The Sensational Six

The Sensational Six is the friendship between Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Pluto from the Mickey Mouse and Friends and Kingdom Hearts fandoms.

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The Sensational Six is the name given to one of Disney's most iconic and central characters, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Pluto. Although Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Disney's first character, Mickey was one of the first ones, and thus, the first one of the group, to appear. In 1958, Minnie appears for the first time in the film Plane Crazy. She, at first, only exists as Mickey's romantic interest. In the film, Mickey plays an aviation pioneer. And Minnie plays his fiancé. She is the one to help Mickey keep his passion for aviation.

The next friend to join the friend group is Pluto. He appears for the first time in the early 1930s in The Chain Gang series. There, Mickey meets with an anonymous canine friend, who is not antropomorphic. A similar dog appears later in The Picnic, but that's Minnie's pet. So some months later, the dog started being known as Pluto, and he and Mickey go hunting together. From then on, he joins the friend group and keeps his name. Surprisingly, the next year, in 1941, Goofy joins the friend group as the other dog of the group, although he is antropomorphic, like Mickey and Minnie.

Regarding Donald, his first appearance alongside Mickey was back in a 1934. In the Mickey Mouse cartoon, Orphans' Benefit. There, Donald is one of a number of characters who are giving performances in a benefit for Mickey's Orphans. And it's not shown how the two met each other. However, in the Young Donald Duck comic books, it's shown that during fourth grade, Donald is sent to a boarding school where he becomes Mickey's roommate. The very next day, he meets Daisy. There's no introduction to Goofy or Minnie, they just appear in the third chapter and are suddenly a part of the group of friends.

Daisy, on her part, was the last to join the friend groug, in the short Mr. Duck Steps Out, from 1940. And just like Minnie, she's just presented as Donald's romantic interest.

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The Sensational Six is one of Disney's most iconic friend groups. The characters who made up the group are historical and central characters of the company. Thus, the ship is very beloved by Disney fans in general.

Due to the fact that Daisy was the last one to be added to the group, she is often left out of the group, in the one called The Fab Five. And sometimes, it's Pluto the one that is left out, with the group being Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Daisy.

Fans have also criticized the fact that Minnie and Daisy are just romantic interests to the male main characters, and someties they are paired together for this reason, where they characters can be explored even further.

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