Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
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Directed by	Tony Craig Roberts Gannaway Rick Schneider-Calabash
Written by	Kevin Campbell
Starring	Wayne Allwine Tony Anselmo Bill Farmer Russi Taylor Corey Burton Tress MacNeille Jodi Benson Kath Soucie Samuel E. Wright Gilbert Gottfried Pat Carroll Kevin Schon Ernie Sabella Joseph Williams Jim Cummings
Narrated by	John Cleese (Nutcracker)
Music by	Jason Oliver
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Toon City Animation, Inc.
Distributed by	Buena Vista Television
Release dates	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is the first direct-to-video animated film spin-off from Disney Junior and Disney Channel animated television series Disney's House of Mouse.

Plot

After a successful Christmas Eve show, Mickey wishes the guests as safe trip home. However, Minnie points out that they and the guests cannot leave the House of Mouse as a snowstorm has blocked up all the exits. The guests are worried, but Mickey decides to hold a free-of-charge Christmas party for them until the conditions outside improve. Unfortunately, Donald isn't feeling the Christmas spirit; Mickey and Minnie decide to use Christmas-time cartoons they haven't shown yet to the guests to improve his mood.

The cartoons they show included Donald trying to ice-skate and constantly destroying snowmen Huey, Dewey and Louie are building in a competition, Pluto trying to get Chip and Dale out of Mickey's x-mas tree, the Mickey version of the Nutcracker, along with Ludwig Von Drake's "The Science of Santa", Mickey decorating his house in blinding lights that can be seen outside of town, and interviews about what everyone wants for Christmas or feels grateful for.

After all this, everyone, including villains like Jafar, are happy that everyone is enjoying Christmas. However, the crowd's mood quickly sours when Donald yells "hum bug!" to when Mickey asks if he's feeling the Christmas spirit. Mickey heads to the roof, where he tells Jiminy Cricket that all he wanted was for his friend to enjoy Christmas; Jiminy advises him to wish upon a star. Mickey does so and the star falls into his hands. Mickey returns to Donald, who he offers the honor of putting the star on the tree. Donald does so, instantly becoming jolly. The star magically begins redecorating the club, turning the reefs golden and giving the Magic Mirror a Santa hat, while turning Jafar's staff into a candy cane. Various languages saying Merry Christmas appear on the television as Mickey announces one last cartoon before a carol.

After "Mickey's Christmas Carol", everyone gathers on the stage, singing "The Best Christmas of All"; the camera catches Hades, Hook and Jafar not singing, prompting them to do so once they notice. Mickey wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.

Characters

• Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
• Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
• Eddie Carroll as Jiminy Cricket
• Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
• Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
  • Anselmo also plays Huey, Dewey, and Louie
• Bill Farmer as Goofy
  • Farmer also plays Pluto and Papa Pig
• Jodi Benson as Ariel
• Robby Benson as Beast
• Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
• Corey Burton as Grumpy
• John Cleese as the Narrator
• Ernie Sebulla as Pumbaa
• Jennifer Hale as Cinderella
• Peter Cullen as Eeyore
• Pat Carroll as Ursula
• David Spade as Kuzco Llama
• Jeff Bennett as Timon as Mad Hatter
• Eddie Murphy as Mushu

Cartoons

• Donald On Ice (1999)
• Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
• The Nutcracker (1999)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

In addition, certain pieces of animation in the House segments are recycled from the series episodes "Clarabelle's Christmas List", "Pete's Christmas Caper", "House of Turkey" and "Mickey vs. Shelby". Also, clips from the Mickey Mouse Works short "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" are played at one point.

External links

• Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse at IMDb