The Dark Side of Mickey Mouse
The hidden history of Disney's mascot, and how their obsession to protect him has ruined the American copyright system.
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Steamboat Willie
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Mickey Mouse on the banks of the River Thames, London with St Paul's Cathedral in the background
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The cruise ship Disney Wonder is anchored in San Pedro after returning from Mexico on March 27, 201
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Disneyland Resort Paris
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The Little Mermaid visiting the undersea witch for spell to help win love of prince she rescued from shipwreck. Hans Christian Andersen fairy story illustrated by Monro S Orr (b1874).
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VIDEO
AERIAL Two cruise ships dockside
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WS Wall mounted security camera observing activity in the background / United States
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1927 MONTAGE Charles A. Lindbergh's Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris / Curtis Field, New York
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1951 MONTAGE audience watching a film and reacting with facial expressions and applause
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1950 MONTAGE audience laughing and watching a Donald Duck cartoon in a small movie theater / Southville, Kentucky, United States
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CLOSE ANGLE OF BLACK LEATHER WALLET SITTING ON RED BACKGROUND
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The hammer prosecutor's office is located in front. And a scale statue stands next to a lawyer who is afraid to give legal advice to clients. 4k video.
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Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a float at the 30th Annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
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The Michigan Avenue Disney Store sign and Mickey Mouse toys on display
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Day ?? of asking for a “Darkside of Buzzfeed” video.
@MK-jx2lu
Жыл бұрын
🏅
@charliewinchester8340
Жыл бұрын
🏅
@chloesmith7565
Жыл бұрын
A whole series
@Souma_Ditya
Жыл бұрын
🥇
@littlebookishmouse
Жыл бұрын
pop over to Watcher and ask them
This channel is on life support without Ryan and Shane.
@Jangel3995
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize what channel this was Till now. Wow that’s sad. I was just looking for info on Mickey theories
@jeffreyalibanggo7858
Жыл бұрын
I can even hear ryan and shanes voice while watching. 🙂 No offense to the person narrating, but im kinda bored.
@Thhains1818
Жыл бұрын
💯
@jaelalee8769
Жыл бұрын
srsly
@polluxblack9438
Жыл бұрын
Rise and Fall is good
Must be nice to just pay people to get laws changed as soon as they apply to you.
@Bidmartinlo
Жыл бұрын
Well, people need to protest, mock or shame things like that or nothing will be done. Talking about Disney's (or any other company or rich person) "secrets" in hushed whispers isn't going to do anything. We don't need Disney's evil garbage, have moral companies create the art instead.
@Evansthp
Жыл бұрын
Lvbpii My ip M i lol
@fredyh357
Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with that money rules the 🌎
@Derrick-fl9gq
Жыл бұрын
Facts facts
@lyndaehrich5809
10 ай бұрын
That's why we're having this controversy in Florida right now. We have Disney World and up until now they have been operating as their own city and with their own laws. Our Governor, Ron DeSantis, has said NO MORE; you will adhere to all the laws of your state and your county. And a lot of people are upset about it.
Mickey watching this video: Oh boy, they sure know a lot about our past
@julie49418
Жыл бұрын
LMAOO
@missdeejay
Жыл бұрын
Read your comment with Mickey's voice in my head
@redwardranger7034
Жыл бұрын
@@missdeejay That's the idea.
@Owenlikesbasketball
Жыл бұрын
@@missdeejay same lol
I miss Shane and Ryan, they kept BuzzFeed alive.
@nicobixie
Жыл бұрын
they were the only reason i watched buzzfeed unsolved
@lepotatoes
Жыл бұрын
They have their new channel, it’s called the watcher.
@imjustabluedood
Жыл бұрын
@@lepotatoes THANK YOUUUU
@lepotatoes
Жыл бұрын
@@imjustabluedood
@FlorinHM
Жыл бұрын
yeah same
The most messed up thing about the cruise ship disappearance is that, to my understanding, the cruise ships aren't even operated by Disney. Like the hotels, it's just a licensing thing, so it's not even Disney saying that per say.
@KeithS4789
Жыл бұрын
Disney operates and own all of their hotels and cruise ships. The only exceptions are the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels. Disney owns the land but does not own the buildings or operate them.
@TravelWithCesarin
Жыл бұрын
@@KeithS4789 This was more recently. There was a cruise ship company that did offer Disney services before Disney actually bought them. This was before "Disney Cruise Lines" became a thing.
@OscarLangleySoryu
6 ай бұрын
Disney operates and staffs the Cruise ships, period.
LOL Lillian saved Walt. What kind of a name for an animated character is Mortimer if not a morbid one?
@Viviank91
Жыл бұрын
Actually there is a character named Mortimer Mouse in the disney universe and always antagonize Mickey
@dreamsteddybearsmaster
Жыл бұрын
@@Viviank91 Proves my point I guess since he antagonises Mickey eg One's bane!
I think we all recognize that many things we love have a dark side
@iamtriston666
Жыл бұрын
And I keep saying as soon as we all realize it. The sooner we all can find peace.
@GabyGibson
Жыл бұрын
@@iamtriston666 Absolutely
@1ma4ighter
Жыл бұрын
Bro, we weren't talking about your hand, nor were we talking about that kinda "love"
@ko-rp7ge
Жыл бұрын
@@iamtriston666 not really
@iamtriston666
Жыл бұрын
@@ko-rp7ge Oh no?
You forgot to mention Walt was a freemason whose background was military in propaganda. He loved little boys and his earlier films were VERY perverted
Mickey and Minnie always creeped me out. I'm very anti Mickey. Never understood why. Till now. Good vid.
@samaristone2251
Жыл бұрын
LMFAOOOOOOOO, I love that ur “very anti Mickey” that’s funny
@carltonwalton9819
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I never understood the draw. If an, I was annoyed by Mikey.
@silvertimemoments
Жыл бұрын
I hate that damn rodent too.
@silvertimemoments
Жыл бұрын
@@jenifernadeau yup. That's what Monsters inc shows. The adrenochrome aspect of everything: using children's extracted screams to power things? Yeah no thanks. There's a dark side to everything and Disney's dark side is very apparent. Also have pedophelia symbols throughout their parks.
@ko-rp7ge
Жыл бұрын
🤣
Whats funny is, this video uploaded the same time a trailer for a documentary about how inspiring mickey mouse is came out😂
I clicked hoping it was something old from Shane and Ryan that maybe I missed lol this dude narrates good, but I'm surprised to see a buzzfeed employee filming in what looks like a teenagers room
@Six3SixTay
Жыл бұрын
You do know they have their OWN KZread channel called “The Watcher”….Right?!
@tony6929
11 ай бұрын
@@Six3SixTay sure do, I watch most of their content. I tend to skip the videos that are just about drinks or food
@Six3SixTay
11 ай бұрын
@@tony6929 lol no doubt, Same here. I only like the are you scared stories, puppet history & another series they’re doing now. But that’s what’s up. There’s a lot of people who still don’t know about their channel & what not.
Disney is part of the overall distraction. The fact that we the people helped this company become so powerful shows how easily distracted we are. But hey, tickets should be on sale soon 😂
@ko-rp7ge
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say distracted, people have other things to do than go after Disney.
@miah2400
Жыл бұрын
@@ko-rp7ge Yeah like get distracted by other media. It's true to some degree, our society (especially nowadays) is easily distracted by tv shows, movies, music, etc. and actively help these companies become more powerful in a lot of cases.
@ko-rp7ge
Жыл бұрын
@@miah2400 People also have a life to live. People already know shady stuff is going on,it also happen everywhere not just big companies.
@miah2400
Жыл бұрын
@@ko-rp7ge Yes correct. Trust me I'm one of the people who has a life to live and it's the reason why I commented. I believe more people should live their lives instead of getting easily distracted by big companies and big corporations. Even on the off chance there isn't anything shady going on in them. They are meant for entertainment alongside our lives, they were not meant to take them over and be the center of our lives.
@ko-rp7ge
Жыл бұрын
@@miah2400 ok
If disney did own up to their mistakes and take responsibility why go to settlements? And why the cover up? It is just normal for a company to protect itself but not at the risk of someone's life. If we just let these kind of companies roam by then we are just as guilty as they are to the point of being an accomplice by being ignorant fools and I do not think that you will just accept the loss of your love one when the company can do more than just to keep everyone silent. I mean the workers there have nothing against disney to say that do they?
@ScooterinAB
Жыл бұрын
What do you do to stop a company that can bankrupt you even on a case they'd lose? We put these companies in power and let them run rampant, but it's pretty much impossible to stop them not.
@animemusicarchive5292
Жыл бұрын
@@ScooterinAB time will tell my friend coz nothing lasts forever
@animemusicarchive5292
Жыл бұрын
Also, they should change their slogan from "where dreams come true" to "This is Disney, where nightmares come true."
@aayanismail6248
Жыл бұрын
@@animemusicarchive5292 it’s pretty much impossible unless something can replace Disney
I can't believe the family accepted the money ....smh they should've kept talking n looking for answers
@stat1865
Жыл бұрын
Wonder how much they got payed and wouldn't be surprised if they were threatened in some way
@movingonlyrus6544
Жыл бұрын
@@stat1865 had to be huge ...for them to accept
10:18 lmao why you say alberta like that 😂
I heard they were supposed to get rid of the copyrights but they keep postponing it.. don’t know how true that is
@LadyIntoccabile
Жыл бұрын
It’s true that the reason copyright law is so messed up is because of Disney lobbying to extend it all the time. You can see how the laws always change when Mickey Mouse is about to enter public domain
Vaulter just hasn’t been the same since Ryan and Shane left.
Thanks for uploading!
I think I heard that case before...... It sounds sooo familiar but I can't place a finger on how I heard it.
The white gloves are/were used to provide contrast for character movement as the characters were dark. It had to do with animation and movement- not race.
@thorocomments817
Жыл бұрын
Mickey Mouse is in Blackface… 🙄
@ithinkiwoulddie9196
Жыл бұрын
Sure, but also the gloves were a big thing in minstrels
@aharris8292
Жыл бұрын
@@thorocomments817mickey has a white face
Mickey owned everything from Marvel to Lucasfilms (Star Wars); drawing parallels with the Galactic Empire while Warner, Paramount, Netflix and Universal are just minors - mirroring the Rebellion/Resistance.
they just lost those rights.
At least Plane Crazy and Gallopin Gaucho aren't lost media... 😂😂😂
Excellent video!
i had always thought the gloves these old disney characters wore were reminiscent of minstrelsy. very interesting
It’s not the happiest place on earth if you have depression or anxiety. Of course there’s a dark side nothing is all peachy and glowing a pure sunshine..
Literally uploaded this at the same time Disney Plus uploads the trailer for their upcoming Mickey Mouse documentary. 😏
Your videos are interesting to watch
If my wife ever try’s to make our family go to Disney world, Mikey Mouse getting Swiss cheesed 🐭💥🔫
@roycedavison7202
Жыл бұрын
No kizzzzz
I've never been a fan of Mickey Mouse. Also, Walt Disney was deep into the occult, and you can see it through his work.
@explorer47422
Жыл бұрын
Nothing inherently wrong with interest in the occult; conversely the Christian Church has been responsible for far more atrocities throughout history leading right up to modern day child abuse. If he was a pastor, THEN I'd be worried.
@dreamsteddybearsmaster
Жыл бұрын
@@explorer47422 And yet The Protestants try to act like its only the Catholics who do that
@michaelsboobear
10 ай бұрын
@@explorer47422im so late but im trying to figure out how Christianity has to do w anything , even some people without any religious standpoint would agree that the occult is creepy and does have a lottt of dark stuff going on. just look at Aleister Crowley and his theories about children….
@geetarthasarma
7 ай бұрын
@@michaelsboobeartry searching for dark past of the christian churches, you'll know
@annien.1727
5 ай бұрын
That's BS! Walt wasn't deep into the occult! That's all just slander and hearsay!
You remember this year when they had massive flooding there. The tunnels were flooded, to get rid of them.
That’s not how you say Notre Dame.
god i hate disney
@calistafalcontail
8 ай бұрын
Disney is demonic
@annien.1727
3 ай бұрын
That's too bad.
Doesn't look like they'll have a bunch 'friends' in Congress to get that next extension.
Sounds like one of the Banned in America movies lol.
the ad before this was a Disney plus add
Buzzfeed: MMM, this thing is creepy Also buzzfeed: LETS KILL OURSELVES BY FINDING THIS OUT!
I miss the ghoul boys
not on the list, but deer has always been a favorite of mine
The TEMPTATIONS are at 12:00 .
Trust me Bud. I always knew that Mickey was evil from the start. Especially that he made a lot of female teenage celebrities their own worst enemies by constantly competing against and hating towards one another. Like Shake It Up for instance and don’t get me started with The It Up Episode Titles🙄
Why does Disney cruise sound exactly like “wreck” on bbc?
I don’t think Mickey mouse has any other side, other than a dark side.
They say the sun never sets on Disney’s media property
tl;dr mickey mouse is literally anthropomorphic black face
There are so many things that have bad history. It's what is in the present that matters. The only story that does not have a bad history is where Jesus came from . He was in the beginning . The word was in the beginning and the word was God and the word became flesh and dwelt amongst us .
All set with that place
I wanna buy Mickey Mouse clubhouse TONIGHT
i use to love buzzfeed unsolved, but now it just seems like they're milking a brand created by someone for money, a person who they failed to give appropriate credit to for a creation of probably they're most notorious channel. but that's just capitalism i guess
Oh...
Didn't feel the need to mention the lemmings video games then?
Why are you wearing sunglasses in your dark room?
i always listen to these or watch these types of videos at school i
Hope you can do a Simba and Kimba vid too!
I don't see the problem with old Mickey it's our history it's what made our childhood great I don't care about black face or minstrels... It's past and the past should be left there...
why not just file another copyright for mickey mouse
1:26 abe wo sb toh theek hai but mujhe yeh bata ki ghar pe andhere me chasma laga ke kon baitha hai 🤣🤣🤣
Theyll do the whole cherade again once the public has produced enough content x
Why the he'll was I given a Russian military ad?
Was considering getting mouse Ears for next year Halloween 😂
it forgot about the guy who ACTUALLY created Mickey Ub Iwerks
i just found out he was born 9 minutes away from me
Can't believe y'all missed the nazi films and the fact that ol' Walter funded Hitler
This video was all over the place.
Oh lawdy lawdy
I have always got the creeps from mickey mouse
if you watch the movie,"The Wiz", they have a group of crows that are dressed in clothes and they sing a song and dance..... exactly like the ones d0 in Dumbo Yet, they did not remove that scene from "The Wiz" If it's racist, why did they not remove it from both movies? And why would a black Director/producer whoever, add that same exact type of scene to The Wiz? That's the part I have never understood
What episodes have Ryan and Shane? Please 🥺
The dark side of Mickey is Suicide Mouse
@annien.1727
3 ай бұрын
😡Stop that.
yes Disney i see the word Disney 666
Was that Queen Mary
There is a reason Disney is in Southern California. The Mickey Mouse club is not a joke. I think it could be compared to a cult myself.
Just takes the bank and beats the world.
12:03 now that I know the history this make me feel so bad...
Great voice but.. take the sunglasses off seriously
Damn black people always getting the short end of the stick
@DeadPiixxel
Жыл бұрын
Because we are the Israelites
@dawgyv72
Жыл бұрын
But they ended up with the longer stick
Look up Mickey making Swiss cheese....
@sherrythompson2035
Жыл бұрын
IKR? That freaked me out. 🐁 🧀
@catherinegrace2366
Жыл бұрын
@@sherrythompson2035 I’ve never heard of this 🤷🏼♀️
@annien.1727
3 ай бұрын
I hardly believe that.
So.. Mickey Mouse is the "Zwarte Piet" of the USA?
@iamtriston666
Жыл бұрын
I had to look that up to know what that is. I wish I didn't.
@mariebenjamin8712
11 ай бұрын
@@iamtriston666 Me too. Sigh
DeSantis put out this mouse trap and BAM...caught ya Mickey!
You’re being mocked.
@_MANGLE_FROM_FNAF_
Жыл бұрын
Am I?
@Fhhsfft
Жыл бұрын
@@_MANGLE_FROM_FNAF_ Yes.
@_MANGLE_FROM_FNAF_
Жыл бұрын
@@Fhhsfft that means you have to copy what I say!
@Fhhsfft
Жыл бұрын
@@_MANGLE_FROM_FNAF_ what are you 8?
@_MANGLE_FROM_FNAF_
9 ай бұрын
@@Fhhsfft no
now who tf is that and where are ryan and shane????
Hearing him say minstrel shows in the same monotone voice 20X in a row
To quote PT Barnum, there is a sucker born every minute! Anything that is positive somebody will try to tear it down, and that goes for Mickey Mouse, too. And it doesn’t matter what time. People have been tearing down positive things for years, no matter if it was disco, or earning Beatles records or rock ‘n’ roll, or Harry Potter, and you have to take into consideration that most things when it comes to racism they were in a different time, different generation.
mortimer mouse lol
Done with Mickey mouse
Interesting
Day 1 of asking for the "McDonald's Massacre"
Protected the copyrights of a racist mouse! Whaddayanu
@annien.1727
3 ай бұрын
🙄Mickey's NOT racist! Stop believing that.
Mickey: Gosh, have I been that crazy? Oswald (when he also watches the video with Mickey): Ya bro, I know how it feels. Besides I'm crazier than you! Mickey: I’m not talking about that...
Wicked mouse
@annien.1727
3 ай бұрын
Mickey's not wicked. Zip it!😡
@adrialpallanes3845
3 ай бұрын
@@annien.1727 do some research dummy
I love Disney as it is today, but I also recognize its racist past. You can do both.
@GabyGibson
Жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@jjsmith6959
Жыл бұрын
Yep agreed!
It's disgusting to learn the drive behind a lot of shows movie songs all that was because of the color of somebody's skin and it was a legal "joking" way to make fun of them 😥 I'm sorry man ! I f****** hate that a group of people were made hate themselves because of something they can't control something they were born with just like the rest of the humans but yet there's is wrong !?! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 PS as in the case with Rebecca there's evidence that points that she was sexually assaulted by her girlfriends at the time of the cruise boyfriend that's why her clothes are bigger when she comes out of the room and that's why she looks so distraught I've been following this case for a long time and we all know what happened but we know what to cover up of course they're not going to tarnish their name!
THIS SUCKS BRING BACK SHANE AND RYAN!! They would have made this creepy and fun to watch.
This seems to be more a "dark side of Disney" video than Mickey Mouse....
Interesting contact but slow the f down!!
Is this true
Im glad there bringing Oswald back.
Whqt too the main guys on unsolved buzzfeed
‘The dark side of Micky Mouse’ Me: FARFUR THE PALESTINIAN MOUSE