While Walt Disney was travelling by train between New York and California, he thought of using a mouse as a new cartoon character. His wife named it Mickey Mouse. For the name, he was given red trousers and white gloves to wear. When Walt Disney made the first sound cartoon. Mickey Mouse was the leading star and he still a great success. Later, producers of toy and other goods used pictures of Mickey Mouse to sell their products. This made as much money for Walt Disney Productions as Mickey Mouse's films. In the fifties, television programs began to compete with movies and this brought about a change in Mickey Mouse's career. He stopped making films and produced a children's TV show. He is now at Disneyland, welcoming visitors. Today he is besides popular. The reason became Mickey Mouse's popularity is that he is nice, faithful to Minnie, easy to understand, and he does not hurt anybody.