"New Shoes" is the seventy-fourth episode and the sixteenth episode in season 4 of Mickey Mouse. It premiered on April 14, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy experience life from each other's perspective after accidentally switching bodies.
Characters[]
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald Duck
- Goofy
- Pete
- Casey Jones (cameo)
- Casey Jr. (cameo)
- Dumbo (cameo)
- Timothy Q. Mouse (cameo)
- The Crows (cameo)
- Flamingo Maitre D'
- Chip and Dale
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- Spike the Bee
- Scrooge McDuck
- Pluto (pictured)
- Minnie Mouse
- Clarabelle Cow
Voice Cast[]
- Chris Diamantopoulos - Mickey Mouse, Flamingo Maitre D'
- Bill Farmer - Goofy
- Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck
- Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse, Huey, Little Girl
- Tress MacNeille - Chip
- Corey Burton - Dale
- John Kassir - Scrooge McDuck
- April Winchell - Clarabelle Cow
- Jim Cummings - Pete
- Paul Rudish
Trivia[]
- This episode was aired early on YouTube on April 13, 2018.
- This is the fifth episode to be seven minutes in length.
- Goofy breaks the fourth wall at the beginning by mentioning he would like to be like Mickey for seven minutes, the exact length of this episode.
- When Mickey, Donald, and Goofy switch bodies, Mickey ends up Goofy's body, while Donald ends up Mickey's body, and Goofy ends up Donald's body.
- When the trio crash into the brick wall, the holes in the wall represent each one's new mind.
- When Goofy is being tormented in Donald's body, he quotes the lyrics from Donald's theme song: "Who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one, but Donald Duck!"
- Ironically, Goofy previously sang the Donald Duck theme song in the House of Mouse episode "Gone Goofy".
- At one point in this episode, we hear Goofy's signature holler from Donald Duck when Goofy (in Donald's body) attempts to fly, only to fall straight to the ground. This could possibly be a nod to the times where the Goofy holler is heard from Donald Duck in three classic Donald Duck cartoons from the late-1940s; Three for Breakfast, Honey Harvester, and All in a Nutshell.
- There is a Hidden Mickey formed by craters on the bottom left of the Moon.
- The restaurant that Donald attends in Mickey's body is the restaurant from "Third Wheel".
- Additionally, the flamingo maître d' greatly resembles the one from "No Reservations", only his feathers are blue instead of pink.
- Based on a lyric from Mickey's song, Goofy's height is revealed to be 6'7".
- In On Top of the World during the scene with Casey Junior, Casey Jones, Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse, and the Crows, Mickey in Goofy's body connects the bridge gap the same way Johnny did in A Cowboy Needs a Horse.
- Mickey's picture of Pluto depicts the latter wearing his signature green collar, despite donning his red collar in most episodes of the series.
- The title and plot is a reference to the idiom "put oneself in someone's shoes", which explains someone imagining oneself in the predicament or circumstances of another person to understand or empathize with their perspective, opinion, or point of view. In which case, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy got a taste of each other's lives when they switched bodies.
- Mickey's first line after switching bodies was "Well, that wasn't very nice!" This line is said again by Goofy after switching back.
- This is the only time where Donald regrets wanting to being like Mickey Mouse or get the same attention like Mickey, due to being easily annoyed with so many hands shakers, attention and desperate reactions from them. This is in contrast to previous incarnations such as The Mickey Mouse Club and House of Mouse where Donald is often jealous of Mickey's fame, popularity and spotlight and wants to be in his position, going so far as to steal the spotlight from him.
- The scene that plays out after Mickey in Goofy’s body breaks through clarabell’s roof is a reference to Mickey's Fire Brigade.
- Daisy Duck is the only member of the The Sensational Six to be absent in any form in this episode.
- While Pluto doesn't physically appear in person in this episode, he made a brief cameo in a picture in Mickey's home.
Goofs[]
- The ending depicts Mickey in Donald's body, Donald in Goofy's body, and Goofy in Mickey's body, when it's actually the other way round.
- On the version of the episode shown on the Mickey Mouse YouTube channel, even though Mickey was one of the characters to switch bodies, the synopsis didn’t mention him [1]. This is however corrected on the version of the episode shown on Disney+ streaming service.[2]
Gallery[]
Pete about to bring the pain.
Donald (in Mickey's body) throwing a fit
♪"On Top of the World"♪
Cameos by Casey Jones and characters from Dumbo.
Who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one, but Donald Duck!!!
"I am done being Goofy!"
It's nice getting attention - but one can only handle so much!
"I don't wanna be Mickey Mouse!"
"I've got no control over this Goofy body!"
"Why's everyone hating on Donald?"
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