Minnie Mouse

Minerva Mouse, also known as Minnie Mouse, is the main female protagonist and a main character of the Mickey Mouse franchise. She is the official lifelong girlfriend of Mickey Mouse. Created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, her first appearance was in a cartoon short called Plane Crazy, which was created before Steamboat Willie as a silent film but not distrubuted until 1929 with sound added.

Minnie Mouse has, over the years, grown into a strong, rather complex, and easily identifiable character in the Disney universe. Her many personality traits are more than noticeable, as well as consistent, in every incarnation of the character.

She first served as one of the two main protagonists (along with her boyfriend Mickey) in the old classics until 1952. She returned in 1983 in Mickey's Christmas Carol as a minor non-speak role role. She appeared in commercials afterwards before serving as the main protagonist in her own Totally Minnie. She remained absent until she appeared as the deuteragonist in the short Runaway Brain. She soon made her regular appearances starting in Mickey Mouse Works, Mickey' Once a Upon a Christmas, House of Mouse, Mickey's Twice a Upon Christmas. She then stared in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and it's segments Mickey Mousekersize and spin-off Minnie's Bow-Toons as one of the three main protagonist (along with Daisy and Cuckoo-Loca) and appeared in the Mickey Mouse shorts, Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mixed-Up Adventures, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse and Mickey Mouse Funhouse.

She was voiced by the late Walt Disney, Marjorie Ralston, Marcellite Garner, Thelma Boardman, and Ruth Clifford, in the old class shorts and by Janet Waldo in an adaption. She has also been voiced by the late Russi Taylor who also voiced Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Webby Vanderquack, Donald Duck as Pre-teen, Phantasma, Melvin and Timmy Tantrum. As of 2020, she is now voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock, who officially performed the role of Minnie starting in Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures.

Personality
Minnie is incredibly sweet, often tame, and highly intelligent. More so than Mickey half the time. Because of this, she tends to be the one to keep ordinance in her circle of friends, as well as in the life of Mickey, who's constant mischief leads to chaos, ranging in relevance and danger. This also gives a motherly persona, which is seen whenever she's dealing with animals or children. Her nature, kindness, and tendency to see the good in others also ties into the fact that she's a hopeless romantic, as well as deeply affectionate. She takes love and loyalty very seriously, and is quite possibly the most dependable character, as well as the most loving, in the Minnie Mouse franchise.

Despite the various reasons, Minnie stands out as a perfect being, she's not without her flaws. Unlike Mickey, who is usually laid-back no matter the situation, Minnie has a habit of becoming easily frustrated, and can be impulsive, obsessive, and occasionally naive. In spite of the popular belief that the character of Minnie is passive, she is outspoken and has been shown to openly lose her temper like Donald, due to Mickey's forgetfulness, Daisy's diva persona, and Goofy's tomfoolery.

Her temper can also be stemmed from any amount of rudeness, as well as a lack of order. She's also shown dislike and hatred towards flirtatious men, selfishness, and narcissism. Additionally, she refuses to let these factors go on without a word, no matter how harsh or brutally honest her opinions are. Exceptions to this fact come into play whenever she's dealing with a close fried, such as the aforementioned Daisy, who she cares a great deal for, despite her few annoying tendencies. Minnie is often described as "feisty" by other characters. Being as strong-willed as she is, Minnie has no problem assisting Mickey in battling an enemy, no matter their size or power. She can be a key part in saving the day because of this.

She has appeared in many shorts, specials and movies, often a damsel-in-distress, often kidnapped by Pete or someone else.

Physical appearance
Minnie's trademark outfit is usually a dress revealing her white bloomers with a large matching bow and oversized high heel pumps that all are one color (depending on the cartoon). Like Mickey and Goofy, Minnie also wears white gloves for fashion. Her outfit is sometimes red or pink with white polka dots, other times it has been a blue outfit with a pink bow and shoes. In earlier cartoons, she wore a pillbox hat with a flower in place of her bow. In some cartoons, Minnie wore only a skirt, a bow, bloomers, and her oversized high heels. Minnie also has an impressive swimsuit collection.


 * She worn a green bikini in the Mickey Mouse short, Runaway Brain.
 * She also worn a blue bikini in Mickey Mouse Works cartoon, Mickey's Rival Returns.
 * She also worn a pink bikini in Mickey Mouse Works cartoon, Topsy Turvy Town.
 * She also worn a black wetsuit in House of Mouse episode, Suddenly Hades.

History
Minnie made her debut along side her boyfriend in the classic shorts made in 1928 and continued appearing until 1952. She return in 1983 and continued to make guest star/mirror/background appearances until 1988 and later made official regular appearances beginning in 1999 and onward.