History YMMV / ClassicDisneyShorts

* In ''Mickey's Amateurs'', Donald Duck reenters the theater disguised as a full-brush peddler before pulling out a submachine gun, holding Mickey and the audience members at gunpoint, and demanding that he finish his recitation of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"; when that fails, he fires a bunch of gunshots at them before the mechanical hands place him in a violin case and remove him from the stage, but not before he futilely shoots at Mickey, who shields himself with a reflective gong (thankfully no one gets hurt). Suddenly this scene is kinda reminiscent to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora,_Colorado_shooting 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting in Colorado]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataclan_(theatre) the 2015 Bataclan theater shooting in Paris]].

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[InvokedTrope The ENTIRE ANGLE]] of ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' and one of the aims of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games as well. Also, ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse''.

%% ** WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale, [[ScrewySquirrel oh so very much]].

* ArchivePanic: The original theatrical cartoons combined amount to 469 shorts total (not including shorts initially released as part of a bigger feature, such as the shorts in ''Film/TheReluctantDragon'', ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'', ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' and the '40s Disney package features) and that number shoots up to 562 if you include all of the silent Disney films (the Newman Laugh-O-Grams, the WesternAnimation/AliceComedies and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit)[[note]] although only around 50 of the 93 silent Disney films survive, are available or are known to exist[[/note]] -- to watch all of them in chronological order would take around 66 hours and 30 minutes, or close to three days without sleep. And that's not counting post-Golden Age shorts, TV shows and feature animation appearances of the characters. And lets not even get started on the absolutely monstrous number of comics these characters have appeared in, ''especially'' the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck comics.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Subverted. Most of Disney shorts were made for all audiences, so these shorts are safe for kids. Then there are propaganda shorts like "Disney/DerFuehrersFace" and rather nightmarish cartoons like "WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor" and "Disney/PlutosJudgementDay". Any kids watching those will become either terrified or totally confused.

** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck was originally just a {{Jerkass}} one-shot character in "The Wise Little Hen", but he's since become Disney's most recognizable character after WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.

** The later Donald Duck shorts from the '50s and onward show how desperate the writers were to come up with new ideas-one short has Donald become so obsessed with obtaining honey that he dresses up as a bee to steal honey from an [[TooDumbToLive actual hive]], instead of just going to the store and buying some honey in a jar like any sane [[strike: man]] duck would do.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Armadillo from ''WesternAnimation/PlutoAndTheArmadillo'' could've made for an interesting addition to other Pluto shorts, considering the amount of ShipTease she and Pluto have and how she ends up tagging along with Pluto and Mickey on the plane at the end. Alas, she doesn't show up in any other cartoon.
* VanillaProtagonist: There's a startlingly low amount of shorts focused on Mickey in the 40s and 50s, even those categorised as his cartoon, his more laid back EveryMan persona making him rather dull compared to more proactive co stars such as Donald or Pluto.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[InvokedTrope The ENTIRE ANGLE]] of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games and especially ''VideoGame/EpicMickey''. Also, ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse''.

** Mickey Mouse's "WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain" from the 90's, which was the first ([[WesternAnimation/KingdomHearts but certainly not]] [[VideoGame/EpicMickey the last]]) attempt at returning Mickey to his adventureous, edgier roots. Whether it succeeded or not is up for debate.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Subverted. Most of Disney shorts were made for all audiences, so these shorts are safe for kids. Then there are propaganda shorts like "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace" and rather nightmarish cartoons like "WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor" and "WesternAnimation/PlutosJudgementDay". Any kids watching those will become either terrified or totally confused.

* PopularWithFurries: All of the entire Sensational Six. It also helps that several have spinoff universes which are ''also'' popular with furries (such as the Carl Bark ''Duck'' comics, the ''Goof Troop''-verse, and the ''Ducktales'' cartoon).

** Mickey Mouse's "Runaway Brain" from the 90's, which was the first ([[WesternAnimation/KingdomHearts but certainly not]] [[VideoGame/EpicMickey the last]]) attempt at returning Mickey to his adventureous, edgier roots. Whether it succeeded or not is up for debate.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[InvokedTrope The ENTIRE ANGLE]] of the Franchise/KingdomHearts games and especially ''VideoGame/EpicMickey''. Also, ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse''.

* ValuesResonance: ''Motor Mania''. This is due the fact there are still many drivers who tend let their emotions and sense of power override wellbeing of the other people on the road.

%%* ValuesResonance: ''Motor Mania''.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[InvokedTrope The ENTIRE ANGLE]] of the Franchise/KingdomHearts games and especially ''VideoGam/EpicMickey''. Also, ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck was originally just a {{Jerkass}} one-shot character in "The Wise Little Hen", but he's since become Disney's most recognizable character after WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.

%%** WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Most of the gags in Goofy's "[[http://youtu.be/dMdTBep3W9c Teachers Are People]]" short, since it involves a kid turning in a handgun and grenade, threatening a classmate with a (water) pistol, and ''blowing up the school''.

%%* MemeticMutation:
%%** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dolan DOLAN]].
%%** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-goofy-time It's Goofy Time!]]
* OlderThanTheyThink:
** {{WesternAnimation/Pete}} predates Mickey by three years.
** The character, Mortimer Mouse (or a very similar version thereof) initially appeared in ''Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers'', a very early storyline from the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip. The name is older still; it was ''[[ContinuityNod almost]]'' the name given to the character [[WhatMightHaveBeen that was instead named Mickey]].

%%* ValuesResonance: ''Motor Mania''.

* MemeticMutation:
** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dolan DOLAN]].
** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-goofy-time It's Goofy Time!]]

* ValuesResonance: ''Motor Mania''.

** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit.

* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}/HarsherInHindsight: Most of the gags in Goofy's "[[http://youtu.be/dMdTBep3W9c Teachers Are People]]" short, since it involves a kid turning in a handgun and grenade, threatening a classmate with a (water) pistol, and ''blowing up the school''.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dolan DOLAN]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: {{WesternAnimation/Pete}} predates Mickey by three years.
** The character, Mortimer Mouse (or a very similar version thereof) initially appeared in ''Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers'', a very early storyline from the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip.
*** The name is older still; it was ''[[ContinuityNod almost]]'' the name given to the character [[WhatMightHaveBeen that was instead named Mickey]].

* CreatorBacklash: Walt hated ''WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch'', so much so that just the mere mention of the cartoon's very name was strictly forbidden.
** Wilfred Jackson disliked the early Mickey Mouse short "The Castaway" and upon its failure vowed to never make another picture that didn't feel like a Disney film again.
** According to "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time."
*** It should be noted, however, that Don's most formulaic period came ''precisely'' when Hannah took over as the sole director of the series and apparently made his life goal to fill the duck's filmography with repetitive stories. Really, count how many cartoons that pit Donald against vermin -where he's OutOfFocus and suffers from severe {{Flanderization}}- emerged on this time as opposed to the past. There were some nice exceptions here and there, especially at the beginning of Hannah's tenure, but for the most part the Duck owes much of his personality loss to these pictures.
** According to Neal Gabler in his book "Walt Disney and the Triumph of the American Imagination", Walt "absolutely hated the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoons, threatening constantly to terminate them before relenting, largely to provide work for his animators." It should be noted, however, that Gabler's book cites no source for such a claim.

* OlderThanTheyThink: {{Pete}} predates Mickey by three years.

** Mickey Mouse's "Runaway Brain" from the 90's, which was the first ([[WesternAnimation/KingdomHearts but certainly not]] [[EpicMickey the last]]) attempt at returning Mickey to his adventureous, edgier roots. Whether it succeeded or not is up for debate.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[InvokedTrope The ENTIRE ANGLE]] of the Franchise/KingdomHearts games and especially VideoGam/EpicMickey. Also, ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse''.

%% ** ChipAndDale, [[ScrewySquirrel oh so very much]].

* ArchivePanic: The original theatrical cartoons combined amount to 469 shorts total (not including shorts initially released as part of a bigger feature, such as the shorts in Disney/TheReluctantDragon, Disney/SaludosAmigos, Disney/TheThreeCaballeros and the 40's Disney package features) and that number shoots up to 562 if you include all of the silent Disney films (the Newman Laugh-O-Grams, the WesternAnimation/AliceComedies and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit)[[note]] although only around 50 of the 93 silent Disney films survive, are available or are known to exist[[/note]]--to watch all of them in chronological order would take around 66 hours and 30 minutes, or close to three days without sleep. And that's not counting post-Golden Age shorts, TV shows and feature animation appearances of the characters. And lets not even get started on the absolutely monstrous number of comics these characters have appeared in, ''especially'' the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck comics.

* HellIsThatNoise: Mickey crying in ''Fiddling Around''.
** The voices saying "Eat!" in ''Tomorrow We Diet''.
** The music that plays during Goofy's desperate search for a smoke in ''No Smoking''.

* VillainDecay: {{Pete}}. In his earlier appearances, he was actually a menace, a dangerous villain with a temper hot enough to shake Hell itself. Now he's usually a clumsy, idiotic SmugSnake.