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  • Acting for Two:
  • Adored by the Network:
    • The show premiered to ratings of 2 million viewers with averages of 1 million for future episodes, got a regular time slot within a few days, and had a DVD release only 2 months after the premiere. It's safe to say that Disney has faith in this show.
    • The show was renewed for a second season only two months after its premiere, and was renewed for a third season less than a month before the second started airing.
  • Celebrity Voice Actor: Billy Beagle is voiced by comedian/talk show host Jay Leno.
  • Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: The initial plot synopsis for "Mouse Vs Machine" was about the main characters getting crew members, and Donald loses because of his temper. The actual episode is about Mickey racing against Professor Von Drake's self driving car. It should be noted that that episode's plot was applied for an episode airing 2 weeks later, but the commercials show the Donald plot. Talk about a confusing switch.
  • The Danza: Nina Glitter's manager Jess is voiced by Jess Harnell.
  • Descended Creator: Jorjeana Marie wrote "Magic Tricked", and voiced Trikini the magician in said episode.
  • Died During Production: Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse and Clara Cluck, died on July 26, 2019.
  • Distanced from Current Events: On June 4, 2017, a repeat of the episode segments "Ye Olde Royal Heist" and "Tea Time Trouble", both of which took place in England, were pulled from airing that day due to the attack in London the day before. A different episode was played instead. Fortunately, the episode is back to airing again.
  • Dueling Shows:
    • With Nick Jr's Blaze and the Monster Machines, another show that focuses on racing. Kim Duran even writes for both shows.
    • It was also this with Dora and Friends: Into the City!, another spin-off of a popular preschool series. Because Dora and Friends flopped in both toy sales and ratings, Mickey and the Roadster Racers won this duel.
  • Fake Nationality:
    • Maurice LaMarche, Mortimer's voice actor, also voices Thurston the magician in "Abra Ka Goof" with a British accent. He's American-Canadian.
    • Because of Horace Horsecollar's race lift into Spanish, Bill Farmer, an American, also uses a Spanish accent.
    • Jim Cummings voices all the international Petes, like the Spanish, Italian, and Russian ones.
    • Rob Paulsen's long-standing role as the Brazilian José Carioca.
  • The Original Darrin: Bret Iwan voices Mickey once again, after being replaced by Chris Diamantopoulos on Mickey Mouse (2013).
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Daniel Ross replaced Tony Anselmo as the voice of Donald Duck, making this the first time since he took over from the late Clarence Nash that Tony didn't voice the character, since he was too busy with projects such as DuckTales (2017) and Legend of the Three Caballeros that were in production around the time the show was first announced.
    • Due to Russi Taylor's death in July 2019, the roles of Minnie and Clara were recast with Kaitlyn Robrock starting in "Mickey's Roommate / Minnie's Bow-tel!". She would assume the role of Minnie for all future Disney projects since then.
    • Starting in season 3, Minnie's nieces Millie and Melody are respectively voiced by Vivian Vencer and Stella Edwards rather than Avalon Robbins and Grace Kauffman.
    • In the Japanese dub, Takahiro Miyamoto voices Goofy instead of the late Yu Shimaka.
  • Post-Release Retitle: After the show was renamed to Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, reruns of the first two seasons were renamed to simply Mickey Mouse Roadster Racers, and the logo at the end of the theme song changed. The theme song, however, remained unchanged.
  • Production Posse:
    • Since the show is a spiritual successor to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, many of the same writers, directors, actors, and storyboard artists meet up again here. A lot of the same crew moved onto Jake and the Never Land Pirates while MMC was still running, and then moved onto this series when both shows were done.
    • The show also acts like a The 7D reunion, which is fitting since the show was originally meant for Disney Junior. Common crew members include voice director Kelly Ward, writers Mark Drop and Sherri Stoner, storyboard artists Phil Mosness and Kyle Menke doing the intro, and voice actors Jay Leno, Bill Farmer, Kate Micucci, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Leigh Allyn Baker, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, and Dee Bradley Baker.
    • From Sofia the First, we have writers Don Gillies and Craig CarLisle, voice director Kelly Wars (albeit only the pilot movie), and recurring voice actors Russi Taylor, Tress MacNeille, Nika Futterman, Jim Cummings, Dee Bradley Baker, Tim Gunn, and Jeff Bennett.
  • Recycled Script:
    • A good chunk of the stories are remakes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes.
    • The episode "Lights! Camera! Help!" is very similar to The 7D episode "Bathtub Bashful". Sherri Stoner even co-wrote both episodes.
    • "Happy Holiday Helpers" bears a good resemblance to the Handy Manny Christmas episode.
  • Role Reprise: The following actors return to their roles:
    • Bret Iwan as Mickey.
    • Bill Farmer as Goofy, Pluto, and Horace Horsecollar.
    • Tress MacNeille as Daisy and Chip.
    • Russi Taylor as Minnie and Clara Cluck (until her death in 2019).
    • April Winchell as Clarabelle.
    • Jim Cummings as Pete.
    • Carlos Alazraqui as Panchito.
    • Rob Paulsen as José Carioca.
    • Corey Burton as Dale and Ludwig Von Drake.
    • Nika Futterman as Cuckoo Loca.
    • Maurice LaMarche as Mortimer Mouse (albeit the character is made into an action hero, and renamed Morty McCool).
    • Frank Welker as Butch and Figaro.
    • In the first 2 seasons, Avalon Robbins and Grace Kauffman as Minnie's nieces, Millie and Melody.
    • Kōichi Yamadera, the official Japanese voice of Donald since 1989, reprises his role as Donald Duck in the Japanese dub.
  • Similarly Named Works: The Season 3 episode "Donald's Dilemma" shares its title with a Donald Duck cartoon short from 1947.

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