1.MickeyMouseisacomicanimalcartooncharacterwhohasbecomeasymbolforTheWaltDisneyCompany.HewascreatedonNovember18,1928byUbIwerksandvoicedbyWaltDisney,andthemousehasevolvedfrombeingsimplyacharacterinanimatedcartoonsandcomicstripstobecomeoneofthemostrecognizablesymbolsintheworld.

　　WaltDisneyhimselfvoicedMickeyMousefrom1928until1946,whensoundeffectsmanJamesG.MacDonaldtookovertherole.Mickeyhasbeenvoicedsince1983byWayneAllwine,MacDonald'sformerapprentice.

　　MickeyMousedebutedonNovember18,1928intheanimatedcartoonSteamboatWillie.HiscomicsdebutwasJanuary13,1930whenhegothisowncomicstrip.(ThefirstadventurewasLostonaDesertIsland.)ThestripwasfirstwrittenbyWaltDisneyhimself(anddrawnbyUbIwerks),butsoonFloydGottfredsontookoverthestripandcontinuedtodrawitfordecades.

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　　Mickeyhasagirlfriend,Minnie,twonephews,MortyandFerdieandadog,Pluto.

　　2.MickeyMouseisproofthatgoodguysfinishfirst.Withanoptimisticoutlookonlifeandaboyishlyenthusiasticnature,thesearethetraitsthatmakeMickeyarealwinner.He'safriendlykid-at-heartwhosewholesomevaluesandcan-dospiritendearMickeytoeveryonehemeets.Unassumingandmodest,he'sanall-around"regular"guywhoremainshumbledespiteallhisfameandsuccess.Withpositivevaluesandintegrity,Mickey'sthefriendwe'dallliketohaveandthepersonwe'dliketobe.

　　MickeyMouseisarguablythemostfamousoftheDisneycartooncharacters.Makinghisdebutin"SteamboatWillie"attheColonyTheatreinNewYorkCityonNovember18,1928,Mickeywentontostarinover120differentcartoons.Healsostarredin"TheMickeyMouseClub"televisionshowofthe1950s.

　　MickeyMouse'soriginaldrawingsusedcirclesforhishead,bodyandears.1939's"ThePointer"sawabold,newdesignforMickeyashisbodybecamemorepear-shapedandpupilswereaddedtohiseyestoincreasehisrangeofexpression.Lateron,animatorsofthe1940swouldaddaperspectiveaspecttohisears,givingthemathree-dimensionaleffect.Thischange,however,wasshort-lived.TheMickeyMouseoftodayappearsmuchashedidintheearlydayswiththeexceptionofacostumechangehereandthere.

　　Originally,MickeywasvoicedbyWaltDisneyhimself.Later,thosedutieswereassumedbyJimMacdonaldandtodayWayneAllwineprovidesMickey'sdistinctivevoice.

　　MickeyMousehasappearedonthousandsofmerchandiseitems,andcurrentlyholdstheesteemedtitleofChiefGreeterattheDisneythemeparks.