Friday is Mickey's loyal companion and helper, when he was stranded on a desert island in the 1935 animated short Mickey's Man Friday. He is based on the character Friday, from the Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" and its sequel "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe".
Role in the short[]
Mickey finds himself stranded on an island. He runs into some cannibals that are about to munch down on one of their own, but they are scared off by Mickey. He then makes friends with the cannibal whom he names "Friday". Everything goes fine until the cannibals show up again and force the two to escape onto Mickey's raft.
Trivia[]
- Friday could be considered a controversial character today because, although being himself an anthropomorphic animal character, he is a black/African humanoid caricature.
Gallery[]
Early Animation Drawing for Friday in the canceled remake of the original short