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{{Infobox character
| name = Clarabelle Cow
| franchise = ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''
| image = Clarabelle Cow Duckipedia.png
| first = ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' (1928)
| creator = [[Ub Iwerks]]<br />[[Walt Disney]]
| designer = Walt Disney
| lbl1 = Voiced by
| data1 = [[Elvia Allman]] (1933–1935, 1990)<br />[[Pinto Colvig]] (1933)<br />[[April Winchell]] (1996–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=Disney's "Clarabelle Cow" on Records {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/disneys-clarabelle-cow-on-records/ |website=cartoonresearch.com |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
| species = [[Cow]]
| gender = Female
| significant_other = [[Horace Horsecollar]]<br>[[Goofy]] (occasionally)
| noinfo = yes
| family = Mayor Beeble (deceased father)<br />Mrs. Cow (mother)<br />Durham Cow (deceased grandfather)<br />Sarabelle Cow (sister)<br />Itsy-Betsy (niece)<br /> Miss Bovina (aunt)<br />Boniface (cousin)<br />Bertie the Jinx (younger cousin)<br />Bella (pet dog)
}}
'''Clarabelle Cow''' is a cartoon character created by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. As an [[anthropomorphic]] [[Cattle|cow]], Clarabelle is one of [[Minnie Mouse]]'s best friends. She was once depicted as the girlfriend of [[Horace Horsecollar]], although now she is often paired with [[Goofy]].

==Appearances==

===Animation===
Clarabelle first appeared as a nonhumanized cow in the [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon ''[[Plane Crazy]]'' in 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1928/planecrazy.html|title=Plane Crazy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224030109/http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1928/planecrazy.html|archive-date=2008-02-24 }}. {{cite web|url=http://disneyshorts.org/index.html|title=The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323093225/http://www.disneyshorts.org/index.html |archive-date=2008-03-23|access-date=March 16, 2008}}</ref> Humanized soon afterward, she appeared frequently in cartoons from 1930 to 1932 and less frequently afterwards, taking her final classic-era bow in 1942.<ref name="Toonopedia">{{cite web|author=[[Don Markstein]]|url=http://home.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/clarabelle.html|title=Disney HooZoo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126072255/http://home.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/clarabelle.html|archive-date=2009-01-26|access-date=March 16, 2008}}</ref> As with most Disney characters, she was later given small cameos in the featurettes ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983) and ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1990) and the 1988 feature film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.

Clarabelle mostly played bit-parts in the 30+ films in which she appeared and her character was never as fully developed as [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]], Minnie, Goofy, [[Donald Duck]] or [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]]. She and [[Horace Horsecollar]] changed from normal farmyard animals into [[anthropomorphized]] beings as necessary.

In modern animation, Clarabelle has returned to active use, appearing first in a few segments of ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' and in a brief scene in ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''. In ''[[House of Mouse]]'', she regularly turned up as a [[gossip columnist]] with the [[tagline]] "[[Gossip]] is Always True".

Clarabelle has also made appearances in the preschool series ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'' and is featured as Goofy's girlfriend (in which she owns a puppy named Bella) and in the direct-to-video movie ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' as [[Pete (Disney)|Pete's]] [[lieutenant]] and Goofy's love interest. She also appears in ''[[Mickey and the Roadster Racers]]'', where she displays attraction towards both Goofy and Horace.

===Filmography===
====Short films====
#1928 – ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''
#1928 – ''[[Plane Crazy]]''
#1929 – ''[[The Plowboy]]''
#1929 – ''[[Mickey's Choo-Choo]]''
#1929 – ''[[The Karnival Kid]]''
#1930 – ''[[The Barnyard Concert]]''
#1930 – ''[[The Shindig]]''
#1930 – ''[[The Chain Gang (1930 film)|The Chain Gang]]''
#1930 – ''[[Pioneer Days (1930 film)|Pioneer Days]]''
#1931 – ''[[The Birthday Party (1931 film)|The Birthday Party]]''
#1931 – ''[[Mother Goose Melodies]]''
#1931 – ''[[Blue Rhythm]]''
#1931 – ''[[The Barnyard Broadcast]]''
#1931 – ''[[The Beach Party]]''
#1932 – ''[[The Mad Dog]]''
#1932 – ''[[Barnyard Olympics]]''
#1932 – ''[[Mickey's Revue]]''
#1932 – ''[[Mickey's Nightmare]]''
#1932 – ''[[The Whoopee Party]]''
#1932 – ''[[Touchdown Mickey]]''
#1932 – ''[[Parade of the Award Nominees]]''
#1933 – ''[[Mickey's Mellerdrammer]]''
#1933 – ''[[Ye Olden Days]]''
#1933 – ''[[Mickey's Gala Premiere]]''
#1934 – ''[[Camping Out (1934 film)|Camping Out]]''
#1934 – ''[[Orphan's Benefit]]''
#1935 – ''[[The Band Concert]]''
#1935 – ''[[On Ice (film)|On Ice]]''
#1935 – ''[[Mickey's Fire Brigade]]''
#1936 – ''[[Mickey's Grand Opera]]''
#1936 – ''[[Mickey's Polo Team]]''
#1937 – ''[[Mickey's Amateurs]]''
#1941 – ''[[Orphan's Benefit]]'' (remake)
#1942 – ''[[Mickey's Birthday Party]]''
#1942 – ''[[Symphony Hour]]''
#1983 – ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (cameo)
#1990 – ''[[Roller Coaster Rabbit]]'' (cameo)
#1990 – ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]''
#2013 – ''[[Get a Horse!]]''
#2023 - ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'' (cameo)

====Feature films====
#1988 – ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (cameo)
#1999 – ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]'' (cameo)
#2004 – ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''
#2018 – ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' (cameo)

====Television series====
#1993 – ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'' (Stork Exchange/Rubber Room Song (Casabonkers))
#1999 – ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]''
#2001 – ''[[House of Mouse]]''
#2006 – ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]''
#2011 – ''[[Minnie's Bow-Toons]]''
#2013 – ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]''
#2017 – ''[[Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures]]''
#2020 – ''[[The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse]]''
#2021 – ''[[Mickey Mouse Funhouse]]''
#2025 – ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+]]''

===Comics===
When the Disney characters started to feature in comic strips and comic books, Clarabelle Cow was one of the first. Her first appearance was in the [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip]] for April 2, 1930.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, vol 1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=9781606994412|page=21}}</ref> Along with Horace Horsecollar, [[Clara Cluck]], [[Goofy]], Minnie, and Mickey, she appeared in comics on a regular basis in the fifties, sixties and seventies.{{citation needed|date = November 2022}}

For a brief time, during the late 1960s, Clarabelle began dating Goofy. During this time, Horace's whereabouts are unknown.  Clarabelle's status with Goofy was challenged by a rival named Glory-Bee.<ref>[http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/glorybee.html Glory-Bee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313131713/http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/glorybee.html |date=2015-03-13 }}. [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/hzlist.html Disney's HooZoo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313010944/http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/hzlist.html |date=2008-03-13 }}. Retrieved on March 16, 2008.</ref> In later comics, Clarabelle and Horace were a couple again. Clarabelle also has a young cousin, Bertie the Jinx, a niece, Itsy-Betsy, and a socialite aunt named Miss Bovina, who have appeared in several issues of ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]''.{{citation needed|date = November 2022}}

From the eighties forward, only a few stories with Clarabelle Cow were made in the United States. In Europe, especially in Italy, the production of stories continued to the present day. In Italian comics, Clarabelle (called ''Clarabella'') is very popular and she is the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar (''Orazio Cavezza'').{{citation needed|date = November 2022}}

===Disney theme parks===
[[File:Toontown_(28804722425).jpg|280px|thumb|''Clarabelle's'', a cold dairy store in Mickey's Toontown.]]
From September 2006 to September 2008, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar appeared together for meet-and-greets in Town Square at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.  Also, they were in the Main Street Family Fun Day Parade.  Clarabelle appears seasonally in "Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade", "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade", and the "Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration" castle show. She and Horace both appear in the Hoedown Happening in Frontierland and as featured characters in the "Move It! Shake It! Mousekedance It!" street party, with Clarabelle in particular atop her own party box and with her own dialogue.

Clarabelle also appears (without Horace) at [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland Park]]. She has also appeared in several Disneyland parades and shows over the years, including [[The World According to Goofy]], [[Light Magic]], the Parade of the Stars, [[Fantasmic]], [[A Christmas Fantasy Parade]] and Celebrate! A Street Party. Clarabelle and Horace come out for meet-and-greets and appear in parades and shows on a regular basis at [[Tokyo Disneyland]] as well. In 2009, Clarabelle played a leading character in the New Year's Greeting at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

Clarabelle Cow was chosen to meet and greet for Character Fan Days at Disneyland. She is accompanied by Horace Horsecollar which is his first meet and greet at Disneyland in Anaheim.

At [[Disney California Adventure]] at the [[Disneyland Resort]], in the [[Buena Vista Street]] area there is an ice cream shop named ''Clarabelle's Hand-Scooped Ice Cream''.

She also features with Horace in ''Mickey's Halloween Celebration'' and ''Goofy's Garden Party'' in [[Disneyland Paris]]. In Christmas 2016, Clarabelle returned to [[Magic Kingdom]] for ''Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration''.

===Video games===
Clarabelle appeared as the DJ of the song "Miwaku No Tango" in the 2000 Japanese [[Nintendo 64]] game ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Disney Dancing Museum]]''.

Clarabelle appears in ''[[Disney's Toontown Online]]''. She plays the role of giving the player furniture to decorate their estates, with the catalog players must order from is a "Cattlelog". Her appearance is also somewhat changed to look like an operator.

She also makes a minor appearance in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' in the Timeless River World using her old black and white design. She appears with the same design in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' in the minigame "The Karnival Kid".

Clarabelle is also seen in the ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' video games, as one of the forgotten characters that Mickey sees during his journey. She lives in OsTown, one of the games environs, and is known to be romantically involved with Horace Horsecollar.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Inducks character|CL}}
* {{DisneyAtoZ}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090126072255/http://home.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/clarabelle.html Clarabelle's Profile @ HooZoo]
*[http://www.avclub.com/article/whither-clarabelle-cow-11-semi-forgotten-disney-ch-2043: Whither Clarabelle Cow?: 11 Semi-Forgotten Disney Characters]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.weirdspace.dk/Disney/ClarabelleCow.htm WeirdSpace Encyclopedia: Clarabelle Cow ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160527104400/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000677/ Clarabelle Cow] on [[IMDb]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080317184743/http://disneyshorts.org/characters/clarabelle.html The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts: Clarabelle Cow]
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