“Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder... It's the truth, it's actual... Everything is satisfactual...”
―One of the lines from the musical number "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" referencing Mr. Bluebird
Mr. Bluebird is a minor character in the 1946 film, Song of the South. He is sporadically referenced in the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", appearing throughout the film.
During the musical number "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", Mr. Bluebird appears as a gag character throughout the animated sequence. He then takes Uncle Remus to a mole burrow where three female moles join in chorus alongside three hummingbirds and later during the bee verse. He later appears during the second animated sequence where he is seen in the background attracting a group of birds smaller than his size just as they follow him while he flies in the background. Mr. Bluebird's last appearance was at the end of the film where he is seen alongside animated characters following Johnny, Ginny Favers, and Toby skipping away during the reprise of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah".
Other Appearances[]
Mr. Bluebird was featured prominently in the Splash Mountain attractions at the Disney Parks. Unlike in the film where his dialogues only consist of chirps and whistles, Mr. Bluebird actually speaks in the ride - specifically in the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland versions. Although he appears in the Disneyland version of the attraction, Mr. Bluebird does not have any spoken dialogue in this version, making the Disneyland version the only one where he does not have dialogues.
He also appeared in the House of Mouse episode, "Pete's One Man Show", making a brief cameo appearance during Boom-Da-Boom, where he sat on Pete's shoulder and got flicked away by him. In addition, he appears briefly, along with several other Song of the South characters, in the Mickey Mouse Works short, "Computer.don".
