Figaro Background information Feature films Pinocchio Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Mickey's House of Villains Television programs Mickey Mouse Works House of Mouse Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Have a Laugh! Mickey Mousekersize Minnie's Bow-Toons Video games Pinocchio Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Eric Larson Lars Calonius Jack Bradbury Don Lusk Lynn Karp Andreas Deja Voice Mel Blanc (Pinocchio) Clarence Nash Frank Welker (Current) Performance model Designer Inspiration Eric Larson's nephew Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Personality Eager, curious, impatient, tricky, caring, playful Appearance Small and slender black and white kitten, yellow face, black nose, yellow eyeballs Birthday Occupation Affiliations Good Goal Home Geppetto's Workshop (Pinocchio) Minnie's House (Shorts, Modern animation) Relatives Pets Allies Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, Cleo, The Blue Fairy, Mr. Pettibone Minions Enemies Monstro, Pete, Pluto (occasionally) Likes Having fun, Minnie, Geppetto, Pinocchio, eating fish, drinking milk Dislikes Getting in trouble, taking baths, dogs, bulling allycats Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Quote "Meow."

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Figaro is Gepetto's pet kitten in Disney's 1940 film Pinocchio. He later appeared as Minnie Mouse's pet in several cartoon shorts.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Personality 2 Appearances 2.1 Pinocchio 2.2 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 2.3 Mickey Mouse Works 2.4 House of Mouse 2.5 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.6 Minnie's Bow-Toons 3 Disney Parks 4 Filmography 5 Behind the Scenes 5.1 Animation 6 Gallery 7 External links 8 Comments

BackgroundEdit

Figaro was created as a supporting character in the 1940 film Pinocchio. Like so many characters from that film, Figaro became a popular character with audiences and was given his own series of cartoon shorts as well as costarring in a few Pluto shorts as Minnie Mouse's pet cat.

His roles in the shorts often dealt with him being heroic although one short, Pluto's Sweater, cast Figaro in an antagonistic role, where Minnie designed a sweater for Pluto and the other local pets laughed uproariously at Pluto for being made to wear it, mostly Figaro. When water shrinks the sweater, Minnie then realizes it is a perfect fit for Figaro. That short ends with Figaro angrily snarling that he is now in the sweater that he enjoyed bullying Pluto over, thus the lesson being "he who laughs last laughs best".

PersonalityEdit

Figaro is based off of, and acts like, an immature and spoiled little boy. He is easily angered but deep down has a heart of gold. He takes a disliking to many things including, but not limited to, waiting, baths, being made a fool of, dogs and giving Cleo a goodnight kiss.

In the shorts, his character was made less cuddly and more cat-like. He is a prime rival of Pluto as the two are constantly seen battling each other for different things, most notably Minnie's affections. Figaro usually enjoys tormenting Pluto when no one's around but occasionally learns to make peace with the pup. In recent years, Figaro and Pluto's relationship became far less hostile.

AppearancesEdit

PinocchioEdit

Figaro is the childish pet cat of kindly wood carver Geppetto. Gepetto finishes his latest puppet, Pinocchio, and plays with Figaro, using the wooden boy. Figaro eventually gets annoyed with the puppet and smacks its foot. When the Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life, however, Figaro is not too shocked to see a living puppet and quickly takes a liking to the living Pinocchio. When Pinocchio doesn't return home on the night of his first day going to school, Figaro, Gepetto and the goldfish Cleo leave their home to search for the wooden boy. Figaro and the others are later eaten by a large whale named Monstro. After Pinocchio saves his family and becomes a real boy, the spoiled cat celebrates the occasion with the others.

Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasEdit

In this film, Figaro belongs to Minnie Mouse and helps Minnie hide her bills from Mickey. That Christmas night, he and Pluto are each given gifts and after the excitement, they take a nap.

Mickey Mouse WorksEdit

Figaro is a recurring character in this series, starring yet again as Minnie's pet cat. Despite being a recurring character, most of his roles in the series are minor.

House of MouseEdit

Figaro makes regular guest appearances, sometimes as Minnie's pet and usually as Geppetto's pet. In the episode Pluto Vs. Figaro, the rivalry between Figaro and Pluto from the classic cartoons returns and the two constantly argue, leaving Minnie frustrated. In Pluto Saves the Day, Figaro was shown to be upset at the fact that Pluto's all-dog singing group performed instead of O' Malley and the Alley Cats.

Mickey Mouse ClubhouseEdit

Figaro plays a supporting role in the computer-animated series and is in most ways different from his original personality. Here, Figaro is a lot more well-behaved and not as selfish. Figaro was also featured in the spin-off series, Mickey Mousekersize.

Minnie's Bow-ToonsEdit

Figaro is a major character in the short-form series, acting as Minnie's close companion and confidant. He usually spends most of his time sleeping in Minnie's shop while she works. So far, Figaro's roles have been minor.

Disney ParksEdit

Figaro's likeness if found all over the Disney theme parks. A collection of Figaro merchandise is easily found in shops. Figaro can be found in a few spots including Pinocchio's Daring Journey and Celebrate A Dreams Come True Parade. His namesake is used in a shop as well called Figaro's Clothiers located in the Mediterranean Harbor at Tokyo DisneySea.

FilmographyEdit

Main article: Figaro Filmography

Behind the ScenesEdit

AnimationEdit

Animator Eric Larson 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.

GalleryEdit

For more pictures and screenshots of Figaro, click here.

External linksEdit

• Disney's HooZoo - Figaro