Clarabelle Cow

"Clarabelle" redirects here. For similarly spelled uses, see Claribel.
Clarabelle Cow

In "Camping Out" (1934)
First appearance Steamboat Willie (1928)
Created by

Ub Iwerks

Walt Disney
Voiced by Marcellite Garner (1930)[1]
Elvia Allman (1933–1990)[2]
April Winchell (1996–present)[3][4]
Aliases Carolyn Cow
Species Anthropomorphic Cow
Gender Female
Significant other(s) Goofy (boyfriend)
Horace Horsecollar (ex-boyfriend)

Clarabelle Cow is a Disney fictional character within the Mickey Mouse universe of characters. Clarabelle Cow was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928. Clarabelle is best friends with Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck. Clarabelle was originally depicted as the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar. Clarabelle and Horace eventually broke up. Since the 60s she has been paired with Goofy. Clarabelle has never been anything more than a supporting character in the United States, her country of origin; only in Italy has she been treated as one of Disney's leading lights. Nevertheless, the character remains famous in the United States, surprisingly so in light of her decades of relative disuse.

Appearances

Animation

Clarabelle first appeared as a farm cow in the cartoon Steamboat Willie in 1928.[5] She appeared frequently from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterward, making her final classic-era bow in Symphony Hour (1942).[6] As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in the featurettes Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and The Prince and the Pauper (1990), and the 1988 feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Clarabelle mostly played bit-part characters in the approximately 30 cartoon shorts in which she appeared, and her character was never as fully developed as Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck or Pluto. She and Horace Horsecollar changed from normal farmyard animals into anthropomorphized beings as necessary.

In modern animation, Clarabelle has returned to active use, appearing first in a few segments of Mickey Mouse Works and in a brief scene in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. In Disney's House of Mouse she regularly turned up as a gossip columnist, with the tagline "Gossip is Always True". Recently, Clarabelle has also made appearances in the preschool series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and is featured as Goofy's girlfriend (in which she owns a puppy named Bella) and in the direct-to-video movie, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers as Pete's lieutenant and Goofy's love interest. Clarabelle also makes a cameo in Kingdom Hearts II in the Timeless River world as one of its citizens. Clarabelle is a playable character in Disney TH!NK Fast.

Theatrical film appearances

  1. 1928 - Steamboat Willie
  2. 1929 - Plane Crazy
  3. 1929 - The Plow Boy
  4. 1929 - Mickey's Choo-Choo
  5. 1929 - The Karnival Kid
  6. 1930 - The Barnyard Concert
  7. 1930 - The Shindig
  8. 1930 - The Chain Gang
  9. 1930 - Pioneer Days
  10. 1931 - The Birthday Party
  11. 1931 - Mother Goose Melodies
  12. 1931 - Blue Rhythm
  13. 1931 - The Barnyard Broadcast
  14. 1931 - The Beach Party
  15. 1932 - The Mad Dog
  16. 1932 - Barnyard Olympics
  17. 1932 - Mickey's Revue
  18. 1932 - Mickey's Nightmare
  19. 1932 - The Whoopee Party
  20. 1932 - Touchdown Mickey
  21. 1932 - Parade of the Award Nominees
  22. 1933 - Mickey's Mellerdrammer
  23. 1933 - Ye Olden Days
  24. 1933 - Mickey's Gala Premiere
  25. 1934 - Camping Out
  26. 1934 - Orphan's Benefit
  27. 1935 - The Band Concert
  28. 1935 - On Ice
  29. 1935 - Mickey's Fire Brigade
  30. 1936 - Mickey's Grand Opera
  31. 1936 - Mickey's Polo Team
  32. 1937 - Mickey's Amateurs
  33. 1941 - Orphan's Benefit (remake)
  34. 1942 - Mickey's Birthday Party
  35. 1942 - Symphony Hour
  36. 1983 - Mickey's Christmas Carol
  37. 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  38. 1990 - Roller Coaster Rabbit
  39. 1993 - Bonkers (Stork Exchange/Rubber Room Song (Casabonkers))
  40. 1990 - The Prince and the Pauper
  41. 2004 - Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
  42. 2013 - Get a Horse!
  43. 2015 - ¡Felíz Cumpleaños!

Comics

When the Disney characters started to feature in comics, Clarabelle Cow was one of the first. Her first appearance was in the Mickey Mouse dailies April 1, 1930. Along with Horace Horsecollar, Clara Cluck, Goofy, Minnie and Mickey she appeared in comics on a regular basis in the fifties, sixties and seventies.

For a brief time, during the late 1960s, Clarabelle began dating Goofy, perhaps in an attempt to give Goofy a girlfriend. During this time Horace's whereabouts are unknown. Clarabelle's status with Goofy was challenged by another gal named Glory-Bee.[7] In later comics, Clarabelle and Horace were a couple again. Clarabelle also has a young cousin, Bertie the Jinx, a niece, Itsy-Betsy, and a socialite aunt named Miss Bovina, who have appeared in several issues of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

From the eighties forward only a few stories with Clarabelle Cow were made in USA. In Europe on the other hand, especially in Italy, the production of stories continued and is still going strong today. In Italian comics Clarabelle (called Clarabella) is very popular and she is the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar (Orazio Cavezza in Italy)

Disney theme parks

From September 2006 to September 2008, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar appeared together for meet-and-greets in Town Square at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Also, they were in the Main Street Family Fun Day Parade. Since Family Fun Day's ending, the two haven't been easy to see outside "Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade", "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" and the occasional special event. Currently, you will find them dancing in the Frontierland Hoedown in the Magic Kingdom.

Clarabelle also appears (without Horace) at Disneyland Park. She has also appeared in several Disneyland parades and shows over the years, including The World According to Goofy, Light Magic, the Parade of the Stars, Fantasmic, A Christmas Fantasy Parade and Celebrate! A Street Party. Clarabelle and Horace come out for meet-and-greets and appear in parades and shows on a regular basis at Tokyo Disneyland as well. In 2009, Clarabelle played a leading character in the New Year's Greeting at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

Clarabelle Cow was chosen to meet and greet for Character Fan Days at Disneyland. She's accompanied by Horace Horsecollar which is his first meet and greet at Disneyland in Anaheim.

At Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort, in the Buena Vista Street area there is an ice cream shop named Clarabelle's Hand-Scooped Ice Cream.

She also features with Horace in Mickey's Halloween Celebration and Goofy's Garden Party in Disneyland Paris

Video games

Though Clarabelle is now very rarely seen in animation today, she is a character in Disney's Toontown Online. She plays the role of giving the player furniture to decorate their estates, with the catalog players must order from is a "Cattlelog". Her appearance is also somewhat changed to look like an operator.

She also makes a minor appearance in Kingdom Hearts II in the Timeless River World using her old black and white design.

Clarabelle is also seen in the Epic Mickey video games, as one of the forgotten characters that Mickey sees during his journey. She lives in OsTown, one of the games environs, and is known to be romantically involved with Horace Horsecollar.

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