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| Clarabelle Cow | |
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| Mickey Mouse & Friends character | |
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| First appearance | Steamboat Willie (1928) |
| Created by | Ub Iwerks Walt Disney |
| Designed by | Walt Disney |
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| Species | Cow |
| Gender | Female |
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Clarabelle Cow is a cartoon character created byThe Walt Disney Company. As a domesticanthropomorphiccow, Clarabelle is one ofMinnie Mouse's best friends. She was once depicted as the girlfriend ofHorace Horsecollar, although now she is often paired withGoofy.
Clarabelle first appeared as a nonhumanized cow in theMickey Mouse cartoonPlane Crazy in 1928.[2] Humanized soon afterward, she appeared frequently in cartoons from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterwards, taking her final classic-era bow in 1942.[3] As with most Disney characters, she was later given small cameos in the featurettesMickey's Christmas Carol (1983) andThe Prince and the Pauper (1990) and the 1988 feature filmWho Framed Roger Rabbit.
Clarabelle mostly played bit-parts in the 30+ films in which she appeared and her character was never as fully developed asMickey, Minnie, Goofy,Donald Duck orPluto. She andHorace Horsecollar changed from normal farmyard animals intoanthropomorphized beings as necessary.
In modern animation, Clarabelle has returned to active use, appearing first in a few segments ofMickey Mouse Works and in a brief scene inMickey's Once Upon a Christmas. InHouse of Mouse, she regularly turned up as agossip columnist with thetagline "Gossip is Always True".
Clarabelle has a major appearance in the direct-to-video filmMickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers asPete'slieutenant and Goofy's love interest.
She is a recurring character in the preschool seriesMickey Mouse Clubhouse, in which she owns a puppy named Bella. She also appears in the spin-offMickey and the Roadster Racers. Clarabelle Cow was also inMickey Mouse Funhouse, where she has different counterparts in the Adventure Worlds. She also appears inMickey Mouse Clubhouse+ where she is a proprietor of the Moo Mart, and also has some alter egos where some of them are the Mystery Mousekepal in some episodes.
When the Disney characters started to feature in comic strips and comic books, Clarabelle Cow was one of the first. Her first appearance was in theMickey Mouse comic strip for April 2, 1930.[4] Along with Horace Horsecollar,Clara Cluck,Goofy, Minnie, and Mickey, she appeared in comics on a regular basis in the fifties, sixties and seventies.[citation needed]
For a brief time, during the late 1960s, Clarabelle began dating Goofy. During this time, Horace's whereabouts are unknown. Clarabelle's status with Goofy was challenged by a rival named Glory-Bee.[5] In later comics, Clarabelle and Horace were a couple again. Clarabelle also has a young cousin, Bertie the Jinx, a niece, Itsy-Betsy, and a socialite aunt named Miss Bovina, who have appeared in several issues ofWalt Disney's Comics and Stories.[citation needed]
From the eighties forward, only a few stories with Clarabelle Cow were made in the United States. In Europe, especially in Italy, the production of stories continued to the present day. In Italian comics, Clarabelle (calledClarabella) is very popular and she is the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar (Orazio Cavezza).[citation needed]
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From September 2006 to September 2008, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar appeared together for meet-and-greets in Town Square at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Also, they were in the Main Street Family Fun Day Parade. Clarabelle appears seasonally in "Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade", "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade", and the "Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration" castle show. She and Horace both appear in the Hoedown Happening in Frontierland and as featured characters in the "Move It! Shake It! Mousekedance It!" street party, with Clarabelle in particular atop her own party box and with her own dialogue.
Clarabelle also appears (without Horace) atDisneyland Park. She has also appeared in several Disneyland parades and shows over the years, includingThe World According to Goofy,Light Magic, the Parade of the Stars,Fantasmic,A Christmas Fantasy Parade and Celebrate! A Street Party. Clarabelle and Horace come out for meet-and-greets and appear in parades and shows on a regular basis atTokyo Disneyland as well. In 2009, Clarabelle played a leading character in the New Year's Greeting at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.
Clarabelle Cow was chosen to meet and greet for Character Fan Days at Disneyland. She is accompanied by Horace Horsecollar which is his first meet and greet at Disneyland in Anaheim.
AtDisney California Adventure at theDisneyland Resort, in theBuena Vista Street area there is an ice cream shop namedClarabelle's Hand-Scooped Ice Cream.
She also features with Horace inMickey's Halloween Celebration andGoofy's Garden Party inDisneyland Paris. In Christmas 2016, Clarabelle returned toMagic Kingdom forMickey's Most Merriest Celebration.
Clarabelle appeared as the DJ of the song "Miwaku No Tango" in the 2000 JapaneseNintendo 64 gameDance Dance Revolution Disney Dancing Museum.
Clarabelle appears inDisney's Toontown Online. She plays the role of giving the player furniture to decorate their estates, with the catalog players must order from is a "Cattlelog". Her appearance is also somewhat changed to look like an operator.
She also makes a minor appearance inKingdom Hearts II in the Timeless River World using her old black and white design.[6] She appears with the same design inKingdom Hearts III in the minigame "The Karnival Kid".[7]
Clarabelle appears briefly in the episode "Who Ate Wally's Waffles?" of the seriesParadise PD at the entrance ofDisney World as one of the employees of the park.[8]
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