The pantheon of Mickey Mouse characters is a long catalogue that spans decades of visual media and literature. Starting with the main cast of characters from Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy all the way to expanded series like Ducktales and Goof Troop and their various characters. You may know a number of characters such as José Carioca or Mortimer Mouse, but there are some characters only true enthusiasts will recall. Today we will be looking at five of them, along with their origins. Are you ready to learn some Mickey Mouse trivia?

1 – Clarice Chipmunk



Let’s start off with an easy one. Clarice if a female chipmunk who debuted in 1952’s Two Chips and a Miss. She is the star singer at a night club in the city near Chip and Dale’s tree. In the short she sends notes to both of them inviting them to her show, indicating that she has feelings for both of them. She only appeared in one short before re-appearing Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life in 2021 with a vastly different character design.

Despite appearing in only one classic short she was one of the characters at the 1955 opening of Disneyland and has since became popular in the Japanese parks with numerous costumed character appearances and on bits of merchandise.

2 – Clara Cluck



Not to be confused with the Wise Little Hen, Clara Cluck is a female chicken who sings opera. Her first official appearance was in in 1934’s Orphan’s Benefit where she preformed on stage along with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Clarabella and Horace to a crowd of orphans.

She can be seen in a number of other shots throughout the years but in small parts and is apparently close friends with Daisy Duck. She even appeared as a costumed character in Disneyland as part of “Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade”.

3 – Chief O’Hare



A more relatively obscure character, Chief O’Hare is a Police Chief and friend of Mickey Mouse. He first appeared in 1939 in the Mickey Mouse newspaper comics. He is depicted as an Irish-American Dog and usually teams up with Mickey Mouse to solve mysteries and crimes.

Most of his appearances come in comic form but he made his cartoon debut in Ducktales and later appeared in Mickey’s Mouse Works and House of Mouse. Since then he hasn’t been seen outside of a few comic related appearances.

4 – Fifi the Peke and Dinah the Dachshund



This may be cheating since there are two characters in one spot, but both characters fulfill relatively the same purpose, that being Pluto’s Girlfriend. 

Fifi is a Pekingese dog who first appeared in 1933’s Puppy Love as Minnie Mouse’s dog and quickly fell in love with Pluto. She and Pluto appeared in various shorts and some even with a litter which also included Pluto Jr. In the 1950s Fifi was phased out and Figaro the cat from Pinocchio became Minnie’s pet.

Dinah is a Dachshund who first appeared in 1942’s Sleep Walker as a Mother dog who was looking for food for her puppies and Pluto ends up giving them his stash of bones for food and his dog house for shelter. By the 1950s she became Pluto’s regular girlfriend when Fifi disappeared. Pluto could possibly be seen as a step-father to Dinah’s pups as they appear in a couple shorts.

Years later Fifi made small appearances in the 2013 Mickey Mouse series, the Wonderful World of Minnie Mouse series and Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life as Minnie’s pet dog while Dinah’s last appearance was in The House of Mouse twenty years ago. Despite both filling similar roles both have distinct personalities and are both loved by Pluto and both love him in return.

5 – Junior/Goofy Jr./George Jr.



Often considered to be the precursor to Max Goof, Junior first appeared in 1951’s Fathers Are People. During the 1940s and 1950s Goofy was portrayed as the average American man who worked and took care of the household. One of these shorts introduced Goofy, then often called George, to the world of fatherhood. 

Junior is depicted with Red Hair (most likely inherited from his mother) and is often seen getting into mischief. But despite all of this he looks up to his father and often shows love and respect. 

Junior was eventually replaced with Max Goof in 1992’s Goof Troop, though some early concept art does show Max with red hair just like his older brother. Since then we have seen no sign of this iteration of Goofy’s son, which is kind of sad because it would be cool if Max Goof had an “older brother” figure.

Know any other obscure Mickey Mouse characters that people often forget about? Let us know in the comments below.