FINAL

Throughout the course of this class, I have learned a multiple things about writing. The main assignment in the class was our blogs. I found the blogs to be very helpful. We were given the opportunity to write about whatever we desired, this made it easier to find motivation to write. We wrote two 500 word blog posts every week, as I wrote the posts, I could tell my writing was improving. It got easier to write longer essays and my vocabulary expanded as I read, reviewed, and summarized peer reviewed articles.

During class we often times would go over our essays or how to write parts of our essays. I learned plenty of information from these lectures and activities. I now feel confident when writing an introduction. I know the many ways I can start introductions and I feel i can accurately use each method. Not only did we learn about introductions, but also about the body and conclusion of a paper. I learned a lot about these parts of a paper too. We also learned about breaking the paper into sections. Doing this helped me when writing longer papers. It made the paper seem much shorter than it used to. I can now write to the required length or longer with no trouble.

This class has been very beneficial to me and I a glad I took it.

Pete

Pete is the main villain in the Disney shorts. He is an anthropomorphic cat drawn by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. He is mainly Mickey’s rival but is often times featured as Goofy, Donald’s, or Oswald’s too. He was featured in Disney’s series, Alice Comedies making him Disney’s oldest recurring character. He is one of the only villains to originate from the classic cartoons along with The Big Bad Wolf. Pete’s personality has changed over the years but he has always been up to no good. In old cartoons he would smoke, but he has dropped the nasty habit since. Pete believes if one cannot be loved, he should be feared. Explaining his bad naturedness and lack of interest for others feelings.

Pete first appeared in the 1290’s series, Alice Comedies as Bootleg Pete. His name referred to his bootlegging profession, the short was produced near the time of the prohibition act. He was first depicted as a bear, but by the time he was Mickey’s archenemy he lost the bear like appearance and was viewed more as a cat. Pete’s appearance has changed a lot over time, like in 1930 he loses his tail. In 1934, Pete gets cat-like ears and whiskers and his nose and muzzle change slightly. The changes were short lived as he soon lost the whiskers and his iconic peg leg.

It is believed in earlier comics Pete has feelings for Minnie Mouse, causing him to kidnap her multiple times and sending Mickey to the rescue. The feelings were later dropped, but the iconic damsel in distress act still remained. His relationship with Donald is considered the most abusive as Donald receives the most physical harm from Pete.

Pete was featured in many films including: Mickey’s Christmas Carol, The Prince and the Pauper, A Goofy Movie, Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas, An Extremely Goofy Movie, and Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers. His television appearances are not small either as he appears in: DuckTales, Goof Troop, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and the most recent series Mickey Mouse. He play multiple cameos as well.

Pete appears in many video games including: Mickey Mousecapade, QuackShot, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Disney’s Magical Quest, Mickey Mania, Mickey’s Speedway USA, Mickey’s Racing Adventure, Kingdom Hearts, Disney TH!NK Fast, and Epic Mickey.

Despite his prominence in Disney’s comics and films, Pete rarely makes an appearance in the Disney parks. He is depicted in lots of merchandise and on murals and shops through the park but has yet to be seen in person since 2014.

Source:http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Pete

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

These three boys are young white duck triplets. They are the children of Donald’s sister Della Duck, making them all nephews of Donald Duck. They are known for their mischievous personalities and inability to focus and behave. They participate in a running joke as they always finish eachothers sentences. The three ducks were originally sent to stay with Donald for the day until their father returned from the hospital. The boys thought it would be funny to put a fire cracker under his chair. Donald’s sister never comes back for the boys so they end up living with their Uncle Donald and Della is never spoken of again.

Often times the boys like to play revenge on Donald for something he had done to them, but in the comic books they are more behaved as they go on many adventures with their Uncle Donald and their Great-Uncle Scrooge.

Huey is the oldest of the three brothers. He wears a red shirt and is usually depicted as the leader. He makes sure Dewey’s plans do not fall through and makes sure Louie does not get too far behind. Huey is often times considered the most aggressive and troublesome of the three.

Dewey is the brains. He is smart, organised, and sometimes considered a great inventor. He has leadership potential and sometimes takes the lead on their adventures. In early cartoons Dewey wore an orange shirt, but now sports a blue t-shirt.

Louie is the nicest of the trio. He is empathetic and laid-back and shows a very creative way of thinking. He often times notices things many others would not. Louie now wears a green shirt but in earlier shorts he would often wear a yellow shirt.

In the first shorts, the boys were voiced by Clarence Nash who also voiced their Uncle Donald. Since 1987 the triplets have been voiced by Tony Anselmo, who voices Donald Duck, and Russi Taylor who voices Minnie Mouse. Over the years they have also been voiced by Jeannie Elias, Pamela Adlon, and E.G. Daily.

The boys have been featured in many shorts and shows throughout the years including DuckTales, Quack Pack, Mickey Mouse Works, Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas, House Of Mouse, and Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas. They also feature as cameos in many other films.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are presented most in the paper comics. They are featured in most of Donald’s comics and accompany him in his adventures. Finally in 2014 a comic came out revealing what happened to the triplets mother. The short 80 is prachtig claims their mother Della left the boys with Donald before she left on a space trip.

The boys appear in many video games including: DuckTales, DuckTales 2, Disney’s Magical Quest 3, Mickey’s Speedway USA, Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers!, Kingdom Hearts, and Disney Magical World.

The triplets are being featured more than ever in the Disney parks. They can also be spotted on Disney’s cruise ships.

Source:http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Huey,_Dewey_and_Louie

Horace Horsecollar

Horace is not known much in today's Disney. He was first drawn by Ub Iwerks as a pitch for the “new Oswald”, but was rejected by Walt Disney. Ub still loved the character and used him as a supporting role in Mickey’s cartoons. His first feature was in 1929 in The Plowboy where he appears as Mickey’s plow horse, he then appeared in the short The Jazz Fool after which he became a regular member of Mickey’s crew.

Horace is usually depicted as Mickey’s sleuthing partner as well as Clarabelle Cow’s boyfriend. He faded off when the fab five character Goofy filled both of these roles. Horace was in many shorts in 1930-1932 and made his final bow in 1942 in the short Symphony Hour. He is featured slightly in the film The Prince and the Pauper where he tutors the Prince in his studies. He does make a small comeback in a throwback short in 2013 Get A Horse where the characters go for a roadtrip and are disturbed by Pete kidnapping Minnie. Horace and Mickey spend their efforts rescuing her. Horace makes many brief cameos through the years but is never used as a supporting role again.

Horace’s biggest roles were in comics in the 1930’s, this is also where his relationship with Clarabelle cow escalates. The characters become engaged, but neither follow through.

The name of the actor used for Horace’s voice is unknown. He was never a very vocal character and often times switched off between a four legged horse and an anthropomorphic character. He played small parts in approximately 30 cartoons throughout his career. He is depicted as a hero with a huge ego, and sometimes a small temper that gets the characters into a bit of trouble. His biggest part was in the short Camping Out where the characters are attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes. Horace is shown as the main muscle out of all his friends as they overcome the problem in the short.

Horace was featured in many video games including Illusion Series, Kingdom Hearts Series, Disney TH!NK Fast, and Epic Mickey.

In the Disney parks, Horace can be found at multiple meet-and-greets around Disneyland and in Toontown where he owns his own gym. He often attends the Frontier Hoedown in the Magic Kingdom with Clarabelle Cow and is featured in some parades through the year.

Source: disney.wikia.com/wiki/Horace_Horsecollar

Clarabelle

This adorable fun-loving cow was a pitch by Ub Iwerks for the face of Disney when Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was sold and taken from Walt Disney. Walt turned down the pitch and asked for something better. Ub, loving the character anyway, uses her in may of Mickey’s cartoons. Clarabelle loves social events and is often found gossiping about her friends personal matters. She also likes to speak in a business tone and adds mooo’s to her words.

This cow loved fashion, and never really has a set style through her career, she is constantly changing colors and styles. Clarabelle is the most consistent with the large bow she wears on her head like Minnie and Daisy.

Clarabelle has been in two relationships through the years. Her first was with Horace Horsecollar, they were in love and at one point engaged to each other. Now their relationship is inconsistent. Her other love and present love is Goofy. They are pictured in many films, cartoon books, and shorts as a couple, displayed by their flirting heart eyes.

Many characters of Clarabelle’s family have been introduced including her mother and father and her aunt and cousin.

Clarabelle was depicted in Disney’s first Mickey short Plane Crazy in 1928, but was not given a name until 1930 in the short Mickey Mouse In Death Valley. Her career then took a large break until 1983 when she was brought into Mickey’s Christmas Carol, after which she was a huge character in Disney.

In the beginning, Clarabelle did not have very many speaking roles. When she was reintroduced in 1983, she began to have more speaking roles. The first actress to be the voice of Clarabelle was Elvia Allman followed by April Winchell who still voices her today.

Clarabelle is featured in many of Disney’s shorts. She plays many cameos but also many times she is just herself. Clarabelle is not considered one of the Fab five characters, but has been around since the beginning charming the audience. Clarabelle is featured in many video games including Mickey’s Racing Adventure, Kingdom Hearts II, Epic Mickey, Mickey’s Th!nk Fast, and Toontown Online.

In the Disney parks, Clarabelle is featured in meet-and-greets and well as many shows and parades including Fantasmic! and Frontierland Hoedown in the Magic Kingdom. Clarabelle used to roam main street with Horace Horsecollar, but it is now less common to see her there.

Source: http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Clarabelle_Cow

Daisy Duck

Daisy Duck is often considered a sixth member of the fab five characters. She is known as the girlfriend of Donald Duck and the best friend of Minnie Mouse. She has huge fits of rage, some say even worse than those of Donald Duck: however, as her character develops we realize her true identity. Daisy loves glamour, pretty things and is considered a fun-loving, sophisticated, fashion forward diva. She is very enthusiastic, silly and sometimes a little bit ditzy.

Daisy is always sporting her indigo eyeshadow and usually wears a v-neck blouse with puffy sleeves and a large bow sits on her head. Her shirt often times changes to any color on the rainbow, but her most common colors are pink and purple.

Daisy’s parents are shown in the 1954 short, Donald’s Diary. She is shown to have three nieces in the 1953 short, Flip Decision. Their names April, May and June and also a nephew Desmond.

Daisy Duck has been very inconsistent with her voice. For her first few appearances, she sounded extremely similar to Donald only higher pitched. But she soon changes to her glamourous smooth voice we all know today. Daisy was most extensively voiced by Tress MacNeille who took the roll in 1999, but has had many others play the part including Gloria Blondell, Ruth Clifford, Vivi Janiss, Janet Waldo, Patricia Paris and Clarence Nash who also voiced Donald.

She first appears as Donna Duck in the short Don Donald. In the short Don is planning to court Donna somewhere in Mexico. His efforts are frustrated when she finally drives away on her unicycle.

Daisy then appears as herself in the 1940 short, Mr. Duck Steps Out. In this short, Daisy goes to Donald's house for her first date with her new love interest. Huey, Dewey, and Louie interrupt their time together and cause a whole ton of rucus, but in the end Daisy still falls for Donald and showers him in kisses.

Daisy is featured in many things such as television shows, comic strips, movies, animated shorts, and is seen in the Disney Parks.

Source: http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Daisy_Duck

Ub and Mickey

Ub is a 2 time Academy Award winner for his animations, cartoons, and special effects. He met Walt Disney in Kansas City when they both worked for the Pesman Art Studio.

Iwerks had a distinctive style which was prevalent in the early Disney Animated Cartoons. He sketched all the Alice Comedies while Disney directed them.

When the Alice Comedies started to die down, Disney asked Ub to develop a new character, this was when Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was born. Ub drew all of the two dozen Oswald shorts before the rights slipped through their fingers. Walt was devastated and again turned to Ub to create a new winning character. Ub tried everything including frogs, dogs, cats, cows and horses (the cow and horse later became Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar and were featured in many Mickey Mouse shorts) but none were good enough for Disney. Iwerks  averaged an astounding rate of 700 drawings a day. He would do his day’s work, and then stay late to work on the new character for hours. Iwerks finally found inspiration in an old picture. His fellow animator, Harman, had drawn a few sketches of a mouse around a picture of Walt. Ub combined the sketches and a few features from Oswald and created Mickey Mouse.

Ub illustrated the first Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons. He first created the short Plane Crazy in only three weeks. The short did not impress the producers and sent Ub back to the drawing board. He then illustrated Gallopin Gaucho, but again was shut down. Neither shorts contained sound, and times were changing. Ub started fresh one more time and drew Steamboat Willie which they then synchronized with music. The short was produced and was a huge hit, being the first animated short to ever be synchronized with music. Disney was taking off in his career. The company was growing immensely. Disney wanted more and more and continued to ask Ub to provide it. After a while, Ub grew tired of Walt’s demands and their friendship faded. Iwerks left Disney’s company and joined up with a big competitor who offered Ub his own company.

Ub animated his own shorts for a few years, but the business never took off quite like Disney’s. He animated for 10 years on his own before returned back to Disney. Iwerks was tired of animation and felt as he had mastered the art.

When he returned to Disney’s company, he was hired as head of special effects. Ub invented multiple things which all were huge factors in moving Disney’s company to the top. Ub was a huge benefactor in Disney’s company and deserves much more credit for it than he has.

Sources: http://trueclassics.net/2012/01/21/pioneers-of-animation-ub-iwerks-the-early-disney-years/

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Ub_Iwerks#WikiaArticle