What is pie-eyed mickey?

latexr · 2024-09-15T22:50:41.000000Z

It’s the older version where there’s no division between the sclera (white of eye) and the rest of the skull:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Mickey_-_The_...

Compare to later versions, where the eyes are well defined:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Mickey_-_Fant...

In recent years, Disney has been using the old version from Steamboat Willie at the start of movies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie

And even making new shorts with that style:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6qIbU1olyXQe1WOKt8U...

swayvil · 2024-09-15T23:36:16.000000Z

The new shorts. It's some kind of Lovecraftian mockery.

bongodongobob · 2024-09-15T23:39:34.000000Z

Yeah, those really are awful. Ren and Stimpyified but made for the modern 3 second attention span.

PhasmaFelis · 2024-09-16T16:55:23.000000Z

I thought "pie-eyed" was specifically where there's a triangular "shine"/cutout from the black pupil, like a pie with one slice removed. Your first example has solid black eyes.

mrighele · 2024-09-16T11:28:21.000000Z

Oh boy.

While the art is similar, the animation is quite different (in a very bad way). They are also completely unfunny.

(* goes back to watch old hand-animated episodes of Tom&Jerry and Wile E. Coyote *)