"New Shoes" is the 16th episode of Season 4 of the new Mickey Mouse (2013) series created by Paul Rudish for the Disney Channel and Disney.com. It's the 74th in the series.
Mickey, Donald and Goofy accidentally swap bodies and thereafter, discover one another's life. This is a double length episode.
Tropes
- Accidental Pervert: Mickey (while in Goofy's body) accidentally crashes into another house and into a tub with Clarabelle in it.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Mickey, Donald and Goofy all get their wish to experience life in each other's shoes, only for things to go south for them really fast.
- While in Goofy's body, Mickey enjoys being tall in the beginning, he finds all the favors he pulls off too tiring and realizes his personal life doesn't fit well with his new height.
- While in Mickey's body, Donald at first relishes all the love and attention Mickey receives but soon finds it all too overwhelming. Exaggerated when he has to put up with Minnie's overzealous affections.
- Goofy learns the hard way that being in Donald's body means that he also has Donald's bad luck. Not only can he not fly, but he also has to put up with annoyances such as Donald's nephews, Chip & Dale, Spike the Bee and his uncle Scrooge McDuck.
- Bittersweet Ending: For Goofy and Donald at least. While everyone gets back in their old bodies and Mickey continues getting Minnie's love, Goofy ends up arrested and Donald tortured by his various adversaries. Though the look on their faces during the Iris Out show they’re still glad to be back to normal.
- Book Ends: The adventure started with the three literally being punched into each other's bodies by Pete and it ends with them getting punched back into their bodies by Pete.
- Born Lucky: Mickey's life consists of getting constant praise and being adored by Minnie. Donald dislikes this while in his body, being Donald. Even at the end, while the other two deal with the consequences of the body switch, Mickey receives nothing bad whatsoever despite someone as cynical as Donald being in his body.
- Butt-Monkey: This cartoon really hammers home how much the universe seems to hate Donald. While Mickey-as-Goofy and Donald-as-Mickey start out having a great time in their temporary new lives before experiencing the consequences, things almost immediately go south for Goofy-as-Donald. He even lampshades this:Goofy: (while in Donald's body) I can't live like this. Who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one but Donald Duck!
- The Cameo: Casey Junior rides across Mickey (as Goofy), carrying Dumbo, Timothy Mouse and the crows, and is being driven by Casey Jones from The Brave Engineer.
- Pete, Chip & Dale, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Spike the Bee, Scrooge McDuck and Clarabelle Cow also make appearances.
- The kitten stuck up a tree resembles one of the kittens from Three Orphan Kittens.
- Cat Up a Tree: Mickey, in Goofy's body, gets a little girl's kitty out of a tree.
- Celebrity Is Overrated: Donald starts to realize this while in Mickey's body. While he is showered with love, praise and attention, it all turns out to be too much for him to handle, and can never get a moment's peace.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Scrooge beats Goofy-as-Donald with his cane because Donald owes Scrooge, the richest duck in the world, one dollar.
- Egg-Laying Male: Despite being a male duck, Donald can lay eggs. When Goofy winds up in his body, he says that one of the advantages of being a duck is that he can make his own breakfast, which he demonstrates by laying an egg.
- Exact Words: Goofy imagines walking in Mickey's shoes for seven minutes, the length of the short.
- Extra-Long Episode: The fifth seven-minute episode in the series.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: A three-way example.
- Furry Reminder: Goofy wags his tail when he, Mickey and Donald rejoice over being back in their correct bodies.
- The Glomp: Minnie greets Donald (in Mickey's body) with a diving embrace that knocks him down. After Mickey is back into his own body, Minnie greets him the same way, but unlike Donald, he enjoys it.
- Height Angst: Mickey starts to suffer this while in Goofy's body. He barely fits into his house and none of his clothes fit him anymore.
- Impact Silhouette: Mickey, Donald, and Goofy each leave one in a wall after being punched into each other's bodies, and the silhouette is of whichever character's mind is currently inhabiting that body. At the end, after being punched back into their correct bodies, the bodies leave the proper silhouettes.
- In Another Man's Shoes: The plot of the cartoon. Mickey, Donald and Goofy get to experience life as each other.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Goofy muses about being in someone else's shoes "if only for seven minutes," the length of the short.
- Mythology Gag: As mentioned in the example for Butt-Monkey: Goofy, In Donald's body, quotes word for word the last two lines of the old Donald Duck Cartoons.
- "Oh, Crap!" Smile: Mickey, Donald, and Goofy had the biggest one after they accidentally splattered the pie on Pete after Mickey told Donald Goofy that they're life is as good as Mickey's.
- The Prankster: Chip & Dale, Huey, Dewey & Louie and Spike the Bee torment Goofy-as-Donald for no reason whatsoever.
- Stylistic Suck: The ten-minute anniversary "song" by Minnie Mouse consists of dissonant piano chords accompanied by screechy singing and weird lyrics.
- Voices Are Mental: Mickey, Donald and Goofy's voices are kept intact within whoever they swap bodies with.
- Waxing Lyrical: While he's getting tormented, Goofy quotes Donald's old theme song.
- Your Size May Vary: After Mickey switches bodies with Goofy, Goofy's height is exaggerated for laughs. He is able to clean a billboard on a high building, shoo out clouds, and even reach the moon.
