Mickey Mouse family
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The following are fictional character
s from the Mickey Mouse universe
. They are all relatives of Mickey
and Minnie Mouse
.
Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse are Mickey Mouse's nephews. They first appeared in Floyd Gottfredson
's Mickey Mouse Sunday comic strip
continuity titled Mickey's Nephews (1932). Since then they have appeared in lots of comic strips and comic book stories starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto.
They made an appearance in the 1934 Mickey cartoon Mickey's Steam Roller.
In pre-World War II Mickey children's books (not comics) produced by the Disney studio, the nephews were usually called Morty and Monty rather than Morty and Ferdie. Very early books contain three or more nephews with various names, including Maisie and Marmaduke. Morty's name, short for Mortimer, is possibly in reference to the originally planned name for Mickey, Mortimer Mouse
and Ferdie (sometimes misspelled "Ferdy") is short for "Ferdinand."
The twins' first film appearance was the 1934 Mickey Mouse cartoon titled Mickey's Steamroller. Aside from a cameo in 1938's Boat Builders, they didn't appear in animation again until Mickey's Christmas Carol
(1983). Then they made a cameo appearance in a two part Mickey Mouse Works
segment titled Around the World in Eighty Days, which was later reused for an episode of House of Mouse.
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 of Morty and Ferdie's comic book appearances have portrayed them as football players on the team Riverside Rovers. Their mother is depicted as a supportive "Soccer Mom." Morty & Ferdie are also occasionally pitted against their antagonists Melody, Minnie Mouse
's niece and Pete's twin hellion nephews, Pierino & Pieretto. Morty should not be confused with Mickey Mouse's originally proposed name "Mortimer Mouse," or Mickey's ofttimes rival of the same name Mortimer Mouse
, or Minnie's wealthy rancher Uncle Mortimer. Morty is a playable character on the PlayStation 2
game Disney Golf
.
's half-sister and the mother of Morty and Ferdie Fieldmous
The character first appeared in Morty and Ferdie's 1932 comics debut. In the English version of these comic strips, she is referred to only as "Mrs. Fieldmouse." In the Dutch translation of the strips, her name is given as Amalia. In various English language references, this is typically Anglicized to Amelia Fieldmouse. The original strips do not make clear that Amelia is Mickey's sister; as drawn, she looks more like a maiden aunt. But the relationship has been clarified when she reappeared in more recent comics.
At Egmont Publishing
, Amelia's name is given as "Felicity Fieldmouse". As a side note, Egmont also named Felicity's husband—the twins' father—Frank, though he has yet to be specifically named or depicted in a published comic. Egmont's modern version of Amelia has slimmed down and is designed to look closer to Mickey in age, while remaining significantly taller than him.
and Brazil
, most often a single niece is depicted, even consistently named Melodia (Melody). She is a Disney Studio creation by Jim Fletcher in the mid-sixties whose primary "task" seems to be to drive Morty & Ferdie crazy.
However, in at least one other Italian
or Brazil
ian tale Minnie did have another niece named Zizi (whether this was the name of Melody's twin or just another name for Melody is unknown). However, in America
, Minnie has had a couple sets of twin nieces as portrayed by Paul Murry
, named both Melody & Melinda and Pammy & Tammy (these could very easily be the same twins, but Paul Murry and his writer forgot they had already named them in a previous tale). There is also one more set of twin nieces who appear on occasion named Lily & Tiny, though these two are distinctly much older than Melody (and Melinda), often used as teenage foils for Minnie. These teenage nieces have yet to appear in comics printed in the USA.
It is reported that another name is attributed in American comics giving Minnie's single niece the name of Molly. Another set of nieces appear in an early Mickey Mouse
book from the 1940s as triplets calling themselves "Dolly, Polly & Molly," while a lone niece attributed to Mickey appears in the cartoon "Gulliver Mickey
" (1934) named "Maisie" (listed in Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times (1986 - Harper & Row)).
The only known possible film appearance of any niece is in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol
," where Mickey Mouse, as Bob Cratchit
, has a daughter. In this film Morty & Ferdie are said to have played Cratchit's two sons (including one as Tiny Tim
), and since Melody seems to be the most consistent name used for any niece attributed to Minnie, it is quite probably that it was Melody who played the role of Bob Crachit's daughter.
Millie & Melody both appear in Minnie's Bow-Toons
on Disney Junior
.
However, in USA comics the naming is not nearly consistent enough to form a concrete character profile. The only fact that is really stable is that Minnie definitely has twin nieces.
Perhaps the first actual appearance of either Melody or any other niece of Minnie's is from "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
" #87 where a much younger niece appears.
Minnie Mouse
's family and friends
Minnie Mouse has a variety of nieces. They are all appearing on and off, presumably Melody
the most. Their names are:
Melinda Mouse (aka Millie)
Melodia Mouse (aka Melody)
Zizi
Mouse (a Brazillian or Italian name for one of Minnie's nieces)
Pammy Mouse (twin to Tammy)
Tammy Mouse (twin to Pammy)
Lily Mouse (twin to Tiny)
Tiny Mouse (twin to Lily)
Minnie also has a sister called Mandie Mouse. She is a naughty mischievous lady.
Minnie's father is called Marcus Mouse, whose first appearance - and final - was in the old episode Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers. Her grandfather is called Marshall Mouse.
in a story titled Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers first published between September 22 and December 26, 1930. He's also appeared in some English stories from 1930s Mickey Mouse Annuals.
is Mickey Mouse's half older brother (Which is in reference to being Walt Disney's first creation prior to Mickey), uncle to Morty and Ferdie and half older brother to Amelia Fieldmouse and cousin to Madeline Mouse.
Fictional character
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s from the Mickey Mouse universe
Mickey Mouse universe
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional universe where some cartoon characters created by the The Walt Disney Company live, the most famous of which is Mickey Mouse. It is coexistent with the Duck universe, a spin-off of the Mickey Mouse universe which centers around Mickey's friend Donald Duck...
. They are all relatives of Mickey
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
and Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Minerva "Minnie" Mouse is an animated character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. The comic strip story "The Gleam" by Merrill De Maris and Floyd Gottfredson first gave her full name as Minerva Mouse. Minnie has since been a recurring alias for her. Minnie is currently voiced by actress Russi...
.
Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse
Floyd Gottfredson
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics...
's Mickey Mouse Sunday comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
continuity titled Mickey's Nephews (1932). Since then they have appeared in lots of comic strips and comic book stories starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto.
They made an appearance in the 1934 Mickey cartoon Mickey's Steam Roller.
In pre-World War II Mickey children's books (not comics) produced by the Disney studio, the nephews were usually called Morty and Monty rather than Morty and Ferdie. Very early books contain three or more nephews with various names, including Maisie and Marmaduke. Morty's name, short for Mortimer, is possibly in reference to the originally planned name for Mickey, Mortimer Mouse
Mortimer Mouse
Mortimer Mouse is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney and used in Walt Disney films and stories. He has been presented as both the uncle of Minnie Mouse, and later presented as an unrelated mouse who was Mickey's rival for Minnie's affections. Mickey Mouse was first going to be named Mortimer...
and Ferdie (sometimes misspelled "Ferdy") is short for "Ferdinand."
The twins' first film appearance was the 1934 Mickey Mouse cartoon titled Mickey's Steamroller. Aside from a cameo in 1938's Boat Builders, they didn't appear in animation again until Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson...
(1983). Then they made a cameo appearance in a two part Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works is a television show that features the cartoon character Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of animated segments. It is somewhat of an update of Mickey's Mouse Tracks....
segment titled Around the World in Eighty Days, which was later reused for an episode of House of Mouse.
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 of Morty and Ferdie's comic book appearances have portrayed them as football players on the team Riverside Rovers. Their mother is depicted as a supportive "Soccer Mom." Morty & Ferdie are also occasionally pitted against their antagonists Melody, Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Minerva "Minnie" Mouse is an animated character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. The comic strip story "The Gleam" by Merrill De Maris and Floyd Gottfredson first gave her full name as Minerva Mouse. Minnie has since been a recurring alias for her. Minnie is currently voiced by actress Russi...
's niece and Pete's twin hellion nephews, Pierino & Pieretto. Morty should not be confused with Mickey Mouse's originally proposed name "Mortimer Mouse," or Mickey's ofttimes rival of the same name Mortimer Mouse
Mortimer Mouse
Mortimer Mouse is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney and used in Walt Disney films and stories. He has been presented as both the uncle of Minnie Mouse, and later presented as an unrelated mouse who was Mickey's rival for Minnie's affections. Mickey Mouse was first going to be named Mortimer...
, or Minnie's wealthy rancher Uncle Mortimer. Morty is a playable character on the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
game Disney Golf
Disney Golf
Disney Golf, Known in Japan as Disney Golf Classics , is a sports game based on Disney films. It is the spiritual successor to another golf game called Swing Away Golf, themed with Disney characters. First shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2002, it was the fifth golf game to be made...
.
Amelia Fieldmouse
Amelia Fieldmouse is Mickey Mouse's sister, also Oswald the Lucky RabbitOswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films distributed by Universal Pictures in the 1920s and 1930s...
's half-sister and the mother of Morty and Ferdie Fieldmous
The character first appeared in Morty and Ferdie's 1932 comics debut. In the English version of these comic strips, she is referred to only as "Mrs. Fieldmouse." In the Dutch translation of the strips, her name is given as Amalia. In various English language references, this is typically Anglicized to Amelia Fieldmouse. The original strips do not make clear that Amelia is Mickey's sister; as drawn, she looks more like a maiden aunt. But the relationship has been clarified when she reappeared in more recent comics.
At Egmont Publishing
Egmont Publishing
The Egmont Group is a media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise media generally....
, Amelia's name is given as "Felicity Fieldmouse". As a side note, Egmont also named Felicity's husband—the twins' father—Frank, though he has yet to be specifically named or depicted in a published comic. Egmont's modern version of Amelia has slimmed down and is designed to look closer to Mickey in age, while remaining significantly taller than him.
Madeline Mouse
Madeline Mouse is Mickey's blonde city cousin who appeared in "Love Trouble", a strip serial that ran from April 14 to July 5, 1941. While referred to as blonde in the story itself, Madeline has also been colored with straight yellow fur in some printings of the story.Millie and Melody Mouse
Millie and Melody Mouse are Minnie Mouse's nieces. Minnie has had an inconsistent list of nieces. In EuropeEurope
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and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, most often a single niece is depicted, even consistently named Melodia (Melody). She is a Disney Studio creation by Jim Fletcher in the mid-sixties whose primary "task" seems to be to drive Morty & Ferdie crazy.
However, in at least one other Italian
Italy
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or Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian tale Minnie did have another niece named Zizi (whether this was the name of Melody's twin or just another name for Melody is unknown). However, in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Minnie has had a couple sets of twin nieces as portrayed by Paul Murry
Paul Murry
Paul Murry was an American cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his Disney comics, which appeared in Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 to 1984....
, named both Melody & Melinda and Pammy & Tammy (these could very easily be the same twins, but Paul Murry and his writer forgot they had already named them in a previous tale). There is also one more set of twin nieces who appear on occasion named Lily & Tiny, though these two are distinctly much older than Melody (and Melinda), often used as teenage foils for Minnie. These teenage nieces have yet to appear in comics printed in the USA.
It is reported that another name is attributed in American comics giving Minnie's single niece the name of Molly. Another set of nieces appear in an early Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
book from the 1940s as triplets calling themselves "Dolly, Polly & Molly," while a lone niece attributed to Mickey appears in the cartoon "Gulliver Mickey
Gulliver Mickey
Gulliver Mickey is a black and white Mickey Mouse short, produced by Walt Disney and released by United Artists in 1934.-Plot:Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending too be sailors...
" (1934) named "Maisie" (listed in Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times (1986 - Harper & Row)).
The only known possible film appearance of any niece is in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson...
," where Mickey Mouse, as Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit
Robert "Bob" Cratchit is a fictional character who is the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol...
, has a daughter. In this film Morty & Ferdie are said to have played Cratchit's two sons (including one as Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)
Timothy Cratchit, called "Tiny Tim", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the young son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices...
), and since Melody seems to be the most consistent name used for any niece attributed to Minnie, it is quite probably that it was Melody who played the role of Bob Crachit's daughter.
Millie & Melody both appear in Minnie's Bow-Toons
Minnie's Bow-Toons
Minnie's Bow-Toons is an American animated television series that premiered on November 14, 2011 on Disney Channel's preschool-oriented programming block, Disney Junior and later on November 18, 2011 on Disney Junior in the UK. It is a short-form series targeted at younger girls and one of the...
on Disney Junior
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is a current program block on Disney Channel and an upcoming American basic cable and satellite television network intended to replace SOAPnet in February 2012. It began airing on February 14, 2011, replacing Playhouse Disney....
.
However, in USA comics the naming is not nearly consistent enough to form a concrete character profile. The only fact that is really stable is that Minnie definitely has twin nieces.
Perhaps the first actual appearance of either Melody or any other niece of Minnie's is from "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC or WDC&S, is an anthology comic book series that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and...
" #87 where a much younger niece appears.
Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Minerva "Minnie" Mouse is an animated character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. The comic strip story "The Gleam" by Merrill De Maris and Floyd Gottfredson first gave her full name as Minerva Mouse. Minnie has since been a recurring alias for her. Minnie is currently voiced by actress Russi...
's family and friends
Minnie Mouse has a variety of nieces. They are all appearing on and off, presumably Melody
Melody
A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity...
the most. Their names are:
Melinda Mouse (aka Millie)
Melodia Mouse (aka Melody)
Zizi
Zizi
Zizi is a personal name or nickname which may refer to:*Zizi Jeanmaire , French ballet dancer*Zizi Lambrino , the first wife of King Carol II of Romania*Zizi Possi, a Brazilian singer...
Mouse (a Brazillian or Italian name for one of Minnie's nieces)
Pammy Mouse (twin to Tammy)
Tammy Mouse (twin to Pammy)
Lily Mouse (twin to Tiny)
Tiny Mouse (twin to Lily)
Minnie also has a sister called Mandie Mouse. She is a naughty mischievous lady.
Minnie's father is called Marcus Mouse, whose first appearance - and final - was in the old episode Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers. Her grandfather is called Marshall Mouse.
Marcus Mouse
Marcus Mouse is the son of Marshall Mouse and father of Minnie Mouse. He first appeared as a farmerFarmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
in a story titled Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers first published between September 22 and December 26, 1930. He's also appeared in some English stories from 1930s Mickey Mouse Annuals.
Marshall Mouse
Marshall Mouse is first mentioned in the Mickey Mouse comic strip titled 'Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers' (published September 22 - December 26, 1930). Not much is known about him except that he has a wife named Matilda, he is father to Marcus Mouse and paternal grandfather to Minnie Mouse.Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky RabbitOswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films distributed by Universal Pictures in the 1920s and 1930s...
is Mickey Mouse's half older brother (Which is in reference to being Walt Disney's first creation prior to Mickey), uncle to Morty and Ferdie and half older brother to Amelia Fieldmouse and cousin to Madeline Mouse.