Figaro

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Figaro Background information Feature films Mickey Mouse Television programmes House of Mouse Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Video games Park attractions Actor Actress Animators Eric Larson Lars Calonius Jack Bradbury Don Lusk Lynn Karp Andreas Deja Voice Mel Blanc (Pinocchio), Clarence Nash (Mickey's Surprise Party - Figaro and Pluto's Weekend), Frank Welker (The Dog Club - Present) Performance model Designer Inspiration Eric Larson's nephew Awards Character information Other names Personality Eager, curious, impatient, tricky Appearance Occupation Affiliations Goal Home Allies Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto (dog) Enemies Minions Likes Dislikes Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Quote

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Figaro is the kitten in the film Pinocchio. He later appeared in as Minnie Mouse's pet in several shorts.

Contents 1 Figaro and Friends 2 Behind the Scenes 2.1 Animation 3 References

[edit] Figaro and Friends

In a number of Disney Cartoons, Figaro is the pet of Minnie Mouse, and the rival of Pluto. He appears in many cartoons.

• Lend a Paw (1941, orange)
• Mickey's Surprise Party (1942)
• Figaro and Cleo (1943)
• First Aiders (1944)
• Bath Day (1946)
• Figaro and Frankie (1947)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
• Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
• Pluto's Sweater (1949)
• Figaro and Fifi (1950)
• Figaro and the Lion (1951)
• Figaro and Sylvester (1952)
• The Pets Will Play (1953)
• Figaro and Pluto's Weekend (1954)
• The Dog Club (1999)
• Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
• Disney's House of Mouse (2001)
• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006)

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Animation

Eric Larson, one of the animators was put in charge of animating Figaro. Basing the kitten's child-like personality on that of his own nephew, Larson combined this human mind with the natural movements of a cat.^[1]

A four-year-old kid is quick to feel hurt if he doesn't get his way. He is probably going to put on a little show for us, a tantrum... (T)ake an animal, like Figaro, move him, around as a kitten would move. You don't take any liberties with that kind of action, but now you inject into him a personality of this young kd who is used to having everything he wanted... (T)his is where we would cross from realism to fantasy, in my opinion... —Eric Larson[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Canemaker, "Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation" (Disney Editions, United States, 2001) ISBN 078686496-6