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{{short description|Fictional universe involving Mickey Mouse and related Disney characters}}
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| title           = Mickey Mouse & Friends
| image           = Mickey Mouse & Friends logo.png
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| caption         = The logo used by Disney to promote the ''Mickey Mouse & Friends'' franchise
| creator         = {{ubl|[[Walt Disney]]|[[Ub Iwerks]]|[[Floyd Gottfredson]] (expansion)}}
| origin          = ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' (1928)
| owner           = [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| years           = 1928–present
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| comics          = [[Mickey Mouse (comic book)|''Mickey Mouse in comic books'']]
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| strips          = [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse in comic strips'']]
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| films           = [[List of Mickey Mouse films and appearances]]
| shorts          = [[Mickey Mouse (film series)|''Mickey Mouse'' film series]] (1928–1953)
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| animated_series = '''Original shows:'''{{Plainlist|
* ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' (1999–2000)
* ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001–2003)
* ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'' (2006–2016)
* ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' (2013–2019)
* [[Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures|''Mickey and the Roadster Racers'' / ''Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'']] (2017–2021)
* ''[[The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse]]'' (2020–2023)
* ''[[Mickey Mouse Funhouse]]'' (2021–2025)
* ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+]]'' (2025–present)
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| video_games     = See [[list of Mickey Mouse films and appearances#Video games|list of Mickey Mouse films and appearances § Video games]]
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| attractions     = [[Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway]] (2020–present)
| otherlabel1     = Related universe
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The '''Mickey Mouse universe''' is a [[fictional universe|fictional]] [[shared universe]] which is the setting for stories involving [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] cartoon characters, including [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] and [[Minnie Mouse]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]] and [[Daisy Duck]], [[Goofy]] and [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] as the primary members (colloquially known as the "Sensational Six"), and many other characters related to them, most of them being [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] animals. The universe originated from the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' animated short films produced by Disney starting in 1928, although its first consistent version was created by [[Floyd Gottfredson]] in the [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' newspaper comic strip]]. Real-world versions also exist in [[Disneyland]] and [[Tokyo Disneyland]], called [[Mickey's Toontown]].

Since 1990, the city in which Mickey lives is typically called [[#Mouseton|Mouseton]] in American comics. In modern continuity, Mouseton is often depicted as being located in the fictional U.S. state of [[Calisota]], analogous to [[Northern California]].{{fact|reason=Calisota sounds like a mix of California and Minnesota, so why isn't it analogous to that?|date=August 2024}} This fictional state was invented by comics writer [[Carl Barks]] in 1952 as the location for [[Donald Duck]]'s home city, [[Duckburg]].

The most consistent aspect of the Mickey Mouse universe is the characters. The most well-known include Mickey's girlfriend Minnie, pet dog Pluto, friends Donald, Goofy, [[Horace Horsecollar]], [[Clarabelle Cow]], and nemesis [[Pete (Disney)|Pete]]. Some Disney productions incorporate characters from [[List of Disney theatrical animated features|Disney's animated feature films]], such as ''Bath Day'' (1946), in which [[Figaro (Disney)|Figaro]] from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' appears as Minnie's cat (becoming her recurring pet in several productions), ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983), and – most extensively – ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001–2003).

Although crossovers between the Mickey Mouse and [[Donald Duck universe|Donald Duck]] universes have been infrequent, the two universes overlap. Characters from the Donald Duck universe make occasional appearances in the Mickey Mouse universe and vice versa.

The term "Mickey Mouse universe" is not officially used by The Walt Disney Company, but it has been used by Disney comics author and animation historian [[David Gerstein]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160121135114/http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/egmont-mmu.html The Mickey Mouse "Universe" Guide] by [[David Gerstein]] (1996)</ref> The Walt Disney Company typically uses terms such as '''Mickey & Friends'''<ref>{{cite web | url =http://mickey.disney.com/ | title =Mickey Mouse & Friends | website =Disney.com | publisher =The Walt Disney Company | access-date =December 11, 2015 }}</ref> or '''Mickey & the Gang'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey & the Gang |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_video/video.aspx?videoID=916&seriesID=79 |website=Internet Animation Database |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> to refer to the character [[Media franchise|franchise]].

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