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  • Awesome Music: The theme tune itself, as it even has slight variations of the theme throughout every short. Good luck getting that out of your head.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
    • The infamous CGI scene from "computer.don" as it comes right out of nowhere and is never mentioned again.
    • What about in "Locksmiths" when Goofy names all the types of keys on his keychain as he tries to help Mickey?
  • Fandom Rivalry: There is a rivalry between fans of these shorts and fans of Mickey Mouse (2013), since they are both modern takes on the Classic Disney Shorts, but with vastly different approaches to their humor and style. Some adore the out-there wackiness of the 2013 series and argue the Mickey Mouse Works shorts played things too safe by comparison, while others prefer the more traditional style and humor of the Mickey Mouse Works shorts and decry the Denser and Wackier and more grotesque humor of the 2013 series.
  • Foe Yay Shipping: Happens when Mickey accidentally sends Mortimer a sweet fax that was meant for Minnie in "Mickey's Mix-Up".
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Magnificent Bastard: "Mickey Foils the Phantom Blot": The Phantom Blot is a hammy supervillain who seeks to steal a credit card from Ludwig that'll get him access to every source of money in the world. Managing to steal it as Ludwig is conversing with the main trio, he traps them in an ink bowl when they pursue him, using the trap to escape on his blimp with the card. When Ludwig reveals that only he knows the PIN code to it, he quickly kidnaps him and uses him to gain access to the card, using it to rob everything he can while evading the police. Upon the trio managing to destroy the card later, he decides to flee and ejects them out of his blimp using a trap door, getting rid of Donald and Goofy while dealing with Mickey, keeping the mouse on his toes throughout the fight and only being beaten by his blimp suddenly crashing into a mountain.
  • Older Than They Think: Many people are unaware that the Mickey Mouse Works shorts aired as their own show before being used as segments on House of Mouse. Somewhat justified due to many Mouse Works shorts making their debut on House of Mouse without airing on Mickey Mouse Works previously.
  • The Scrappy: Shelby Turtle, the annoying little hellion and Karma Houdini that has gotten away with tormenting Donald and Mickey, is this in both the House of Mouse segments and the Mouse Works toons. His mother is also definitely one as well for never realizing how much trouble her son causes Donald.

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