Mickey's Surprise Party

Mickey's Surprise Party is an animated short that debuted at the 1939 New York World's Fair as a promotional short for Nabisco. Since then, it has often been edited to suit the snack products in question. It is also notably the first cartoon to feature Mickey and Minnie's 1939 redesigns.

Synopsis[]

One day, Minnie bakes cookies to impress Mickey. Just as she leaves, however, her dog, Fifi, accidentally knocks popcorn into her batter while chasing a fly. Minnie, none the wiser, puts the batter in the oven. Minnie then prepares for the visit, as does Fifi. Mickey and Pluto then arrive.

Minnie accepts Mickey's flowers, but Fifi rejects Pluto's bone for some reason. Mickey smells something burning, Minnie suddenly realizes that she has baked the cookies too long, burning them. She rushes into the kitchen and she takes them out, but the popcorn suddenly starts popping, but not before Pluto accidentally swallows one, leading to him having an exploding cookie stuck in his belly while Mickey fights the burnt cookies with a water sprayer.

Moments later, Minnie is very upset by her failure, breaks down and cries on the couch, saying that she wanted to bake cookies just like Mickey's mom. Mickey tries to comfort her, saying: "My mother used to burn them all the time!". She continues crying even more, however, which leads to Fifi howling because she sees Minnie extremely upset. When he sees Fifi upset, Pluto howls too.

Mickey suddenly has an idea and leaves with Pluto. Minnie looks up and notices Mickey and Pluto have left. She thinks they have left her and she cries even more. When they come back, they surprise Minnie with a variety of Nabisco products, including: Ritz Crackers, Oreos, Lorna Doone, Barnum's Animal Crackers, Social Tea Biscuits, Fig Newtons (Mickey's and Minnie's favorite) and Milk Bones (which Fifi accepts and kisses Pluto). The film ends with Minnie kissing Mickey all over his face. The cartoon fades to "The End", which fades to the Nabisco logo.

Characters[]

• Mickey Mouse (voiced by Walt Disney)
• Minnie Mouse (voiced by Marcellite Garner)
• Pluto (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• Fifi (voiced by Pinto Colvig)
• Mickey’s Mother (mentioned)

Home video releases[]

VHS

• The Spirit of Mickey (edited)
• Minnie's Greatest Hits

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color (Easter egg)

Trivia[]

• When this short was released on the 1998 US VHS of The Spirit of Mickey and the non-US VHS of Minnie's Greatest Hits, the Nabisco snacks were edited to be generic-appearing snack foods via digital editing to remove the Nabisco references from the snacks' packaging in the original footage and the audio when Mickey arrives with the snacks had originally overdubbed by Russi Taylor. This was possibly done to avoid any potential lawsuits from Nabisco and its then-parent company Kraft Foods for copyright infringement.
• This cartoon didn't have Mickey's opening card, making it one of the rarest times this happened.
• Walt Disney hated the idea of commercials, so he avoided commercial entanglements and swore that he wouldn't do one up until then.
• The scenes where Minnie kisses Mickey's face and where Mickey licks off the lipstick marks was used in the A Poem Is... short Mice.
• This cartoon is commonly believed to be in the public domain, however, the copyright was renewed on May 2nd, 1966.^[1]
• This is notable for being the first Disney commercial sponsoring a company.
• Clarence Nash is the voice of Pluto in this short, as opposed to Pinto Colvig or Lee Millar.
• This is the last time Marcellite Garner voices Minnie Mouse.
• This short marks the debut of Mickey and Minnie's current designs, which is still used today.
  • On a similar note, the expressive sclera eye design was first brought up during production of the segment The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia. This short was a test to see if the expressive eyes designs of Mickey and Minnie would work, and the looks worked and were used ever since.
  • Even though this cartoon marks the first appearance of Mickey and Minnie's new designs, storyboard sketches depict them with their old designs.
• This short has Mickey's buttons colored gray/light blue instead of the usual white.
• This short marks the final time Mickey Mouse wears his yellow shoes.

Gallery[]

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1920s Plane Crazy • The Gallopin' Gaucho • Steamboat Willie • The Barn Dance • When the Cat's Away • The Plowboy • The Karnival Kid • Mickey's Follies • Mickey's Choo-Choo • Wild Waves 1930s The Cactus Kid • The Fire Fighters • The Shindig • The Gorilla Mystery • The Picnic • Pioneer Days • The Birthday Party • Traffic Troubles • The Delivery Boy • Mickey Steps Out • Blue Rhythm • The Barnyard Broadcast • The Beach Party • Mickey Cuts Up • Mickey's Orphans • The Grocery Boy • Barnyard Olympics • Mickey's Revue • Musical Farmer • Mickey in Arabia • Mickey's Nightmare • The Whoopee Party • Touchdown Mickey • The Wayward Canary • The Klondike Kid • Building a Building • Mickey's Pal Pluto • Mickey's Mellerdrammer • Ye Olden Days • The Mail Plot • Mickey's Mechanical Man • Mickey's Gala Premier • Puppy Love • The Pet Store • The Steeple-Chase • Shanghaied • Camping Out • Mickey's Steam-Roller • Two-Gun Mickey • On Ice • Mickey's Rival • Hawaiian Holiday • Brave Little Tailor • Mickey's Surprise Party 1940s The Little Whirlwind • The Nifty Nineties • Mickey's Birthday Party • Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line • First Aiders • Bath Day • Figaro and Frankie • Mickey's Delayed Date • Pluto's Sweater 1950s-present Pluto and the Gopher • Mickey's Christmas Carol • Runaway Brain • Mickey and the Goat Man • Electric Holiday • Get a Horse! • Once Upon a Studio Songs While Strolling Through the Park • Minnie Mouse • Don't Go Breaking My Heart • Our Miss Minnie • Minnie's Bow-tique Attractions Totally Minnie • Minnie's Tiara of Dreams • Minnie Oh! Minnie! • Minnie's Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks • It’s Very Minnie! • Minnie's Style Studio • Minnie's Besties Bash • Minnie, We Love You! • Minnie @ Funderland See Also Totally Minnie • Minnie's Bow-Toons • Mickey's 90th Spectacular • Lofi Minnie: Focus • Lofi Minnie: Chill

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