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Clarabelle Cow

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Clarabelle Cow
Background information
Feature films Mickey's Christmas Carol (cameo)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (cameo)
The Prince and the Pauper
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (cameo)
Mickey's House of Villains
Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Television programs Mickey Mouse Club
Mickey Mouse Works
House of Mouse
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Have a Laugh!
Mickey Mousekersize
Minnie's Bow-Toons
Video games Kingdom Hearts II
Disney TH!NK Fast
Epic Mickey
Park attractions Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators
Voice Elvia Allman
April Winchell
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Honors and awards
Character information
Full name
Other names Carolyn Cow, Captain Clarabelle
Personality Beautiful, funny, gossipy, chatty, sociable, sometimes clumsy, can be self-righteous sometimes
Appearance Slender black cow, green (later, yellow) bow on her head, both cream nose and muzzle, horns, red (later, yellow) shirt with a white blouse, green skirt (later, yellow pants), gold high-heels
Birthday
Occupation Local gossiper (House of Mouse)
Pete's ex-lieutenant (Mickey, Donald, & Goofy: The Three Musketeers)
Owner of the Moo Mart
Affiliations Good
Goal
Home Mouseton (early animation and comics)
Mickey's Toontown (modern animation and theme parks)
OsTown, Wasteland (Epic Mickey)
Relatives
Pets Bella (dog)
Allies Horace Horsecollar, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Clara Cluck, Pluto, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Ortensia
Minions
Enemies Pete, Mortimer Mouse, Sylvester Shyster, The Mad Doctor, The Phantom Blot (Shadow Blot), Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex
Likes Gossip, Horace, Goofy, dancing, singing, mooing, telling nursery rhymes and stories, reading romance novels, her spotted puppy Bella
Dislikes When a gossip turns out to be wrong, Mortimer Mouse, being insulted or rudely criticized
Powers and abilities
Weapons
Fate
Quote "Gossip is always true!"

Clarabelle Cow is a character created by Walt Disney in cooperation with Ub Iwerks. Clarabelle is a cow and was part of the Original Mickey Mouse cartoon cast. Her character is not to be confused with her non-anthropomorphic look-alike, Caroline Cow. She is the best friend to both Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck, as well as the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar. She later began dating Goofy in the late 60's.

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PersonalityEdit

Clarabelle loves to gossip and thoroughly enjoys doing activities such as shopping, attending special events and more. Although Clarabelle means well, she has a tendency to find herself in troublesome situations. In House of Mouse, Clarabelle gossips about private matters that usually upset Mickey and the other Disney characters. She also has the tendency to add a moo to a word. An example is "We better get moooving!".

RelationshipsEdit

Horace HorsecollarEdit

Horace Horsecollar is Clarabelle's official boyfriend. The two would often go out on double dates with Mickey and Minnie. In some comic stories, it was implied that the couple broke up, resulting in Clarabelle's relationship with Goofy. However, this is truly uncertain. In House of Mouse, Clarabelle and Goofy's relationship was current and strong but Horace didn't seem to mind.

GoofyEdit

In some of her more recent appearances, in addition to some comic books from the late 1960's, she's been portrayed as the girlfriend of fellow Disney character, Goofy. The two were shown as a couple in Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, and Minnie's Bow-Toons. They also appeared together along with many other Disney couples in the closing of the 1994 Walt Disney's World on Ice adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as some theme park entertainment. Goofy and Clarabelle's relationship is still currently strong as on the official Mickey Mouse website, Goofy's Sweetheart section has him state "Gawrsh, Clarabelle's awful purdy." as well as a picture of Clarabelle in Goofy's home for the cartoon How to Hook Up Your Home Theater. They were seen flirting with each other in the early Mickey Mouse cartoon "The Band Concert".

HistoryEdit

Clarabelle debuted in the cartoon Plane Crazy released May 15, 1928, but her character was not established until The Shindig in 1930. Her name was first given in the Mickey Mouse comic strip on April 2, 1930, as part of the storyline Mickey Mouse in Death Valley. Her last appearance in the original shorts was in Mickey's Birthday Party. She has since made cameo appearances in Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Prince and the Pauper, and had a few minor roles on Mickey Mouse Works. Her following appearance was in House of Mouse, as the local gossiper. Currently, she is a recurring character in the Playhouse Disney show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Film AppearancesEdit

Clarabelle's cameo in Mickey's Christmas Carol.
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Mickey's Christmas CarolEdit

Clarabelle made her soft animation comeback in Mickey's Christmas Carol. Here, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Clarabelle makes a non-speaking cameo appearance as one of the guests at Mr. Fezziewig's Party. She is seen dancing with Horace Horsecollar.

Who Framed Roger RabbitEdit

Clarabelle can be spotted with all the other toons during the final scene of the film. Despite her current appearance being fully realized in her last role, Clarabelle retains her classic black and white look in the film.

The Prince and the PauperEdit

Clarabelle in The Prince and the Pauper.
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Clarabelle makes another cameo appearance in The Prince and the Pauper. Clarabelle is a peasant and is being robbed by the guards by order of the captain, Pete. The prince, in disguise as Mickey, battle off the guards and provides Clarabelle with the food she and the hungry folks deserves.

Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasEdit

Clarabelle was cast for a cameo appearance in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas in Mickey and Minnie's segment entitled, Gift of Maji. During Mickey's performance in the park, Clarabelle is seen in the crowd next to Horace.

Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three MusketeersEdit

Clarabelle in Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers.
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Clarabelle is the villainous assistant to the evil Captain Pete. He is secretly plotting against Princess Minnie to take over France. He recruits Mickey, Donald and Goofy as musketeer bodyguards believing they'll be terrible but soon prove themselves worthy. To make sure he wins, he kidnaps Mickey while the Beagle Boys kidnap Donald and Clarabelle kidnaps Goofy. Her mission was to throw him off a bridge into a river to his death, and by the number of human skeletons already in the river, one can tell that it's not her first time. Goofy falls in love and the two sing a ballet. Clarabelle tries to resist but eventually falls for him and warns him of Pete's plan. After the captain is defeated, She becomes royalty and she and Goofy proclaim their love.

TelevisionEdit

Clarabelle in Mickey Mouse Works.
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Mickey Mouse ClubEdit

Clarabelle is featured in the opening theme song as a cheerleader. During the segment Clarabelle is seen as well as another cow resembling her.

Mickey Mouse WorksEdit

Clarabelle appears as a recurring character in Mickey Mouse Works. Clarabelle is seen as a close friend to Minnie and Daisy and makes dozens of cameos. In the Goofy cartoon How to Be a Spy, Goofy believes his neighbor (Clarabelle) is watching and decides to find out why, as a spy. In the end, it turns out Clarabelle tried to get Goofy's attention and the two fall in love. In another short, Mickey's Big Break, Mickey and Donald disguise themselves as Minnie and Daisy. Clarabelle is the only character that noticed the disguises.

House of MouseEdit

Clarabelle in House of Mouse.
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Clarabelle appears as a recurring member of the House of Mouse staff. Clarabelle provides the club with exciting gossip of many Disney characters, such as Chernabog or the White Rabbit. Clarabelle's gossip tends to get annoying.

Clarabelle is shown to be the love interest of Goofy in the series as well. In the episode Super Goof, Goofy transforms into Super Goof to impress Clarabelle, and succeeds. However, when he asks her out as Super Goof, she rejects the offer, stating "I have a date with Goofy." She also makes a cameo in the Goofy short "How to be a Ghost" in Mickey's House of Villains.

The episode Thanks to Minnie is probably the best example of how her gossip can cause trouble. Clarabelle mistakingly believes Mickey feels the show would run better without Minnie, having Minnie feel unimportant and prompted to quit. However, this is simply out of context.

Mickey Mouse ClubhouseEdit

Clarabelle as she appears in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
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Clarabelle is seen along with most Mickey and Friends characters in a recurring role in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Clarabelle owns her own shop called The Moo Mart and hosts many events. In the series, she is once again featured as Goofy's girlfriend, and has a puppy named Bella. In the episode "The Go-Getters", Clarabelle became the heroine Captain Clarabelle and joined forces with the already established Detective Minnie and Secret Spy Daisy. Clarabelle also appears in the spin-off series Mickey Mousekersize.

Minnie's Bow-ToonsEdit

In Clarabelle's most recent appearance she plays a supporting role and seen in the debut episode "Leaky Pipes" as an engineer for Minnie and Daisy's shop. Clarabelle was the focus of the episode "Dance Lessons" where Minnie, Daisy, Millie and Melody teach Clarabelle how to dance for an upcoming Christmas party.

Video gamesEdit

Clarabelle as she appears in Kingdom Hearts II.
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Kingdom Hearts IIEdit

Clarabelle Cow is a civilian living on the Timeless River in Kingdom Hearts II. She is one of the citizens working on the building of Disney Castle. She was not aware of the Heartless' attack, and was dumbfounded by the appearance of the Windows of Time and Pete chasing Pete. She is likely still alive somewhere in Disney Castle, although Sora never sees her during the storyline.

Disney Th!nk FastEdit

Clarabelle is an unlockable and playable character in the game.

Epic MickeyEdit

In Epic Mickey, Mickey meets Clarabelle in OsTown, where she is tending to her garden. Saddened at Mickey not recognizing her at first, Clarabelle eventually requests Mickey to help her with baking a present for Horace. If Mickey is able to get her some ice cream, she'll make an Ice Cream Cake, and if not, she will give you a pie to deliver to Horace instead, though she'd prefer to do something other then that for Horace's birthday. For a quest in Ventureland, she can be asked to assist Mickey with a bouquet of flowers to give to Damien Salt for his efforts to ask out Henrietta.

Online GamesEdit

Toontown OnlineEdit

Toontasks(Toontorial)Edit

This task takes place after meeting Flippy for the first time.

  1. Ride the Trolley
  2. Visit the Toon HQ
  3. Recover a Blackboard Eraser from the Cogs
  4. Return Blackboard Eraser to any Toon HQ
  5. Make a Friend(If you have not made a friend yet)
  6. Call Clarabelle from the Cattlelog in your Estate

Reward: +1 Laff Boost

Disney ParksEdit

Clarabelle as she appears at the Disney Parks.
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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. Since Family Fun Day's ending, the two haven't been easy to see outside "Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade", "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" and the occasional special event. Currently, you will find them dancing in the Frontierland Hoedown in the Magic Kingdom.

Clarabelle also appears at Disneyland Park. She has also appeared in several Disneyland parades and shows over the years, including The 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 at Tokyo 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's accompanied by Horace Horsecollar which is his first meet and greet at Disneyland in Anaheim.

FilmographyEdit

Main article: Clarabelle Cow Filmography

TriviaEdit

GalleryEdit

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