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See also [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]], and the [[Modular Franchise]] they both form, the [[Disney Mice and Ducks Comics]]. Since this is such a [[Print Long Runners|long-running series]], you're likely to find more than a few [[Dead Horse Trope]]s.
See also [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]], and the [[Modular Franchise]] they both form, the [[Disney Mice and Ducks Comics]]. Since this is such a [[Print Long Runners|long-running series]], you're likely to find more than a few [[Dead Horse Trope]]s.


Character list can be found [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe/Characters|here]].
Character list can be found [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe/Characters|here]].
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* [[Cassandra Truth]]
* [[Cassandra Truth]]
* [[Cave Behind the Falls]]
* [[Cave Behind the Falls]]
* [[Click Hello]]
* [[Click. "Hello."]]
* [[Clear My Name]] - You'd think Mickey's help in catching criminals in the past would somehow stop this from happening. [[Status Quo Is God|But it's a fictional comic book we're talking about here]].
* [[Clear My Name]] - You'd think Mickey's help in catching criminals in the past would somehow stop this from happening. [[Status Quo Is God|But it's a fictional comic book we're talking about here]].
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Cloning Blues]]
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* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]
* [[Elseworld]] - ''[[Wizards of Mickey]]'', for one. And in a [[Bat Family Crossover]] with the Duck Universe, the ''Disney's Hero Squad: Ultraheroes'' [[Miniseries]] is this as well...
* [[Elseworld]] - ''[[Wizards of Mickey]]'', for one. And in a [[Bat Family Crossover]] with the Duck Universe, the ''Disney's Hero Squad: Ultraheroes'' [[Miniseries]] is this as well...
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]] - Mickey has solved numerous baffling mysteries, rescued many victims of kidnapping, caught countless crooks [[Cardboard Prison|multiple times]], returned stolen goods worth millions to their rightful owners, worked for the government, and even caught malicious spies from other countries. And yet no one thinks he's ever done anything special at all, and the stories themselves go to great lengths to point out how little he's thought of. He hardly gets ''any'' respect; given all he's accomplished, you'd expect him to be at least a ''little'' famous, but it's pretty rare for anyone to actually recognize what he's done. [[Humble Hero|Mickey's too nice to really be concerned about it]], but to readers it can be [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|incredibly frustrating]].
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]] - Mickey has solved numerous baffling mysteries, rescued many victims of kidnapping, caught countless crooks [[Cardboard Prison|multiple times]], returned stolen goods worth millions to their rightful owners, worked for the government, and even caught malicious spies from other countries. And yet no one thinks he's ever done anything special at all, and the stories themselves go to great lengths to point out how little he's thought of. He hardly gets ''any'' respect; given all he's accomplished, you'd expect him to be at least a ''little'' famous, but it's pretty rare for anyone to actually recognize what he's done. [[Humble Hero|Mickey's too nice to really be concerned about it]], but to readers it can be [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|incredibly frustrating]].
** Some of the Italian strips indicate that he is at least somewhat famous, and actually has a movie made of his exploits, but prefers to remain as anonymous as possible.
** Some of the Italian strips indicate that he is at least somewhat famous, and actually has a movie made of his exploits, but prefers to remain as anonymous as possible.
* [[Enemy Mine]] - It's almost to the point of [[Friendly Enemies]] or Rivalry when this happens with Pete. ''Almost''.
* [[Enemy Mine]] - It's almost to the point of [[Friendly Enemies]] or Rivalry when this happens with Pete. ''Almost''.
* [[Era Specific Personality]]
* [[Era Specific Personality]]
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** ''The Monarch of Medioka (1938)'': This is used for [[Prince and Pauper]] switch.
** ''The Monarch of Medioka (1938)'': This is used for [[Prince and Pauper]] switch.
** ''Mickey's Dangerous Double (1953)'': Mickey's got a [[Criminal Doppelganger]] and has to [[Clear My Name|clear his name]].
** ''Mickey's Dangerous Double (1953)'': Mickey's got a [[Criminal Doppelganger]] and has to [[Clear My Name|clear his name]].
** Pete himself had one of these in one story, in the form of the benevolent ruler of a small foreign country. Naturally, he took advantage of this to try and seize control of said country by [[Swapped Roles|swapping roles]].
** Pete himself had one of these in one story, in the form of the benevolent ruler of a small foreign country. Naturally, he took advantage of this to try and seize control of said country by [[Swapped Roles|swapping roles]].
** Then there's all Goofy's identical relatives. One of them, [[Expy|the adventurer archaeologist Arizona Goof]], even stars in numerous strips of his own.
** Then there's all Goofy's identical relatives. One of them, [[Expy|the adventurer archaeologist Arizona Goof]], even stars in numerous strips of his own.
** [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1945/W_OS_79-01R A rare Mickey story by Carl Barks] used this trope on Minnie for disturbing and hilarious results.
** [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1945/W_OS_79-01R A rare Mickey story by Carl Barks] used this trope on Minnie for disturbing and hilarious results.
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* [[Tickle Torture]] - Well... according to the story ''Mickey Joins The Foreign Legion'' where it's used, Mickey is apparently [[Anything But That|very ticklish]].
* [[Tickle Torture]] - Well... according to the story ''Mickey Joins The Foreign Legion'' where it's used, Mickey is apparently [[Anything But That|very ticklish]].
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Mickey himself, repeatedly. Over the decades he's Taken A Level In Badass more than once, though thanks to the fact that outside the comics he's still largely viewed as the cute, smiling mouse, he's been particularly subject to [[Badass Decay]]—until a new generation of writers and artists show up and have him Re-Take A Level In Badass. The most consistent thing in the comics is turning him into a genius [[Amateur Sleuth]] (often with Goofy as his [[Plucky Comic Relief]] [[Sidekick]]), though some stories have presented him as a severe andrenaline junkie. The recent [[Kingdom Hearts]] representation of Mickey as a [[Badass Longcoat]] is really just one more instance in a long line of Badass levels for Mickey.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Mickey himself, repeatedly. Over the decades he's Taken A Level In Badass more than once, though thanks to the fact that outside the comics he's still largely viewed as the cute, smiling mouse, he's been particularly subject to [[Badass Decay]]—until a new generation of writers and artists show up and have him Re-Take A Level In Badass. The most consistent thing in the comics is turning him into a genius [[Amateur Sleuth]] (often with Goofy as his [[Plucky Comic Relief]] [[Sidekick]]), though some stories have presented him as a severe andrenaline junkie. The recent [[Kingdom Hearts]] representation of Mickey as a [[Badass Longcoat]] is really just one more instance in a long line of Badass levels for Mickey.
* [[Train Escape]]
* [[Train Escape]]
* [[Train Station Goodbye]]
* [[Train Station Goodbye]]
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* [[Water Wakeup]]
* [[Water Wakeup]]
* [[We Need to Get Proof]]
* [[We Need to Get Proof]]
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Happened somewhat often, like in the Donald Duck comics: for example, one story was a Bowdlerized WPR of ''[[Misery]]'' (Mickey writes a novel series about an Expy of the Phantom Blot, decides to stop writing only for the Blot to kidnap him and force him to write one where he wins) and another was an equally Bowdlerized adaptation of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' (with the old ladies being Robin Hood style thieves instead of murderers but with everything else remaining almost the same, down to the characters' first names)
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Happened somewhat often, like in the Donald Duck comics: for example, one story was a Bowdlerized WPR of ''[[Misery]]'' (Mickey writes a novel series about an Expy of the Phantom Blot, decides to stop writing only for the Blot to kidnap him and force him to write one where he wins) and another was an equally Bowdlerized adaptation of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' (with the old ladies being Robin Hood style thieves instead of murderers but with everything else remaining almost the same, down to the characters' first names)
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]
* [[Will]] - It's ridiculous how many rich relatives have died and left Mickey, Minnie, and even ''Goofy'' some kind of inheritance. It's started more than one story's plot, that's for sure.
* [[Will]] - It's ridiculous how many rich relatives have died and left Mickey, Minnie, and even ''Goofy'' some kind of inheritance. It's started more than one story's plot, that's for sure.
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The universe in which the Disney comics based around Mickey Mouse and his friends takes place. Major contributors to this Verse include Floyd Gottfredson, Romano Scarpa and Paul Murry.


See also Disney Ducks Comic Universe, and the Modular Franchise they both form, the Disney Mice and Ducks Comics. Since this is such a long-running series, you're likely to find more than a few Dead Horse Tropes.

Character list can be found here.

Tropes used in Mickey Mouse Comic Universe include:

(while canoeing)
Mortimer: "Hi there, Millicent ! Your boyfriend [Mickey] is kinda slow, isn't he ?"
Millicent: "He's not as slow as you think... and he's very smooth !"

Reporter: ...And actress Bella Breakhearts, star of every vampire movie this year!

Mickey: It's never about the jail time, Pete! This is personal! It always has been, and you know it!

Pete: Tell 'im de rest, Shyster! He'll never live t'tell nobody! Haw! Haw! Haw!"

Reporter: We chose him because a group made up of such staggeringly famous people also needs an utterly ordinary everyman!

Phantom Blot: I lost because of the most stubborn, idiotic, persistent little fool that ever lived! That pest! *points at Mickey*

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