No Service (Mickey Mouse)

No Service
A horrid start to the reboot of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks' beloved creation, Goofy has gone BAD!
Series: Mickey Mouse Part of Season: 1 Episode Number: 1 Air Date: June 28, 2013 Writer: Paul Rudish Director: Paul Rudish Next episode: Yodelberg

No Service is the first episode of the Mickey Mouse 2013 series.

Why It Deserves Absolutely No Service

1. It has rather adult-oriented and crude humor for a Mickey Mouse cartoon, like the "hot buns" joke, and Mickey being naked throughout most of the episode, thanks to Donald and Goofy. In the words of Doug Walker (Nostalgia Critic): You know, for kids!
2. Goofy and Donald are mean-spirited and unlikable in this episode.
   • On that topic, Goofy is the most mean-spirited character in this episode, even for this show's particular nature. He doesn’t even serve Mickey and Donald despite them being best friends! Especially when you consider which Goofy they end up depicting more.
     • Goofy even calls Mickey and Donald "clowns", making him look like he doesn’t know them.
3. Missed opprtunities: Mickey didn't have to give his shorts to Donald, because the sign said "no shirt, no shoes" and nothing about pants.
4. Plot Holes:
   • As mentioned before, Goofy calls Mickey and Donald clowns, which shows that he is the antagonist, despite being friends before.
   • Goofy uses a spatula as a flyswatter to kill ants could potentially contaminate foods after cooking, especially when Mickey tells Minnie and Daisy to have a picnic with infested slime in foods.
5. Speaking of Goofy, although Goofy denies serving Mickey and Donald for not wearing shirts and shoes, he himself doesn't wear pants, making him a huge hypocrite. In addition, he says he wants a classy establishment but uses the spatula he has to cook for his clients to kill an ant, which is absolutely gross.
   • Daisy calls Donald out for being naked, despite she and others do not wear pants, making them hypocrites.
6. Because of the reasons above, the episode is not a good way to start a reboot series of a classic cartoon franchise.

Redeeming Qualities

1. It still has some funny gags that are worth a laugh, such as Goofy's ironic idea of a "classy establishment", in which despite his desire of running a "classy establishment", he still acts sloppily by using a spatula to swat an ant and then using the same spatula to cook the food, as well as picking his belly button at the end, and Mickey mocking Donald with his duck disguise from outside the snack shack.
2. At least Donald received his comeuppance for all the mean actions he did towards Mickey at the end of this episode by also being naked in public like Mickey.
3. The idea of a "no shirt, no shoes, no service" snack shack at the beach is very relatable to audiences, since there are beach eateries which had a similar "no shirt, no shoes, no service" policy in real life, but is executed poorly.
4. Goofy later had a much better appearance in "Stayin' Cool" where he is likeable there.