Ortensia the Cat

Ortensia
File:Ortensia the cat.jpg Ortensia as she appears in the Epic Mickey games
First appearance	The Banker's Daughter (1927)
Created by	Ub Iwerks Walt Disney
Alias	Sadie
Relatives	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (boyfriend)

Ortensia is an anthropomorphic cat and animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. Ortensia is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit girlfriend.

Ortensia appeared in the Oswald shorts starting with The Banker's Daughter, 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). However, 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. As can be seen in her character design, she was very much a precursor to Minnie Mouse. 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.

As a side note, Ortensia is an Italian name that means "gardener", something that some of her art related to Epic Mickey shows to be a hobby of hers.

Appearances

1. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927)
2. Epic Mickey (video game) (2010)
3. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (video game) (2012)

External links

• The Disney Wiki