Figaro is a fictional character who first appeared in Disney's Pinocchio.
[edit] History
He is probably best known as the pet cat of Mister Geppetto and Pinocchio. Figaro has also starred independently in a number of Disney shorts, as the pet of Minnie Mouse, which was a common theme for Disney characters to be juxtaposed from movies to cartoon shorts. Three of the cartoons he appeared in were his own cartoons; "Figaro and Cleo" (1943), "Bath Day" (1946) and "Figaro and Frankie" (1946). Similar to Pluto, Figaro is one of the few Disney characters who is not anthropomorphized, but just a normal cat. In 1970s Disney mini comics Figaro not only "guest-starred" with other Disney characters/comics but had his own column on various Felines as "Figaro's Feline Friends". After nearly a 50-year hiatus of not being in any new Disney cartoons, Figaro, like many other Disney characters of the 1940s and 1950s, was cast as a customer in Disney's House of Mouse. While the video game Kingdom Hearts featured a level taking place inside Monstro's belly and included Pinocchio, Gepetto and Cleo, Figaro was absent (although he does appear in the manga based on the first game). Figaro's most recent appearance has been in several episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
[edit] WWII Mascot
Figaro's most famous appearance is as the mascot of RAF Ace Ian Gleed's Hawker Hurricanes during, and after, the Battle of Britain and his Spitfire Mk. Vb Trop which he flew while he was in action over the Western Desert and the Mediterranean during the middle of the war.[1]
[edit] Appearances
- Pinocchio (1940 Shown here with Cleo and Jiminy Cricket)
- Figaro and Cleo (1943)
- Victory Vehicles (1943)
- First Aiders (1944)
- Bath Day (1946)
- Figaro and Frankie (1946)
- Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
- Pluto's Sweater (1949)
- Vika Na' Vika (1950)
- Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
- Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
- Disney's House of Mouse (2001–2002)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–present)
- Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (2007, cameo)
[edit] References
- ^ Markus, D. H.. "Wing Commander Ian Richard Gleed". http://www.hatfield-herts.co.uk/aviation/gleed.html. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
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