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Horace Horsecollar is a cartoon character created in 1929 by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. Horace is a tall anthropomorphic black horse and is one of Mickey Mouse's best friends. Characterized as a cheerful know-it-all, Horace helped Mickey on his sleuthing expeditions in the comics before Goofy assumed that role. Horace most commonly appears as a funny animal, although a common gag in his early appearances was his ability to change at will from being a regular horse to a more human-like character. Horace first appeared as Mickey's plow horse in the cartoon "The Plow Boy" in 1929.〔Patrick A. Malone: (The Plow Boy ). ''(The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts ). Retrieved on September 2, 2007.〕 Later that same year, he appeared in ''The Jazz Fool'', and afterwards he became a regular member of the Disney supporting cast, along with Clarabelle Cow, Clara Cluck, and other minor characters. In recent years, Horace has appeared in ''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''Disney's House of Mouse''. ==In animation== He appeared frequently from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterward, making his final classic-era bow in 1942.〔Don Marksmen: (Horace Horsecollar ). ''Toonopedia''. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.〕 The name of Horace's voice actor in the classic era is unknown.〔Don Markstein: (Horace Horsecollar ). ''Toonopedia''. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.〕 Horace's biggest role was in "Camping Out" in 1934, where he was pretty much the star of that cartoon. In his earliest incarnation, Horace was presented as Mickey Mouse's four-legged plow horse. He could walk upright on his hind legs, at which time his forelegs became gloved hands; at other times, he got back down on all fours and reverted to form. Horace mostly played bit-parts in the approximately 30 cartoon shorts in which he appeared. Like Goofy in his early ''Dippy Dawg'' appearances, Horace's body seemed to be formed of rubber tubing. He and Clarabelle Cow had an uncanny ability to change from somewhat normal farmyard animals into anthropomorphized beings as necessary. As with most Disney characters, he was given small cameos in ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' (1983) and ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988). He had a bigger role as the Prince's (Mickey's royal double) stone-faced tutor in the ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1990). In his latter-day animated appearances, his voice is provided by Bill Farmer (who also voices Goofy and Pluto). In the series House of Mouse, Horace plays a small role in some episodes as the club's technician, playing episodes of cartoons for the audiences and generally running the machinery. After departing the Disney studio in 1930, Ub Iwerks created a Horace-like character, the mule Orace, for his own studio; the name simply dropped the 'H' from Horace. In the 1990s, Horace was intended to star in a new TV series to be created for The Disney Afternoon, titled ''Maximum Horsepower'', intended to explain his disappearance from the shorts after the 1930s ended. The concept would be that, in 1939, Horace had gotten tired of playing bit parts and, after learning Mickey was starring in ''Fantasia'', was going to demand Walt to give him a starring role in that movie as well. On his way to Walt's office, though, he gets abducted by aliens who bring him halfway across the galaxy because they are in desperate need of the hero that they believe Horace is, despite his dreams of returning to Earth and resuming his acting career. ''Maximum Horsepower'', however, never came to be.〔Jim Hill's Blog: (The Disney Afternoon Shows You Didn't Get to See ). Retrieved on January 11, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horace Horsecollar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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