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Title: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Production Company: Disney, Disney Junior
Showing/Air Dates: 2006-today
Title: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Production Company: Disney, Disney Junior
Showing/Air Dates: 2006-today
Prompts Target Age Group: This show received a TV-Y rating meaning it is appropriate for all age groups. But is best suited for ages 2-6. Type of Show: -Animation: The show is all animated there is no live action characters. Each of the characters is an animal personified as a human (talking, wearing clothes). -Comedy: This show is meant to be funny and light hearted. -Family: Since the show has a TV-Y rating it is appropriate for all members of your family. Also the characters form their own little family group (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy). Style of Show: The show is all animation about the classic farm animal friends of Mickey Mouse and the adventures they go on with the help of their friends and clubhouse. Each episode starts out with an event the group has to get ready for or a problem. Then Mickey asks "Toodles" for help. Toodles gives them 4 tools to help them solve the problem. Then they go on an adventure and problem solve using the tools. In the end everybody dances together, the "Hot Dog Dance". Title Sequence: -Introduction to characters: First you meet Mickey. He is standing outside. He introduces himself and asks if you want to come inside his clubhouse. He then says the magic words and the clubhouse begins to appear. Then the rest of the group comes out for roll call. You meet Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto and Minnie. -Lyrics: "Hey everybody it's me Mickey Mouse. Say wanna come in my clubhouse (pause)" (introducing himself, waiting for an answer which encourages children to respond). "To make the clubhouse appear we get to say the magic words! Meeska, Mouska, Mickey Mouse! Say it with me!" (made up words that sound like mouse, all "m" for alliteration, say it with mickey promotes sing-a-long and captivates them) "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E" (spelling, repeating) "It's the Mickey Mouse clubhouse, come inside its fun inside" (repeated). -Images: Once the clubhouse begins to appear you follow stepping stones around the clubhouse to see what is going on. Then each of the characters pops up from a different part of the clubhouse and introduces themselves. Soundtrack: -Genre/Style: The style of music would be categorized under children's music but more specifically is very upbeat with a lot of echoing (Mickey says something and the children repeat it back). -Other Music: In every episode there is the "Toodles" song. In that song Mickey asks for your help in calling Toodles to bring tools. "Meeska, Mooska, Mouska-doer", "Say Cheers" all things the audience will respond with. In the end all the characters sing and dance to the "hot dog song" which repeats the phrase "hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog" making it easy for the young audience to sing along with. Overall the music in this show is meant to interactive. Plot Sequence: -Episode: Goofy's Goofbot -Beginning: The episode starts with Mickey getting the tools they will need to solve what ever problem they may encounter during that day. Mickey calls upon Toodles (by asking the audience to say "Oh Toodles"). After singing the "Mouska Tools" song Toodles gives Mickey four tools (three known and one mystery). Next Goofy comes into the clubhouse to ask Mickey for help building his toy robot. Mickey asks the audience if they want to help too (interactive). Mickey and Goofy involve the audience in building the robot by asking questions about what parts of a body go where (interactive). But the body won't stay together so it's time to call "Toodles" to bring a tool. One of the tools is a hammer so Mickey asks the audience to help them hammer the robot together (interactive). Goofy says "bam bam bam goes my hammer" (when he says bam he says it louder like the noise a hammer makes, onomatopoeia). Then they must turn the "Goofbot" on. The instructions say you must kit the red, then green, then yellow button but not all at the same time. Mickey asks the audience to repeat it back and help them do it (instructions, interactive). Goofbot comes to life and starts dancing with Mickey and Goofy (it is an easy dance kids at home could follow along with). -Middle: Pete comes in and doesn't believe Goofbot will be able to answerer a math question. The question is what is 7 marbles plus 7 marbles. Goofbot uses actual marbles to count out and Toodles brings a fish bowl to put them in (with the help of the audience counting along, interactive). Everyone is impressed with Goofbot which makes Goofy feel unwanted. When Goofy is walking away he slips and hits Goofbot. This causes Goofbot to break and act all crazy. He tries to take Donald out to the trash, so the group needs a tool to help. They call for Toodles and pick the plunger tool (mystery tool). Mickey asks for the audience to help by making the same plunging motions (physical interaction). They save Donald but Goofbot is still acting crazy, he even sends Goofy flying into a tree. Once again they call Toodles who brings a giant marshmallow for Goofy to land on. | -End: The group still needs help fixing Goofbot so they call Professor VonDrake. He explains that the buttons popped out and you need to springs to put them back. Goofy pulls springs out of his hat and asks if they will work. The group puts the springs back in Goofbot and he is fixed. "Hooray!" Finally Mickey asks everyone to get on their feet to celebrate and the episode ends with the "Hot Dog Song" and dance (physical interaction). -Moral of the story: is that you must work together with your friends to help solve your problems. Everyone brings a different skill to the table, so work together to problem solve. Characters and Descriptions: -Mickey Mouse: Mickey is the "head" of the group who calls "Toodles" for help and is the leader of all the problem solving. -Goofy: Goofy is a dog, that plays a silly, comical character. -Donald Duck: Donald is a duck who is easily angered and one of Mickey's best friends. -Minne Mouse: Minnie is also a mouse like Mickey and is Mickey's girlfriend. -Daisy Duck: Daisy is Minnie's best friend and Donald's girlfriend. -Pluto: Pluto is Mickey's pet dog (no human characteristics). -Pete: Pete is a bulldog, and usually seen as the bad guy. (not a part of the clubhouse group) Repetition of any elements: Mickey Mouse is the main character and the leader of the clubhouse group. Lots of words in the songs that Mickey wants the kids to say back are derived from that word "mouse". For example "mouska-tools", "mouska-doer", "meeska, mouska". These are repeated multiple times throughout each episode. Transitions: In this show Mickey makes sure the audience is paying attention and is following along. He introduces everything that is happening, so when there is a new transition Mickey will introduce it by saying "lets go do..." Everything is made very clear and easy for young children to follow along with. Use of color: Most of the colors are all bright primary colors that would be very appealing to the youngest members of the audience. Also Mickey is in always red/yellow, Minnie in pink, Donald in blue, Goofy in orange/green, and Daisy in purple so they are always easy to identify. Critique: -Stereotypes/Ideologies of race: In this film it is not clear what race any of these characters are because they are not human. Also they are colored to look like the animals would be in real life so it is difficult to tell if they are of different races. -Stereotypes/Ideologies of gender: In many episodes Minnie and Daisy are focusing their time on "girly" things like bow and clothes were as Mickey is solving all the problems because in our society people think men should solve all of our problems. -Stereotypes/Ideologies of class: These characters don't function in a society outside of their clubhouse group, so it is hard to identify class and the ideologies that go along with that. But Mickey does take a leadership role which may suggest he is of a higher class which gives him right to authority. -Techniques you could borrow for your classroom or work in general with children: In each episode the clubhouse group are given a set of tools to use for their problem solving activity, so you could do the exact same thing as a teacher. For example you could give your class some blocks, paper, and a ruler and then a math problem to solve using those "tools". Overall for working with children an important concept used in this TV will be very helpful, it is being interactive. Including children and asking lots of questions (either for answers or for their help) and then waiting for their response will help engage them. Other Evaluations: Each of the characters have the same personalities and relationships as they did in various other Disney shows and movies. These are classic characters that many adults have grown up with and they may be more willing to show this show to their kids because of that familiarity. |
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Song
Oh Toodles (Meeska Mouska Mickey Mouse)
Goofbot Song
Hot Dog Song
Disney Junior Website (full episodes, clips, games, parental information)
http://disneyjunior.com/mickey-mouse-clubhouse
http://disneyjunior.com/mickey-mouse-clubhouse