Mickey’s Christmas Carol

by Burny Mattinson et al. , directed by Bunny Mattinson and Richard Rich

Release: 20 October 1983
Format: Short Movie Cartoon
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Families
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

You’ll enjoy all the Disney characters’ renditions of all the Dickens characters, from Scrooge McDuck (as Scrooge, of course) to Goofy (as Marley), Jiminy Cricket (as the Ghost of Christmas Past), and the weasels (as Scrooge’s gravediggers).

With Dickens, we always want to know whether Scrooge actually time travels or merely observes the past and present. In this case, none of the spirits explicitly explain one way or the other, but if you watch carefully when Scrooge and Jiminy arrive in the past, you’ll spot Scrooge definitely interacting with a physical object the past when he’s unable to see the festivities inside Fezzywig’s. Verdict: probably time travel!

This cartoon was based on a 1972 audio musical entitled Disney's A Christmas Carol, although the cartoon is not a musical.

— Michael Main

If these shadows remain unchanged, I see an empty chair where Tiny Tim once sat.

DEBUT

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (unknown release details, 20 October 1983).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

PRIOR WORKS: based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843)

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Themes

Invisible Traveler

Fictional Tags

Dickensian Guides

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Scrooge’s bedroom, 1 a.m. on Christmas ⋙ to Fezzywig Tea Co., when Scrooge was a young man. Note: Prior to this, Goofy was Marley’s Ghost.
From Fezzywig Tea Co., when Scrooge was a young man ⋙ to Scrooge's counting house, ten years later. Note: Jiminy Cricket is the Ghost of Christmas Past.
From Scrooge's counting house, when he had eyes only for money ⋙ to Scrooge’s bedroom, 2 a.m. on the night he left.
From Scrooge’s bedroom, still 2 a.m. ⋙ to outside Bob Cratchett’s house, seems like Christmas Eve dinner, a few hours earlier. Note: Willie the Giant is the Ghost of Christmas Present.
From outside Bob Cratchett’s house, Christmas Eve ⋙ to a future graveyard, the time of Tiny Tim’s funeral. Note: Scrooge’s grave is being dug, too.
From the future graveyard, Christmas Eve ⋙ to back in his bedroom, Christmas morning after the start of the story. Note: Peg-Leg Pete is the Ghost of Christmas Future.