Editing Mickey Mouse universe (section)

==== Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse ====
[[File:Morty and ferdie.png|thumb|right|216px|Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse]]
'''Mortimer "Morty" and Ferdinand "Ferdie" Fieldmouse''' are Mickey Mouse's twin nephews. They first appeared in [[Floyd Gottfredson]]'s [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'']] Sunday page storyline titled "Mickey's Nephews" (1932). Since then they have appeared in many comic strips and comic book stories starring Mickey Mouse and [[Pluto (dog)|Pluto]]. Morty and Ferdy were first shown as wearing shirts, but no pants or underpants. Pants were later 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 of Morty and Ferdie's comic book appearances have portrayed them as (very talented) 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 [[Millie and Melody Mouse|Melody]], [[Minnie Mouse]]'s niece and [[Pete (Disney)|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]], or Minnie's wealthy rancher [[#Uncle Mortimer|Uncle Mortimer]]. Morty is a playable character on the [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Disney Golf]]''.

In pre-World War II children's books produced by Disney, the nephews were usually called '''Morty and Monty'''. Earlier books contain three or more nephews with various names, including '''Maisie and Marmaduke'''.

In animation, Mickey's nephews first appear in the 1933 ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' film ''[[Giantland]]'', although the film shows Mickey with as many as 14 nephews at the same time. The following year the nephews appear again in ''[[Gulliver Mickey]]''. The following film, ''[[Mickey's Steam Roller]]'', is the first to show Mickey with only two nephews, who can be presumed to be Morty and Ferdie, although they are unnamed in the film itself. This was two years after the twins debuted in the comic strip. Morty and Ferdie also make a cameo towards the end of 1938's ''[[Boat Builders (film)|Boat Builders]]'' and appear again in 1983's ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' in speaking roles, albeit at different ages as one of the twins took on the role of [[Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)|Tiny Tim]]. In 1999 they make a cameo in the two-part ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' segment "Around the World in Eighty Days", which was used again in ''[[House of Mouse]]''. They also appear in the ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' episode "The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-Scariest-Story-Ever-A-Mickey-Mouse-Halloween-Spooktacular/ |work= [[Behind the Voice Actors]]  |title= The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular |access-date= October 5, 2019}}</ref>