Mickey's Delayed Date

{{short description|1947 Mickey Mouse cartoon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Mickey's Delayed Date

| image = Mickey's Delayed Date.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Charles Nichols

| story = Art Scott

| animator = Jerry Hathcock
George Kreisl
George Nicholas
Jack Boyd
Max Cox

| layout_artist = Karl Karpé

| background_artist = Art Landy

| starring = Walt Disney
Ruth Clifford
Pinto Colvig

| music = Oliver Wallace

| producer = Walt Disney

| studio = Walt Disney Productions

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1947|10|3|ref1={{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=J.B. |last2=Gerstein |first2=David |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History |date=2018 |publisher=Taschen |location=Cologne |isbn=978-3-8365-5284-4}}}}

| country = United States

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 6:54

| language = English

}}

Mickey's Delayed Date is a 1947 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on October 3, 1947. The film was directed by Charles Nichols and was animated by Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl, George Nicholas, Harry Holt, Bob Youngquist, Marvin Woodward, and Max Cox with effects animation by Jack Boyd and Andy Engman."[https://archive.today/20130118035035/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3916-Mickeys_Delayed_Date.html Mickey's Delayed Date]". www.bcdb.com It was the 120th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released and the only one produced that year.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=107–109}}