Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Disney Junior
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television series Adventure Comedy Fantasy |
| Created by | Bobs Gannaway |
| Based on | Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks |
| Developed by | Bobs Gannaway |
| Directed by | Rob LaDuca Sherie Pollack Howy Parkins Victor Cook Donovan Cook Broni Likomanov Phil Weinstein |
| Voices of | Wayne Allwine Bret Iwan Tony Anselmo Russi Taylor Tress MacNeille Bill Farmer Will Ryan April Winchell Jim Cummings Dee Bradley Baker Frank Welker Rob Paulsen Corey Burton |
| Opening theme | 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Song' sung by They Might be Giants |
| Ending theme | 'Hot Dog!' sung by They Might be Giants |
| Composer(s) | Mike Feltzenbaum Michael Turner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 125 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bobs Gannaway |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Disney Television Animation (as Walt Disney Television Animation from 2006 to 2012) DQ Entertainment |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television (2006–07) Disney–ABC Domestic Television (2007–16) |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Picture format | HDTV1080p/720p SD: 480p Produced in HD 16:9, cropped to 4:3 in most countries. |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | May 5, 2006 – November 6, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Mickey Mouse Club Mickey and the Roadster Racers |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American interactive computer-animated children's television series which aired from May 5, 2006 to November 6, 2016. The series, Disney Television Animation's first computer-animated series, is aimed at preschoolers. Bobs Gannaway, the Disney veteran who created it, is also responsible for other preschool shows, such as Jake and the Never Land Pirates and for Disneytoon Studios films including Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy and Planes: Fire & Rescue. The final episode aired on November 6, 2016.
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Since its cancellation, it airs reruns on Disney Junior.
- 2Cast
- 7Spin-offs
Premise[edit]
Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto, and a mechanical assistant 'Mouseketool' called Toodles, interact with the viewer to stimulate problem solving during each episode's story. Disney says that each episode has the characters help children 'solve a specific age-appropriate problem utilizing basic math 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'.[1]
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 Mouseketools, a collection of objects needed to solve the day's problem, to Mickey, one of them being a 'Mystery Mouskatool' represented by a question mark, which, when the words 'Mystery Mouskatool' are said, and the question mark change into the Mouseketool you get to use, another being a 'Mouseka-Think-About-It Tool' represented by a silhouette of Mickey's head with gears rotating, and the gang must think of what to use before telling the Tool 'Mouseka-Think-About-It-Tool, we pick the (object)'. 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 Mousekedoer. 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.[2][3]
The show features two original songs performed by American alternative rock band 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 every show, 'Hot Dog!', which echoes Mickey's first spoken words in the 1929 short The Karnival Kid.
This is the first time the major Disney characters have regularly appeared on television in computer-animated form. The characters debuted in CG form in 2003 at the Magic Kingdomtheme park attraction Mickey's PhilharMagic, then in the 2004 home videoMickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse and Martian Mickey (2006–12)
- Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse, Martian Mickey, and Count Mickula (2012–16)
- Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse, Martian Minnie, and Quoodles
- Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck, Chip, Baby Red Bird, and Mommy Red Bird
- Bill Farmer as Goofy, Pluto, Goofbot, and Goofles
- Rob Paulsen as Toodles
Recurring[edit]
- Jim Cummings as Pete
- Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake and Dale
- April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
- Dee Bradley Baker as Boo Boo Chicken, Santa Claus and Coco the monkey
- Frank Welker as Figaro, Butch the Bulldog, and Mr. Pettibone
- Will Ryan as Willie the Giant
- Nika Futterman as the Singing Lock
Guest stars[edit]
- Maurice LaMarche as Mortimer Mouse
- Dick Van Dyke as Captain Goof-Beard
- Avalon Robbins as Millie Mouse
- Grace Kaufman as Melody Mouse
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Boodles
- Nika Futterman as the Singing Lock
- David Tennant as Igor the Door
Episodes[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 27 | May 5, 2006 | July 27, 2007 | ||
| 2 | 40 | January 26, 2008 | February 20, 2010 | ||
| 3 | 32 | February 27, 2010 | September 28, 2012 | ||
| 4 | 26 | November 5, 2012 | November 6, 2016 | ||
Home media[edit]
| Title | Season(s) | Episode count | Release date | Episodes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Saves Santa | 1 | 3 | November 14, 2006 | Episode 03 ('Goofy's Bird'), 10 ('Mickey-Goes-Seek') and 20 ('Mickey Saves Santa') | |
| Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt | 1 | 2 | March 20, 2007 | 24 ('Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt') and 27 ('Donald's Hiccups') | |
| Mickey's Treat | 1 | 3 | August 28, 2007 | 18 ('Mickey's Treat'), 21 ('Goofy the Great') and 25 ('Doctor Daisy, M.D.') | |
| Mickey's Storybook Surprises | 1, 2 | 4 | February 24, 2009 | Episode 07 ('Donald the Frog Prince'), 18 ('Minnie Red Riding Hood'), 19 ('Sleeping Minnie') and 50 ('Minnie's Mystery') | |
| Mickey's Big Splash[4] | 1, 2 | 4 | October 5, 2009 | Episode 06 ('Mickey Goes Fishing'), 43 ('Pluto's Bubble Bath'), 57 ('Pete's Beach Blanket Luau') and 58 ('Donald's Ducks') | |
| Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland | 2 | 2 | December 1, 2009 | 64 ('Goofy Goes Goofy') and 65 ('Mickey's Adventures In Wonderland') | |
| Choo-Choo Express[5] | 2 | 2 | December 9, 2009 | 41 ('Mickey's Big Job') and 60 ('Choo-Choo Express') | |
| Minnie's Bow-Tique | 2, 3 | 4 | February 9, 2010 | 32 ('Minnie's Picnic'), 61 ('Minnie's Bee Story'), 75 ('Minnie's Pajama Party') and 83 ('Minnie's Bow-Tique') | |
| Road Rally | 3 | 2 | September 7, 2010 | 76 ('Road Rally') and 82 ('Pluto Lends a Paw') | |
| Numbers Round-Up | 1–3 | 5 | November 16, 2010 | Episode 01 ('Daisy Bo-Peep'), 42 ('Mickey's Round-Up'), 67 ('Mickey's Big Surprise'), 70 ('Super Goof's Super Puzzle') and 87 ('Mickey's Show and Tell') | |
| Minnie's Masquerade | 1–3 | 5 | February 8, 2011 | Episode 02 ('A Surprise For Minnie'),Episode 47 ('Secret Spy Daisy'), 55 ('The Friendship Team'), 81 ('Minnie's Mouseke-Calendar') and 84 ('Minnie's Masquerade') | |
| Mickey's Great Outdoors | 1–3 | 5 | May 24, 2011 | 14 ('Daisy in the Sky'), 38 ('Mickey and Minnie's Jungle Safari'), 39 ('Mickey's Camp Out'), 78 ('Daisy's Grasshopper') and 88 ('Mickey's Fishy Story') | |
| Space Adventure | 3 | 2 | November 8, 2011 | 89 ('Space Adventure') and 94 ('Goofy's Thinking Cap') | |
| I Heart Minnie | 1–3 | 5 | February 7, 2012 | 8 ('Minnie's Birthday'), Episode 11 ('Daisy's Dance'), 40 ('Daisy's Pet Project'), 53 ('Minnie's Rainbow') and 95 ('Minnie and Daisy's Flower Shower') | |
| Mickey and Donald Have a Farm | 1–4 | 5 | December 11, 2012 | 23 ('Goofy's Petting Zoo'), 29 ('Goofy the Homemaker'), 52 ('Clarabelle's Clubhouse Mooo-sical'), 98 ('Donald Hatches an Egg') and 100 ('Mickey and Donald Have A Farm') | |
| Minnie's the Wizard of Dizz | 3, 4 | 4 | February 5, 2013 | 91 ('Goofy's Gone'), 99 ('The Golden Boo Boo') and 104 ('Minnie's the Wizard of Dizz') | |
| Quest for the Crystal Mickey | 2–4 | 5 | May 21, 2013 | 59 ('Goofy's Coconutty Monkey'), 71 ('Donald of the Desert'), 77 ('Donald the Genie'), 85 ('Goofy's Giant Adventure') and 101 ('Quest For the Crystal Mickey') | |
| Super Adventure! | 3, 4 | 4 | December 3, 2013 | 79 ('Mickey's Mousekersize'), 80 ('Mickey's Little Parade'), 97 ('Aye, Aye, Captain Mickey') and 105 ('Super Adventure') | |
| Around the Clubhouse World | 1–4 | 5 | February 11, 2014 | 5 ('Donald and the Beanstalk'), 9 ('Goofy On Mars'), 30 ('Mickey's Handy Helpers'), 74 ('Pluto's Dinosaur Romp') and 115 ('Around the Clubhouse World') | |
| A Goofy Fairy Tale | 1 | 1 | December 25, 2016 | 26 ('A Goofy Fairy Tale') | |
Production[edit]
Bill Farmer, the voice actor for Goofy and Pluto, stated in February 2014 that the recording of dialogue for new episodes has ceased, but that 'it will be quite a while before the show runs out of new episodes for TV. We have been on the air consistently since 2006 and we started recording in 2004. So there is always a long lead-in time between recording and seeing it on TV. So don’t worry more is still to come, we just are not making any more'.[6]
Reception[edit]
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse received mixed to positive reviews, Common Sense Media rated the show a 4 out of 5 stars, stating: 'Parents need to know that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a lively series designed to help preschoolers acquire problem-solving and early mathematics skills – and does so in a fun, exciting way. Although the show is very learning-focused, it's engaging without being intimidating'.[7]
Spin-offs[edit]
Minnie's Bow-Toons[edit]
Minnie's Bow-Toons is a spinoff series which premiered in the fall of 2011 and concluded in 2016. It aired in the daytime Disney Junior programming block for younger audiences. It is based on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode 'Minnie's Bow-tique' and depicts Minnie'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.
Mickey and the Roadster Racers[edit]
A second spin-off, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, debuted in January 2017 after Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stopped showing episodes in November 2016.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^''Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse CD – Product Description'. Disney Store'. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009.
- ^'Oh Toodles! Clubhouse Stories – Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Playhouse Disney'. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^'Playhouse Disney's Mouskatool and Handy Manny Morning'. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^'Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Big Splash Now On DVD Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment'. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^Mike Gencarelli. 'Disney Legend, Bill Farmer talks about voicing Goofy and new Disney Junior series 'The 7D''. Media Mikes. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - TV Review'.
- ^Events, Fathom. 'Celebrate 'Disney Junior at the Movies' and be Among First to See the New Series Mickey and the Roadster Racers, in Cinemas for One Day'. Business Wire. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- ^Wagmeister, Elizabeth. 'Watch: 'Mickey and the Roadster Racers' to Debut on Disney Junior in 2017'. Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
External links[edit]
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