Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Not to be confused with The Mickey Mouse Club.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Title logo
Format	Animated series
Created by	Bobs Gannaway
Voices of	Wayne Allwine (2006–2009) Bret Iwan (2009–present) Tony Anselmo Russi Taylor Tress MacNeille Bill Farmer Jim Cummings
Composer(s)	Mike Himelstein Michael Turner
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	100 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Playhouse Disney (2006–11) Disney Junior (2011–present)
Picture format	HD: 1080i/720p SD: 480i/576i Produced in HD 16:9, cropped to 4:3 in most countries.
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run	May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05) – present
External links
Official Website

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a CGI animated interactive children's television series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 5, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. It is the only Mickey Mouse program to be aimed at preschoolers. The series was co-developed by Bobs Gannaway, who is also responsible for "Jake and the Never Land Pirates"

Production of the show was put on a four-month suspension in the spring of 2009, due to the death of voice artist Wayne Allwine, the longtime voice of Mickey Mouse. Production resumed when Bret Iwan has been cast as the fourth performer of Mickey's voice.

Premise

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto star in the series, which focuses on interacting with the viewer to stimulate problem solving. Pete, Clarabelle Cow, Ludwig Von Drake, Chip 'n' Dale, Willie the Giant, Butch, Figaro the Kitten, Humphrey the Bear, Salty the Seal, and Mortimer Mouse have made guest appearances.

Disney says that each episode has the characters help children "solve a specific age-appropriate problem utilizing basic skills, such as identifying shapes and counting through ten." The series uses "Disney Junior's 'whole child' curriculum of cognitive, social and creative learning opportunities." Once the problem of the episode has been explained, Mickey invites viewers to join him at the Mousekadoer, a giant Mickey-head-shaped computer whose main function is to distribute the day's Mousekatools, a collection (usually 3,4, or possibly 5) of objects needed to solve the day's problem, to Mickey. Once the tools have been shown to Mickey on the Mousekadoer screen, they are quickly downloaded to Toodles, a small, Mickey-head-shaped flying extension of the Mousekadoer. By calling, "Oh Toodles!" Mickey summons him to pop up from where he is hiding and fly up to the screen so the viewer can pick which tool Mickey needs for the current situation. One of the tools is a "Mystery Mousekatool", which is a surprise tool represented by a question mark.

The Walt Disney Television Animation-produced program was initially announced on March 1, 2005 by Gary Marsh, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Production, Disney.

Mickey and friends previously appeared on television in Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000) and Disney's House of Mouse (2001–03).

The show features two original songs performed by They Might Be Giants, including the opening theme song, in which a variant of a Mickey Mouse Club chant ("Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!") is used to summon the Clubhouse. They Might Be Giants also perform the song used at the end of the show, "Hot Dog!", which echoes Mickey's first spoken words in the 1929 short The Karnival Kid.

That is the first time the major Disney characters have appeared on television in computer-animated form (except for Donald, who appeared in CG in the Mickey Mouse Works short "Computer.don"). The characters debuted in CG form in 2003 at the Magic Kingdom theme park attraction Mickey's PhilharMagic, then in the 2004 home video Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. However, in this latest incarnation, Mickey's and Minnie's 3D renderings are truer to their original hand-drawn likenesses, in that their ears remain distinct perfect circles regardless of which way their heads are turned. Along with improved animation for the second season, the series is now available in HD on Disney Channel HD.

Cast

Main Characters

• Wayne Allwine (2006-2009) as Mickey Mouse
• Bret Iwan (2009-present) as Mickey Mouse
• Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
• Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
• Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
• Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto

Other Major Characters

Although not part of title screen credits, these characters appear very frequently and have a major-essential role to the story.

• Jim Cummings as Pete
• Tress MacNeille as Chip n' Dale
• April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
• Rob Paulsen as Toodles (when he has a face)
• Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
• Will Ryan as Willie the Giant

Episode list

Main article: List of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes

Minnie's Bow Toons

Minnie's Bow-Toons is a short-episode continuing series spun off from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which premiered in the fall of 2011 on the Disney Channel. It usually airs in the daytime Disney Junior programming bloc for younger audiences. It is based on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode Minnie's Bowtique and depicts Minnie Mouse's continuing adventures in business as proprietor of her own store which makes and sells bows for apparel and interior decoration. She interacts with many of the characters seen in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series. Minnie's Bow Toons first aired on the 14th of November, 2011 in the United States, and the 18th of November 2011 in the UK.

Home media releases

Title	Episodes	Release Date	UPC
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa	Mickey Saves Santa Goofy's Bird Mickey Go-Seek	November 14, 2006	786936704266
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt	Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt (double length) Donald's Hiccups (bonus episode)	March 20, 2007	786936715149
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Treat	Mickey's Treat Goofy the Great Doctor Daisy, M.D.	August 28, 2007	786936743548
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Storybook Surprises	Minnie's Mystery Donald the Frog Prince Minnie Red Riding Hood Sleeping Minnie	February 24, 2009	786936764581
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Big Splash	Donald's Ducks Pluto's Bubble Bath Mickey Goes Fishing Pete's Beach Blanket Luau	October 5, 2009	786936789355
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland	Mickey's Adventures In Wonderland Goofy Goes Goofy	December 1, 2009	786936746792
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express	Choo-Choo Express Mickey's Big Job	December 9, 2009	786936787849
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Bow-Tique	Minnie's Pajama Party Minnie's Bow-Tique Minnie's Bee Story Minnie's Picnic	February 9, 2010	786936796445
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally	Road Rally Pluto Lends a Paw	September 7, 2010	786936804225
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Round-Up	Mickey's Round-Up Daisy Bo-Peep Mickey's Big Surprise Super Goof's Super Puzzle Mickey's Show and Tell	November 16, 2010	786936804348
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Masquerade	Minnie's Masquerade Minnie's Mouseke-Calendar A Surprise For Minnie Secret Spy Daisy The Friendship Team	February 8, 2011	786936804468
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Outdoors	Mickey's Camp Out Mickey and Minnie's Jungle Safari Mickey's Fishy Story (bonus episode) Daisy in the Sky Daisy's Grasshopper	May 24, 2011	786936813869
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure	Space Adventure Goofy's Thinking Cap	November 8, 2011	918968246810

External links

• Official website
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at the Internet Movie Database
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at TV.com
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Wiki