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The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and many other characters. The universe originated from the ''Mickey Mouse'' animated short films produced by Disney starting in 1928, but its first consistent version was created by Floyd Gottfredson in the ''Mickey Mouse'' newspaper comic strip. Real-world versions also exist in Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, called Mickey's Toontown. Since 1990, the actual city in which Mickey lives is typically called Mouseton, and is often depicted as the city next to Duckburg, the city in which Donald Duck lives. (See Donald Duck universe) According to traditional continuity, both cities are located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota – analogous to Northern California. The most consistent aspect of the Mickey Mouse universe is the characters. The most well-known include Mickey's girlfriend Minnie, pet dog Pluto, friends Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Goofy, and nemesis Pete. Some Disney productions incorporate characters from Disney's animated feature films, such as ''Bath Day'' (1946; in which Figaro from Pinocchio appears as Minnie's cat), Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), and – most extensively – ''Disney's House of Mouse'' (2001-2003). "Mickey Mouse universe" is not an official term used by the Walt Disney Company, but has been used by Disney comics author and animation historian David Gerstein.〔(The Mickey Mouse "Universe" Guide ) by David Gerstein (1996)〕 TV Tropes uses the term Mickey Mouse Comic Universe,〔(Mickey Mouse Comic Universe ) at TV Tropes〕 as the Disney comics medium typically shows the most continuity. ==Continuity development== The Mickey Mouse universe essentially originated with the debut of Mickey himself in 1928. Although Mickey's stories included the character Pete, who was created in 1925, the world in which Mickey lives holds a continuity largely independent from earlier films. An exception to this was the reintroduction of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 2010 with the release of ''Epic Mickey''. In 1930, Disney began a newspaper strip called ''Mickey Mouse'' which greatly expanded Mickey's world which was already well-known from the animated cartoons. The stories then became a work of collaborative fiction with different writers working in different mediums. This sometimes caused continuity discrepancies. For example, while Mickey and his friends largely live in the same contemporary setting, they sometimes appear in exotic settings including period pieces (''Brave Little Tailor'', ''The Nifty Nineties'') and fantasy films (''Fantasia'', ''Fun and Fancy Free''). One way the comics writers explained this discrepancy was to present the characters as "real" cartoon characters who are employed by Disney as actors. This understanding of the characters leading separate lives was welcomed by Walt Disney who, when asked whether or not Mickey and Minnie were married, replied that the mice were indeed married in their "private li()", but that they sometimes appear as boyfriend/girlfriend for "screen purposes." Also, in the World War II propaganda film ''The New Spirit'' (1942), Donald Duck fills out his income tax and lists his occupation as "actor," and the film ''The Three Muskateers'' (2004) includes a DVD bonus feature of the characters reminiscing on their experience filming the movie. Animation historian David Gerstein has noted that although the characters will appear in different settings and sometimes even change their names (''Mickey's Christmas Carol''), the characters are still themselves and behave in a way consistent with their natures.〔(The Mickey Mouse "Universe" Guide ) by David Gerstein〕 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「Mickey Mouse universe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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