Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | |
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Production companies | Walt Disney Studio (1927–1928) Winkler Productions (1927–1929) Walter Lantz Productions (1929–1938) Walt Disney Animation Studios (2022) |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures (1927–1938) Walt Disney Pictures (2022) |
Release date | 1927–1938, 2022 |
Country | United States |
The following is a complete list of cartoons, films, video games, etc. featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit created or licensed by either Universal Pictures (owner of the character's trademark before 2006) or The Walt Disney Company (owner of the character's trademark after 2006). This does not include content made by external artists or studios following the character's entry into the public domain in 2023
This list contains cartoons that were part of Universal Pictures' Oswald the Lucky Rabbit/Oswald Rabbit theatrical cartoon series. Walt Disney Productions produced 26 of the first 27 cartoons (1927–1928), and Winkler Pictures produced High Up an additional 25 cartoons after Disney's departure from the series (1928–1929), and the rest were produced by Walter Lantz Productions starting with Race Riot.
# | Film | Released | Notes | Full short |
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1 | Trolley Troubles | September 5, 1927 [1] | First Oswald cartoon released. Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon was reissued in 1931 by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. Public domain. | |
2 | Oh Teacher | September 19, 1927 [2] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Cartoon reissued by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. A few sequences went missing and others were reordered when the cartoon was reissued. Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Public domain. | |
3 | The Mechanical Cow | October 3, 1927 [4] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Cartoon reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Public domain. | |
4 | Great Guns! | October 17, 1927 [5] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Cartoon reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Public domain. | |
5 | All Wet | October 31, 1927 [6] | Directed by Ub Iwerks. [3] : 5 Cartoon reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. Animated by Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Copyright renewed in 1955. [7] [8] Public domain. | |
6 | The Ocean Hop | November 14, 1927 [9] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 A few sequences went missing when the cartoon was reissued in 1932. Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, and Ben Clopton. The last Disney Oswald cartoon that was reissued by Walter Lantz with synchronized sound. Public domain. | |
7 | The Banker's Daughter | November 28, 1927 [10] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Lost cartoon. The first appearance of Ortensia. A production script, five story-sketch pages and two animation drawings are the only known materials to exist. [3] Animated by Ub Iwerks and Friz Freleng. Public domain. | |
8 | Empty Socks | December 11, 1927 [11] | Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. [3] : 6 Lost until 2015, when it was found in Norway. [12] [13] [14] [3] Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain. | |
9 | Rickety Gin | December 26, 1927 [15] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Lost cartoon. A production script and six story-sketch pages are the only known materials to exist. [3] Animated by Ub Iwerks and Friz Freleng. Public domain. | |
10 | Harem Scarem | January 9, 1928 [16] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Lost cartoon. A production script, one background drawing and numerous animation drawings are the only known materials to exist. [3] : 72 Animation drawings from a small part of this film were compiled by Disney into a video clip in 2012. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024 | |
11 | Neck 'n' Neck | January 23, 1928 [17] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 5 Rediscovered in Japan in 2018 as part of a 16mm film titled Mickey Manga: Speedy (ミッキー漫画 スピーデー Mikkī Manga: Supīdē), though only as a two-minute cutdown of the original five-minute cartoon. [18] [19] Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024 | |
12 | The Ol' Swimmin' Hole | February 6, 1928 [20] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Rediscovered in Belgium in 2016 by David Gerstein, with a few sequences missing. [3] : 94 [21] Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
13 | Africa Before Dark | February 20, 1928 [22] | Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. [3] : 6 Rediscovered in Austria in 2013. Animated by Ub Iwerks. Available with the Signature Edition of Bambi in 2017. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
14 | Rival Romeos | March 5, 1928 [23] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Animated by Ub Iwerks. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
15 | Bright Lights | March 19, 1928 [24] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Animated by Ub Iwerks and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
16 | Sagebrush Sadie | April 1, 1928 [25] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Lost cartoon. Many animation drawings and 8 story-sketch pages are the only known materials to exist. [3] : 114 The animation drawings (which consist of two scenes) of this film were compiled by Disney into a brief fragment video clip as a bonus feature on the 2007 Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Disney Treasures DVD. Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
17 | Ride 'Em Plowboy | April 15, 1928 [26] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Lost cartoon. Two background drawings and 5 story-sketch pages are the only known materials to exist. [3] : 120 [27] Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, and Friz Freleng. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
18 | Ozzie of the Mounted | April 30, 1928 [28] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 6 Survives almost complete, though a few sequences are still missing. Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, Ben Clopton, and Les Clark. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
19 | Hungry Hobos | May 14, 1928 [29] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 7 A once missing cartoon, it was rediscovered in a vault in England in November 2011. Animated by Ub Iwerks. Available with the Signature Edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 2017. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
20 | Oh What a Knight | May 28, 1928 [30] | Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. [3] : 7 Remade as a Mickey Mouse 1933 short Ye Olden Days . Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
21 | Poor Papa | June 11, 1928 [31] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 4 First Oswald cartoon produced (in 1927), initially rejected but released a year later. [32] Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Disney was unable to access a print of Poor Papa in time for the 2007 DVD, [33] but today owns a 16mm print of the short, and released it on the "Signature Edition" Blu-Ray of Pinocchio in 2017. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
22 | The Fox Chase | June 25, 1928 [34] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 7 Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff except for Rudolf Ising. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
23 | Tall Timber | July 9, 1928 [35] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 7 Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
24 | Sleigh Bells | July 23, 1928 [36] | Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. [3] : 7 Rediscovered in the British Film Institute's National Archives and restored. [37] Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
25 | High Up | August 6, 1928 [38] | Rediscovered by David Gerstein. [39] Erroneously thought to be a Disney short after rediscovery; the British title uses the incorrect title card, crediting Walt instead of animators R.C Hamilton and Rudolph Ising. [40] Directed by Rudolf Ising and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
26 | Hot Dogs | August 20, 1928 [41] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 7 Lost cartoon. The copyright synopsis, 2 backgrounds and 4 story-sketch pages of the cartoon are the only known materials to exist. [3] : 164 [42] Public domain since January 1, 2024. | |
27 | The Sky Scrapper [3] : 142 | September 3, 1928 [36] | Directed by Walt Disney. [3] : 7 Also referred to as Sky Scrappers. In 2014, an original 1928 print was found in the United Kingdom with Winkler-era titles. [3] : 142 Remade as a Mickey Mouse 1933 short, Building a Building . Last Disney Oswald cartoon. Appears on a television playing in the background in the 2022 Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Animated by Ub Iwerks. Public domain since January 1, 2024. |
# | Film | Released | Notes | Video if available | |
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28 | Mississippi Mud | September 17, 1928 [36] | First Winkler Oswald. Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
29 | Panicky Pancakes | October 1, 1928 [43] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
30 | Fiery Firemen | October 15, 1928 [44] | First publicly available Winkler Oswald cartoon. Directed and animated by Friz Freleng and Rudolf Ising. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
31 | Rocks and Socks | November 12, 1928 [45] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Hugh Harman. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
32 | South Pole Flight | November 26, 1928 [45] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
33 | Bull-Oney | November 28, 1928 [45] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz and Tom Palmer. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
34 | A Horse Tale | December 10, 1928 [46] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Rollin Hamilton and Tom Palmer. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
35 | Farmyard Follies | December 24, 1928 [46] | Survives as a fragmentary nitrate print at UCLA Film & Television Archive. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz and Rollin Hamilton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. | ||
36 | Homeless Homer | January 7, 1929 [46] | Directed and animated by Rudolf Ising and Friz Freleng. Public domain since January 1, 2024. [47] | ||
37 | Yanky Clippers | January 21, 1929 [48] | Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz and Tom Palmer. Public domain since January 1, 2024. [49] | ||
38 | Hen Fruit | February 4, 1929 [50] | Lost cartoon. The first Oswald cartoon with sound. Directed and animated by Friz Freleng. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
39 | Sick Cylinders | February 18, 1929 [51] | Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton. Public domain since January 1, 2024. [52] | ||
40 | Hold 'Em Ozzie | March 4, 1929 [53] | Rediscovered in 2016, but it exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Rollin Hamilton. [54] Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
41 | The Suicide Sheik | March 18, 1929 [55] | A film reel of this cartoon was found in 2019 by Ray Langston. It is located at the State Archives Preservation Facility in Madison, Wisconsin. [56] Apparently this cartoon will be available on YouTube on January 1, 2025 which is also when it will enter public domain. The thumbnail of this upcoming video shows a still image from the cartoon. [57] Directed and animated by Hugh Harman. | ||
42 | Alpine Antics | April 1, 1929 [58] | Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Tom Palmer. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
43 | The Lumberjack | April 15, 1929 [58] | According to UCLA Library Catalog, a shortened silent home film version is known to exist. Directed and animated by Ben Clopton. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
44 | The Fishing Fool | April 29, 1929 [53] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Rollin Hamilton. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
45 | Stage Stunts | May 13, 1929 [59] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
46 | Stripes and Stars | May 27, 1929 [59] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Walter Lantz. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
47 | The Wicked West | June 10, 1929 [59] | Survival status uncertain, evidence shows the short was possibly reissued by Walter Lantz in 1931, [60] but it is currently unknown if Universal has a copy or if the reissue was included in the Guild Films television package. Directed and animated by Friz Freleng. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
48 | Nuts and Jolts | June 24, 1929 [59] | Rediscovered in 2016. Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Hugh Harman. [54] Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
49 | Ice Man's Luck | July 8, 1929 [59] | Lost cartoon. Directed and animated by Rollin Hamilton. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
50 | Jungle Jingles | July 22, 1929 [59] | Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Ben Clopton. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
51 | Weary Willies | July 22, 1929 [59] | Exists only as a silent print. Directed and animated by Friz Freleng. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. | ||
52 | Saucy Sausages | August 19, 1929 [59] | Lost cartoon. Last Winkler Oswald cartoon. Directed and animated by Ben Clopton. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
# | Film | Released | Notes |
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53 | Race Riot | September 2, 1929 [59] | The first Oswald short released by Walter Lantz. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
54 | Oil's Well | September 16, 1929 [59] | Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
55 | Permanent Wave | September 29, 1929 [59] | Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
56 | Cold Turkey | October 15, 1929 [59] | A workprint of this cartoon exists. [61] Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
57 | Pussy Willie | October 28, 1929 [59] | Lost cartoon. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
58 | Amateur Nite | November 11, 1929 [59] | A sound print exists according to UCLA Library Catalog. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
59 | Hurdy Gurdy | November 24, 1929 [62] | This film is based on the Disney Oswald episode called Hungry Hoboes . Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
60 | Snow Use | November 25, 1929 [59] | Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
61 | Nutty Notes | December 9, 1929 [59] | 16mm Italian prints are known to exist with the working title "The Magic Piano" but only a few scenes and still images are publicly available. [63] [64] [65] Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
62 | Ozzie of the Circus | December 23, 1929 [66] | Lost cartoon. Will enter the Public Domain on January 1, 2025. |
63 | Kounty Fair | January 6, 1930 [67] | Exists only as a silent print. |
64 | Chilly Con Carmen | February 3, 1930 [67] | |
65 | Kisses and Kurses | February 17, 1930 [67] | Lost cartoon. |
66 | Broadway Folly | March 3, 1930 [67] | Last time it shows the title card of Oswald laughing on screen. |
67 | Bowery Bimbos | March 17, 1930 [67] | An original record of the soundtrack and a 16mm Italian print are known to exist but there are only a few still images publicly available. [68] |
68 | Tramping Tramps | March 31, 1930 [67] | |
69 | The Hash Shop | April 14, 1930 [67] | |
70 | The Prison Panic | April 28, 1930 [67] | |
71 | Hot for Hollywood | May 19, 1930 [69] | Vitaphone disc of the soundtrack was found in 2005. |
72 | Hells Heels | June 2, 1930 [69] | |
73 | My Pal Paul | June 16, 1930 [67] | Produced to promote the 1930 Universal feature film King of Jazz . Paul Whiteman is caricatured. |
74 | Not So Quiet | June 30, 1930 [67] | |
75 | Spooks | July 21, 1930 [69] | |
76 | Henpecked | August 11, 1930 [69] | |
77 | Cold Feet | August 18, 1930 [69] | A drawing made by the animators attributed to this short shows Oswald playing a radiator like an accordion. This idea never made it to the final cartoon. [70] |
78 | Snappy Salesman | August 18, 1930 [69] | Possibly a withheld 1929 entry due to its production number "5082" being in a number range of the other 1929 Lantz cartoons, [71] and many other factors present in the short. |
79 | The Singing Sap | September 15, 1930 [69] | The first cartoon on which Tex Avery was credited as an animator (as Fred Avery). First cartoon co-directed by Bill Nolan. [72] |
80 | The Detective | September 22, 1930 [69] | |
81 | The Fowl Ball | October 13, 1930 [69] | |
82 | The Navy | November 3, 1930 [69] | Oswald wears shoes for the first time. |
83 | Mexico | November 17, 1930 [69] | |
84 | Africa | December 1, 1930 [69] | In the public domain. |
85 | Alaska | December 15, 1930 [69] | |
86 | Mars | December 29, 1930 [69] | |
87 | China | January 12, 1931 [69] | |
88 | College | January 28, 1931 [73] | |
89 | Shipwreck | February 9, 1931 [69] | Oswald wears gloves for the first time. |
90 | The Farmer | March 23, 1931 [69] | |
91 | The Fireman | April 6, 1931 [69] | |
92 | Sunny South | April 20, 1931 [74] | |
93 | Country School | May 5, 1931 [73] | |
94 | The Bandmaster | May 18, 1931 [74] | In the public domain. |
95 | Northwoods | June 29, 1931 [74] | |
96 | The Stone Age | July 13, 1931 [74] | |
97 | Radio Rhythm | July 27, 1931 [74] | |
98 | Kentucky Belles | September 7, 1931 [73] | |
99 | Hot Feet | September 14, 1931 [74] | |
100 | The Hunter | October 12, 1931 [74] | Oswald wears a shirt for the first time. |
101 | Wonderland | October 26, 1931 [73] | |
102 | The Hare Mail | November 30, 1931 [74] | |
103 | The Fisherman | December 7, 1931 [74] | |
104 | The Clown | December 21, 1931 [74] | |
105 | Grandma's Pet | January 18, 1932 [75] | |
106 | Mechanical Man | February 15, 1932 [75] | In the public domain. |
107 | Wins Out | March 14, 1932 [75] | |
108 | Beau and Arrows | March 28, 1932 [75] | |
109 | Making Good | April 11, 1932 [75] | In the public domain. |
110 | Let's Eat | April 25, 1932 [75] | |
111 | The Winged Horse | May 9, 1932 [75] | |
112 | Cat Nipped | May 23, 1932 [75] | |
113 | A Wet Knight | June 20, 1932 [75] | |
114 | Jungle Jumble | July 4, 1932 [75] | |
115 | Day Nurse | July 18, 1932 [75] | |
116 | The Busy Barber | September 12, 1932 [76] | A remake of the silent 1929 Oswald cartoon Yanky Clippers. |
117 | Carnival Capers | October 10, 1932 [76] | |
118 | Wild and Woolly | November 21, 1932 [76] | |
119 | Teacher's Pests | December 19, 1932 [76] | |
120 | The Plumber | January 30, 1933 [77] | In the public domain. |
121 | The Shriek | February 27, 1933 [77] | |
122 | Going to Blazes | April 10, 1933 [77] | |
123 | Beau Best | May 22, 1933 [77] | |
124 | Ham and Eggs | June 19, 1933 [77] | |
125 | Confidence | July 31, 1933 [77] | President Franklin D. Roosevelt is caricatured. Oswald is voiced by multiple actors. |
126 | Five and Dime | September 18, 1933 [77] | Caricatures in this short include Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and Jimmy Durante. |
127 | The Zoo | November 6, 1933 [78] | |
128 | The Merry Old Soul | November 27, 1933 [78] | Academy Award nominee. Among those that appear in the film are the band leader Paul Whiteman, "singer" Roscoe Ates, Mae West, Harold Lloyd, and Zasu Pitts. |
129 | Parking Space | December 18, 1933 [78] | First episode that Oswald wears a darker shorts; he uses the short of that color until his last appearance in Monkey Wretches. |
130 | Chicken Reel | January 1, 1934 [79] | |
131 | The Candy House | January 15, 1934 [79] | |
132 | The County Fair | February 5, 1934 [79] | |
133 | The Toy Shoppe | February 19, 1934 [79] | In 1984, Fred Ladd and Entercolor Technologies Corp. colorized this cartoon as a test for Universal. The studio rejected this and all future plans for colorizing black and white Lantz cartoons. [80] |
134 | Kings Up | March 12, 1934 [79] | |
135 | Wolf! Wolf! | April 2, 1934 [79] | |
136 | The Ginger Bread Boy | April 16, 1934 [79] | The story within the cartoon is based on "The Gingerbread Man", a fairy tale published in 1875. |
137 | Goldielocks and the Three Bears | May 14, 1934 [79] | |
138 | Annie Moved Away | May 28, 1934 [79] | |
139 | Wax Works | June 15, 1934 [79] | |
140 | William Tell | July 9, 1934 [79] | |
141 | Chris Columbus, Jr. | July 23, 1934 [79] | |
142 | The Dizzy Dwarf | August 6, 1934 [81] | |
143 | Ye Happy Pilgrims | September 3, 1934 [81] | |
144 | Sky Larks | October 22, 1934 [81] | The first Oswald cartoon to use live-action footage |
145 | Spring in the Park | November 12, 1934 [81] | |
146 | Robinson Crusoe Isle | January 7, 1935 [82] | |
147 | The Hillbilly | February 1, 1935 [82] | |
148 | Two Little Lambs | March 11, 1935 [82] | |
149 | Do a Good Deed | March 25, 1935 [82] | |
150 | Elmer the Great Dane | April 29, 1935 [82] | The first appearance of Oswald's first dog, Elmer the Great Dane. |
151 | Towne Hall Follies | June 17, 1935 [82] | The storyline was reworked by Avery ten years later in MGM's Wild and Woolfy (this time set in the Wild West) featuring Droopy. |
152 | At Your Service | July 22, 1935 [82] | |
153 | Bronco Buster | August 19, 1935 [82] | |
154 | Amateur Broadcast | September 23, 1935 [82] | |
155 | The Quail Hunt | October 28, 1935 [83] | In the public domain. |
156 | Monkey Wretches | November 18, 1935 [83] | The final appearance of Oswald in his original design and would not appear in this design until his Epic Mickey appearance. The first appearance of Meany, Miny, and Moe; their popularity led to their development into a series of their own for Universal. |
157 | Case of the Lost Sheep | December 2, 1935 [83] | The first cartoon to feature the white Oswald, a concept by Manuel Moreno. Despite retaining the name, this later version of Oswald looks like a completely different character. |
158 | Doctor Oswald | December 23, 1935 [83] | From this point onward, the character is referred to as "Oswald Rabbit" instead of "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" in the title cards. |
159 | Soft Ball Game | January 27, 1936 [84] | |
160 | Alaska Sweepstakes | February 17, 1936 [84] | |
161 | Slumberland Express | March 9, 1936 [84] | |
162 | Beauty Shoppe | March 30, 1936 [84] | |
163 | The Barnyard Five | April 20, 1936 [84] | |
164 | Fun House | May 4, 1936 [84] | |
165 | Farming Fools | May 25, 1936 [84] | |
166 | Battle Royal | June 22, 1936 [84] | |
167 | Music Hath Charms | September 7, 1936 [85] | |
168 | Kiddie Revue | September 21, 1936 [85] | |
169 | Beach Combers | October 5, 1936 [85] | In the Public Domain |
170 | Night Life of the Bugs | October 9, 1936 [85] | The title parodies that of the 1935 Universal feature film Night Life of the Gods . |
171 | Puppet Show | November 2, 1936 [85] | The second Oswald cartoon since Sky Larks to use live-action footage |
172 | The Unpopular Mechanic | November 6, 1936 [85] | |
173 | Gopher Trouble | November 30, 1936 [85] | |
174 | Everybody Sing | February 22, 1937 [85] | The first Oswald cartoon to feature the more streamlined, slimmer variation of Manuel Moreno's Oswald. |
175 | Duck Hunt | March 8, 1937 [85] | |
176 | The Birthday Party | March 29, 1937 [85] | |
177 | Trailer Thrills | May 3, 1937 [85] | |
178 | The Wily Weasel | June 7, 1937 [85] | |
179 | The Playful Pup | July 12, 1937 [85] | |
180 | Lovesick | October 4, 1937 [86] | |
181 | The Keeper of the Lions | October 18, 1937 [86] | |
182 | The Mechanical Handy Man | November 8, 1937 [86] | |
183 | Football Fever | November 15, 1937 [86] | |
184 | The Mysterious Jug | November 29, 1937 [86] | |
185 | The Dumb Cluck | December 20, 1937 [86] | |
186 | The Lamp Lighter | January 10, 1938 [87] | |
187 | Man Hunt | February 7, 1938 [87] | |
188 | Yokel Boy Makes Good | February 21, 1938 [87] | The first appearance of Snuffy Skunk. |
189 | Trade Mice | February 28, 1938 [87] | |
190 | Feed the Kitty | March 14, 1938 [87] |
Film | Released | Notes |
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King of Jazz | April 19, 1930 [88] | Feature film produced by Universal Pictures. First color appearance of Oswald, although only as a brief cameo. |
Toyland Premiere | December 10, 1934 [81] | Part of the Cartune series. |
Springtime Serenade | May 27, 1935 [82] | Part of the Cartune series. |
Firemen's Picnic | August 16, 1937 | Meany, Miny, and Moe cartoon. Oswald makes a cameo. |
Movie Phoney News | May 30, 1938 | New Universal cartoon. Uses recycled footage from earlier Oswald cartoons. |
Happy Scouts | June 20, 1938 [87] | New Universal cartoon. The last cartoon with Oswald shot in black and white. |
Snuffy's Party | August 7, 1939 [89] | Part of the Cartune series. Oswald makes a cameo at the beginning of the cartoon. |
The Egg Cracker Suite | March 22, 1943 [90] | Part of the Swing Symphony series. |
Well Oiled | June 30, 1947 [91] | Woody Woodpecker cartoon. Oswald makes a cameo. |
The Woody Woodpecker Polka | October 29, 1951 [92] | Woody Woodpecker cartoon. |
Team Play | 1952 | Commercial for Autolite. |
Film | Released | Notes |
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Oswald Holiday Greeting Card | December 1, 2013 | Web short [93] |
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | December 1, 2022 [94] | Short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studio. First appearance in a modern hand-drawn Disney short. |
Film | Released | Notes |
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Get a Horse! | June 11, 2013 | Mickey Mouse short film. First appearance by Oswald in a Disney cartoon following the Walt Disney Company's acquisition in 2006. |
Big Hero 6 | October 23, 2014 | Disney film based on a Marvel comic. Oswald's second cameo in a film, but the first film he appeared in that was made by Disney. |
Zootopia | February 13, 2016 | Disney film |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | May 2, 2022 | Marvel Studios film. Wanda Maximoff's children can be seen watching the Oswald short Sky Scrappers on a TV in the background. |
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | May 20, 2022 | Disney film. Cameo as graffiti painting. |
Once Upon a Studio | October 15, 2023 | Disney short celebrating the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios. |
All shorts produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.
Episode | Year | Show | Notes |
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Entombed | 2016 | Mickey Mouse | Disney animated series. Oswald appears as a hieroglyphic in a cameo in the title card. Second television appearance. |
Canned | 2017 | Mickey Mouse | Disney animated series. Oswald appears in a cameo during the episode. Oswald's third cameo in television. |
Year of the Dog | 2018 | Mickey Mouse | Disney animated series. Oswald appears as a marketing billboard for a soda product as "Oswald the Lucky Soda". This marks Oswald's fourth cameo in television. |
Video game | Year | Notes |
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Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau | 1996 | Woody Woodpecker video game. Oswald's first video game appearance. |
Epic Mickey | 2010 | Disney video game. First appearance by Oswald in a Disney video game. First appearance of Oswald in his original design since 1935. |
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | 2012 | Disney video game. |
Disney Infinity | 2013 | Disney video game. Oswald appears with other Disney characters. |
Disney Tsum Tsum | 2014 | Disney mobile game developed by Line Corporation. |
Disney Emoji Blitz | 2016 | Disney mobile game. |
Disney Speedstorm | 2023 | Disney-licensed Gameloft video game developed by Gameloft Barcelona. Oswald and Ortensia were added during the game's fifth season of content. |
Disney Dreamlight Valley | 2023 | Disney-licensed Gameloft video game developed by Gameloft Montreal. Oswald was added through "A Rift In Time" expansion |
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938. Twenty-seven animated Oswald shorts were produced at the Walt Disney Studio. After Universal took control of Oswald's character in 1928, Disney created a new character similar in appearance to Oswald as a replacement: Mickey Mouse, who went on to become one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world.
The Alice Comedies are a series of live-action animated shorts created by Walt Disney in the 1920s, in which a live action little girl named Alice and an animated cat named Julius have adventures in an animated landscape. The shorts were the first work by what ultimately became The Walt Disney Company.
Plane Crazy is a 1929 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, released by the Walt Disney Studios, is the first finished project to feature appearances of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, and was originally a silent film. It was given a test screening to a theater audience and potential distributors on May 15, 1928. An executive from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer saw the film, but the film failed to pick up a distributor. Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie, which was an enormous success; Plane Crazy was officially released as a sound cartoon on March 17, 1929. It was the fourth Mickey film to be given a wide release after Steamboat Willie, The Gallopin' Gaucho and The Barn Dance (1929).
Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio that was active from 1928 to 1949 and then from 1950 to 1972. It was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Pictures.
Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Bosko was the first recurring character in Leon Schlesinger's cartoon series and was the star of thirty-nine Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros. He was voiced by Carman Maxwell, Bernard B. Brown, Johnny Murray, and Philip Hurlic during the 1920s and 1930s and once by Don Messick during the 1990s.
Charles Bear Mintz was an American film producer and distributor who assumed control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. The couple had two children, Katherine and William. Between 1925 and 1939, Mintz produced over 370 cartoon shorts.
Trolley Troubles is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles B. Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures and Mintz.
Wild Waves is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on December 18, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the fifteenth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the twelfth of that year, as well as the last to be released by Celebrity Productions before Columbia Pictures took over distribution.
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Animation Studios and was released by Pat Powers, under the name of Celebrity Productions. The cartoon is considered the public debut of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, although both appeared months earlier in a test screening of Plane Crazy and the then yet unreleased The Gallopin' Gaucho. Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey's films to be produced, but it was the first to be distributed, because Disney, having seen The Jazz Singer, had committed himself to produce one of the first fully synchronized sound cartoons.
Bright Lights is a 1928 silent cartoon short by the Walt Disney Studio and Winkler Productions featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It is among the few short films of the series Walt Disney himself worked on before leaving that same year.
Mickey's Choo-Choo is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Pictures, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. Ub Iwerks was the animator. It was the eleventh Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the eighth of that year, and was one of the series of early Disney cartoons that led Mickey Mouse to become a national fad by the end of 1929. Originally produced in black and white, this cartoon was one of 45 Mickey Mouse cartoons colorized by American Film Technologies in 1991.
Mickey's Orphans is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The cartoon takes place during Christmas time and stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Pluto, who take in a group of disruptive and mischievous kittens. It is directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie. It was the 36th Mickey Mouse film and the twelfth of that year.
Hungry Hobos is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released by Universal Studios on May 14, 1928. It had been lost since before World War II and was rediscovered in 2011.
Oh What a Knight is an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and released in 1928 by Universal Pictures. The film features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit trying to save his girlfriend Ortensia from her strict father, Pete, using unusual fighting skills, including him using his own shadow.
Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928, he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton briefly transferred to Walter Lantz's new studio before he helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio.
Sleigh Bells is an American animated short film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It was directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and released in 1928 by Universal Pictures. The film was thought to be lost until a print was discovered in the BFI National Archives in 2015.
Poor Papa is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced and directed by Walt Disney that was released in 1928. The cartoon is the first produced Oswald cartoon, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures and Charles B. Mintz. Oswald would later serve as the basis for the Mickey Mouse film series. This was the first Oswald short made but the twenty-first Oswald short to be released.
The Cactus Kid is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on May 10, 1930, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighteenth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the third of that year.
Permanent Wave is a 1929 animated short film which is presented by Carl Laemmle and is produced by Walter Lantz. The film, which was written and animated by Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan and Tom Palmer, features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit rescuing a mermaid, whom he has fallen in love with, from his captain on the ship that Oswald is controlling during the film.
Hazel Mae Sewell, later Cottrell, was American animation artist and the first head of Walt Disney Studio's Ink and Paint Department.
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