View source for Directory:The Walt Disney Company/Mickey Mouse

{{DisneyChar
| name              =Mickey Mouse
| image             =[[Image:Mickey Mouse.jpg|180px]]
| first appearance  =''[[Plane Crazy]]'' - [[May 15]], [[1928]]
| created by        =[[Walt Disney]]
| voiced by         =[[Walt Disney]] (1929 - 1946) <br/> [[James G. MacDonald]] (1946 - 1983) <br /> [[Wayne Allwine]] (1983 - Present)
| birthday          =[[November 18]]
| known relatives   =[[Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse]] (nephews), [[Amelia Fieldmouse]] (sister)
| known pets        =[[Pluto (dog)|Pluto]]
| known friends     =[[Minnie Mouse]] (girlfriend), [[Donald Duck]], [[Goofy]], [[Daisy Duck]], [[Clarabelle Cow]], [[Horace Horsecollar]], [[Clara Cluck]], [[Huey, Dewey and Louie]], [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Max Goof]], [[Chip 'n Dale]], [[Sora]]  
|known rivals      =[[Black Pete]], [[Mortimer Mouse]]
}}

:''This article in MyWikiBiz [[Directory namespace|Directory]] space was copied from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia], as a temporary demonstration.  This article will either be replaced by its rightful legal owners, or removed as other Directory listings are authored from scratch and can serve as basic demonstration examples.  If you wish to edit this article under the provisions of the [[MyWikiBiz:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License|GFDL]], please contact the MyWikiBiz [[User_talk:MyWikiBiz|administrator]] for access.''
<br>

'''Mickey Mouse''' is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[funny animal|comic animal]] [[cartoon character]] who has become a symbol for [[The Walt Disney Company]]. He was created in [[1928 in film|1928]] and voiced by [[Walt Disney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mickeyickey-mouse.com/themouse.htm |title=The Main Mouse Is In The House |accessdate= 2006-08-31|accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work=mickey-mouse.com |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as [[November 18]], [[1928]] upon the release of ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psc.disney.go.com/guestservices/8699.html |title= Disney Online Guest Services|accessdate= 2006-08-31|accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= Disney Online|publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> The mouse has evolved from being simply a character in [[animated cartoon]]s and [[comic strip]]s to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. 

Walt Disney voiced Mickey Mouse from [[1928 in film|1928]] until [[1946 in film|1946]], when sound effects man [[James G. MacDonald]] took over the role. Mickey is currently voiced by [[Wayne Allwine]].

Disney said he got his inspiration from a rodent at his failed [[Laugh-O-Gram Studio]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] which he had nicknamed ''Mortimer Mouse''.