Clarabelle Cow is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. As a domestic Anthropomorphism Cattle, 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.
Clarabelle mostly played bit-parts in the 30+ films in which she appeared and her character was never as fully developed as Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck or 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 a major appearance in the direct-to-video film as Pete's lieutenant and Goofy's love interest.
She is a recurring character in the preschool series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, in which she owns a puppy named Bella.
Clarabelle also appears in the spin-off Mickey and the Roadster Racers.
Clarabelle Cow appears in Mickey Mouse Funhouse. While working as a plumber and a baker by trade, Clarabelle has different counterparts in the Adventure Worlds. Lady Clarabelle is the proprietor of a Majestica pie shop. Mayor Clarabelle is the Mayor of Sunny Gulch. Trader Clarabelle is a trader in Razzle Dazzle Dunes. Captain Clarabelle is among Herotropolis' residential superheroes. An unnamed counterpart of Clarabelle in Sportstopia works as a volleyball player. Care-abelle Cow is a witch who resides in the Land of Myth and Legend's Forest Primeval. Buccaneer Belle is a buccaneer operating in the Adventure Sea Islands and is served by First Mate Cuckoo-Loca. Lunar Clarabelle is the proprietor of the Lunar Lunch Box in outer space. An unnamed counterpart of Clarabelle works as a camera operator in Magic Movie Land.
She also appears in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ where she is a proprietor of the Moo Mart. Clarabelle has several alter egos, who appear as the Mystery Mousekepal in some episodes. Beekeeper Clarabelle, appearing in "Please the Bees", is a beekeeper who wears a beekeeper outfit with functional wings. In "Mickey's Backpack Adventure", she appears as a Mystery Mousekepal named Aviator Clarabelle. The episode "Martian Mickey's Clubhouse" features Clarabelle's Martian counterpart Lady Moo-Moo, owner of the Martian Moo Mart.
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. Glory-Bee . Disney's HooZoo . Retrieved on March 16, 2008. 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.
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).
Clarabelle also appears (without Horace) at 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.
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".
She appears in Disney Magic Kingdoms as a playable character available to unlock for a limited time.
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