Poll of the Day > is mickey mouse truly just a bland corporate mascot?

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i always had this impression of mickey mouse being the most boring of the classic disney characters with him being relegated to less of an actual character and more of a boring safe marketable mascot over the years

however recently I was informed that i was incorrect in my assumption and that Mickey Mouse has more care and attention put into him than anything Not related to Star Wars/Marvel In The Disney Line

but is that really the case?....have i truly been blind to all the quality mickey mouse content coming out over the last couple years

Depends on what media he's in

Metalsonic66 posted...

Depends on what media he's in

they didn't specify they just told me that Disney puts much more work into mickey mouse than anything else they are working on...excluding star wars/marvel

i had been led to assume that the disney comics(especially the translated disney masters)would be unmatched in quality when it comes to quality content for so many characters

old school mickey could be snarky and mischievous, not on the same level as bugs bunny but it was still there. they toned it down over the years though, seems like these days he's mostly relegated to being a fairly flat character mostly for young children. sort of what you said, but also depends on what they're using him in.

Nade_Duck posted...

old school mickey could be snarky and mischievous, not on the same level as bugs bunny but it was still there. they toned it down over the years though, seems like these days he's mostly relegated to being a fairly flat character mostly for young children. sort of what you said, but also depends on what they're using him in.

@Nade_Duck https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/5/0/AAM3HCAAEW8W.jpg

i know that mickey mouse gets into quite the crazy adventures in Italian comics

i suppose i really should have worded myself better because in the discussion

i said "why does disney rarely do much with the classic characters?" and i was told

"Well actually they do a crap load of stuff with mickey mouse"

which while yeah they do....to me a lot of it is just stuff that really isn't all that notable

Older cartoons he was definitely kind of neurotic. The newer cartoons he definitely has that kind of energy.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Depends on what cereal he's in

fixed that for you!

i find donald duck to be a far more interesting character....dude even has his own spin-off cast of characters including scrooge mcduck who would later get his own adventures....

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/8/AAM3HCAAEW8o.jpg

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Older cartoons he was definitely kind of neurotic. The newer cartoons he definitely has that kind of energy.

to me Mickey is a character that by himself really sucks....he needs somebody to bounce off of

his blank personality makes it difficult for him to carry a story without help from any other characters

We All Know goofy and donald but mickey's personality is....vague

he's a squeaky clean good guy and that's about it

Donald Duck was created specifically to be a mischievous troublemaker after Walt's wife suggested Mickey be more clean-cut considering he was starting to be the face of the company.

NightMareBunny posted...

i find donald duck to be a far more interesting character....

So does most of the rest of the world.

The Duck universe is pretty much the most popular Disney IP outside of the US. Donald and all his various spin-offs and supporting characters are generally seen as being way more important and interesting than Mickey in most places.

Which might be why Mickey feels bland. He's mostly been relegated to being the mascot (which means they need to keep him pure) and being the star of most of the pre-K toddler-focused cartoons in the US. He's basically the starter Pokemon you get before you move on to the more interesting characters.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

So does most of the rest of the world.

The Duck universe is pretty much the most popular Disney IP outside of the US. Donald and all his various spin-offs and supporting characters are generally seen as being way more important and interesting than Mickey in most places.

Which might be why Mickey feels bland. He's mostly been relegated to being the mascot (which means they need to keep him pure) and being the star of most of the pre-K toddler-focused cartoons in the US. He's basically the starter Pokemon you get before you move on to the more interesting characters.

@ParanoidObsessive I Know Don Rosa(Notable uncle scrooge artist)hates how popular the duck comics are outside the united states because that means inside the states he's practically a nobody even at conventions but in europe he's like a celebrity

he attributes that to american's not having good tastes and only wanting brainless superhero filth plus the american comic book industry turning to crap after the 70's

eh but i don't know about that

https://youtu.be/EorJ8cEzsZo

Kinda fucked up that the phrase "for the safety of mankind" is in a Mickey Mouse comic

would you guys kiss Mickey on the lips

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/1/AAM3HCAAEW9J.jpg
Italian Mickey Mouse comics can be quite weird i don't know how good they are though...

NightMareBunny posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/1/AAM3HCAAEW9J.jpg
Italian Mickey Mouse comics can be quite weird i don't know how good they are though...

this is pretty great if you just imagine it as the end of the story tbh

sometimes i wonder why the disney comics aren't more popular...especially the duck comics

its not like people don't like these characters

people really like donald duck but even many comic book readers seem to be unaware those books exist

I like the one where they gave him a gun

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/2/AAMM2kAAEW-u.jpg

The creepy echoey voices in that one always got to me

"They put a lot of work into him" means "I like him and want to say something to defend him without having anything real to point to".

He was a character; he's now a squeaky-clean mascot.

How to tell: Does the character make money, or prevent others from making money.

Mickey seems to be in the latter category, even considering merchandise.

Morty mouse

I will say this about Mickey: Probably the best classic cartoons he's in are ones based on fairy tales. He's great as a stand in there for stuff like Jack and the Beanstalk, or The Brave Little Tailor.

why does donald duck have his own world of characters in comics but mickey mouse really doesn't?

I've seen a small bit of the italian mickey mouse comics but they don't seem to compare to duck world

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

I will say this about Mickey: Probably the best classic cartoons he's in are ones based on fairy tales. He's great as a stand in there for stuff like Jack and the Beanstalk, or The Brave Little Tailor.

that's true but i think him being such a blank slate of a character is also a detriment...because when you really think about it

Mickey has nothing to make himself a better character than donald or goofy

donald has his own world of characters and goofy not only had his own series of shorts but an animated series and two movies(the second was direct to video but still)focused on him and his son

mickey is the character the parks and the disney franchise revolve around. hes the gateway drug that gets young kids hooked before moving on to harder drugs like goofy and donald

I read some fan fiction where Mickey got torn to shreds by a pack of wild Plutos when he tried to walk into town.

Cacciato posted...

I read some fan fiction where Mickey got torn to shreds by a pack of wild Plutos when he tried to walk into town.

lmao

Did you know Goofy was originally going to be named Dippy Dawg?