| GENUS PEDIGREE: |
Cat or Catspaw |
| KNOWN ALIASES: |
Mike |
| KNOWN RELATIVES: |
unknown. |
| KNOWN PETS: |
unknown
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| CITIZENSHIP: |
Alice's Wonderland.
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| KNOWN CONFIDANTS: |
Alice the Human; Ike the Mouse. |
| KNOWN RIVALS: |
Bad Pete
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| PARAPHERNALIA: |
unknown |
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| 1st PRINT APPEARANCE: |
unknown |
| 1st FILM APPEARANCE: |
"Alice's Wonderland" (1923) the pilot of an on-going series called the "Alice Comedies." Julius wasn't named until the 3rd episode "Alice's Spooky Adventure" (Apr. 1, 1924), and in "Alice the Peacemaker" (Aug. 1, 1924) he was re-christened "Mike" and co-starred with a mouse named "Ike" who was the progenitor of "Mickey Mouse."
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| VOICE ACTOR: |
N/A
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| SIGNATURE: |
unknown
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: |
unknown |
| HISTORICAL FACTS: |
Julius appeared in 47 to 51 of the "Alice Comedies" cartoon shorts from 1924 to 1927 and became Disney's very first continuing animated character. |
| LITTLE KNOWN SECRETS: |
Julius was later renamed "Mike" and one of the many mice that appeared with him was named "Ike." It was clearly Walt's intention to create a new on-going team a la "Krazy Kat (and Ignatz)" or later "Tom & Jerry" or, even worse, "Itchy & Scratchy." |
| WORKING THEORIES: |
none |
Julius the Cat