Mickey Mouse - Mickey’s Rival - 1936

Mickey’s Rival is a 1936 Mickey Mouse short film.[1] It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and produced by Walt Disney. It introduces the character of Mortimer Mouse. Mickey Mouse is by his car, getting ready for his girlfriend, Minnie as they are having a picnic together, just the two of them. But then, a Spanish mouse named Mortimer drives a sleek sports car, rushes by, and stops. Mortimer Mouse is one of Minnie’s old friends who is also known as the rival of Mickey Mouse. He backs up and crashes his car into Mickey’s car, pushing it into a tree. Mortimer starts to make fun of his short rival making Mickey jealous. He takes two of his buttons from his shorts off. One button is hidden in Mickey’s hand whilst the other button is thrown away. Mickey grumpily tries to grab Mortimer’s buttons from his long trousers, but they electrocute him making him even more jealous. Then, Mickey’s car pushes Mortimer’s sports car off and tries to scare it away by rattling its engine, but Mo