Although he has been brushed up throughout his lifetime, most notably the addition of white gloves and alterations to achieve the rounder forms of a more childish body, he has remained true to his nature since those first cartoons. Mickey is appealing because he is nice. He may get into trouble, but he takes it on the chin with a grin. He is both good-natured and resourceful. Perhaps that was Disney’s own image of himself. Why else would he have insisted on doing Mickey’s voice in all the cartoons for 20 years? When interviewed, he would say, “there is a lot of the mouse in me.” And that mouse has remained one of the most persuasive images in American popular culture.