"would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. A male frog was also rejected. It would later show up in Iwerks' own ""Flip the Frog"" series. Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from a tame mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney. ""Mortimer Mouse"" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse"
"in February 1928, due to a legal loophole, when Winkler's husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. After failing to take over the Disney Studio, Mintz hired away four of Disney's primary animators (the exception being Ub Iwerks) to start his own animation studio, Snappy Comedies. In 1928, to recover from the loss of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney came up with the idea of a mouse character named Mortimer while on a train headed to California, drawing up a few simple drawings. The mouse was later renamed Mickey Mouse (Disney's wife, Lillian, disliked the sound of 'Mortimer Mouse')"
"Mickey's Rival Mickey's Rival is a 1936 Mickey Mouse short film. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and produced by Walt Disney. It introduces the character of Mortimer Mouse. Mickey Mouse is by his sentient car, getting ready for his girlfriend, Minnie as they are having a picnic together, just the two of them. But then, a Spanish mouse named Mortimer, who drives a sleek sports car (who is also sentient), rushes by and stops. Mortimer Mouse is one of Minnie's old friends who is also known as the rival of Mickey Mouse. He backs up and crashes his car"
"the role of Bob Crachit's daughter. Millie & Melody both appear in ""Minnie's Bow-Toons"" on Disney Junior, and are voiced by Avalon Robbins. Mortimer Mouse is Minnie's uncle from whom she inherits an estate. He is a rancher and first appears in the ""Mickey Mouse"" comic strip story line ""Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"" (1930). After that, he appears in several other Mickey Mouse comic strip adventures in the 1930s. He has occasionally appeared in more modern comics. Minnie Mouse has a variety of nieces besides Millie and Melody. Chief Seamus O'Hara is the chief of police in the Mickey"
"Mickey asks Minnie if Mortimer is still funny. Minnie politely denies this and they both shake hands. Mickey's Rival Mickey's Rival is a 1936 Mickey Mouse short film. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and produced by Walt Disney. It introduces the character of Mortimer Mouse. Mickey Mouse is by his sentient car, getting ready for his girlfriend, Minnie as they are having a picnic together, just the two of them. But then, a Spanish mouse named Mortimer, who drives a sleek sports car (who is also sentient), rushes by and stops. Mortimer Mouse is one of Minnie's old friends"
"Disney always said that he had changed the name from ""Mortimer Mouse"" to ""Mickey Mouse"" on the suggestion of his wife. The series was very popular in its day, often rivaling Hal Roach's Our Gang series. In fact, it was the only Our Gang series rival to make a successful transition into the talkies. The films were later distributed well into the 1940s, but were rarely shown on television. Therefore, the series is all but forgotten today. The series had a wide variety of interesting characters, many of which were created by Fontaine Fox. The characters lived in a town"
"Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as ""Jinx"", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name ""Jerry"" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted ""Tom and Jerry"" as potential names for"
"Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as ""Jinx"", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name ""Jerry"" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted ""Tom and Jerry"" as potential names for"
"remain with him. To replace Oswald, Disney and Iwerks developed Mickey Mouse, possibly inspired by a pet mouse that Disney had adopted while working in his Laugh-O-Gram studio, although the origins of the character are unclear. Disney's original choice of name was Mortimer Mouse, but Lillian thought it too pompous, and suggested Mickey instead. Iwerks revised Disney's provisional sketches to make the character easier to animate, and Disney provided Mickey's voice until 1947. In the words of one Disney employee, ""Ub designed Mickey's physical appearance, but Walt gave him his soul."" Mickey Mouse first appeared in May 1928 as a"
"Win Mortimer James Winslow Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman. He additionally drew for Marvel Comics, Gold Key Comics, and other publishers. He was a 2006 inductee into the Canadian comics creators Joe Shuster Hall of Fame. Win Mortimer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Trained as an artist by his father, who worked for a lithography company, and at the Art Students League of New York, Mortimer found work as an illustrator after a"
"Mighty Mouse Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic, superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character first appeared in 1942 (originally named Super Mouse) and subsequently in 80 theatrical films between 1942 and 1961. These films appeared on American television from 1955 through 1967, Saturday mornings on the CBS television network. The character was twice revived, by Filmation Studios in 1979 and in 1987 by animation director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked at the Terrytoons studio during his early career. Mighty Mouse has also appeared in comics and other media. The character was"
"Mortimer, was first broadcast on September 1, 2010, and repeated on January 23, 2012. It dramatises Ederle's record-breaking crossing of the English Channel. Her name makes a cameo appearance in Disney's The Princess and the Frog in a newspaper article being read by character Eli ""Big Daddy"" La Bouff. A film adaptation, ""Young Woman and the Sea"" based on the book of the same name by Glenn Stout, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, was set up at Paramount Pictures in 2015 and remains in development . She broke the Record set by all men before"
"animation and to make their own animations) inside the building. Disney told interviewers later that he was inspired to draw Mickey by a tame mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1928 during a train trip to New York he showed the drawing to his wife Lillian Marie Bounds and said he was going to call it ""Mortimer Mouse"". She replied that the name sounded ""too sissified"" and suggested Mickey Mouse instead. Of the original seven Laugh-O-grams fairy tales, four were long known to have survived, and have been restored for DVD: ""Little Red Riding"
"Haunted Mouse Haunted Mouse is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. The cartoon's title is a play on words of ""haunted house"". Jerry's cousin Merlin who looks identical to Jerry, but wears a black top hat, bow tie, and cloak and has yellow gloves and carries a walking stick, visits Jerry. The stick is actually a wand and he lifts a fence panel with a spell. Tom is outside, perched at Jerry's home, waiting for the mouse to come out, when Merlin lifts ""him"" with a spell in order to get into the house."
"of corrupted lawyer Sylvester Shyster and Minnie's uncle Mortimer Mouse. The Death Valley narrative was followed by ""Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"", first printed between September 22 and December 26, 1930, which introduced Marcus Mouse and his wife as Minnie's parents. Starting with these two early comic strip stories, Mickey's versions in animation and comics are considered to have diverged from each other. While Disney and his cartoon shorts would continue to focus on comedy, the comic strip effectively combined comedy and adventure. This adventurous version of Mickey would continue to appear in comic strips and later comic books"
"Mouse. A mouse named ""Ratón Pérez"" or ""ratonpérez"" or ""ratompérez"" first appeared in ""Cuentos, oraciones, adivinanzas y refranes populares"" (1877), by Fernán Caballero, the pen name of Cecilia Böhl de Faber y Larrea, in ""La hormiguita"" as her gentle and timid husband, as well as the husband of ""La Ratita Presumida"" (The Vain Little Mouse). This character would later inspire Luis Coloma, who would make him part of the Spanish traditional folklore by turning him into a sort of Tooth Fairy. In 1894, Coloma was contracted to write a story for Alfonso XIII, who had just lost his tooth at"
"Lighthouse Mouse Lighthouse Mouse is a Warner Brothers ""Merrie Melodies"" animated cartoon featuring Sylvester the Cat, Hippety Hopper, a lightkeeper who speaks with a pronounced Scottish brogue, a loquacious parrot named Polly, and a very restless and mischievous mouse. First presented in 1955, it was written by Sid Marcus and directed by Robert McKimson, with voice characterizations provided by Mel Blanc. It is 11 o'clock at night at a lighthouse on a small island, and the clock's pendulum is intermittently deflecting the light from the beacon into a mouse-hole downstairs, keeping the resident mouse wide awake. The baggy-eyed rodent crawls"
"and sets out to ruin his life. However, the cat is killed, turning him into a ghost, and the mouse flees the town. The Haunted Mouse The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 black and white Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. A cat is hungry and starving. He sees a sign that says ""Ma's Place/Home Cooking/3 Miles."" He rushes into town at once, but neglects to read the part that says that the town is full of 100 ghosts. One of the ghosts happens to be a mouse, who"
"Mortimer were cut for time, and some of their lines were assigned to the fathers, who indulged in some ""amateur theatrics"". A feature film directed by Michael Ritchie was completed in 1995 but not released until 2000. It starred Joel Grey, Brad Sullivan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Barnard Hughes, Jonathon Morris and Joey McIntyre and included some changes to the book. It was both a critical and box office failure. Two houses are separated by a wall (portrayed by a mute actor) in an unspecified American town. A mysterious bandit, El Gallo, tells about the kind of September ""when love was"
"Mortein Mortein is an Australian brand of household insecticide owned by British company Reckitt Benckiser. Together with its sister product Aerogard, a popular insect repellent, Mortein has become something of a household name in Australia, and it is marketed internationally. The brand has been represented in television commercials by cartoon antagonist, Louie the Fly, drawn and animated by Geoffry Morgan Pike since 1957. In a jingle created by Bryce Courtenay it was used in animated TV commercials since 1962, he proudly sings of his own dirtiness, claiming to be afraid of no-one except ""the man with the can of Mortein."""
"The Haunted Mouse The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 black and white Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. A cat is hungry and starving. He sees a sign that says ""Ma's Place/Home Cooking/3 Miles."" He rushes into town at once, but neglects to read the part that says that the town is full of 100 ghosts. One of the ghosts happens to be a mouse, who wants revenge on cats for tormenting him all his life. The mouse decides that the cat would make a perfect target for torment,"
"The Great Mouse Detective The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 American animated mystery film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 26th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and the team of John Musker and Ron Clements, who later directed ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989) and ""Aladdin"" (1992). The film was also known as The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective for its 1992 theatrical re-release and Basil the Great Mouse Detective in some countries. The main characters are all mice and rats living in Victorian London."
"Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes"" #7 (Nov. 1988). His final comics work was penciling the four page ""Noble Heart"" story for ""The Big Book of Martyrs"" (Aug. 1997). Mortimer is a 2006 inductee into the Canadian comics' creators Joe Shuster Hall of Fame. Comics work (interior art) includes: Win Mortimer James Winslow Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman. He additionally drew for Marvel Comics, Gold Key Comics, and other publishers. He was a 2006"
"Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures creative teams, and do not infringe on anyone's copyrights"". Mouse now lives in Sonoma County, California where he continues to paint and create music. Stanley Mouse Stanley George Miller (born October 10, 1940), better known as Mouse and Stanley Mouse, is an American artist, notable for his 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster designs for the Grateful Dead and Journey albums cover art as well as many others. Born in Fresno, California, Miller grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He was given the nickname ""Mouse"" as a ninth grader. He was expelled from Mackenzie High School (Michigan)"
"The Mouse and the Monster The Mouse and the Monster is an American animated series created by Jerry Leibowitz for Saban Entertainment. It centered around a mouse named Chesbro, and a beatnik monster named Mo. The show was originally part of the UPN network's 1996 UPN Kids lineup alongside other Saban-produced shows, such as ""Bureau of Alien Detectors"" and ""The Incredible Hulk"". Reruns later appeared on the Fox Family Channel. The show subsequently aired on various Disney Channels in Europe following Disney's acquisition of Saban's library of shows. During what would be his final concert, the brilliant pianist Flatnoteski suffered"
"1959. In 1958, they and the other original Famous characters were purchased by comic-book publisher Harvey Comics, which continued to promote the characters under the name Harveytoons. The 1944 to 1950 Herman the Mouse cartoons (originally released as part of the Noveltoon series) were sold by Paramount in 1955 to U.M. & M. TV Corporation for television distribution. Animation historian Leonard Maltin described the ""Herman and Katnip"" series as a prime stereotype of the ""violent cat versus mouse"" battles that were commonplace among Hollywood cartoons of the 1920s through the 1960s. The violence in this series, while intended for comedic"
"she was very proud to have suggested the name ""Mickey Mouse"" instead of Mortimer. At the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney named his 1:8-scale live steam locomotive the ""Lilly Belle"" in his wife's honor. Additionally, Walt named one of the Disneyland Railroad cars the ""Lilly Belle"" in her honor, and the Walt Disney World Railroad has a locomotive also named ""Lilly Belle"", where each locomotive is named for someone who greatly contributed to the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Imagineering created ""The Empress Lilly"", a paddle steamer replica, at Walt Disney World in Disney Springs and Lillian christened it on"
"and it was there, almost by chance, that I invented Geronimo Stilton … It was at the time when Patch Adams taught the world that children need to laugh to get better. So I started to make up funny stories in which the protagonist was a clumsy mouse called Geronimo Stilton. He would get involved in all sorts of entertaining adventures, full of funny events and twists in the plot, that children found really compelling. Since then Geronimo Stilton’s stories have been translated into 48 languages and have sold more than 130 million copies all over the world, with more"
"added to their wardrobe. Ferdie disappeared from the ""Mickey Mouse"" comic strip in 1943 because Gottfredson thought the nephews were too much alike. He had plans to bring Ferdie back later as a bespectacled, intellectual, bookworm mouse with an Eton hat and coat with the explanation that he had been away at school. However, Gottfredson never got around to bringing Ferdie back and Morty remained in the strip alone. Morty was occasionally depicted with his best friend named Alvin and a sweetheart named Millie. Both were anthropomorphic dogs. Ferdie never vanished from comic book stories, however. In recent years, some"
"substituting for Walt. The rivalry between Mickey and Donald has also been shown in ""Disney's House of Mouse"". It was shown that Donald wanted to be the Club's founder and wanted to change the name from ""House of Mouse"" to ""House of Duck"", which is obvious in the episodes ""The Stolen Cartoons"" and ""Timon and Pumbaa"". In the episode ""Everybody Loves Mickey"", Donald's jealousy is explored and even joins sides with Mortimer Mouse. However, Donald has a change of heart when Daisy reminds Donald how Mickey has always been there to support him. Since then, Donald accepted that Mickey was"
"The Year of the Mouse The Year of the Mouse is a Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1965, directed and produced by Chuck Jones, with animation by Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Don Towsley, and Ken Harris. The cartoon itself is a revamped remake of Chuck Jones's earlier Warner Bros. Looney Tunes 1949 Oscar Nominated short ""Mouse Wreckers"", featuring Claude Cat and mouse duo Hubie and Bertie. This is one of the very few shorts in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Whilst Tom is sleeping, Jerry and Tuffy on a chimney top, decide to play mean tricks on Tom."
"mouse named Kit Colby who sported a fedora and a fluffy collared leather jacket, and the rest of the team included a chameleon, an earlier version of Gadget, and a character resembling Monterey Jack with a different name. When he proposed the show in a meeting with Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the idea was well received except for the character of Kit. At Eisner's suggestion, they replaced him with the chipmunk duo to give the show some established Disney characters to work with. By late 1987, two years before its television debut, the show was announced under its original"
"""Blake and Mortimer"" series. While the magazine was in competition with a number of rivals, most notably ""Spirou"", famous for serialising the ""Lucky Luke"" and ""Buck Danny"" comics, it proved an immediate success, with 60,000 copies being sold in three days of its release. Its publication resulted in a massive boost to Hergé's book sales too. In 1947 a Belgian film adaptation of ""The Crab with the Golden Claws"" was produced, and believing that cinematic adaptations were a good way to proceed, Hergé contacted Disney Studios in the United States; they declined his offer to adapt ""The Adventures of Tintin"""