Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy have known each other onscreen since the 1930s, making them the longest-running friends on our list. The modest and cheerful mouse, the unlucky and sputtering duck, and the clumsy goofball dog have little in common on the surface, but they're true-blue buddies, perhaps because they've been right alongside each other through thick and thin. That implied history and dedication appears whenever these three are together, never losing sight of a collective goal, whether on Disney Junior's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (where Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, and Clarabelle join the group) or in classics such as 1947's Mickey and the Beanstalk.
In the latter, even drought and starvation can't separate them. Their friendship is tested when Mickey trades their cow for money instead of killing it for beef, buying beans that the optimistic mouse believes are magic. The dejected Donald throws them to the floor, where they slip through a hole and sprout in the moonlight, carrying the three into a giant's kingdom in the clouds. But these friends waste no time pointing fingers over how they got there. Instead, their curiosity and enthusiasm take over, sending them exploring in a leaf boat, bouncing around the giant's dinner table, and banding together to free a magical harp, restoring their valley's prosperity. No matter what's ahead, their talent for laughter isn't far behind.
