Editing Mickey Mouse (film series) (section)

== Trivia ==

* The Mickey Mouse franchise was/is not only popular in the United States, it also is popular in Latin America, Japan and Europe (especially in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France and Finland).
* Mickey Mouse himself appeared in the 1934 MGM feature-film ''Hollywood Party'' and was set to appear in the 1945 film ''Anchors Aweigh'', but he was replaced by Jerry from ''Tom & Jerry'' due to copyright issues
* One of the shorts, ''Lend a Paw'', actually won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1942.
* The entirety of the Mickey Mouse brand was supposed to go public domain in 1998, but Disney managed to renew his copyright, however, ''Steamboat Willie'', and therefore Mickey's incarnation in the short, entered the public domain on January 1st, 2024.
* A possible reason for why Mickey doesn't have much screen time on the later shorts is because Mickey was started to be seen as a role model for kids since the mid-1930's, while in the earlier shorts, Mickey was the subject of more crude jokes, meaning that Disney had to limit the amount of side-gags featuring Mickey in order to not teach kids to do that type of stuff, as such, other characters (most notably Donald and Pluto) were handed most of the jokes to keep Mickey's role model.
* Mickey Mouse himself was ranked at the 50th place in the Top 50 Best Animated Movie Characters list by Empire Magazine, the actual reason of his low ranking is because of his only prominent film appearance being in the critically acclaimed ''Fantasia''.
* Due to Disney's infamous current business practices, Mickey has been constantly portrayed negatively in parodic media like ''[[South Park (seasons 1-19, 21-present)|South Park]]'' and ''[[Drawn Together]]'' as an often-rude corporate symbol, in fact, many YouTubers like Antoons and [[SuperMarioLogan (2017-present)|SuperMarioLogan]] have also made evil parodies of Mickey.
** However, Mickey Mouse parodies actually have their origin with a Japanese propaganda series named "Toy Box Series" (which is partially lost), where in the third episode, Mickey (or someone that looks like him) alongside other mice invade an island, until he's defeated by the famous Japanese folklore character Momotaro.
** Multiple copycats of Mickey also exist, most notably Farfour from the infamous Palestinian children's show ''[[Tomorrow's Pioneers]].''