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{{short description|1935 Mickey Mouse cartoon}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Mickey's Service Station
|image = 074_-_Mickey's_Service_Station.jpg
|alt = 
|caption = Title card
|director = [[Ben Sharpsteen]]
|producer = [[Walt Disney]]
|story =
|narrator =
|starring = [[Walt Disney]]<br>[[Clarence Nash]]<br>[[Pinto Colvig]]<br>[[Billy Bletcher]]
|music = [[Leigh Harline]]
|animator = [[Paul Allen]]<br>[[Art Babbitt]]<br>[[Milt Kahl]]<br>[[Eric Larson]]<br>[[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]]<br>[[Wolfgang Reitherman]]<br>[[Bill Tytla]]
|studio=[[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
|distributor = [[United Artists]]
|released = {{Film date|1935|03|16}}<ref name=ultimate>{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=J.B. |last2=Gerstein |first2=David |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History |date=2018 |publisher=[[Taschen]] |location=Cologne |isbn=978-3-8365-5284-4}}</ref>
|color_process = [[Black-and-white]], later [[Film colorization|colorized]]
|runtime = 7:22
|country = United States
|language = English
}}
'''''Mickey's Service Station''''' is a 1935 animated short film produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[United Artists]]. The film, which stars [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]], and [[Goofy]] as car mechanics, was also the final black-and-white appearance of Donald, Goofy, and Pete and the penultimate animated black-and-white film produced by Disney after ''[[Mickey's Kangaroo]]'' which was released later the same year. It was also the first team-up of the classic trio of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. ''Mickey's Service Station'' was directed by [[Ben Sharpsteen]], who at the time had directed only ''[[Silly Symphony]]'' shorts, and starred the voices of [[Walt Disney]], [[Clarence Nash]], [[Pinto Colvig]], and [[Billy Bletcher]]. It was the 74th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the third of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=108–109}}</ref>

The cartoon has been [[Film colorization|colorized]] and is available in color on DVD releases.

==Plot==

[[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]] are working together at a car [[filling station|service station]] to fix a broken car. Soon [[Pete (Disney)|Peg-Leg Pete]] comes by, and demands that they fix a squeak in his tire. Mickey discovers a [[grasshopper]] stuck inside the car. The trio smash several pieces of the car with [[hammer]]s before Mickey is able to drive away the grasshopper, the car ends up all wrecked and damaged. They then get to the job of repairing the car, but end up hurting each other comically. Donald gets hit in the face with car parts, Mickey having problems fixing one of the tires, and Goofy getting his foot stuck in a bucket before slipping like crazy on a pool of oil. When Pete arrives, the car won't start. They tiptoe away while Pete is distracted. They then watch as the car starts beating Pete up and dismandling itself only leaving the engine intact. The engine chases Pete away, it spins around and rams him in the rear end.

==Voice cast==
* [[Walt Disney]] as Mickey Mouse 
* [[Clarence Nash]] as Donald Duck 
* [[Pinto Colvig]] as Goofy 
* [[Billy Bletcher]] as Pete

==Home media==
The short was released on December 2, 2002, on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#Mickey Mouse in Black and White|Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Mouse in Black and White DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/mmblackwhite.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Mickey's Service Station'' introduced Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as a comedy trio, which would soon become a popular formula for Disney films. Examples include ''[[Mickey's Fire Brigade]]'' (1935), ''[[Moving Day (1936 film)|Moving Day]]'' (1936), ''[[Moose Hunters]]'', ''[[Clock Cleaners]]'', ''[[Lonesome Ghosts]]'' (1937), ''[[Boat Builders (film)|Boat Builders]]'', ''[[Mickey's Trailer]]'', ''[[The Whalers]]'' (1938), ''[[Tugboat Mickey]]'' (1940), and ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' (2004).

==See also==
* [[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0026710}}

{{Mickey Mouse in animation}}
{{Donald Duck in animation}}
{{Goofy in animation}}
{{Pete (Disney) in animation}}
{{Ben Sharpsteen}}

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