Minerva Mouse, also known as Minnie Mouse, is the main female protagonist and a main character of the Mickey Mouse franchise. She is the female counterpart and the official as well as permanent lifelong girlfriend of Mickey Mouse. Created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, her first appearance was in a cartoon short called Plane Crazy, which was created before Steamboat Willie as a silent film, but not distributed until 1929 with sound added.
Minnie Mouse has, over the years, grown into a strong, rather complex, and easily identifiable character in the Disney universe. Her many personality traits are more than noticeable, as well as consistent, in every incarnation of the character.
She was voiced by the late Walt Disney, Marjorie Ralston, Marcellite Garner, Thelma Boardman and Ruth Clifford in the old classic shorts, and by Janet Waldo in an adaption. She has also been voiced by the late Russi Taylor, who also voiced Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Webby Vanderquack, Donald Duck as a pre-teen, Phantasma, Melvin and Timmy Tantrum. As of 2019, she is now voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock, who officially took over the role starting in Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures in 2020.