Mickey Mouse

Famous cartoon mouse

Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney in 1928, recognizable by round ears and white gloves.

The name has become an adjective meaning amateurish, trivial, or poorly organized: a Mickey Mouse operation, Mickey Mouse courses.

This dismissive sense suggests something not to be taken seriously.

Disney

Disneyland

California theme park

Walt Disney · Fantasia · Steamboat Willie · Mouseketeers · Disney Channel · Hollywood Studios · Animal Kingdom · Disney Cruise Line · Imagineering · Buena Vista

animation

Steamboat Willie

First cartoon with synchronized sound

Walt Disney · storyboard · animator · voiceover · 2D · drawn · sketch · short films

character

Donald Duck

Irascible animated waterfowl

  • GoofyAnthropomorphic hound, famously klutzy
  • PlutoKuiper Belt dwarf world
  • Daisy DuckDisney's female duck

Oswald · Pete · Chip and Dale · Scrooge McDuck · Figaro · anthropomorphism · gloves

iconic

mascot

Group's symbolic figure

ears · brand · symbol · merchandise · emblem · flagship · timeless · nostalgia · classic · vintage

slang

amateurish

Lacking professional skill

unsophisticated · bush-league · rinky-dink · second-rate · inferior · cheap · unprofessional · makeshift

Categories
Family

mouse, mice, mousy, mousetrap, mickey, mousey, mickeys, mouselike, mousepad

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G