second most successful cartoon character of all time.

Curiously enough, however, Pluto was the only standard Disney character not included when the whole gang was reunited for the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol, although he did return in The Prince and the Pauper ( 1990 ) and Runaway Brain ( 1995 ).

One of the unique and controversial variants of the Tom Shows was Walt Disney's 1933 Mickey's Mellerdrammer.

Mickey's Service Station directed by Ben Sharpsteen, first released on March 16, 1935, was the first of the classic " Mickey, Donald, and Goofy " comedy shorts.

The project was shelved in favor of Mickey's Christmas Carol.

Hook also appeared frequently on Disney's House of Mouse, and was one of the main villains of Mickey's House of Villains who take over the House of Mouse.

Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie, which was an enormous success.

Duckburg was also used for the setting of Mickey's Birthdayland ( later Mickey's Starland ) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom from 1988 to 1996.

The connection to Duckburg was removed as the land was renovated in 1996 to become Mickey's Toontown Fair.

As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in the featurettes Mickey's Christmas Carol ( 1983 ) and The Prince and the Pauper ( 1990 ), and the 1988 feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Prior to 1996, the land was known as Mickey's Birthdayland / Starland, and was set in the city of Duckburg.

Although Mickey's stories included the character Pete, who was created in 1925, the world in which Mickey lives holds a continuity largely independent from earlier films.

In 1930, Disney began a newspaper strip called Mickey Mouse which greatly expanded Mickey's world which was already well-known from the animated cartoons.

This setting was succinctly presented in the first sentences of one of Mickey's first storybooks:

In the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip, Mickey's farm was most likely located in the midwestern United States, as indicated by characters ' comments to have arrived " out west " to Death Valley and to go " back east " to conduct business, etc.

Mickey's city was unnamed until 1932, when the comic story The Great Orphanage Robbery identified it as Silo Center.

But the first consistent name for Mickey's city came in 1950s Italy, where it was called Topolinia ( from Topolino or ' little mouse ,' Mickey's Italian name ).

But due to then-current Mighty Mouse cartoons ' use of a city called Mouseville, the new name Mouseton was created for Mickey's town instead ; both in Mickey Mouse Adventures, and in Disney's contemporary reprints of vintage stories in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories ( 1991 – 93 ).

As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in " Mickey's Christmas Carol " ( 1983 ) and " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " ( 1988 ).

Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig, Practical Pig, and the Big Bad Wolf appeared in the 2001 series Disney's House of Mouse in many episodes, and again in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

The group reached the top ten again with " You've Really Got a Hold on Me " in 1962, reaching the top ten again with " Mickey's Monkey " the following year.

Kaa appeared briefly in the feature film " Mickey's House of Villains " where he sang again during the main villain musical number.

Later, Howard and Myron cross paths again and while they are drinking coffee at Mickey's Diner where Myron tells Howard about the time when his father was unable to get him a specific toy on Christmas.

Mickey's Monkey Spunk Moped is the moped ridden by a cartoon character who has appeared twice in the British adult comic Viz ; first in 1993 and again in August 2010.

Disney experimented with several stop motion techniques by hiring independent animator-director Mike Jittlov to do the first stop motion animation of Mickey Mouse toys ever produced for a short sequence called Mouse Mania, part of a TV special commemorating Mickey Mouse's 50th Anniversary called Mickey's 50th in 1978.

It has also been adapted to films, The Sacrifice ( 1909 ), Love's Surprises Are Futile ( 1916 ), The Gift of the Magi ( 1917 ), Dary magów ( Poland, 1972 ), part of O. Henry's Full House ( 1952 ), The Gift of Love ( 1978 ), The Gift of the Magi ( 1958 ), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street ( 1978 ), Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas gift ( 1999 ), The Gift of the Magi ( 2004 ) and the short film for the Irish band The Script in 2010 called For the First Time.

The film is a parody of a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon called Mickey's Nightmare.

Like its counterparts in other Disney theme parks, Toontown ( called " Mickey's Toontown " at other Disney parks ) is heavily inspired by the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Mickey's is widely known for its unique beehive-shaped, wide-mouthed 12 ounce bottle, often called a " grenade " due to its circular waffle design.

From 1989 – 1990, different versions of a song called " Mickey's Birthdayland Express " and " Rollin ' on the Walt Disney World Express " were played during the trip.

When Mickey's girlfriend Rose ( Billie Piper ) begins investigating a mysterious alien called the Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ), Mickey is captured by the alien Nestene Consciousness, from which a living plastic facsimile of him ( an ' auton ') is created.

* Mickey's Toontown inspired an online role-playing game called Toontown Online, which was released in 2003.

The Land also produces a product called " Mickey's Mini Gardens " in the Biotechnology Lab, which are available for purchase in several locations in Epcot.

Mortimer Mouse as shown in Mickey's Rival

In the 1936 cartoon short Mickey's Rival, Mortimer Mouse was introduced as Mickey's competition for Minnie's affections.

* In later Disney films, the cat is currently not considered a villain ( especially in Mickey's House of Villains, where he is not part of the group of villains, instead celebrating their defeat at the end ).

Twenty minutes later, the Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Gala Premiere, last programme transmitted seven years earlier at the start of World War II, is reshown.

In 1994, Walt Disney Home Video and Gregory Sills Productions co-produced a video in the Mickey's Fun Songs ( later Sing-Along Songs ) series, " Let's Go to the Circus ," which featured Mickey and friends take a trip through the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

An expansion of the land created as Mickey's Birthdayland, and later Mickey's Starland, this area was home to attractions such as Mickey's Country House, Minnie's Country House, The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm, and Donald's Boat.

It ran until the early 1980s, and later inspired the Viz strip Mickey's Miniature Grandpa.

Kits included Shin's Crusader and F-5G Tigershark ( later known as the F-20 ), Mickey's F-100 and F-14, Saki's Kfir, Greg's A-10 and a couple others.

After departing Frontierland, the train traveled to Duckberg Station at Mickey's Birthdayland ( later renamed Mickey's Starland and finally Mickey's Toontown Fair ).

In Gareth Roberts ' Doctor Who Magazine comic book story " The Lodger ", the Tenth Doctor is forced to cohabit with Mickey ; this story was later adapted into an Eleventh Doctor ( Matt Smith ) episode of the same name, with Mickey's role supplanted by that of Craig Owens ( James Corden ).

Owing to a positive viewer reception, producer Louise Berridge turned Mickey into a regular character, and his on-screen family arrived a year later, including Mickey's little sister Demi, who was played by Swash's real sister, Shana.

Production has resumed now that Bret Iwan has been cast as Mickey's voice, the latest in a series of performers who have voiced Mickey since 1928 ( Mickey's original voice on film and later on television in most of his appearances from 1928 to 1961 was the character's creator, Walt Disney ).

The music heard when the dancing bunnies went in circles was later heard in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas during the Belles on Ice episode as a set of bars heard in the credits with the train scene's music.

Mattie and Johnny later arrive at Mickey's apartment, in which they learn about both Phil and Chris fighting each other in Darkhawk armor.