"Eau de Minnie" is the twenty-first episode of Mickey Mouse.
Synopsis[]
Minnie’s new perfume enchants more than Mickey — it attracts an entire city.
Plot[]
Minnie is getting ready for her date with Mickey when she goes into a panic over what to wear. First she tries a Mexican dress with a pearl necklace, bracelets, heels and a rose on her head but she finds it too spicy, then she tries her pink dress with white polka dots but it seems too young and then she tries an elegant British dress with long gloves, a ring, lipstick, a mole on her cheek, earrings and a large wig with a hat with a feather and she speaks with a British accent but it seems too much. Minnie panics and looks for what to wear but then her mirror image whistles at her and suggests wearing her black top and Minnie listens to her. Once dressed, Minnie moves on to applying some perfume. Minnie’s mirror warns against her going “overboard” with the scent but it’s already too late.
While walking to her date, Minnie’s overwhelming scent attracts a flock of blue birds, causes a florist to mistake her for a flower - cramming her into a vase, and inspires a baker to try to bake her in the oven. Minnie then wonders if her Entrancement perfume is the culprit and her suspicions are confirmed when she’s once again the victim of a barrage of unwanted attention – first, from a traffic pile-up trying to give her a ride, then a row of buildings and lastly a bunch of shoes from a shoe store. Minnie tries to get rid of the perfume and throws it but it falls into a rain drain and flies towards her, exploding on her and covering her with an extremely strong sample of the fragrance. Now things really go crazy as a bunch of escaped zoo animals come stampeding towards her. She runs into an alley to get way and then jumps into a garbage bin. Minnie dislikes the smell of garbage but then realizes that she can cover herself with garbage to get rid of her perfume and proceeds to take a garbage bath, she rub cheese on her body, pour stale milk on herself, slides on a mud puddle and rubs a skunk over her face, Minnie is left dirty and smelly and manages to get rid of her hordes of fans.
Mickey is waiting at Un Peu Bistro and then he sees that Minnie has already arrived, Minnie enters the bistro covered completely in garbage and emitting a cloud of an enormous stench, Mickey is completely grossed out by the smell and is left trying not to vomit as she comes in close and gives him a hug.
Cast[]
- Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse
- Chris Diamantopoulos - Mickey Mouse
- Paul Rudish
- Fred Tatasciore
- Aliki T. Grafft - "Entrancement" voice, Florist
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode to not feature Mickey as the main protagonist. The title said "Minnie Mouse" instead of the usual "Mickey Mouse".
- When Minnie is clamoring about what she will wear for her date with Mickey, her reflection is moving on its own. This is a reference to the same scenario that occurs during "A Spoonful of Sugar" in Mary Poppins.
- This is also the first episode where Mickey doesn't have a huge role.
- One of the outfits that Minnie tries on for her date with Mickey is her pink and white-dotted bow and dress from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and later Mickey and the Roadster Racers, which she digressed and suggested that it was "too young", likely a reference to how both of the aforementioned shows are educational and targeted towards preschoolers.
- This episode suggests that Minnie is usually wearing a black shirt with her dress (or it is the animated thing where she puts on another skin).
- Minnie apparently has a habit of going overboard on wearing perfume.
- Her reflection also mentions an event that happened in Barbados involving Minnie charming Mickey after applying too much perfume.
- Minnie hums "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" for the first time.
- The Disney Channel on Demand streaming of this episode in the United States has mostly sourced from PAL masters rather than NTSC masters since January 2016. This is highly unusual for an On Demand streaming in the US. However, it is still normal-pitched on both the WATCH Disney Channel app and Disney+ in the US.
- This episode was nominated at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival for best TV series.
- When Minnie arrived being dirty and messy in her date may have been a throwback to the 1947 Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Delayed Date, but Minnie was being late for her and Mickey's date instead of Mickey being late for he and Minnie's date.
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