Timothy Q. Mouse is a character from Dumbo (1941).
History[]
Background[]
Origins[]
Timothy Q. Mouse was a mouse with a Brooklyn accent and circus outfit around the early 20th century. He became the guardian and friend of the baby elephant Dumbo at the WDP Circus after Dumbo's mother was imprisoned by the circus for protecting him from animal-abusing bullies.
Dumbo was forced to become a circus clown where he was dressed in a ridiculing outfit and put in dangerous shows. One night, the clowns dumped alcohol in Dumbo's drinking water causing the baby to hallucinate Pink Elephants and while intoxicated, use his ears to fly and wind up in a tree.
Dumbo and Timothy were found in the tree by a group of crows who found out that Dumbo could fly. Timothy intended on using Dumbo's flying abilities to help him gain recognition to escape being abused as a circus clown, however Dumbo did not believe in his own flying abilities. Timothy and the crows then gave Dumbo a crow's feather which they told the baby was a, "Magic Feather" which would let him fly.
During Dumbo's circus show, he intended to jump of a burning building to show how he could fly. However, Dumbo lost his feather so didn't believe he could fly until Timothy convinced him of the truth. Dumbo proceeded to use his ears to fly and impress the crowd, causing him to become the circus' star and lead to his mother being freed.
Storybook Circus[]
Through unknown circumstances, Timothy, Dumbo, and various other individuals from WDP Circus joined the Storybook Circus. In this circus, Timothy would accompany Dumbo and also oversee thirty-one or thirty-two other flying elephants like Dumbo present at the circus which guests would ride.
Appearances[]
Central Plaza[]
Timothy and Dumbo are portrayed on a sculpture.
Main Street Cinema[]
One of the postings from the Disneyland Casting Agency reads, "Elephant Trainer: Must work with flying elephants. Trained in the magic feather technique. Send resume to: T.M. at our Florida office.".
Fantasyland[]
Timothy appears on a poster riding Dumbo in the Storybook Circus area.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant[]
Timothy appears at the top of the ride system in most versions, except the Magic Kingdom where he appears over the gateway.
Mickey Mouse Revue[]
Timothy appeared in this attraction, helping Dumbo play the tuba.
Smellephants on Parade[]
Timothy Mouse is a character in this scavenger hunt attraction, enlisting guests' help to sniff out the Smellephant characters around the circus as a part of Dumbo's new act. He left messages for guests in the pamphlets, at the ticket booth, and his likeness appeared in art related to this attraction. At the station for the Walt Disney World Railroad, Timothy's name was on smell related parcels at the place of address.
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin[]
In the queue's bulletin board there is a message which reads, "Lost One Magic Feather if found, please contact Dumbo c/o Timothy Mouse Walt Disney Studio Hollywood, Cal.".
Timothy's Treats[]
This service in Shanghai Disneyland is named after Timothy and has him in the logo.
Trivia[]
- The figure of Timothy over Dumbo the Flying Elephant used to use a whip before this was replaced by Dumbo's Magic Feather.
- In the Magic Kingdom, the Timothy figure originally was located at the top of the attraction. In the New Fantasyland expansion, he was moved to the gate.
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