Who is Mortimer Mouse?
Mortimer Mouse is the first beginnings of the creation of Mickey Mouse. After Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's rights were pirated from Disney, he started sketching on the way home on the train. As a result, he created two versions of a similar character. The first version of the character was a lanky, outgoing aggressive mouse with rat-like features to accentuate his unpleasant personality. For example, Mortimer has an elongated nose, visible teeth, and rat-like whiskers that make him appear sketchy. Initially, after seeing the first version of 'Mortimer', Disney disliked the features of the character, and put him aside and created Mickey, who was going to be called Mortimer until Disney's wife talked him out of it.
Mortimer was used as Mickey's arch nemesis, the main purpose being Mortimer trying to steal Minnie Mouse away from Mickey. He was a very prevalent character in the comic strips, but slowly disappeared out of the cartoons aired on TV after a surprisingly short time. However, he did play a constant role in the later released Disney Channel Show 'House of Mouse' with surprisingly consistent characteristics.
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