OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT : THEN AND NOW

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit or Oswald Rabbit) is a cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938. Twenty-seven animated Oswald shorts were produced at the Walt Disney Studio.

After the control of Oswald's character was taken in 1928, Walt created a new character similar in appearance to Oswald as a replacement; Mickey Mouse, who went on to become one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world.

In 2003, Buena Vista Games pitched a concept for an Oswald-themed video game to then-Disney President and future-CEO Bob Iger, who became committed to acquiring the rights to Oswald. In 2006, The Walt Disney Company acquired the trademark of Oswald (with NBCUniversal effectively trading Oswald for the services of Al Michaels as play-by-play announcer on NBC Sunday Night Football).

Oswald returned in Disney's 2010 video game, Epic Mickey. The game's metafiction plot parallels Oswald's real-world history, dealing with the character's feelings of abandonment by Disney and envy towards Mickey Mouse. He has since appeared in Disney theme parks and comic books, as well as two follow-up games, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. Oswald made his first appearance in an animated production in 85 years through his cameo appearance in the 2013 animated short Get a Horse!. He was the subject of the 2015 feature film Walt Before Mickey. Oswald also appears as a townsperson in Disney Infinity 2.0. In 2022, Oswald appeared in a brand new short produced by Disney. Trolley Troubles's U.S. copyright expired on January 1, 2023, when all works published in 1927 entered the public domain.

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[Izziegleeson]

Tbh I love Oswald more then any other cartoon

[piereandreturner]

Funfact: There's actually a version from 1935 of Oswald created by Walter Lantz back when Universal still owned Oswald, which looks completely different and might as well be a separate character. Today, people call him White Oswald, and I believe White Oswald was not included in the Disney and Universal trade-off, so he's still owned by Universal to this day. Sadly, White Oswald is a failed attempt and only appears a few times. White Oswald looks more like a bad version of Thumper from Bambi but is completely white. There's another version created by Dell Comics back then that also looks completely different from White Oswald and Disney Oswald. Most sites excluded the Dell Comic and White Oswald and considered both as separate characters entirely, and they will not include these two versions in the list of Oswald appearances.

[WankeLim]

I love that one theme song man it hits so much nostalgia for the elderly

[Speedhedge]

The 1937 design and the first 1928 designs are definitely a lot more simple and better than whatever the second 1928 was.

[KELLER]

The rubber hose animation style is the best

[SoniaOchoario]

I like the 2019 one better is so good and cool

[Bendyistoocool]

Don't the 1928 versions of Oswald become public domain this year??

[INotSillyTV]

Original of FNF Wednesday's Infidelity Wistfulness D-sides?

[speedymoon]

Epic Mickey wasn't released in 2019

[Nitro_Fueled]

You forgot all of Universal’s version that look nothing like the character.

[Buried_Blu]

I think you mean 2010 instead of 2019-