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And the rest, as they say, is history.
The classic Disney shorts, made during [[The Golden Age of Animation]], centered around the adventures of a group of [[Funny Animal
* '''[[Mickey Mouse]]''': The first and most recognizable of the cast, often depicted as a good-natured, optimistic fellow - but also a determined and often feisty fighter with elements of both [[Kid Hero]] and [[Badass]]. Intentionally designed with [[Sliding Scale of Broad Appeal Versus Specific Appeal|universal, broad appeal in mind.]] (Debut: ''[[Plane Crazy]]'', 1928<ref>Although ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' is often given as the first Mickey Mouse short to be released, the first short featuring the character was actually ''Plane Crazy'', released six months before ''Steamboat Willie'' on May 15, 1928. ''Steamboat Willie'' was, however, the first Mickey Mouse short to use sound.</ref>)
** From roughly the 1950s through the mid-1990s, Mickey's more adventurous side was usually seen only in comics. Even today it's easy to meet many who are surprised that Mickey can be a more interesting character. Of course, if he wasn't, then how would he have held his initial fame?
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Other characters included Mickey, Donald, and Goofy's nemesis, [[Pete]] (sometimes known as Bad Pete, Black Pete, Pegleg Pete, Pistol Pete, and so on); Donald's rich uncle Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie; cheerfully egotistical Horace Horsecollar and his [[Grande Dame]] Clarabelle Cow; opera singer Clara Cluck; two mischievous chipmunks named [[Chip and Dale]] who often have a bone to pick with Donald; and many, many more.
Also of note were the ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' shorts, which were one-shots (usually, though a few of them got sequels, plus Pluto appeared in one and Donald debuted in another) set to popular music. Later, it primarily served as a showcase to try out animation techniques and technology before using them in the company's feature films. These were immensely popular in the 1930's and led to a [[Follow the Leader]] approach from rival studios, with Warner for example creating ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', and MGM creating ''Happy Harmonies'', among many others. The ''Silly Symphonies'' shorts were responsible for [[Ridiculously Cute Critter
Occasionally, the classic characters would appear in [[Disney Animated Canon|feature films]], usually anthology films like ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'', ''[[Saludos Amigos]]'', ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'', and, most famously, the ''[[Fantasia]]'' films. In the '90s, [[Chip and Dale]] received [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|their own series]], as did [[DuckTales (1987)|Uncle Scrooge]], [[Goof Troop|Goofy]], [[Quack Pack|and Donald]]. Recently, they've made appearances in series such as ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]'', and ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'', as well as the direct-to-DVD ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''. Some of these characters, mainly Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, also feature prominently in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' games. The second game paid [[George Lucas Throwback|tribute]] [[Homage|to]] [[Retraux|black and white Disney shorts]] with the level "Timeless River".
If you're looking to find all of these shorts, all of them have been neatly compiled into a series of truly excellent DVD compilations in a series of sets called the '''Walt Disney Treasures''' series. All of these collection DVD sets with the classic shorts included on them are convieniently listed below just for you:
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* '''More Silly Symphonies''': The succesor to the previous collection. Compiles the remaining 38 Silly Symphonies theatrical shorts.
For a full list of characters, see [[Classic Disney Shorts/Characters|here]].
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For non-series specific Disney shorts, see [[Miscellaneous Disney Shorts]].
{{examples|Noteworthy Shorts Include:}}
* [[Plane Crazy]]
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* [[The Mad Doctor]]
* [[The Band Concert]]
* [[
* [[Flowers and Trees]]
* [[Three Little Pigs (Disney film)|Three Little Pigs]]
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* [[Mickey Mousing]]
* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]
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* [[Cut and Paste Suburb]]: Donald and Goofy often live in this kind of neighborhood.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The early concept art for the game ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' show a ruined [[Steampunk]] world filled with horrific chimeras created by a monstrous version of the Phantom Blot.
** The original shorts occasionally went this route during the '40s, [[Epileptic Trees|perhaps]] [[Fridge Brilliance|due to]] [[World War 2|current events]] (and not just in the [[Wartime Cartoon
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: From ''Who Killed Cock Robin'': "We don't know who is guilty so we're gonna hang 'em all!" (sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Mickey and friends either live in the same neighborhood (shorts in the 1930s placed them in Hollywood, California), or in separate cities (Mouseton and Duckburg, often shown as
** The 1992 series ''Goof Troop'' moved Goofy out of Mouseton to Spoonerville, but this has been written out of canon in more modern material
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: ''[[Chip and Dale|Two Chips and a Miss]]''. So very much. [[Fan Service|Including some of the viewers]].
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Minnie, frequently.
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* [[Foe Yay]]: Pete kissing Mickey at the end of ''Symphony Hour'' has got to be a prime example.
* [[Funny Animal]]: Nearly the entire cast.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: Horace and Clarabelle started out as four-legged [[Talking Animal
** And then there's the ever-complicated issue of Goofy, which comes from determining what Goofy (anthropomorphic man-dog whose is treated like a human) is in relation to Pluto (non-anthropomorphic dog, who's treated like a dog), whom he is occasionally shown to interact with. While it's possible that anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic dogs may simply exist side by side in the Disneyverse, it still has odd connotations (imagine if some humans were kept as pets, and treated as such, alongside seemingly similar humans).
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Clara Cluck, no doubt.
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** Disney has been doing this for decades. Remember the Limited Gold Editions series of videotapes from the 1980s? There were ''two'' sets of those.
* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]]: Donald was often a victim of this.
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Chip 'n' Dale, when not acting as [[Screwy Squirrel
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Red, Huey's color, is the brightest hue, and blue is the color of dew, hence Dewey. This leaves Louie, and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|leaves]] are green.
** On the other hand, it's not like all artists and translations are at all consistent about which nephew wears which colored cap... the nephews being indistinguishable or swapping their caps has even been a plot point several times.
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* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Clara Cluck again.
* [[No Sex Allowed]]: Walt himself once said when asked about it that Mickey does not have a sex life.
* [[Obstacle Ski Course]]: "The Art of Skiing" has Goofy doing all kinds of variations of this, most memorably accidentally skiing backwards.
* [[Old Shame]]: Director Wilfred Jackson disliked the early Mickey Mouse short "The Castaway", and from it's completion vowed to never again make another picture that didn't feel like a Disney cartoon, according to The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation.
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* [[Soap Punishment]]: A lie detector uses this on the Big Bad Wolf in ''The Practical Pig''.
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Donald, to the point where his near-unintelligible speech sparked [http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/donald.asp an urban legend].
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''...
* [[Stock Footage]]: A few of the [[Wartime Cartoon
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: ''[[The Mad Doctor]]''
* [[Sudden Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|''Chicken Little''}}
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