"Bee Inspired" is the sixty-third episode and the fifth episode in season 4 of Mickey Mouse. It originally aired on Disney Channel on August 11, 2017. The episode follows Mickey dealing with Spike the Bee getting in his way while posing for Minnie's painting.
Plot[]
One day, Minnie is painting flowers, but she doesn't like how it turned out and rips the painting. Mickey thinks that Minnie needs "a change of scenery", so he decides to pose for her while holding a flower.
Minnie begins painting a new portrait, but Spike lands on the flower, causing Mickey to scream and Minnie to ruin the portrait. They try again, but this time Spike lands on Mickey's nose. They try again, but Mickey finds it too hard to stay still, so he waits until Minnie is distracted. He swats Spike, seemingly killing him. He tries various attempts to heal Spike until the bees try to poke him. Spike tells the other bees, "Attack not this noble gentleman, for he hath risked his life to save me. He is a true friend to all beekind." The bees carry Mickey back to his place, and he hugs the bees goodbye. Spike gives Mickey a flower, hugs him, and he poses one last time.
Minnie finishes her painting, which Mickey declares a masterpiece. As he does so, the view zooms out to show Mickey, Minnie, and Spike drawn in different art styles, leading all the way back to the old 1928 style.
Characters[]
Voice cast[]
- Chris Diamantopoulos - Mickey Mouse
- Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse
- Jimmy MacDonald - Spike the Bee (archive sound) (uncredited)
Trivia[]
- The ending gag has Mickey and Minnie drawn using various art styles from their history.
- The art styles Mickey and Minnie were drawn from their history in the ending include some 1980's paintings, the 1950's Mickey Mouse comics, The Nifty Nineties from 1941 and Plane Crazy from 1928.
- Some of the music in this short is reminiscent of the aptly-named orchestral piece "Flight of the Bumblebee".
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