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Uncle Oswald is the family ship between Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Morty Fieldmouse, and Ferdie Fieldmouse from the Mickey Mouse and Friends fandom.
Canon[]
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was introduced to the public in 1927 in the short "Trolley Troubles." He was created by Walt Disney's animation team at Universal prior to Disney breaking away to form his own studio. Morty and Ferdie were introduced five years after Oswald in the comic story "Mickey's Nephews." This introduced them as the nephews of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney's new flagship character.
Disney regained the rights to Oswald in 2006, and the video game Epic Mickey established him as Mickey Mouse's "half-brother." As such, he would also be related to Morty and Ferdie's mother Felicity Fieldmouse, and thus uncle to Morty and Ferdie. Oswald and his nephews have not been depicted together since Oswald's return to Disney. However, they have appeared in a couple pieces of related media.
Morty and Ferdie appear in the animated special The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular, a holiday installment of The Magical World of Mickey Mouse. Oswald also makes a number of cameo appearances in that series. The nephews also appear as crew members in the game Disney Speedstorm, in which Oswald is a playable racer. However, each is part of a different collection, so the nephews can't be assigned to Oswald as crew.
It seems likely, if not presumable, that Oswald would have a similar relationship with Morty and Ferdie to that which the twins have with their other uncle, Mickey Mouse. Oswald would thus find himself tested by the boys' liveliness but would ultimately be fond of them. Less clear is whether such a relationship would be acknowledged in any work in which the characters would appear together. To date, Epic Mickey is the only work to feature Mickey and Oswald in a brotherly relationship; as such, it is unclear whether another franchise would extend this to include Oswald and other members of Mickey's family.
Fanon[]
Morty and Ferdie are on the obscure side as far as Mickey Mouse and Friends characters go, appearing primarily in comics with a limited number of usually minor appearances in animation. Oswald, due to his decades' long separation from Disney, is also somewhat obscure, but has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since his return to Disney. Few fan works feature both Oswald and his nephews, and fewer still focus on the relationship between them. Often, the three appear together within the larger framework of their family, also including Mickey Mouse and the boys' mother Felicity Fieldmouse.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Oswald Adventures 16: Weekend With the Rabbit's
