Mickey's Best Friend

NOTE: This is a page that used to be found on a mediocre wiki site related to Disney. As you can imagine, this wiki was taken down because most of it's content belonged to Disney. The wiki and it's pages are now long gone except for an interesting page that I saved at the time of my visit. I've heard about how Disney loves to try and silence things that they don't want you to see and after reading this on my own, I know that this is something they tried to hide. I only hope this page stays up

MICKEY'S BEST FRIEND

Mickey's Best friend is a controversial 10 minute cartoon that was aired on 1929 that has been banned and isn't allowed to be shown again due to it's history of kid's requiring constant attention after viewing it's content. This cartoon is not even avaliable to anyone who wants to complete their collection of classic Mickey cartoons., The cartoon is a disturbing story revolving Mickey and Eustace, an anthro dog character. Walt at the time thought that kid's were getting dumbed down by other shows and that they were mature enough to handle what he had to show.

Contents 1. Synopsis 2. Background 3. Production 4. Reception 5. Theories

1. SYNOPIS

Mickey is driving to his workplace with his car. Along the way, it breaks down and he gets out to see what's wrong. When Mickey finds out it's the engine, he goes into depression until Eustace arrives and helps out by fixing the engine to the car. Mickey is relieved and introduces himself. After getting Eustace's name, he invites him to go along with him, skipping work.

The two arrive in a cafe where the owner spots Mickey and gives him a stern look. He walks up and rudely asks Mickey what he wants. After ordering, Pete who is portrayed as the sheriff enters and immediatly confronts Mickey demanding that he pays his late rent. Mickey on the verge of a breakdown is pitied by Eustace who decides to pay off Mickey's debt. Pete laughs and warns Eustace on how worthless Mickey is before leaving the scene. Mickey relieved that he's off the hook for now hugs Eustace in joy.

Mickey leaves the cafe with Eustace and begins to introduce his new friend to the residents of the town. They don't seem to care and walk off, but the last resident they speak to begins to chuckle for a little bit and then warns Eustace that he should be careful around that mouse. Eustace tries to get an explanation on why this person holds a grudge, but the resident is nowhere to be seen after his warning.

Eustace asks Mickey why he's so happy, Mickey admits to Eustace that he hasn't had any friends before and that Eustace is the first pal that he's had. Eustace feels bad and seems to be hiding something as shown by a guilt expression. Mickey and Eustace in a bunch of scenes stop by a theater, play a game, and go atop a mountain viewing the scenery in a short montage. Mickey decides to show Eustace his house in hopes that he'll live with him. It's here where Eustace feels bad for the mouse, but finally admits that he has to leave.

Mickey is in shock and asks Eustace why he has to go. Eustace admits he was stopping by and seeing if this was a good place to live, but Eustace isn't pleased about this town and decides that he's going to look elsewhere. He gives Mickey a few encouraging words to stay strong. Mickey pleads for Eustace to live with him, but the dog shakes his head and tells Mickey that he's sorry and that he can't live here. Mickey not wanting to lose his only friend immediatly picks up a rock by his house and throws it at Eustace's head as hard as he can when he isn't looking, knocking him out.

The next scene shows Mickey walking down his stairs and going into his basement, he turned on the lights where Eustace was tied down onto a operating table. Eustace is still unconscious. Mickey begins to sob and act very apologetic and talks to Eustace through his state, telling him that he's sorry it has to be this way, but he can't handle being alone anymore. He gets out a knife from under the table and operates on him from offscreen.

Eustace finally awakens through a first person perspective, but he's now lost control of himself and can only bark like a dog. Amongst the barking is a bunch of whimpering sounds which only alerts a bunch of footsteps. It turns out to be Mickey as he finally shows up in front of Eustace. Mickey tell's Eustace that nobody will ever know about this and how it will be their little secret. Eustace pounces on Mickey and begins to lick his face. Mickey says his last lines.

"I love you too Pluto."

The scene switches to Mickey's home and zooms out and we hear Pete's laughter and the voice of the resident talking in the background saying that he tried to warn Eustace. It then goes to the credits.

2. BACKGROUND

Walt Disney was inspired to make a halloween themed episode of the beloved mouse. Characters were created and made up on the spot which would later become official characters. The owner of the cafe would later become Daisy Duck and the resident attempting to warn Eustace would later become Goofy who supposely looked a lot like Eustaces design. Pluto would also become a recurring character, but any connection to Eustace isn't mentioned. The animators felt disgusted during the final portion of the cartoon and demanded that the operation scene would get censored, Walt had no choice but to give into their demands.

3. PRODUCTION

Production of the cartoon was delayed due to many of the workers/animators feeling unease for Esutace after reading the script. Production was very slow due to the employees not wanting to really finish this cartoon. There was also a undisclosed budget which could be due to the animators demanding a higher pay for making something out of their comfort zone, especially for a kid's cartoon. It took a few months to finish production.

4. RECEPTION

A lot of outrage and controversity stirred after the cartoon finally aired. It was the opposite of what Walt wanted. People claimed that their children couldn't sleep at night and would get nightmares involving getting operated on by Mickey. It would even cause children who were very young to require constant attention because they didn't want to be alone, especially at night. Due to this, parents wanted to press charges over the content. Walt finally decided to destroy any copy of the cartoon he could come across in a attempt to hide his failures.

5. THEORIES

After multiple viewings, some have talked about the anthro characters being considered normal perfect beings while the feral's are considered mentally disabled and are kept as pet's that are mostly restrained due to how dangerous they can be.

While there are no connections to Eustace in future cartoons, Mickey gets extremely worried when Pluto runs off or gets lost and will even try and risk his life in order to save his "best friend." This is the only connection from "Mickey's Best Friend" that is shown in other cartoons.

NOTE: There used to be a particular site that showed screenshots of  the episode "Mickey's Best Friend", but it was taken down a long ago for unknown reasons.