#Mickey Mouse Headcanons

[thebrownssociety]

Do you have any headcanons on how Public Domain is seen by Toons? I envision that as ... retirement: on January 1st, there's a big party in which the "Public Domainers" receive a gold watch and a plaque thanking them for their service. After that, they're free to go around Toontown to either rest and relax and fulfill their own dreams. Some even came back to the scenes (case in point: Daffy I, the super-silly one from the origins, that came back to Warner Bros after The Looney Tunes Show)

The "Swirly D" (heh, no names given here) scared the actors, telling them that if they ever went into Public Domain, they'd be left alone with their old arch-enemesis (Fleischer Brothers actors) and "those [religious slur] disrespectful know-it-alls" (Looney Tunes). So "Double M" saw many of his friends and siblings finally going into Public Domain and enjoy their newfound freedom missing them dearly ... (is this too "schmalzily-heartwrenching"?)

So...I'm only responding to the first paragraph because I didn't understand the second [Swirly D?].

All of the Toons are trademarked, so they can't really be used outside of Disney/Looney Tunes. As found out when I googled if Mickey is in the public domain. 'Trademark and Rights: While the copyright has expired, Disney still holds the trademark on Mickey as a “corporate mascot and brand identifier.” Creators will not be able to produce any work that deceptively fools consumers into thinking their Mickey is affiliated with Disney. The company will actively safeguard against unauthorized uses of Mickey and other iconic characters'

So basically Mickey can be used but VERY limited. So, did he have a celebration? Yes! Like other Toons who enter the public domain, he got a letter from the head of his company at the time and had a party.

I don't know if anyone's seen pictures of the parties after the war, but it was that kind of thing. A day of work for the Toons [Disney Toons only] and a buffet that stretched out for infinity. Mickey himself mainly left the other Toons to their own devices, but he did have a celebration in his house [Well, mansion] with Minnie, Goofy, Max, Donald, Huey, Dewey and Lewie as well as Oswald and Ortensia. He also invited Bugs, Daffy, Porky and Elmer. [He gets on quite well with Bugs, if you invite Bugs you've got to invite Daffy. The two of them basically dragged Porky and Elmer along, figuring Mickey wouldn't mind. Luckily he didn't.

[ruubesz-draws]

Later...

(Shimo is a prankster)

Ghidorah every time Godzilla gets a new enemy.

True frienemies right there!

I was going to make a Godzilla animatic of this exact scene but discarded the idea later (wasn't sure whether we were allowed to use the audio without getting a copyright strike idk)

I LOVE the Mickey Mouse Shorts lol

[dotted-clouds]

this was funnier in my head

[thebrownssociety]

A very good point. 

I personally think that Mickey and Minnie’s relationship is unique in that it’s on of the few romantic relationships to be consistently shown ON SCREEN. Other than Donald and Daisy that is. And Donald wasn’t created till 1934 - 6 years difference between him and Mickey & Minnie.

Going back to the Mouses - their relationship has basically developed on-screen, which is a bit weird. They’d only been created about 6 months before starring in ‘Steamboat Willie’. for cryin’ out loud! Their next film ‘The Karnival Kid’ was filmed about 6 months later [both finished filming 3 months before they aired so the animators could tighten things up and Walt could check he was happy with it.]

At first I headcanon they were just together because...well, they were together. Walt created them to be together, that’s just how it was. That being said by the time they were making ‘Mickey’s Follies’ [Basically a love-song to Minnie with slapstick] Mickey was able to put a genuine level of love into his singing for Minnie and not just because he’s a Toon, but because he was genuinely starting to fall in love with her.

Minnie - being slightly more level-headed and a bit more cautious when it comes to love - was sure that she liked Mickey but wasn’t sure how much he liked her. Thankfully the next about 5 shorts Mickey got to save her repeatedly. There was something abut being repeatedly saved from various disasters that helped to strengthen their bond. A particularly good one would be ‘The Fire Fighters - 1940′ during which Minnie is trapped in a burning building and Mickey has to rescue her. 

Except because they were just going with a vague outline of a plot and it wasn’t scripted like modern-day cartoons, they were improvising most of the plot. One being that Minnie passed out from fear/smoke. 

Mickey saw this and panicked. They were filming - he didn’t know if she was genuinely ok or not. Burt Gillet - the director for that short - seemed to be happy with it though, so Mickey carried on. His panic was completely real and Minnie realised that. She had to fight the urge to jump up and dance around when she realised he loved her to. Thankfully she kept it together though.

At the end of the short she hugged Mickey tightly, kissed him [on the cheek only. They were in front of others.] and told him he now take her out for a date.

Mickey ended up taking her to a fancy restaurant and that was when the officially [as far as they’re concerned] started dating. 

@preciouslittletoonette​ That’s all I can think of for now. Might work on the bottom paragraph, but not sure. 😁

it’s interesting how mickey and minnie’s relationship seems to be an exception rather than a rule for toons, if you really think about it.

other toons, like felix the cat, have had romantic interests (more than one even!) than simply haven’t lasted that long/never became that popular. bugs bunny has been around since the 30’s, but lola bunny didn’t come around until the 90’s and appears pretty much only in space jam (and that one looney tunes reboot where her personality took a 180 turn). even with oswald: although ortensia has been established as his wife and One True Love, we know that wasn’t always true because of fanny. what i’m saying is: romance in toons has never been…a constant, i guess.

mickey and minnie, though? they’ve been co-stars since day one (be it Plane Crazy or Steamboat Willie) and since then the nature of their relationship has never changed for over 90 years. that’s longer than the majority of toons have been around for. even when they argue and get mad at each other, they always get back together in the end.

and I just wonder: how does a relationship like that fit in toon standards? do other toons think it’s weird that they’ve been together for so long? do they think it’s not genuine? have the mice themselves questioned it: whether they genuinely love each other or they just think they do because that’s what their animators intended? is there even a difference to that if they’re toons??? and how does this affect their relationship beyond just the romantic aspect of it???

[bachelorisland]

Mickey’s veeery complicated opinion on Jose Carioca

I talked about this headcanon on twitter but I wanted to talk about it on tumblr too bc u guys are goated 🙏🤣❤️ ANYYWAYYSSS (Sorry I’m very bad at explaining things and my grammar is awful this is more of a ramble, AND IM SORRY IF THIS IS OOC)

I feel like Mickey, despite not wanting to not like him, does NOTTTT LIKE Jose because of how similar they are. I mean when you think about it, Jose is basically everything Mickey is and more ? (Maybe that’s a stretch, I dunno) He’s more humble, probably a lot more charming, and I feel like Mickey would feel threatened by that. Here’s a rlly crappy drawing to visualize 😎

I don’t think Mickey would ever admit to feeling that way about him because he doesn’t WANT to, he feels really really guilty about it, and he thinks it’s silly, but I guess he has some deep rooted issues with being replaced to be reacting in such a way.

AND ALSO because Jose is completely oblivious to how Mickey feels about him and thinks they’re very good friends!! So mickey wouldn’t wanna mess that up either and make himself look bad

A TWITTER USER SAID THIS AND I AGREE WITH IT SO HARD THOUGH!!!

AND DONALD!!! Donald is Mickeys bestest friend!! Iconic Disney Duo!! But I always found it funny that despite Jose and Mickey being similar, to me Donald seems to fuck with Jose a LOT more than Mickey 😭 I think Mickey would be incredibly insecure about that especially, i mean if ur best friend likes this guy more than he likes you he’s definitely better than you!!! I think Mickey would end up believing that because Donald seems calmer and happier around Jose, than that means Donald’s temper wasn’t the problem, Mickey not being a good enough friend for him was. :( LIKE HES A BIRD TOO!! THEYRE BOTH BIRDS AND MICKEYS JUST A STUPIF MOUSE!!!💔💔💔 yeah

(I like to imagine a montage of mickey from the shorts trying to “win back” donald from jose lololol maybe ill make a little comic)

BUT ANYWAYS yeah that’s it . thx for reading. please…lemme know what u think….goofbye

[luckyshrimp]

Drowning rabbit!

[eddiespornstache]

Your honor it’s them

[skullsemi]

Do you have any headcanons on whether the fab five have favourite Disney characters (that aren't part of the Mickeyverse)?

Like I know that Mickey and Minnie aren't the type to show favouritism but I feel like they would have a soft spot for Snow White since she was the very first animated movie.

I also feel like Daisy and Tinkerbell would be BFFs.

I know I sound like a broken record at this point but House of Mouse was all about that! Many interactions with them all!

I do agree about how Mickey and Minnie genuinely adore Snow White, she shows up and they just

And absolutely Tinkerbell and Daisy together is such an adorable idea!

[rockhousejai]

Semi accurate Mickey drawings??? From ME!!?? That’s crazy!

[artistdove]

Some more headcanons. This is leaning more into an au so imma refer to this as Toonverse or Between the Screen...idk. More info below

All the toons that appear will have alternate names at times. It allows them more freedom in public and not be bound to their stage/real names. (Also, public domain stuff and separating them from canon even further)

Epic Mickey's story is slightly different in this au. It leans a tad more into the darker aspects the game originally had and maybe some mature subjects. Some bits of aftermath are the brothers having an injured ear and Mickey still having the blot partially in him, which results in him having monthly check-ups.

Tia and Oz have 3 officially, adopted kids: Ollie Jr., Vanny, and Tim. The rest of the bunny kids are orphans that they and other toons care for in the local orphanage.

Fanny is given the honor of the co-leader of Wasteland alongside Gus and Peter B. She is given this due to Ozzy being in charge of the Trolley Conversion Station and Tia running the House of Hare with Julius, which take time away from running the Wasteland.

[wickedwitchofthesouth]

Max performing All-American bitch at the bean scene with so much rage that even the band is afraid of him after bradley refused to introduce him to his parents because he doesn't think max is "sophisticated enough" (he actually hasn't come out to them but max doesn't know)

[michellemouse]

Finally...

☆MIKEL & MAGALY!☆

The extroverted and annoying Mikel and his elegant but self-centered sister Magaly

THE MORTIMER MOUSE'S NEPHEWS!

The...ok enough of making too many unnecessary presentations...

[maclove54]

“Rookie”/“Novato”

Felix has only one fear during his youth, and it’s not something someone can really complain.

Felix tiene un solo miedo durante su juventud, y no es algo de lo que otros se puedan quejar.

(I love so so so much this ship, omg. I could die for them any day, I don’t know what could be my life without them. ToT)

(I made this comic in Spanish and English because it started like something more personal but I wanted to portray this idea to the world, so I hope you like it. Xd)

English:

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[g-babtqftim]

Even more redesigns + headcanons!!!

I really dislike how much grey all the designs had, it felt really dull and restricting to me. And as they’re performers in a circus, I decided to give them all their own assigned colours!

I made Mickeys vest pink and gave him brown boots to match the other red tones better, and also made his ears more angular.

I HATED Donald’s vest and hat💀changed his hat to blue and made it smaller, changed his vest to have buttons and gave him a pink shirt to contrast the blues.

Didn’t like how Goofy had about 3 colours while Don and Mick both got one colour and grey. So I gave Goofy green! I also gave him a tan and made his leg longer as the angle was kinda scuffed ngl.

I didn’t have a big problem w/ this design. I changed his eyebags, shoes and trousers slightly. I did forget to change his shoes to brown tho!

Love Fanny’s design but a pet peeve of mine has always been impractical clothing/uniform for women in the work place in media😭

Made her dress longer, gave her tights, medical gloves, changed the war crime crosses (lol) and yeah :33

[memekeymouse]

yes, Mickey and Oswald brotherly angst, we all love to see it BUT. One very specific brand of brotherly angst I’ve yet to really see is the fact that despite being “biological” brothers (due to their intrinsic connection to Walt and Ub or whatever), they don’t………they don’t actually KNOW each other.

im always seeing stuff that involves Mickey trying so hard to welcome Oswald in his life and Oswald being the one to resist but like. are you SURE??? can you imagine living for nearly 100 years and only recently reuniting with the older brother you didn’t even know you had and who apparently resents you for replacing him and then being expected to just magically get along. my god

Oswald only knows Mickey as the celebrity that stole his fame, but he doesn’t know him as a person. Mickey probably doesn’t even know Oswald exists until much later. he’d have an easier time accepting other people, people he’s actually known for DECADES (Clarabelle, horace or goofy for example) as his family before Oswald. Imagine that

[bachelorisland]

if the mickey being donalds old super supportive college roommate who donald couldn’t stand who eventually became a famous hollywood actor is still canon in DT17 universe, I’d assume that they lost contact after college and mickey wasn’t there for the downfall of everything. :( CONTEXT BEFORE I START YAPPING!!!

ANYWAYS cringe headcanon but I like to think maybe donmicks friendship was a little fruity back in college ….and it made donald question everything . Maybe mickey was unknowingly leading donald on while he was already in a relationship w minnie (hee hee theyre college sweethearts love u mickmin) BY LEADING ON i dont mean like Mickey being like I Want You Donald 👅I think maybe because he was just so freaking nice to donald. he believed in him, he always took care of him when he was upset, took him seriously despite being a bit oblivious at times, and like daisy, he was one of the only people who could understand him just fine, and mickey would probably say some crazy homosexual shit that you wouldn’t normally tell ur male roommate and friend (just think mickey shorts mickey but 40% gayer) and he’d think it’s completely normal and platonic and donald would be going nuts because JESUS CHRIST!:$:!:$/! Why is my “straight” homie with a whole ass girlfriend treating me like this. and why do I like it So Much. emotional edging challenge idk . donald thought he was annoying but he really really really rely rlly rlly had a huge crush on him to the point where his feelings became more annoying and an inconvenience than mickey himself

so he I think he stopped actively trying to contact him after they graduated and since mick got famous shortly after which pretty much made it impossible to reach him. Donald probably told himself it was because mickey was annoying and clingy and a loud theatre kid who was too full of himself and he lowkey hated him, but it was also because he didn’t wanna get played by MICKEY MOUSE of all people. lol

OMG I LIKE TO THINK GOOFY WAS A ROOMMATE TOO!! They were like a trio. I have quite a few headcanons of them in their college days and maybe I’ll share it later. doesnt even have to relate to ducktales I think its just goof don and mick in college being silly

(ALSO kinda unrelated but i think goof and don stayed in contact but only really started talking again once they had kids to take care of)

(ALSO ALSO GUYS FRANK LITERALLY SAID MOST OF DT17 MICKEYS CHARACTERISTICS ENDED UP IN STORKULES. WHOS LITERALLY HEAD OVER HEELS OBSESSED WITH DONALD. Anyways)

( Sorry if this makes no sense I’m tired and I’m thinking about Disney yaoi )

(Edit I wrote this at 1 in the morning yesterday sorry if its super OOC I think I was going thru it LMFAOOO)