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Triple Mouse Date is the friendship between Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Morty Fieldmouse, Millie Mouse, Ferdie Fieldmouse, and Melody Mouse from the Mickey Mouse and Friends fandom.
Canon[]
Mickey and Minnie Mouse were both introduced to the public in 1928 in the animated short "Steamboat Willie." Mickey's twin nephews, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, debuted in the comic "Mickey's Nephews" in 1932. The twin nieces of Minnie, Millie and Melody Mouse (among other names), first appeared in 1962 in the comic "The Late, Late Show." Mickey and Minnie are romantic interests for one another, whereas their respective niblings are depicted as friends, classmates, and occasional nemeses.
While Mickey and Minnie have appeared prolifically across various forms of media, their nephews and nieces have made rather fewer appearances. Mickey's nephews have typically appeared mostly in the comics where they originated, with a few forays into animation. Minnie's nieces, who have been portrayed and even named somewhat inconsistently over the decades, have likewise largely been confined to the comics. A notable appearance by at least three of the four children is in Mickey's Christmas Carol, in which both boys and (seemingly) one girl join their respective uncle and aunt in portraying the Cratchit family.
In more recent decades, Millie and Melody's identities have been more firmly established, and they have appeared alongside both Minnie and Mickey in various animated projects beginning with Minnie's Bow Toons and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Morty and Ferdie, while absent from this project, appeared in The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular alongside their uncle and Minnie. Both sets of twins appear in the game Disney Speedstorm as crew members for the Mickey and Friends collection. Either sibling set can be assigned to either Mickey or Minnie as crew.
According to Walt Disney, who regarded his characters as actors who could play various parts, "In private life, Mickey is married to Minnie." Assuming that their relationships to their nephews and nieces are genuine and not just part of their acting profession, this would make Minnie the boys' aunt and Mickey the girls' uncle by marriage. In general, works depicting all six together show them having a positive relationship. They have their occasional squabbles, but ultimately this doesn't detract from their connection.
Fanon[]
Due to the relative obscurity of Mickey's nephews and Minnie's nieces, and the fact that the latter have a somewhat nebulous depiction across various stories, the four characters do not appear in a great deal of fan work. As such, it is even rarer to find works in which all of them appear together and with Mickey and Minnie. When they do all appear together, the relationship between the six isn't necessarily the focus of the art or story in question.
The relationship is not tagged in any works on AO3.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Twins' Trickylicious
