Editing Mickey Mouse (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Topolino Walk of fame.jpg|thumb|right|Mickey's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
Mickey Mouse has received ten nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]]. These are ''Mickey's Orphans'' (1931), ''[[Building a Building]]'' (1933), ''Brave Little Tailor'' (1938), ''The Pointer'' (1939), ''[[Lend a Paw]]'' (1941), ''[[Squatter's Rights (film)|Squatter's Rights]]'' (1946), ''[[Mickey and the Seal]]'' (1948), ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983), ''[[Runaway Brain]]'' (1995), and ''[[Get a Horse!]]'' (2013). Among these, ''Lend a Paw'' was the only film to actually win the award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yanni |first=Mary |date=2018-08-26 |title=Does Mickey Mouse have an Oscar? |url=https://disneydiary.com/2018/08/does-mickey-mouse-have-an-oscar/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Disney Diary |language=en-US |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509051909/https://disneydiary.com/2018/08/does-mickey-mouse-have-an-oscar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, in 1932 Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award in recognition of Mickey's creation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Walt Disney with Oscar statuette, Special Award, and model for Mickey Mouse, ca. 1932|url=https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/272/|website=digitalcollections.oscars.org|access-date=2023-05-07|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610102512/https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/272/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1994, four of Mickey's cartoons were included in the book ''[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]'' which listed the greatest cartoons of all time as voted by members of the animation field. The films were ''The Band Concert'' (#3), ''Steamboat Willie'' (#13), ''Brave Little Tailor'' (#26), and ''Clock Cleaners'' (#27).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 50 Greatest Cartoons — As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals – Movie list |url=https://mubi.com/lists/the-50-greatest-cartoons-as-selected-by-1000-animation-professionals |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=MUBI |language=en |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212024102/https://mubi.com/lists/the-50-greatest-cartoons-as-selected-by-1000-animation-professionals |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 18, 1978, in honor of his 50th anniversary, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. The star is located on 6925 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chad |date=2019-10-25 |title=Mickey Mouse |url=https://walkoffame.com/mickey-mouse/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |language=en-US |archive-date=May 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507174949/https://walkoffame.com/mickey-mouse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Melbourne]] (Australia) runs the annual [[Moomba Festival|Moomba]] festival street procession and appointed Mickey Mouse as their ''King of Moomba'' (1977).<ref name="MelbourneMoomba">{{cite web|author1=Craig Bellamy|author2=Gordon Chisholm|author3=Hilary Eriksen|date=February 17, 2006|title=Moomba: A festival for the people|url=http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Moomba/History%20of%20Moomba.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825203938/http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Moomba/History%20of%20Moomba.pdf|archive-date=August 25, 2006|publisher=City of Melbourne}}</ref>{{rp|17–22}} Although immensely popular with children, there was controversy with the appointment: some Melburnians wanted a "home-grown" choice, e.g. [[Blinky Bill]]; when it was revealed that Patricia O'Carroll (from Disneyland's Disney on Parade show) was performing the mouse, Australian newspapers reported "Mickey Mouse is really a girl!"<ref name=MelbourneMoomba />{{rp|19–20}}

Mickey was the [[Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade]] on New Year's Day 2005. He was the first cartoon character to receive the honor and only the second fictional character after [[Kermit the Frog]] in 1996.