Mickey Mouse

Rudish's next project saw him work with characters not created by either him, Tartakovsky or McCracken: Mickey Mouse and friends. Rudish created, executive-produced and directed a new series of 3.5-minute episodes titled simply Mickey Mouse. The series uses the character designs and personalities from the earliest Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy shorts, even using lesser known characters such as Clarabelle Cow.

Many of the shorts use a classic story structure in which Mickey must overcome a series of obstacles to achieve a seemingly simple goal, though some highlight the more playful aspects of animation, such as Mickey's cartoony evasive moves in "No Service" or the ability of characters to detach and reattach their ears (complete with temporary deafness) in "Bad Ear Day". Despite the retro feel, the developers used modern animation techniques and tools.

Further, they did update some elements, most notably the vivid, detailed backgrounds and super-smooth animation in fast-paced scenes. They also took stylistic risks, basing some episodes entirely in foreign countries. In most of these, the characters speak sparingly, if at all, while in "Croissant de Triomphe", set in Paris, the characters speak entirely in French. The first episode, "No Service", was released on June 28, 2013 on Disney Channel, Disney.com and WATCH Disney Channel.^[1]

A sequel series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, premiered on November 18, 2020 (Mickey's 92nd birthday), on Disney+ with Rudish returning for the show.

Film

• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985), character designer^[2]
• The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002), screenwriter, story artist
• Sky High (2005), illustrator
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), visual development artist

Television

• 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995), writer, art director, story artist, animator
• Secret Squirrel (1993)
• Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003), character designer and art director
• The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), character designer and art director
• Samurai Jack (2001–2004, 2017), character designer and art director
• Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), art director
• Korgoth of Barbaria (2006)
• 3 Dog Band: Get It Together (2009), director
• Sym-Bionic Titan (2010–2011), co-creator and character designer
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2011), first and second season opener, development artist
• Mickey Mouse (2013–2019), developer, director, writer, animation department, and voice actor
• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020–2023), developer, director, writer, and voice actor