Mickey Mouse from above is still the most horrifying thing on the internet

By Ruth Hamilton, Daniel John
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It certainly isn't Mickey's good side.

Mickey Mouse [Walt Disney Pictures]
Image: Walt Disney Pictures

Back in the halcyon days of 2019, an unusual perspective on a cartoon mouse was enough to horrify the internet. But two years later, despite the real world nightmares of 2020 and beyond, we have to say it's still pretty haunting.

Twitter discovered the official Disney drawing of Mickey Mouse from above – an angle we don't usually see. It looks, shall we say, less than pretty. One of the first rules of character design is that your creation needs to look good (or at least make sense) from all angles, but back in 1930 this was apparently not a consideration. Ready to see Mickey in all his bird's-eye view glory? Here we go:

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Ruth Hamilton
Ruth Hamilton

Ruth spent a couple of years as Deputy Editor of Creative Bloq, and has also either worked on or written for almost all of the site's former and current print titles, from Computer Arts to ImagineFX. She now spends her days reviewing mattresses and hiking boots as the Outdoors and Wellness editor at T3.com, but continues to write about design on a freelance basis in her spare time. 


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