Mickey Mouse (2013) Mondays: Gasp!

Hello & welcome back to Mickey Mouse (2013) Mondays as we kick things off with Gasp!  And my reaction, yeah....

The Plot


What is our plot in this short?  Well in this short, it's your basic chase short as Mickey tries to protect his pet fish, Gubbles (yes, that's his real name) from a cat is supposedly Figaro.   Okay,  I know what I said last week but there are two things that I cannot ignore regarding this short.   First off, where WAS PLUTO?!?!?!?!?!?   And oh, this isn't just me  comparing to the older incarnations as Pluto exists in this new Spongebob defamation of my all time favorite cartoon character. Look....

And y'know what I'm going to break my own rule because this is NOT Figaro.

No,  I REFUSE TO CALL THAT CAT, Figaro.  This IS Figaro.

I applaud the effort to use lesser used  Disney characters but couldn't you oh I DON'T KNOW HAVE THEM RESEMBLE WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!  And lastly in every incarnation of the Mickey-verse,  Figaro was Minnie's cat.  So, where was Minnie, if that  WAS supposed to be Figaro?!?!?!?! Gah, I haven't even gotten to the real plot yet and I already found things to complain with 1999 Cartoon Network insult (seriously, it feels like something that would've on Cartoon Network in the '90s).   So, yeah the basic plot is a cat & mouse (get it cat & mouse)  chase as NOT Figaro  tries to eat Gubbles after his fish bowl breaks and Mickey tries to protect his fish by getting him in water any way possible.  From trying to use the kitchen sink, where we get the oh so hilarious joke as seeing Gubbles being breaded and buttered and then it's cuts to a live action scene of a dinner plate of a fish dinner.  That is supposed to be Gubbles.

WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT IN THERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?  That isn't funny,  it's kinda cruel and mean-spirited.  Look,  inserting live-action sequences into animated shows can be funny and work well.   Perfect  Pinkie Pride, during the Goof Off, when Cheese Sandwich tells  Boneless to hit it and the show cuts to a rubber chicken dancing. 

That was funny because it was unexpected the joke was making the audience laugh at the misery of a character that I think the short wanted us to like. Whereas there was build up to that "joke"  and  I get what they were going for but that is supposed to be Mickey's pet, right?  The audience doesn't want to see a pet of Mickey as a filet.  It's  just cruel and vicious.  It's not funny,   it's mean.  And  I'm not saying that Disney can't do mean-spirited humor but I don't know,  this scene just bugged me, so much that I wanted to turn the short off after I saw it.   I didn't laugh at it,  I just wondered "Is this Disney?"   Because that doesn't feel like something they would do.  Again,  I'm not saying they're above these types of jokes and yes, the humor for these characters does come from the situation that they are placed in but this isn't what that meant.  Honestly,  this scene alone takes this short from face palm worthy to this...

Yeah, it was so bad that the Face Palm can't even sum up my frustrations with this short to the point where I had to create a new de-motionval poster,  the Disney Disappointment.  

When something goes beyond a face palm and makes you weep on the inside

Now what about the other ways, that Mickey tries to protect his pet (again, where WAS Pluto?) , well, he tries to put him a bath tub with water running but  Mickey,  who they turned into an idiot in this new series, leaves the tub running and NOT Figaro gets the fish and eats him but Mickey is able to save his ept because I forgot to mention that Gubbles has the personality of a dog

IF YOU  WANTED A DOG, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST USE  PLUTO?!?!   DID YOU MORONS FORGET THAT HE WAS MICKEY'S DOG AND BEST FRIEND.  OH NO, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU DIDN'T BECAUSE PLUTO DOES LATER APPEAR IN THIS WRETCHED SERIES THAT DOES NOT DESERVES TO BARE THE NAME OF THE MOST ICONIC MOUSE IN THE WORLD.  AND I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT HIM BECAUSE YOU REMEMBERED TO INCLUDE HIM IN THE TIE-IN GAME, WHERE'S MY MICKEY THAT CAME OUT BEFORE THE SERIES AIRED ON DISNEY CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?   GAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And the short ends with Mickey's apartment flooded with water from the over flowing bath tub but its okay,  because Gubbles is safe. 

Who cares about the  water damage that it will cause to Mickey's furniture because Gubbles is safe.

I hate this short, so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      This makes me want to apologize to Nursery Crimes and  Dumbo's Circus because they weren't this bad.  This is "Too Smart For Strangers" level bad.   As a life long Disney fan, I find this short offensive.



Characters


They're idiots.  Okay,  I'll say some more,  they're really big idiots.   Okay, let's be fair here,  idiots can be funny and this wasn't funny. 



Mickey voiced by Chris  Diamantopoulos

This short basically turned Mickey into a panicking idiot.  Look,  I get that he wanted to protect his pet (WHO IS PLUTO!!!!!!!!!!)  but  I feel like this short played it over the top so much that it was just pathetic and not  at all funny.


Gubbles  voiced by Dee Bradley Baker

Wait a minute,   Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of Olmec,  and Perry from  Phineas and Ferb played Gubbles.   Did you really need the money?  Did you?  This character  was just infuriating.  


Not Figaro also voiced by Dee Bradley Baker

That's NOT Figaro!!!     That'll never be Figaro.   Yes,  Figaro in the shorts was more like a real cat and made a  rival for who, oh that's right, PLUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!   If  this short wanted to go the chase  route, they could've  included Pluto as a protector for that STUPID fish.

My  Final Thoughts


HATE  THIS SHORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     I NEVER WANT TO SEE  THIS SHORT EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     Join me next time as I look at Stayin'  Cool  and in the mean time,  I'll try to cool off.    I'm going to go listen to Let It  Go.