Milo Mouse and Pals

Milo Mouse and Pals is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1991 to December 6, 1993 as the first collaborative effort of Walt Disney Television Animation after being conceived in the late 1980s by Robert Taylor. The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Ajax Tooniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Disney series.

The pilot episode, "The Disney Beginning", aired as a prime-time special on ABC on September 14, 1991, while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The final season was aired on The Disney Afternoon. The series ended production in 1993 in favor of Ego Maniacs which premiered a year later; however, two specials were produced in 1995.

Setting
Milo Mouse and Pals is a cartoon set in the fictional town of "Ajax Acres", where most of the iconic characters live. The characters attend "Ajax Tooniversity", a school whose faculty primarily consists of the mainstays of the classic Disney cartoons, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Figaro, Humphrey the Bear and Mortimer Mouse. In the series, the university is founded to teach cartoon characters how to become funny. The school is not featured in every episode, as not all of its storylines revolve around the school.

Like Mickey Mouse and Friends, the series makes use of cartoon violence (e.g. anvils falling on someone, liberal use of explosives) and slapstick. The series parodies and references the current events of the early 1990s and Hollywood culture. Occasionally, episodes delve into veiled ethical and morality stories of ecology, self-esteem, and crime.

Characters
The series centers on a group of young cartoon characters who attend a school called Ajax Tooniversity to be the next generation of Disney characters. Most of the young cartoon characters were designed to resemble younger versions of Disney's most popular iconic animal characters by exhibiting similar traits and looks. The two main characters are both mice: Milo Mouse, and Minxie Mouse, two young bright red mice not related to Milo, David Duck, a bluish-white male duck, Flakey, a purple male dog. Other major characters in the cast are generally nonhuman as well. These include Hyke, a orange-and-black female bumblebee; Doris Duck, a bluish-white female duck; Larry the Mountain Lion, a blue mountain lion cub; Bravo, a blue cat; Skip 'n' Cale, yellow chipmunk duo; Bruin the Bear, a purple bear cub; T. Austin Woodlore, a young park ranger; and the Cotinga Bird, a zany orange cotinga. Two nonhuman characters, Pat and Miranda Mouse, are regarded as the main villains of the series and also are students of Ajax Tooniversity. As villains, Miranda is seen as an extreme pet lover while Pat is a spoiled rich cat who owns either many toys or polluting factories. Supporting characters included Bruno the Lucky Rabbit, a teal rabbit with powerful sneezes; Burnt-Tail the Coyote, an orange coyote; Saturn, a red puppy and Milo's pet; Jonathan Cricket, a green cricket; Rudy the Hound Dog, a muscular brown hound dog; Henry Horsecollar, a young indigo horse with horrid language; Tyke, a brown dog, and Clover Cow, a young green cow.

Feeding off the characters are the more traditional iconic characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy among others. Most of the adults teach classes at Ajax Tooniversity and serve as mentors to the young iconic characters while others fill secondary positions as needed.