House of Mouse : Season 1 Episode 3
"Three Caballeros"

Air Date February 3, 2001

Synopsis

When no one remembers Donald is the third member of the Three Caballeros, he sets out to redefine himself as the big star of the group... much to the chagrin of Mickey and everyone else. (Includes "We are the Caballeros" performed by The Three Caballeros)

Characters

Listing provided by "Dis-Philip" : I have gotten listings of the following recent "House Of Mouse" Episode cameos and bit parts for the following "February" episodes: "Three Caballeros":Lady, Tramp, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Snow White, the 7 Dwarfs, Ariel, Sebastian, Scuttle, Cavemen (from "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom"), Pinocchio, Gepetto, Cleo, Figaro, Madame Mim, Robin Hood, Little John, Baloo, Bagheera, Chip 'n' Dale, Willie The Giant, Tigger, Ursula, Dumbo, Humphrey Bear, Ranger Woodlore, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, Timon, Pumbaa, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Alice, Reluctant Dragon, Pain, Panic, Mulan, Pooh, Rabbit, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Eeyore, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Fairy Godmother, Blue Fairy, Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Casey and his daughters, Katrina Van Tassel, Ichabod Crane, Headless Horseman, Clara Cluck, Flamingo (from "Fantasia 2000"), Red Hens, Aladdin, Simba, Sir Hiss, Aracuan Bird, Bimbettes (from "Beauty and The Beast"), Tilda (from "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"), Genie, Jafar, Weasels (from "Mr. Toad"), Censor Monkeys, Penguins (from "Mary Poppins").

Credits

Writers / Editors

Henry Gilroy

Directors

Robert Gannaway

Tony Craig

Shorts Shown

Donald's Fish Fry

How to Be Smart

Comments

From Juan F. Lara : This February 3 episode was the first weak episode of "House of Mouse".

An empty episode that week. Donald put on that rapper outfit. So? The makers didn't give him enough time to do anything with that new look. Just a couple of quickie gags of him promoting himself that ate up time until the song. (Craig and Gannaway ARE getting a lot of good mileage out of the Bimbettes, though.) The song itself turned out to recycle the music from Richie Valens's "La Bamba". Because of that the sequence seemed really shabby to me. None of the sight gags in the song stood out. Just Donald getting knocked around or run over. There wasn't any moment in the song where I felt that Jose and Panchito really shot down Donald's new image. I laughed at the pitch for the "Three Caballeros" album. Especially at the artworks that accompanied the song titles. Mickey asking people on the street about the Third Caballero made me smile. That was a reference to how people can never remember names of characters in groups, like the Seven Dwarfs or the Mouseketeers.

They reused the crowd scene that had the "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom" cavemen. I hope that recycling doesn't become too common, or that'll hurt the show bad. Speaking of reusing, I'm really sick of the "Quackstreet Boys" scene. DYN: The Speak-No-Evil monkey talked this time. They shouldn't have redone the safe gag, though, as that punchline had no setup here.

From Lee Suggs : This episode features the "Three Caballeros". No one remembers that Donald is the third Caballero, so he gets an agent (a weasel, of course) and becomes "The Duck formally known as Donald". Donald's new persona is a hip hop star, and the animators do a good job making him look "dangerous". There is some amusing (first time?) interaction between Mickey and Pooh, and some other fun sight gags. (Including one with Humphrey and The Ranger that is quite clever.) Donald does eventually perform with Jose and Panchito, and is convinced (rather violently) to drop his new "phat" personality. It looks like HOM will have a special musical performance each week. This is a great idea, and has been well done. It is also an opportunity to bring back many classic characters.

Overall I'm very pleased with the HOM concept. This week's episode had a great ending with a ad for "The Three Caballeros" Greatest Hits used to once again put Donald in his place. While I'd like to see more new "MouseWorks" cartoons; I think this series will be more popular with the general public.