Mickey Mouse, the most popular character of Walt Disney’s animated cartoons and arguably the most popular cartoon star in the world.
Walt Disney began his first series of fully animated films in 1927, featuring the character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
When his distributor appropriated the rights to the character, Disney altered Oswald’s appearance and created a new character that he named Mortimer Mouse; at the urging of his wife, Disney rechristened him Mickey Mouse.
Two silent Mickey Mouse cartoons—Plane Crazy (1928) and Gallopin’ Gaucho (1928)—were produced before Disney employed the novelty of sound for the third Mickey Mouse production, Steamboat Willie (1928), though Mickey did not utter his first words (“Hot dogs!”) until The Karnival Kid (1929).
Steamboat Willie was an immediate sensation and led to the studio’s dominance in the animated market for many years.
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Disneyland: Mickey Mouse and guests
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During the early years, Mickey was drawn by noted animator Ub Iwerks, and Disney himself provided Mickey’s voice until 1947.
Mickey was often joined by his girlfriend, Minnie Mouse, as well as an animated gang of friends that included Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.
Mickey was a cheerful and mischievous anthropomorphic rodent who starred in more than 100 cartoon shorts and became a worldwide cult figure.
The Mickey Mouse Club was one of the most popular television shows for children in the United States in the 1950s, and the signature black cap with mouse ears worn by the show’s stars has become one of the most widely distributed items in merchandising history.
In 1932 Disney was given a special award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the creation of Mickey Mouse.
Daisy Duck is the second leading lady after Minnie Mouse.
She is the girlfriend of Donald Duck, and Minnie's best friend.
She is also good friends with Clarabelle Cow and Clara Cluck.
She's been known to have a temper much like her boyfriend's, but is also very sweet.
History:
Daisy is a cartoon character created in 1940 by Walt Disney Productions as the girlfriend of Donald Duck.
She is often seen wearing a hair bow, blouse, and shoes.
Daisy usually shows a strong affinity towards Donald, although she is often characterized as being more sophisticated than him.
Daisy was introduced in the short film Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940) and was incorporated into Donald's comic stories several months later.
She appeared in 11 short films between 1940 and 1954, and later in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), Runaway Brain (1995) and Fantasia 2000 (1999).
In these roles Daisy was always a supporting character, with the exception of Donald's Dilemma (1947).
Daisy has received considerable more screen time in television, making regular appearances in Quack Pack (1996), Mickey Mouse Works (1999-2000), House of Mouse (2001–2003), and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–present).
Daisy has also appeared in several direct-to-video films such as Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) and The Three Musketeers (2004).
Personality:
Daisy loves shopping, shaking her butt, and spending time with her friends.
She also loves to be the center of attention, she can be very egocentric at times, but has a good heart.
She is also sometimes pretty bossy to her boyfriend Donald and best friend Minnie.
The level of her bossiness and egocentricity varies a lot depending on the media.
And live on the Miss Daisy with Donald.