"Donald's Big Balloon Race" is the fourth episode of the first season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It originally aired on Playhouse Disney (now known as Disney Jr.) on May 13, 2006.
Plot[]
Today is the Big Balloon Race, and Donald is dermined to win as he is the only one of the Sensational Six who has yet to win. Can he a good sport and finally win a blue ribbon?
Cast[]
- Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
- Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Bill Farmer as Goofy/Pluto
- Jim Cummings as Pete
- Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake (debut)/Dale
- Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
- Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck/Chip
- April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow (debut)
- Toodles
- Bubbles the Elephant (pre-debut)
Mouseketools[]
- A rope ladder (to rescue Pete) (used 3rd)
- Stickers (to patch up Donald's balloon) (used 1st)
- Mystery Mousketool: A baby elephant (to weigh Donald's balloon back down to the race) (used 2nd)
Home video releases[]
DVD
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey & Donald's Big Balloon Race (Exclusively to South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania)
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode featuring 3 Mouseketools instead of 4.
- This is the first episode to have Corey Burton as Dale instead of Tress MacNeille who voiced him in Daisy Bo-Peep.
- This is the first episode to feature Donald's balloon, which is shaped like the signature blue sailor hat Donald normally wears, similar to the Glove Balloon Mickey has. Unlike Donald's normal hat, the balloon has three patches (one shaped like a star, one shaped like a rectangle, and one shaped like a triangle). It would make its second (and possibly final) appearance in "Mickey's Big Job".
- This is the first appearance of Professor Ludwig Von Drake and Clarabelle Cow in this series.
- This is the second of 4 episodes featured on the Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland DVD.
- From this episode onwards, already used Mouseketools are grayed out instead of darkly shaded.
- In this episode instead of Mickey saying "What's today's Mystery Mouseketool?" when the Mystery Mouseketool is selected he instead says "What is it?"
- In this episode, Ludwig Von Drake has white eyes, instead of light-blue.
- Starting with this episode, episodes aired on Saturdays from 2006 to 2010.
- It is unknown why Pete didn't collect the red flags. Even though he had Donald's flags, the chances of him winning the race may not count as the flags don't match the color of his balloon.
- It should be noted that all Mouseketools are seen onscreen throughout the majority of the episode.
- When Mickey and Donald fly into outer space, and when they get off, you can see a plane that is not the Toon Plane.
Goofs[]
- The title card shows Pluto carried by a red balloon. While the episode does involve balloons, the episode focuses on Donald and not Pluto.
- When the camera shows the whole Clubhouse and Mickey trying to catch Donald, the whole Clubhouse is rotated.
- It is unknown how Donald managed to get his balloon throught the Mickey Park sign.
- When arriving with the first set of Mousketools, you can see Toodles' left ear without its spots.
- When Pete arrived with his balloon and with rocket, his pupils are missing.
- When Mickey and Donald are in space, they are somehow able to breathe.
- When rescuing Pete, the rocket attached to his balloon is gone.
- After Pete is rescued, the flags that Mickey and Donald had were gone.
- Back when Mickey and his friends are at the clubhouse, Daisy is wearing a blue bow that is from her Little Bo-Peep outfit (this goof happens in almost every Season 1 episodes).
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