Editing Mickey Mouse universe (section)

== Protagonists ==
===Mickey Mouse===
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'''Mickey Mouse''' is an anthropomorphic mouse most often dressed in gloves, red shorts and yellow shoes. While typically given a modest and pleasant personality, he is often an enthusiastic and determined character, seeking new adventures, excitement and mysteries. He often serves as the de facto leader of his friends. He was introduced in the 1928 short film ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''.

===Minnie Mouse===
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'''Minnie Mouse''' is Mickey's female counterpart, an anthropomorphic mouse usually portrayed as his girlfriend who first appeared in the 1928 short film ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''. Originally characterized as a [[flapper]], Minnie has often played Mickey's [[damsel in distress]]. Her most frequent profession in early cartoons was a musician and songwriter.

===Donald Duck===
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'''Donald Duck''' is Mickey's short tempered friend who was first introduced in the 1934 short film ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]''. Donald is an anthropomorphic duck who gets angry when characters are mocking him. He dates Daisy Duck and is the uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

===Daisy Duck===
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'''Daisy Duck''' is Donald's female counterpart, an anthropomorphic Duck usually portrayed as his girlfriend who first appeared in the 1940 short film ''[[Mr. Duck Steps Out]]''. She sometimes gets upset with Donald when he loses his temper. Daisy has an equally dangerous temper but a much more sophisticated mien. She is also best friends with Minnie Mouse.

===Goofy===
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'''Goofy''' (often also called '''Goofy Goof''') is Mickey's clumsy, dim-witted and well-meaning friend who was first introduced in the 1932 short film ''[[Mickey's Revue]]''. Goofy is an anthropomorphic dog who is [[Accident-proneness|accident-prone]]. In some stories he dates Clarabelle Cow while other times he is shown as a single parent. His original name was Dippy Dawg.

===Pluto===
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'''Pluto''' is Mickey Mouse's pet dog who was first introduced in the 1930 short film ''[[The Chain Gang (1930 film)|The Chain Gang]]'', later appearing in ''[[The Picnic (1930 film)|The Picnic]]'' as Minnie's dog Rover and in the 1931 short film ''[[The Moose Hunt]]'' under his current role as Mickey's dog. Unlike the anthropomorphic Goofy, Pluto is a normal dog who walks on four legs and rarely speaks.

===Clarabelle Cow===
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'''Clarabelle Cow''' is a tall, anthropomorphic cow who is Minnie Mouse's friend and was introduced in the 1928 short film ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''. She is prone to gossip and occasionally plays a well-meaning but ineffective parent figure to Donald Duck. She has been known to date both Horace Horsecollar and Goofy.

===Horace Horsecollar===
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'''Horace Horsecollar''' is a tall, anthropomorphic horse who is Mickey Mouse's friend who first appeared in the 1929 short film ''[[The Plowboy]]''. He is prone to bragging and practical joking. Before the appearance of Donald Duck and Goofy, Horace was Mickey Mouse's usual sidekick. He is often seen as the boyfriend of Clarabelle Cow.

=== Oswald the Lucky Rabbit===
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'''Oswald''' is an anthropomorphic black [[rabbit]] who first appeared in ''[[Trolley Troubles]]'' (1927). He is described [[metafiction]]ally as Mickey's older half "brother" in the video game ''[[Epic Mickey]]''. This is a reference to the fact that Oswald was [[Walt Disney]]'s primary cartoon star before the creation of Mickey Mouse, though he was owned by [[Universal Pictures]] at the time. Disney's removal from the Oswald series in 1928 led to Mickey's creation. In 2006, [[The Walt Disney Company]] acquired the rights to Oswald, and have since used him in the ''Epic Mickey'' video game franchise. The game is unclear whether Mickey and Oswald are brothers; Yen Sid's closing narration merely states that the wizard hopes the two heroes will come to think of each other as brothers.