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== Other supporting characters ==
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=== Ortensia the Cat ===
'''Ortensia''' is the girlfriend of [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]. She appeared in the Oswald shorts starting with ''The Banker's Daughter'' (1927; Lost cartoon), replacing Oswald's former love interest, a much more feminine and sultry rabbit named Fanny in production materials. Ortensia's original name during the production of the Oswald shorts was Sadie, as referenced in the title of the animated short ''Sagebrush Sadie'' (1928; Lost cartoon). The names for Oswald's love interests were never widely publicized, which is likely the reason she was given a new name in ''Epic Mickey'', following the alliteration pattern of Mickey and Minnie's mirrored relationship. Often in the original Oswald shorts, Oswald would compete with Pete for her affection. She also appeared in Oswald shorts produced by Charles Mintz and later Walter Lantz. In the Lantz shorts, she was called "Kitty". To add some confusion, copyright synopses of some Mintz and Lantz shorts erroneously refer to Ortensia/Kitty as Fanny.

=== Percy and Patricia Pigg ===
'''Percy and Patricia Pigg''' (sometimes the surname being written as "Pig") are a married couple of anthropomorphic pigs. Percy made his debut in 1929 in the short ''[[The Opry House]]'', Patricia debuting that same year in ''[[Mickey's Follies]]'', also Percy's second appearance, and the only short in which both characters appear together. After that, Percy appeared in the short films ''[[The Barnyard Concert]]'' (1930), ''[[The Chain Gang (1930 film)|The Chain Gang]]'' (1930) and ''[[Traffic Troubles]]'' (1931), while Patricia appeared in ''[[The Shindig]]'' (1930), ''[[Mickey's Revue]]'' (1932) and ''[[The Whoopee Party]]'' (1932).

After their appearances in short films, they started appearing in comics, but the two characters did not appear again in animation until 1983, in ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'', briefly appearing dancing at Fezzywig's party.

Percy appears in the video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' (2018) in the minigame "Taxi Troubles" (based on ''Traffic Troubles''), where he is one of the characters that [[Sora (Kingdom Hearts)|Sora]] must pick up in his taxi.

=== Butch ===
'''Butch''' is an anthropomorphic dog. Butch appeared as a gangster in "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers".<ref name=Slicker>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, vol 1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=9781606994412|pages=71–106}}</ref> A sympathetic criminal, he eventually reformed, became Mickey's friend and remained in the strip as a supporting character until June 1931.<ref name=Circus>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, vol 1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=9781606994412|pages=151–163}}</ref> He was revived in the 1990s as a member of Mickey's supporting cast in European Disney comics.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, vol 1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=9781606994412|page=274}}</ref>

=== Gideon Goat ===
'''Gideon Goat''', or '''Giddy Goat''', is an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] goat, a [[supporting character]] in the [[Mickey Mouse]] comic strips of the 1930s. Gideon first appeared in the 1930 Mickey Mouse Book No. 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/character.php?c=Gideon+Goat&view=4&c1=date|title=Gideon Goat|website=coa.inducks.org}}</ref> He appeared in various American and European printed Disney comics until 1938. He was usually characterized as a farmer or the local sheriff. Gideon is married to a female anthropomorphic goat named Gertie (presumably Gertrude) who appeared in many early Mickey Mouse comics, primarily as a background character.

Promotional materials for the 1935 animated short ''[[The Band Concert]]'' include Giddy Goat as one of the characters. In the released film, he was replaced by an unnamed trombonist dog character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/022510_NF_FEAT_BandConcert.html |title=Our "Mouse-tro" Takes the Baton! |date=February 25, 2010 |work=D23: The Official Community for Disney Fans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301160055/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/022510_NF_FEAT_BandConcert.html |archive-date=March 1, 2010 }}</ref>

[[Floyd Gottfredson]] made regular use of the character in his comic strips and later artists sometimes borrowed the character.

=== Clara Cluck ===
{{See also|List of Donald Duck universe characters#Clara Cluck}}
'''Clara Cluck''' debuted in 1934 in the Mickey Mouse cartoon ''[[Orphan's Benefit]]''. Since then she has appeared as a semi-regular character in the Mickey Mouse cartoons. In the comic books she is shown in [[Duck universe]] as [[Daisy Duck]]'s best friend. Clara has been a member of Mickey's original farmyard gang since the beginning of his career, although she is seen less often than [[Clarabelle Cow]] and [[Horace Horsecollar]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=April 8, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/31 31]-32}}</ref> She originally was voiced by [[Florence Gill]] and later by [[Russi Taylor]] and [[Kaitlyn Robrock]].<ref>{{cite podcast |url= https://www.dizneycoasttocoast.com/episodes|title=Dizney Coast to Coast - The Unofficial Disney Fan Podcast (The Voice of Minnie Mouse: An Interview with Kaitlyn Robrock) |website=Dizney Coast to Coast |publisher= DePodcast Network|host=Jeff DePaoli |date=February 16, 2022 |time=13:14|access-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref>

Clara's singing is meant to be a caricature of the [[Bel canto]] style of opera singing popular at the time of her appearance. Some of her arias are clearly modelled on those of ''[[Tosca]]''. Her last major appearance was as one of the musicians in ''[[Symphony Hour]]''. Curiously, although she is seen in the rehearsal scenes at the beginning, she is not seen in the performance scenes at the end.

In Disney comics she has been shown to date [[Gus Goose]] on very few occasions, and in the initial appearance of [[Panchito Pistoles]] she was the object of his affections.

As with other [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]] characters, she was given small cameos in ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983), ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), and ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'' (2023).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reif |first1=Alex |title=Disney's "Once Upon a Studio" – List of Characters in Order of Appearance |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/disney-entertainment/disneys-once-upon-a-studio-list-of-characters-in-order-of-appearance/ |website=Laughing Place |date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>

In television, she had some appearances in ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' (1999), where she is presented as [[Daisy Duck]]'s neighbor. She appeared occasionally in ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001). In one episode of that series, "Double Date Don", she fell in love with Donald Duck and aggressively pursued him by puckering her lips in front of him, forcing him to dance with her, wearing dresses and posing provocatively to lure him in. At one point she even grabs Donald and forcibly, yet passionately, kisses him full on the lips. She almost tricked Donald into marrying her but Daisy stopped the wedding in time. She also had appeared to put Minnie Mouse in jail for driving her car through Daisy's house to deliver an apple pie of hers. She also appeared as a recurring character in the series ''[[Mickey and the Roadster Racers]]'' (2017), where she is the mother of two chicks named Cleo and Clifford.

Clara made a [[cameo appearance]] in the [[Timeless River]] world of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' with many other Disney characters like Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar as one of the world's citizens, being one of the rare media in which the character is seen speaking (her dialogue being seen in [[speech balloon]]s).

She also makes an appearance in the ''Mickey's Boo to You Parade'' and for rare meet and greets at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Magic Kingdom]].

=== Doctor Einmug ===
'''Doctor Einmug''' is a scientist who was created by [[Ted Osborne]] (plot) and [[Floyd Gottfredson]] (plot and art) in the story ''Island in the Sky'', published in the ''[[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|Mickey Mouse]]'' comic strip from November 1936 to April 1937. He is a large man who wears a big white beard and laboratory coat.

Doctor Einmug specializes in [[atomic physics]] and speaks in a German-like accent which was probably a nod towards [[Albert Einstein]], "[[mug]]" also being a pun on "[[beer stein|stein]]". His introductory story, ''Island in the Sky'', raises many issues about the benefits and dangers of atomic physics just a few years before the first [[atom bomb]]s were developed.

After that, Einmug did not re-appear in American comics for almost 50 years, but he was used in Italian ones, starting some 12 years later in 1959 when he appeared in [[Romano Scarpa]]'s ''Topolino e la dimensione Delta'' ("Mickey Mouse and the Delta Dimension"). In this story, he discovered the means to travel to the Delta Dimension, which was effectively an infinite void of nothing, just space.

Setting his laboratory up in the Delta Dimension, Einmug pursued his work and discovered that [[atom]]s were living beings. He thus increased the size of one of them to that of a small boy and named him [[#Atomo Bleep-Bleep|Atomo Bleep-Bleep]] (Italian: [[:it:Atomino Bip-Bip|Atomino Bip-Bip]]).

Einmug himself has also appeared in numerous European Mickey Mouse comics. He is often shown as less secretive and paranoid than in his original appearance, though his discoveries are still coveted by the likes of [[Pete (Disney)|Pete]] and the [[Phantom Blot]].

Einmug reappeared in American comics in 1991 in the story ''A Snatch in Time!'' in which he had developed a time machine. It was written by [[Lamar Waldron]] and drawn by Rick Hoover and Gary Martin. More recently, Einmug has also appeared in American editions of ''The Delta Dimension'' and other European-made stories.

=== Detective Casey ===
'''Detective Casey''' (sometimes Inspector Casey) is [[#Chief O'Hara|Chief O'Hara]]'s head detective, first appearing in the Mickey Mouse daily comic in the 1938 sequence ''The Plumber's Helper''. The story was plotted and penciled by [[Floyd Gottfredson]] and written by [[Merrill De Maris]]. Casey disappeared from American comics in the 1950s, but was used frequently in Europe, especially in Italy, afterwards; from 2003, he returned as a frequent player in the American comics.

Despite his occupation, Casey is an impatient man of only average intelligence. Thus, while sometimes a successful detective, he is prone to bungling cases as well. Therefore, Chief O'Hara often recruits [[Mickey Mouse]] to help solve some of Casey's cases, much to Casey's general irritation.

=== Chip 'n' Dale ===
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'''Chip 'n' Dale''' are two [[chipmunk]]s who are often trouble-makers for Pluto and Donald. However, the chipmunks are often provoked, especially by Donald. In modern series, they are depicted as friends of Mickey.

=== Chief O'Hara ===
'''Chief Seamus O'Hara''' is the chief of police in the Mickey Mouse universe. He plays a supportive role in Mickey Mouse's comic-book mysteries, often relying on Mickey's help to solve crimes committed by criminals such as [[Pete (Disney)|Pete]], [[Phantom Blot|The Phantom Blot]] and others. Known fellow officers include his head detective, [[#Detective Casey|Detective Casey]].

The character was conceived by [[Floyd Gottfredson]] and [[Merrill De Maris]] for [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s comic strips as a stereotypical Irish cop. He first appeared in the newspaper strips in May 1939, in the serial ''Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot''. He eventually became a recurring character in European comics stories. O'Hara also appeared on ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' and ''[[House of Mouse]]'', voiced by [[Corey Burton]].

In the Brazilian version of the comics, he is known as "Coronel Cintra", in the Danish versions as "Politimester Striks", in the Finnish translation, he is known as "Poliisimestari Simo Sisu" (possibly named after the Finnish concept of [[sisu]]), in the French versions as "Commissaire Finot", in the German versions as "Kommissar Albert Hunter" (Kommissar means [[commissioner]] in German), in the Italian version as "Commissario Adamo Basettoni" (with "Basettoni" referring to his prominent [[sideburns]], "''basette''"), and in the Swedish versions as "Kommissarie Konrad Karlsson".

In Italian stories, O'Hara has a wife called '''Petulia'''. Before her introduction, O'Hara frequently mentions his wife, with the first instance of this being "The Gleam" (1942).

=== The How-to Narrator ===
{{Main|Goofy (film series)#The How-to Narrator}}
The '''How-to Narrator''' is a [[narrator]] that serves as a guide in short films starring [[Goofy]] where he shows how to do different types of activities. The How-to Narrator also has participation in the television series ''[[Goof Troop]]'' (1992), ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' (1999-2000), ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001-2003), and ''[[How to Stay at Home]]'' (2021).

=== Pete Junior ===
'''Pete Junior''', better known simply as P.J., is Pete's son. He appears for first time in the short ''[[Bellboy Donald]]'', as a naughty little kid. Later, he appears in the TV series ''[[Goof Troop]]'', this time as a kind pre-teen, and being Max Goof's best friend. After that he appeared in the film ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', also in the role of Max's best friend, and its sequel ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'', where he, Max, and their friend Bobby go to college. He also makes a cameo in the [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|''DuckTales'' reboot]] episode, "Quack Pack", where he is seen in a photo from Goofy's wallet.

=== José Carioca ===
{{Main|José Carioca}}
'''José "Zé" Carioca''' is a green, [[Brazil|Brazilian]] parrot who first appears in the Disney film ''[[Saludos Amigos]]'' (1942) alongside Donald Duck. He returned in the 1944 film ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' along with Donald and a Mexican rooster named Panchito Pistoles. José is from [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil (thus the name "Carioca", which is a term used for a person born in Rio de Janeiro). Zé Carioca comic books are still regularly published in Brazil to this day.

=== Panchito Pistoles ===
{{Main|Panchito Pistoles}}
'''Panchito Pistoles''' is a red, Mexican rooster who was created as the third titular caballero (along with Donald Duck and [[José Carioca]]) for the 1944 film ''[[The Three Caballeros]]''. Later he appeared in several [[Disney comics]], including a year-long run in the ''[[Silly Symphony (comic strip)|Silly Symphony]]'' Sunday comic strip (1944–1945), as well as [[Don Rosa]]'s comic book stories ''[[The Three Caballeros Ride Again]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros]]'' (2005).

=== Aracuan Bird ===
{{See also|List of Donald Duck universe characters#Aracuan Bird}}
The '''Aracuan Bird''', also called the Clown of the Jungle, first appeared in the feature film ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1944). The film's narrator introduces the Aracuan as "one of the most eccentric birds you have ever seen".

=== Eega Beeva ===
'''Eega Beeva''', also known by his proper name ''Pittisborum Psercy Pystachi Pseter Psersimmon Plummer-Push'', is a human from the future, although some translations refer to him as an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]]. He was created by [[Floyd Gottfredson]] (art) and [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]] (plot) and first appeared on September 26, 1947, in the [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip]] storyline ''The Man of Tomorrow''. The complete original run of Eega Beeva stories has been anthologised in ''The Floyd Gottfredson Library'' volumes 9 ''Rise of the Rhyming Man'' and 10 ''Planet of Faceless Foes'', published by [[Fantagraphics Books]] in 2016. The story arcs are given the titles "The Man of Tomorrow", "Mickey Makes a Killing", "Pflip the Thnuckle-booh", "The Santa Claus Bandit", "The Kumquat Question", "The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man", "An Education for Eega", "Pflip's Strange Power", "Planet of the Aints" (alternate title "Be-junior and the Aints"), "Itching Gulch", "The Syndicate of Crime", and "The Moook Treasure". Eega's final appearance is a three day bridge between story arcs; for convenience, the anthology prints this event as the start of the story arc "Mousepotamia", in which Mickey is abducted to a foreign land, bereft of all his traditional companions.

In Eega's debut story, Mickey Mouse and [[Goofy]] seek shelter from a thunderstorm and get lost in a cave. There, Mickey suddenly encounters an unusual humanoid who only says "Eega" at first. When Mickey and Goofy find the cave's exit, Mickey invites the being to stay at his house, and the being identifies himself as "Pittisborum Psercy Pystachi Pseter Psersimmon Plummer-Push". Finding this name too cumbersome, Mickey gives him the name "Eega Beeva" (a corruption of the [[idiom]] "[[wiktionary:eager beaver|eager beaver]]"). At first, [[Goofy]] refuses to believe in the existence of Eega Beeva and ignores his presence. In a series of events, two scientists conclude that Eega Beeva is a human from 500 years in the future. At the end of the storyline, Eega saves Goofy from a skiing accident, causing them to become friends.<ref name="heimlichehelden">{{cite book|editor=Fuchs, Wolfgang J.|title=Heimliche Helden – Band 4: Gamma|trans-title=Clandestine heroes – Volume 4: Eega Beeva|edition=1st|date=August 2006|publisher=[[Egmont Ehapa]]|language=de|isbn=3-7704-0693-1|pages=4–12|chapter=Gamma – Der Mensch der Zukunft|trans-chapter= Eega Beeva – The human of the future}}</ref><ref name="comicnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.ehapa.de/comicnews/charactere/gamma.html|title=60 Jahre Gamma – Das Wesen aus der Zukunft!|publisher=[[Egmont Ehapa]]|access-date=July 30, 2009|language=de|trans-title=60 years of Eega Beeva – The being from the future!|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626000028/http://www.ehapa.de/comicnews/charactere/gamma.html|archive-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref>

In the next comic strip storyline starring Eega Beeva, ''Mickey Makes a Killing'', his pet Pflip the Thnuckle Booh is introduced.<ref name="coa_pflip">{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/character.php?c=Pflip|title=Pflip Index|publisher=[[INDUCKS]]|access-date=July 31, 2009}}</ref> Eega continues being Mickey's [[sidekick]] in the American comic strips until July 1950.<ref name="mm_eb">{{cite web|url=http://www.micky-maus.de/mein-entenhausen/einwohner/gamma.html|title=Gamma|publisher=[[Disney comics#Germany|Micky Maus-Magazin]]|access-date=July 30, 2009|language=de|trans-title=Eega Beeva|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726151514/http://www.micky-maus.de/mein-entenhausen/einwohner/gamma.html|archive-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref>

Eega Beeva is depicted as a humanoid with a wide head, mitten-like hands and a scrawny body. In ''The Man of Tomorrow'', the name is given to him by Mickey, since Eega Beeva originally only said "Eega."<ref name="comicnews"/> In the original conception of the character, Eega Beeva's look was attributed to him being a highly evolved human from 500 years in the future, namely from the year 2447. All humans would have Eega-like proportions.<ref name="comicnews"/> He wears short, black trousers which have pockets of seemingly infinite size and can hold a multitude of objects sometimes much bigger than Eega Beeva himself (similar to [[Doctor Who]]'s [[TARDIS]]), often helping Mickey Mouse and Eega in difficult situations. A running joke in the comic is that when Eega Beeva is searching for something in his pockets, he has to take multiple attempts, as he first finds completely unrelated objects.

Another trademark attribute of the character is his "alien" speech, adding a "p" at the beginning of most words. From his first appearance, he has been shown to prefer [[flagpole sitting|sleeping on top of narrow poles]], such as on top of [[Mickey Mouse]]'s bedpost. He eats pickled [[kumquats]] for food (changed to [[mothballs]] in Italian translations and stories produced in Italy) and is severely allergic to [[cash]]; these traits have sometimes been used as plot devices.

While a genius scientist by today's standards, Eega Beeva is also maladjusted to the contemporary world. Depending on the stories and writers, his behaviour ranges from naïve and eccentric (including being "primitive" and attacking radios as demons) to serious and rational (being able to recite complex scientific equations which leave Earth's best scientists baffled). Other members of Eega's species are glimpsed briefly. In his wallet he keeps a photograph of his fiancée (who is beautiful even by 20th century standards), and his farewell moments show additional snapshots of his father, mother, grandfather, and sister. He also has a brother, whose picture is obscured in the scene depicting the others.

Eega Beeva was a central character in the American newspaper [[Disney comics|Disney comic strips]], for nearly three years. He was Mickey Mouse's main sidekick during this period, effectively replacing Goofy, whose appearances became few and far between. This lasted until July 1950, when Eega abruptly returned to his home in the future.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Disney Comics: The Whole Story |date=2016 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683900177 |page=12}}</ref> Walsh's stories are often wildly inconsistent in themselves as to what Eega Beeva's attributes and back story are, as pointed out in the editorial columns in ''The Floyd Gottfredson Library''. During his first story "The Man of Tomorrow", Goofy declares that Eega is only a hallucinatory apparition because he casts no shadow, when in fact an earlier panel in the story showed Eega's shadow. In Eega's farewell appearance, he refers to his family as "the Beeva family". As he departs into the cave where Mickey first met him, he implies that his family live in there are eagerly awaiting his homecoming. This contradicts his first story, where "Beeva" is a name Mickey made up for him, and Eega's family were not yet to be born for another 400 or more years.

While Eega Beeva was still being featured in the American comic strips, he made his first appearance in a 1949 Italian comic story titled ''L'inferno di Topolino'' (lit. "Mickey Mouse's inferno," ''Topolino'' issue 7), in which Mickey plays [[Dante Alighieri]] in a theatre production of the ''[[Divine Comedy]]''. The character was newly discovered and defined by Italian comics artist and writer [[Romano Scarpa]] with the comic ''Topolino e la nave del microcosmo'' (lit. "Mickey Mouse and the ship of microcosm"), published in ''Topolino'' 167 in July 1957; American translation published in BOOM's ''Mickey Mouse Classics 1 - Mouse Tails'' (2010). (Eega had previously appeared in stories which Scarpa drew but did not write, including [[Guido Martina]]'s ''Topolino e il doppio segreto di Macchia Nera'' in ''Topolino'' 116-119, 1955 - Americanised in Gladstone's ''Mickey and Donald'' 6-8 [1988] and Fantagraphics' hardcover album ''Mickey Mouse: The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery'' [2018].) Rather than his whimsical attributes, the "microcosm" story focuses on the futuristic and fantastic aspects of Eega Beeva and his environment, as do later stories.<ref name="heimlichehelden"/> In Germany some of those stories star Eega Beeva without Mickey.<ref name="coa_eb_nomm">{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=Gamma&xapp=&univ=&xa2=Micky+Maus&creat=&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&pub1=&pub2=&part=&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=al&imgmode=1&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vde=on&sort1=auto|title=Search results (stories featuring Eega Beeva but not Mickey Mouse)|publisher=[[INDUCKS]]|access-date=July 31, 2009}}</ref> The character has since been used numerous times by European authors, mostly in Italy where more than half of all comics featuring him were produced.<ref name="heimlichehelden"/> He is referred to as Eta Beta in Italian and Gamma in German.

Older Italian stories often portrayed him as an alien from outer space. More recently (post-2000), Italian writers have generally reverted to Gottfredson's original conception of Eega as a future-man, though his precise year of origin is rarely mentioned. More recent Eega comics produced by [[Egmont Publishing|Egmont]], on the other hand, often refer to his hometown as being the Mouseton of 2447, just as in Gottfredson's original stories.

=== Ellsworth ===
'''Ellsworth''' started as [[Goofy]]'s pet [[mynah]] bird, but in later stories, he became an independent anthropomorphic animal. His full name is Ellsworth Bheezer (occasionally misspelled Bhezer—"beezer" is old English slang for a big nose or beak). He was created by [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]] (plot) and [[Manuel Gonzales]] (art) for the ''[[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|Mickey Mouse]]'' Sunday pages, where he made his first appearance on October 30, 1949. Ellsworth remained for ten years a major character in the Sunday pages, sometimes stealing the spotlight from Mickey. In 1956 he started appearing in the daily pages, when these became gag-focused as well.<ref name=FunnyAnimal-ch2>{{cite book |last1=Becattini|first1=Alberto|title=American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume One |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=978-1683901860|chapter=Black-and-White-Faced Multimedia Characters}}</ref> He has also been used in longer comics stories, especially the ones produced in Italy, France and Brazil. In France, he has been the protagonist of his own series, published from 1985 to 2009 in ''[[Le Journal de Mickey]]''.

Ellsworth usually wears a red-orange shirt and a green cap or beret. Reflecting a trait of mynah birds who can imitate human speech, he is extremely vain and self-centered, which was originally the spotlight and center of jokes in his stories. On the other hand, Ellsworth is also a bonafide genius with awesome tech and scientific knowledge—the "Y" on his shirt in earlier stories stands for "Yarvard" (a parody of [[Harvard University|Harvard]]), his alma mater.

Despite being more or less entirely humanized in more recent stories, Ellsworth retains his ability to fly, a unique trait among the central Disney funny animal cast.

In manner, Ellsworth is often sarcastic and condescending, typically addressing others with statements like "Let's not [do X], shall we?" He is also quick to call others by insulting nicknames. But when push comes to shove, he is genuinely fond of and defensive of his pals Goofy and Mickey.

=== Clarice ===
'''Clarice''' is a chipmunk who appeared in the short film ''[[Two Chips and a Miss]]'' (1952), being the romantic interest of Chip and Dale, for whom they both compete for her attention, although she seems to love them both equally (at the end of the short film ending by giving both of them a kiss). She works as a singer in a night club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/two-chips-and-a-miss-film/ |title=Two Chips and a Miss (film) - D23 |website=d23.com |date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>

Despite her only appearance in a short film, she became a very popular character, appearing in [[Disney Parks]] as a meet-and-greet character or in live shows,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charactercentral.net/c38_disneycharacters_mickeyfriends_clarice.aspx |title=Character Central {{!}} Clarice |access-date=2021-10-20 |publisher=charactercentral.net}}</ref> and appearing in the video games ''Disney Tsum Tsum'' (2014) and ''[[Disney Magical World 2]]'' (2015).

Clarice did not have an animated appearance again since ''Two Chips and a Miss'' until she appeared as a recurring character in the television series ''[[Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life]]'' (2021-present), having a radical design change, being a tough chipmunk, wearing no clothes, and having for a hairstyle a crest with flowers shaved on the sides of the head. In the series she lives in the engine of a car that is on a tree. Her relationship with Chip and Dale is also simply friendship, although they admire her for her abilities, she being very constructive and being constantly fixing and repairing things.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1007281/chip-n-dale-park-life-series-disney-plus/ |title='Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life' Introduces a New Generation to the Iconic Duo |author=Emmy Pratt |date=July 28, 2021 |website=[[TV Insider]]}}</ref>

=== Atomo Bleep-Bleep ===
'''Atomo Bleep-Bleep''' ({{langx|it|Atomino Bip-Bip}}, {{lit|"Little Atom Beep-Beep"}}) is a "humanized atom" created by [[#Doctor Einmug|Doctor Einmug]], who used a gigantic [[meson]] accelerator to enlarge atoms to the size of a human child. The character was created by [[Romano Scarpa]] in the 1959 story ''Topolino e la dimensione Delta'' ("Mickey Mouse in the Delta Dimension"), published in ''[[Topolino]]'' No. 206. Bleep-Bleep is a good-natured, highly intelligent, hard-working blue creature with electrons constantly spinning around his large bald head. He was created at the same time as his "brother", a red atom named Bloop-Bloop, who was bad-tempered and lazy. Bleep-Bleep can spit mesons to alter or manipulate the attributes of physical objects and uses this ability to accomplish various feats such as turning metal into chocolate or estimating with absolute precision when an object was created. In their first adventure together, Atomo and Mickey manage to foil Pete, who has enlisted Bloop-Bloop as his accomplice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scarpa |first1=Romano |title=Mickey Mouse: The Delta Dimension |date=2018 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1683960966}}</ref> Scarpa wrote and drew a further eight stories with Atomo that appeared in ''Topolino'' from 1959 to 1965. The character has been revived occasionally by other Italian authors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atomo Bleep-Bleep |url=https://inducks.org/character.php?c1=date&c=Atomino&view=4 |website=Inducks |access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> In his appearance as well as his role in the stories, Atomo is very similar to Gottfredson's [[#Eega Beeva|Eega Beeva]], a short, friendly science-fiction character with unpredictable powers that drive the plot. In English-language translations, Atomo Bleep-Bleep speaks with a German accent identical to Einmug's, insofar as Einmug was presented as Atomo's language teacher.

=== Glory-Bee ===
'''Glory-Bee''' was Goofy's girlfriend who first appeared in a ''Mickey Mouse'' daily strip on June 19, 1969. She was first created by Bill Walsh, and appeared in some "Mickey Mouse" dailies by Floyd Gottfredson, and others written by Del Connell (drawn by Manuel Gonzales). Her predecessor appeared perhaps as early as 1946, in the form of Minnie Mouse's Aunt Marissa (from a multi-part story by Floyd Gottfredson printed in the ''Mickey Mouse'' dailies June 17–29, 1946, and reprinted twice in WDC&S No. 95 and No. 575, and later seen in a cameo one-page gag love story by Bill Walsh and Manuel Gonzales which also featured Mickey Mouse and Montmorency Rodent (Mortimer Mouse) (April 21, 1946) that has been dubbed "Spring, Love, Monty").

Glory-Bee is a slender, pretty, blonde, and young dognose lady who, while quite good-natured and likable, tends to be somewhat of an "airhead" (a stereotype of the "dumb blonde"), which may explain why she was dropped from Goofy's storyline altogether (though a better possibility is that Goofy will always be the consummate bachelor). While it might be difficult to imagine she had a very strong crush on Goofy, he hardly seemed to notice. Occasionally, however, he did try to impress her, even to the point of trying to reveal his Super Goof identity to her, to no avail. At one point Glory-Bee and Clarabelle Cow were even vying for Goofy's attention, but both failed to achieve their objective (WDS #8). Perhaps it was during this time that Clarabelle dropped her strange attraction to Goofy, and returned to her former paramour and fiancé, Horace Horsecollar.

Glory-Bee has disappeared from comics in the USA and has seldom appeared in foreign comics.

=== The Sleuth ===
'''The Sleuth''', '''Sureluck Sleuth''' in full,<ref name="sureluck">{{cite web|url=https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=S+75163|title=The Great Winks Robbery|publisher=[[INDUCKS]]|access-date=June 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> is an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[Dog|canine]]. He is an English [[Private investigator|private eye]] operating in 19th century London and employing [[Mickey Mouse]] as an assistant. The character was created by [[Carl Fallberg]] (plot) and Al Hubbard (art) for the [[Disney comics#Disney Studio Program|Disney Studio Program]] and intended solely for foreign publication. The first story in the series is "''Mickey and the Sleuth: The Case of the Wax Dummy''". Unusually for material created for the program, this story appeared domestically in the [[Procter & Gamble]] ''Disney Magazine'' giveaway and then was published by [[Gold Key Comics|Gold Key]] in "''Walt Disney Showcase''" n°38 (1977). ''Mickey and the Sleuth'' stories were produced up until the late 1980s. Given their historical setting, these stories stand apart from other Mickey Mouse continuities. It is never explained if the "Mickey Mouse" working with the Sleuth is an ancestor of the present-day Mickey or if those stories are included in a totally different continuity. Adding to the muddle are the frequent humorous anachronisms which complicate the purportedly Victorian setting, and arguably place the stories in the genre of [[steampunk]]. Apart from Mickey, no other prominent Disney characters are featured in the stories. The Sleuth's recurring antagonists are [[#Professor Nefarious|Professor Nefarious]] and his three bumbling henchmen.

The Sleuth is a good-natured gentleman; wearing a [[deerstalker hat]], smoking a [[smoking pipe (tobacco)|pipe]] and using a [[magnifying glass]], he is an obvious parody of [[Sherlock Holmes]], Mickey basically playing the part of [[Dr. Watson]]. Like his literary counterpart, he also plays the violin (albeit horribly). Unlike Sherlock Holmes, he is totally hopeless as a detective, sometimes unable to figure out crimes committed right in front of his eyes. Nevertheless, he always manages to solve his cases – hence ensuring a reputation as a great investigator – either by sheer luck, or thanks to his foes' fecklessness or simply because Mickey Mouse does all the actual detective work for him. Apart from Mickey, no one seems to be aware of the Sleuth's utter incompetence.

The characters of The Sleuth and Professor Nefarious, complete with the University of Criminal Sciences and the henchman Fliplip, were portrayed in an extended sketch in an episode of ''[[Mickey Mouse Club|The New Mickey Mouse Club]]'' in 1978. Two Mouseketeer cast members – Lisa Whelchel as the Sleuth's niece Lisa, and Scott Craig as Fliplip – performed alongside the two lead rivals, using puppetry and ventriloquism skills. The setting of the story was England, near the White Cliffs of Dover.

=== Ellroy ===
'''Ellroy''' (original Italian name ''Bruto Gancetto'') is an anthropomorphic mynah bird and Ellsworth's adoptive son. He was created by Romano Scarpa in the story ''Topolino e il rampollo di Gancio'' (''[[Topolino]]'' n°1048, 1975). After adopting Ellroy, Ellsworth entrusted him to Mickey Mouse. Ellroy went on to be Mickey Mouse's [[sidekick]] in numerous Italian comics stories by Scarpa and other authors. Like Ellsworth, Ellroy can fly by using his arms like wings. Ellsworth and Ellroy look very much alike – Ellroy being somewhat smaller – and have appeared together in relatively few stories: this has caused confusion between the two characters among readers and translators. Ellroy first appeared in American comic books in 2016.

=== Zapotec and Marlin ===
'''Professor Zachary Zapotec''' and '''Dr. Spike Marlin''' are two Italian dogface characters created by Massimo De Vita. They are scientists from the Mouseton science museum. They are the inventors of a time machine which sends Mickey and Goofy on adventures in the past. Zapotec first appeared in "Topolino e l'enigma di Mu" in 1979 and Marlin first appeared in "Topolino e il segreto della Gioconda" in 1985. They also frequently argue but always forgive each other by the end. So far, they have only appeared in a handful of stories in the US.

=== Zenobia ===
'''Zenobia''' is a character created by [[Romano Scarpa]], first appearing in the 1983 story "The African Queen", being the ruler of an African state, and leaving the throne to follow Goofy to the United States after having fallen in love with him. Scarpa's intention was to create a new girlfriend for Goofy, capable of bringing out the best in him.

In her stories with Goofy, he seems "more serious" and less inclined to follow Mickey on his adventures. Perhaps this was the reason that would push Scarpa to abandon Zenobia's participation in the stories: in the story "Ciao Minnotchka" (1993), after a trip to France with Mickey's gang, Zenobia announces that she will stay in Paris to help the ex-king of Selvanja, Ilja Topòvich, to run a hotel, as there is an attraction between the former rulers, and Goofy can't help but agree. But Zenobia has never forgotten Goofy, as shown in "Miseria e nobiltà" (1993) by Lello Arena, Francesco Artibani and Giorgio Cavazzano; after having performed at the theater, Goofy finds in her dressing room a bouquet of flowers with the dedication: "You are always the best. Zenobia."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topolino.it/personaggio/zenobia/|work=topolino.it|title=Zenobia|date=May 21, 2013|language=italian}}</ref>

Subsequently, Zenobia reappeared in various stories since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inducks.org/character.php?c1=date&c=Zenobia&view=4 |work=[[Inducks]]|title=Zenobia - Index|date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>

=== Doc Static ===
'''Doc Static''' is an overweight, clean-shaven inventor with a lab coat, wavy hair and glasses who appears in Egmont comic stories. He serves the same role in Mickey stories that [[Gyro Gearloose]] or [[Ludwig Von Drake]] have for Donald and Scrooge.

Doc Static first appeared in ''Plastic Mickey!'' in 1995.

=== Brick Boulder ===
'''Brick Boulder'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://featherysociety.proboards.com/thread/650/classic-disney-comic-solicitations-june|title=Classic Disney Comic Solicitations June 2018 – The Feathery Society – Disney Comics English Fan Forum|website=featherysociety.proboards.com}}</ref> (original Italian name "Rock Sassi", which is a [[pleonasm]] as "sassi" means "rocks") is a plainclothes police officer who usually works together with Detective Casey. He first appeared in the story ''La lunga notte del commissario Manetta'' (English title: Casey's Longest Night) in 1997, written by Tito Faraci and drawn by [[Giorgio Cavazzano]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/character.php?c=Rock+Sassi|title=Rock Sassi|website=coa.inducks.org}}</ref>

Like Casey, Brick Boulder is a bumbling and incompetent policeman. Curiously though, his intelligence seems to vary, even between stories by the same writer. He is physically more robust than the overweight Casey and likes to dress flashily, often wearing [[cowboy boots]], a [[stetson]] and a [[bolo tie]]. He has been said to be a parody of [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], the latter aspect being particularly obvious in his first appearance, but later toned down.

Brick Boulder is from [[Texas]], United States. In one story, it was revealed that his entire family consists of criminals. Despite this, Brick Boulder is law-abiding and has wanted to be a policeman since his early childhood, much to the disappointment of his family. Another quirk is that he is afraid of alligators, as shown in the story "Topolino e lo strano caso di Jack Due di Cuori".

=== Duffy the Disney Bear ===
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'''Duffy''' is a [[teddy bear]] available at [[Disney Parks]]. He was given a backstory in which Minnie Mouse sewed him for Mickey as he was leaving for a voyage at sea.

=== Eurasia Toft ===
'''Eurasia Toft''' ("Eurasia Tost" in Italian) is an adventurer and archaeologist, and a friend of Mickey and Goofy. Her first appearance happened in the 2003 story "The Lost Explorers' Trail", written by Casty (who also created the character) and drawn by Giorgio Cavazzano. She is a strong-willed character and can react very impulsively. Fans have likened her to Arizona Goof, though she has fewer personality quirks. Her name and character parody both Indiana Jones as well as [[Lara Croft]] (her Greek name is "Clara Loft"). Ever since the end of "Shadow of the Colossus", she has been obsessed with [[Atlantis]]; in her quest for the lost continent, she has repeatedly confronted a [[secret society]] called "Horde of the Violet Hare" (also created by Casty), who want to use Atlantean technology for their own goals.

=== Cuckoo-Loca ===
'''Cuckoo-Loca''' is a small yellow [[cuckoo]] from a [[cuckoo clock]] with a pink bow on her head and a tail in the shape of a clock key that serves her to fly by spinning it, introduced in the television series ''[[Minnie's Bow-Toons]]'' (2011) working in Minnie's boutique with her and Daisy.

After that, she became a frequent character in the series and productions derived from it, appearing in the series ''[[Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures]]'' (2017) as one of the main characters in the stories centered on Minnie and Daisy, helping them with their orders. She subsequently appeared as a recurring character in the series ''[[Mickey Mouse Funhouse]]'' (2021). In 2021 she appeared in the Halloween TV special "[[Mickey's Tale of Two Witches]]", and in the same year in the Christmas special "[[Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas]]".

In the stop motion TV special ''[[Mickey Saves Christmas]]'' (2022), Cuckoo-Loca makes a cameo appearance, with a figurine of her emerging from the cuckoo clock in Santa's workshop.

Being "Loca" the Spanish word for "Crazy", her name is probably a reference to when people compare someone who is considered crazy to a cuckoo.