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Horace Horsecollar
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)
Television programs Mickey Mouse Club
Mickey Mouse Works
House of Mouse
Have a Laugh!
Video games Land of Illusion
World of Illusion
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Disney TH!NK Fast
Epic Mickey series
Park attractions Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Silly Symphony Swings
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators
Voice Walt Disney(1930)
Billy Bletcher (1933)
Bill Farmer (1990-current)
Atsushi Ii (Japanese)
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Honors and awards
Character information
Full name
Other names
Personality Simple, jolly, versatile, friendly, good
Appearance Slender black horse, cream muzzle, crimson bowler hat, blue overalls, red long-sleeved shirt, green bowtie, horsecollar, brown shoes
Birthday
Occupation Actor
Clarabelle Cow's boyfriend
The Royal Tutor (in The Prince and the Pauper)
Technician (in House of Mouse)
Detective (in Epic Mickey)
Affiliations Good
Goal
Home Mouseton (comics)
Mickey's Toontown (modern animation and theme parks)
Timeless River (Kingdom Hearts II)
Disney Town (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)
Mean Street, Wasteland (Epic Mickey)
Relatives
Pets
Allies His girlfriend Clarabelle Cow, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Pluto, Scrooge McDuck, Clara Cluck, Chip and Dale, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Ortensia, Aqua, Sora
Minions
Enemies Pete, Sylvester Shyster, Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex, Eli Squinch, Heartless, Unversed, The Mad Doctor, The Shadow Blot
Likes Clarabelle, pies (mostly apple pies), ice cream cakes, detective works, solving mysteries, a case solved successfully, being a good detective, dancing, playing musical instruments
Dislikes Failure
Powers and abilities
Weapons
Fate
Quote "All the rain forests are being chopped down, nobody votes anymore and the Internet's too dang slow!"

Horace Horsecollar is an animated character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. He is an anthropomorphic horse, one of Mickey Mouse's best friends and the boyfriend of Clarabelle Cow.

Horace first appeared as Mickey's plough horse in the 1929 cartoon The Plowboy. He next appeared later that same year in "The Jazz Fool" and after that he became a regular member of the Disney supporting cast, along with Clarabelle Cow, Clara Cluck and others even more minor. Characterized as a cheerful know-it-all, Horace helped Mickey on his sleuthing expeditions in the comics before Goofy assumed that role. In recent years, Horace has more commonly appeared in Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse.

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Background

Horace appeared frequently in cartoons from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterward, taking his final classic-era bow in 1942. The name of Horace's voice actor in the classic era is unknown.

Personality

Horace is a genially kind character who is always finding ways to help. He acts very heroic and can have quite an ego, though no one ever minds. He enjoys outdoor activities and solving mysteries with his pal Mickey Mouse. Horace has been known to have a small temper problem. Unlike Mickey, Horace will be the first to attack an enemy and ask questions later. Most of the time, this will get Horace and his friends into trouble.

Design

In his earliest incarnation, Horace was presented as Mickey's four-legged plow horse. He could walk upright on his hind legs, at which time his forelegs became gloved hands; at other times, he got back down on all fours and reverted to form. Horace mostly played bit-parts in the approximately 30 cartoon shorts in which he appeared and his character was never as fully developed as the "Fab Five". Like Goofy in his early Dippy Dawg appearances, Horace's body seemed to be formed of rubber tubing. He and Clarabelle Cow had an uncanny ability to change from somewhat normal farmyard animals into anthropomorphized beings as necessary.

Appearances

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Horace was given a small cameo in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) He is seen dancing with Clarabelle at Fezziewig's Christmas Party in Scrooge's past.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Horace appeared in another small cameo with all the other Toons at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Here, he takes the role of a non-speaking police officer.

The Prince and the Pauper

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Horace in The Prince and the Pauper.
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Horace Horsecollar had a bigger role as Mickey's pompous tutor in the The Prince and the Pauper (1990). Horace is first seen tutoring the prince in his studies. Later on, the Prince and a commoner named Mickey Mouse trade places. Horace never notices the switch and continues to give the "prince" the daily lessons. In the middle, Horace informs Mickey that the king is gravely ill and advises him to visit his bedroom. That night the king passes away so Horace and the other royal subjects head to the church where Mickey is to be crowned. However, Mickey ends up being caught in a scheme of the villainous Captain Pete. The real prince arrives with Mickey's friend Goofy and his royal valet Donald. A battle follows and Pete is defeated. Horace celebrates the crowning of the real prince.

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Horace makes a cameo appearance in Mickey's segment "The Gift of the Magi" when Mickey is performing for Christmas donations. In this role, Horace's color scheme is gray in contrast to his normal black tone.

Television

Mickey Mouse Club

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Horace's cameo in the opening sequence of The Mickey Mouse Club.
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Horace appears in the opening musical number Mickey Mouse March along with many other characters.

Maximum Horsepower

In the 1990s, Horace was intended to star in a new TV series to be created for The Disney Afternoon programming block, titled Maximum Horsepower, intended to explain his disappearance from cartoons after the 1930s ended. The concept would be that, in 1939, Horace had gotten tired of playing bit parts and, after learning that Mickey was going to star in a segment of Fantasia, was going to demand Walt to give him a big role in that movie as well. On his way to Walt's office, however, he gets abducted by aliens who bring him halfway across the galaxy because they are in desperate need of the hero that they believe Horace is, despite his dreams of returning to Earth and resuming his acting career. Maximum Horsepower, however, never came to be.[1]

Mickey Mouse Works

Horace reappears and play a role in Mickey Mouse Works. Horace's most notable appearance is in the cartoon "Mickey's Big Break". Mickey and Donald disguise themselves as Minnie and Daisy in order to retake a picture they broke while playing football. Horace spots Mickey and Donald (dressed as Minnie and Daisy), in the dressing room. Embarrassed Horace claims he did not see anything and runs away. Horace made a cameo in the Mickey, Donald and Goofy cartoon "Locksmiths" as well as the Donald Duck cartoon "Donald's Pool".

House of Mouse

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Horace in House of Mouse.
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Horace reappears in House of Mouse as the club's technician, often starting up the cartoons and TV reports shown on the club's big screen; he often did this by attacking the DVD player with a mallet or punching glove. As a running gag, Mickey often asks him what is wrong, causing him to list things that are wrong in the world (i.e. "The Internet's too dang slow!"), prompting Mickey to rephrase "No, what's wrong in here?" One of his notable appearances is in the series pilot episode "The Stolen Cartoons". Pete steals the clubs cartoons by breaking into Horace's tech room and taking all cartoons. In the episode "House of Scrooge", Horace revealed his big idea to open a barn themed amusement park called Horace Land.

Filmography

Main article: Horace Horsecollar Filmography

In comics

Horace has never really been more than a supporting character, though he has starred in numerous European comic book stories of his own. In these, he plays a much bigger role than elsewhere, accompanying Mickey on his adventures or acting as Clarabelle Cow's paramour and finance. Clarabelle and Horace were engaged in the comics according to some 1931 and 1932 continuities, but neither ever followed through.

For a brief time, during the late 1960s, Clarabelle Cow began dating Goofy, perhaps in an attempt to give Goofy a girlfriend. The reasons for Clarabelle and Horace apparently breaking up were not given. In 1969, the character Glory-Bee was introduced as a new love interest for Goofy. In later comics, Clarabelle and Horace were a couple again. Horace is often shown being a boastful slacker, but always managing to land on his feet. One comic had a wealthy man offering to make a large donation to an orphanage in the name of anyone who can duplicate a high dive he had done many years ago. Horace's idle chat of he could easily accomplish that is overheard, and the attention is on him. While Clarabelle Cow said she would like nothing more than to see Horace choke on his own words because of his boastfulness, she prepares him for the high dive on the basis the orphanage badly needs money. When the big day come, Horace gets cold feet and runs away, but manages to collide with two crooks who were taking advantage of everyone watching the high dive to rob a bank by helicopter. Horace unlatches the sack of cash and lands right in the tank of water, which is what he was fearful of all along! The combination of thwarting the bank robbers and falling from a great height is perceived that Horace was not running away, but putting on an even tougher act, which gets him hailed as the man of the hour and the wealthy benefactor agrees to make an even larger donation for Horace. Although Clarabelle Cow was annoyed that Horace bumbled his way to greatness yet again, she is glad his efforts benefited the orphans.

Video games

Illusion series

Horace makes appearances in Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

Kingdom Hearts series

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Horace appears in Kingdom Hearts II, residing in Timeless River. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, his only other appearance, he is shown to reside in Disney Town. In Kingdom Hearts II, he does not play any essential role other than walking around the Cornerstone Hill with Clarabelle Cow and Clara Cluck. His role is greatly expanded in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, however, as he interacts with Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. It is assumed that he is still present in either Disney Town or Disney Castle during Kingdom Hearts II, but Sora never encounters him. In addition to his minor appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, one of the bonsai figures in the Courtyard of the Disney Castle bears a striking resemblance to Horace Horsecollar, in a percussionist's guise. It could very well be him, as he was the percussionist in The Band Concert.

Kingdom Hearts II

Horace made a cameo appearance in the Timeless River world of Kingdom Hearts II with many other classic Disney characters like Clarabelle Cow and Clara Cluck as one of the world's citizens.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Horace also makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. He is seen in Disney Town. Horace appears and quickly befriends heroine Aqua and attends the Dream Festival.

Disney TH!NK Fast

He is also a playable character in Disney TH!NK Fast. To date, this is Horace's only playable appearance in a video game.

Epic Mickey

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Horace as he appears in Epic Mickey.
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The classic black and white Horace lives in Wasteland, having become a private detective and good friends with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit during his time down there. Horace's black and white version appears being the forgotten version of Horace while the current version of Horace lives in the real world of Disney.

Horace will give you some cases to find some missing items or thieves. Here are the list of the cases:

  • Find Horace's Book: Speak to Casey in the Emporium, who will tell you go to the Ice Cream Parlor, where you must speak to Paulie who will give you Horace’s book.
  • Missing Dog Tag: Horace is in search of the Robot Dog and needs your help. Go to Tomorrow City Square Launchpad, walk around the tram track and you will see the dog tag behind a wall of glass. Go to its right and you will notice a ball-like machine pod. Use thinner to open it and jump into the machine. It will transport you to a higher platform. You can go up and place a TV sketch to activate a crane-like machine (this will transport you to a platform near the rocket with a caged Gremlin. If you release that Gremlin, he can shut down one Beetleworx generator or he can give you 3 TV sketches, you cannot choose both.). Then, go down and pick up the dog tag.
  • Detective Mickey 1: Paint all the footprints on the street, this will lead you to the cinema where you will need to jump up onto the roof, thinning out the walls and using them to get on top of the roof. If you painted all the footsteps, Shifty will give you the book that he stole. If you didn't, you'll have to buy it for 50 E-Tickets.
  • Detective Mickey 2: Paint and follow all the footprints from Clarabelle's house. If you painted all the footsteps, Ezra will give you the flower that he took. If you didn't, you'll have to buy it for 50 E-Tickets
  • Missing Pirate: He is on the Pirate Voyage. You should notice him before the whirlpool, trapped in a jail. Thin the jail next to his and free Gremlin Erik. Erik will open the jail. Talk to him and collect some goodies.
  • Detective Mickey 3: Paint and follow all the footprints from the back of the Tiki Hut. If you painted all the footsteps, Dolly Dalmatian will give you the tiki mask that she took from the Hut. If you didn't, you'll have to buy it for 50 E-Tickets.
  • Missing Hatchet: The hatchet is on the top of the library in the Lonesome Manor (Thin out the walls).
  • Detective Mickey 4: Paint and follow all the footprints from Louis's Shack. If you painted all the footsteps, Millicent will give you the candle that she accidentally took. If you didn't, you'll have to buy it for 50 E-Tickets.


Horace reappears in the sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, with the same role as the first game, but with a new assistant, a ghost named Tedworth.

Disney Parks

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Horace poses for a photo at Walt Disney World.
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Horace appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character and also appears in select parades at the Magic Kingdom park as well as Character Day at Disneyland. In the parks, Horace dons his outfit from The Band Concert cartoon.

Horace's most common meet-and-greet opportunities can be found at Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown.

In Mickey's Toontown, a gym owned by Horace can be seen in between several toon buildings.

Horace was seen in a mural during the Disney California Adventure expansion as a construction worker.

Horace can be spotted in Silly Symphony Swings as well as a statue located in the Team Mickey store in Downtown Disney.

He and Clarabelle attend the Frontierland Hoedown at the Magic Kingdom often.

At Christmas, Horace is found on his float in the Once Upon a Christmastime parade. For Halloween, Horace is seen during Mickey's Halloween Party.

Gallery

For more pictures and screenshots of Horace Horsecollar, click here.

References

  1. Jim Hill's Blog: The Disney Afternoon Shows You Didn't Get to See. Retrieved on January 11, 2009.

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Mickey and Friends
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Primary Characters: Mickey Mouse | Minnie Mouse | Donald Duck | Daisy Duck | Goofy | Pluto | Chip 'n Dale | Pete | Clarabelle Cow | Horace Horsecollar | Huey, Dewey and Louie | Scrooge McDuck | Max Goof | Ludwig Von Drake

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