Editing House of Mouse (section)

==Production==
Then vice president of [[Disney Television Animation]] at the time, Barry Blumberg, wanted to produce a series that worked as a better format for ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]''. Roberts "Bobs" Gannaway and Tony Craig aimed to have the series reintroduce Disney characters to a new generation who were only familiar with them via marketing and "homogenized theme-park figures". They wanted to avoid making Mickey Mouse "hip" or "edgy" and retain the characters' personalities as closely as possible. The series was notable in that it allowed the characters to be played with more loosely as Craig stated, "Everybody thought it was really funny to loosen up a bit and let the characters be who they were and have some fun, instead of being so stiff". The crew was not allowed to use any of the characters from ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]'' due to licensing issues. Gannaway and Craig also deliberately tried to avoid using characters from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' due to them being "inherently dramatic",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-07-ca-21948-story.html|title=Mickey Mouse, the Next Generation|website=The Los Angeles Times|last=Malloray|first=Michael|date=February 7, 2001|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> nevertheless, Tantor, Quasimodo and a few other characters from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' would make a couple of cameos in the series. There were other limits for this program as well, which forbids the use of [[Pixar]] characters due to Disney not owning content from Pixar prior to 2006<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/disney_pixar_deal/ | date=January 24, 2006 | publisher=CNN | title=Disney buys Pixar | first=Paul R. | last=La Monica | access-date=April 23, 2024 | archive-date=March 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303164557/https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/disney_pixar_deal/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and [[King Louie]] following a legal dispute. This even omits characters created for the [[direct-to-video]] sequels due to promotional problems<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/12/30/big-names-look-for-bright-lights-in-videoland/ |title=Big Names Look For Bright Lights In Videoland |last=Alvarez |first=Max J. |date=1994-12-30 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=April 23, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Many of the [[direct-to-video]] sequels are deemed notorious for the low-budget production costs and creative content limits, including ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''[https://www.popmatters.com/review/169163-the-hunchback-of-notre-damemulan/] and ''[[The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue]]''.[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/37573203.html?dids=37573203:37573203&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+24%2C+1998&author=Harlene+Ellin.+Special+to+the+Tribune.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=THE+MYSTERY+OF+%60NIMH+II%27%3A+WHY+DID+THEY+EVEN+BOTHER%3F&pqatl=google]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} This format is no longer used after regarding their marketing failures as subsequent sequels ended up as digital releases in the 2010s.[https://variety.com/2007/digital/features/studios-digital-dilemma-1117975284/]</ref> as only allowing characters from the original source material.

The show was produced by [[Walt Disney Television]], and originally aired from 2001 to 2003, running for 52 episodes. The show is one of many Disney cartoon series made in the [[widescreen]] [[High-definition television|HD]] format. Like with ''Mickey Mouse Works'', the animation was outsourced to [[Toon City]] in the Philippines. Unlike that series, it was also outsourced to [[Walt Disney Animation Australia]] and [[Walt Disney Animation Japan]].

The theme song is performed by [[Brian Setzer]].