24 Facts About Horace Horsecollar

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Horace Horsecollar is a cartoon character created in 1928 at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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Horace Horsecollar first appeared as Mickey's plow horse in the 1929 cartoon The Plowboy.

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In recent years, Horace Horsecollar has appeared in Mickey Mouse Works, Disney's House of Mouse, the new Mickey Mouse shorts, and Mickey and the Roadster Racers.

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In comics, Horace Horsecollar helped Mickey on his sleuthing expeditions before Goofy assumed that role.

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5.

Horace Horsecollar appeared frequently in cartoons from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterward, making his last appearance in the original run of Disney shorts in 1942.

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Horace Horsecollar 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.

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Horace Horsecollar mostly played bit-parts in the over 30 films in which he appeared.

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8.

Horace Horsecollar had a bigger role as the Prince's stone-faced tutor in The Prince and the Pauper.

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9.

The concept would be that, in 1939, Horace Horsecollar 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 starring role in that movie as well.

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On his way to Walt's office, though, 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 Horsecollar is, despite his dreams of returning to Earth and resuming his acting career.

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11.

Horace Horsecollar has been a recurring character in the new Mickey Mouse shorts and Mickey and the Roadster Racers.

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12.

Horace Horsecollar first appeared in the Mickey Mouse comic strip on April 3,1930.

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13.

Horace Horsecollar has seldom been more than a supporting character, though he has starred in numerous European comic book stories of his own.

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14.

Clarabelle and Horace Horsecollar were engaged in the comics according to some 1931 and 1932 continuities, but neither ever followed through.

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Horace Horsecollar is a very common co-star in modern Mickey comics by these writers.

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16.

Horace Horsecollar appeared as the DJ of the reggae song "Taiyo no Rakuen" in the 2000 Japanese Nintendo 64 game Dance Dance Revolution Disney Dancing Museum.

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Characters were depicted in ways intended to match the style of the songs they DJed - as part of this, Horace Horsecollar was shown in a dreadlocked wig and "Caribbean" clothes.

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18.

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

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19.

Horace Horsecollar makes an appearance as a resident of Disney Town in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

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20.

Horace Horsecollar appeared in Mickey's Ultimate Challenge and Land of Illusion.

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21.

Horace Horsecollar is a major character in Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, having become a private investigator in Wasteland after arriving down there.

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22.

Horace Horsecollar gives Mickey a number of quests in each game, some of which involve advancing his relationship with Clarabelle.

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23.

In 2016, Horace Horsecollar made an appearance along with Clarabelle Cow in Disney Crossy Road as an unlockable playable character under the Mickey and Friends theme.

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24.

Horace Horsecollar made his meet-and-greet debut at Disneyland in Anaheim with Clarabelle Cow as part of Character Fan Days Weekend.

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