History WesternAnimation / RunawayBrain

->''"This isn't your father's Mickey and Minnie."''
-->-- '''Leonard Maltin'''

This short is a cult favorite among Disney fans (notably including Creator/WarrenSpector, the head developer for ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'') and was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm of 1995, but with the sheer amount of NightmareFuel generated from this, the Disney Company [[BuryYourArt largely prefers not to talk about it]]. They only mention it in history books about the company's animated films, and the only physical video releases it has ever been given were a Japan-only laserdisc and a U.K.-only videotape, both in 1996 and on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD set ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 2''. The short was adapted into a French comic book, which was localized in 2004.

This short is a cult favorite among Disney fans (notably including Creator/WarrenSpector, the head developer for ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'') and was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm of 1995, but with the sheer amount of NightmareFuel generated from this, the Disney Company [[BuryYourArt largely prefers not to talk about it]]. They only mention it in history books about the company's animated films, and the only physical video releases it has ever been given were a Japan-only laserdisc and a U.K.-only videotape, both in 1996, and on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD set ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 2''. The short was adapted into a French comic book, which was localized in 2004.

* AngryCollarGrab: Happens when the Mickey-minded monster seizes Frankenollie by his lapels, and demands that he reverse the process.

* DarkerAndEdgier: It does clash with the [[AnimationAgeGhetto family-friendly]] image Disney puts on the mouse. The characters might seem unusually not-so goody-good as thought of, and overall (especially for a little kid) it's pretty damn terrifying.

-->'''Dr. Frankenollie:''' Oh, don't be shy. It's not just a job. It's an adventure!\\
'''Mickey:''' I hate adventure!\\
'''Dr. Frankenollie:''' Perfect! You're hired.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with Julius. After Mickey ties him up, he slips and falls off the skyscraper, but he rope he's tied up with gets snagged on the hand of the hula dancer on the billboard, leading to Julius rolling up and down like a giant yo-yo instead.

** Dr. Frankenollie is the third in a line mind-targeting mad scientists. It starts with Dr. XXX from ''WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor'', who inspired Professors Ecks, Doublex and Triplex, a trio of evil monkey scientists who antagonized Mickey in Creator/FloydGottfredson's ''"[[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Blaggard Castle]]"''. In the Fantagraphics Gottfredson Library volume containing the comic story, Chris Bailey [[WordOfGod confirmed that he had Ecks in mind for the part]] until ExecutiveMeddling lead to the creation of a new character. Frankenollie has since (likely) been the inspiration for Doctor Flor Winx from ''"The Stuff Of Dreams"''.

* LightningCanDoAnything: How Mickey's brain switched to another body with mind-switching machine and later back again with the electric wires.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The usually sweet-natured Minnie encourages Mickey to rip off Julius' ears off... and Julius was still in Mickey's body when she said that.

* TestSubjectForHire: Mickey answers an advertisement of Dr. Frankenollie in order to get the money he needs to take Minnie on a cruise to Hawaii, and finds out too late what the ad is really about.

* UnflatteringIDPhoto: After Mickey-in-Julius' body escapes the ShackleSeatTrap, he tries to convince the monster that the mind-swap process must be undone. The monster looks at an ID card in Mickey's wallet, which shows Mickey in a frame from ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' from 1928. "Oh, ha ha," says an embarrassed Mickey, "[[EmbarrassingOldPhoto that's old]]."

This short is a cult favorite among Disney fans (notably including Creator/WarrenSpector, the head developer for ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'') and was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm of 1995, but with the sheer amount of NightmareFuel generated from this, the Disney Company [[BuryYourArt largely prefers not to talk about it]]. They only mention it in history books about the company's animated films, and the only physical video releases it has ever been given were a Japan-only laserdisc and a U.K.-only videotape, both in 1996, and on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD set ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 2''.

This short is a cult favorite among Disney fans (notably including Creator/WarrenSpector, the head developer for ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'') and was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm of 1995, but with the sheer amount of NightmareFuel generated from this, the Disney Company [[OldShame largely prefers not to talk about it]]. They only mention it in history books about the company's animated films, and the only physical video releases it has ever been given were a Japan-only laserdisc and a U.K.-only videotape, both in 1996, and on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD set ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 2''.

The plot kicks off when Minnie gets upset with Mickey when he forgets the anniversary of their first date. Mickey tries to make it up to her by offering to take her miniature golfing, but she mistakenly believes he's taking her to Hawaii. To raise the $999.99 needed for that vacation, Mickey goes to apply for a job working for a mad scientist named Dr. Frankenollie. But he soon finds out that the job Frankenollie has planned for him was to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch the Mouse's brain with that of his giant monster, Julius]] (who resembles a cross between Westernanimation/{{Pete}} and FrankensteinsMonster). The result is Mickey's mind gets trapped in Julius's body, and Mickey's body turning into the creature you see here. To make matters worse, Frankenollie is killed during the experiment, and Julius-in-Mickey's-body goes after Minnie. Thus, Mickey-in-Julius's-body must chase the monster down and rescue his girlfriend again.

!! Tropes:

--> '''Dr. Frankenollie:''' Oh, don't be shy. It's not just a job. It's an adventure!\\

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Mickey's body + Julius's brain = an unnaturally creepy character design. But it is also what grabbed people's attention and sparked their curiosity. It also allows the character to be as depraved as you like, because you can tell at a glance that's not the ''real'' Mickey Mouse.

* UnflatteringIDPhoto: After Mickey-in-Julius's body escapes the ShackleSeatTrap, he tries to convince the monster that the mind-swap process must be undone. The monster looks at an ID card in Mickey's wallet, which shows Mickey in a frame from ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' from 1928. "Oh, ha ha," says an embarrassed Mickey, "[[EmbarrassingOldPhoto that's old]]."

* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with Julius.

* TheCameo: ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Zazu]]'', of all characters, makes not one, but ''two'', very brief appearances. The first comes when, as Mickey is being sucked down the trap hole portal, Zazu is also getting sucked down amidst the debris. The second comes later when, after Mickey and Julius' brains are switched back to normal, Julius roars at Mickey, and Zazu is seen flying out of Julius' mouth.

** At the beginning, Mickey is playing a video game based on ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' - specifically, a Franchise/StreetFighter clone in which Dopey is fighting the evil witch and doing [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Liu Kang's]] Bicycle Kick. "Whistle While You Work" from the film is briefly heard in the score when Mickey sees Dr. Frankenollie's ad.

** One of the photos in Mickey's wallet is of him in ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', and he also whistles the same song from ''Steamboat Willie'' as he's walking up to the laboratory.

* DisneyDeath: When Julius (back in his normal body) threw Mickey off of a skyscraper.

* TakeThat: As Mickey is being sucked down through the trap door tube, in a don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it moment, one of the pieces of debris in the tube is a pink slip with the initials "J.K." written on it, for "Jeffrey Katzenberg". After Frank Wells was killed in a helicopter crash in 1994, Katzenberg sought Wells' job, but he was at such professional and personal odds with Michael Eisner and Roy E. Disney that he ultimately resigned from the studio at the time of the cartoon's production.

* XRaySparks: As the mind-swap process begins, Mickey's skeleton is briefly revealed as he gets zapped.

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Mickey misreads "Lobotomy" in the address "1313 Lobotomy Lane" as "Lobo-TOE-me".

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Mickey misreads "Lobotomy" in the address "1313 Lobotomy Lane" as "Lobo-toe-me".