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| “ | I'm here to win. And that prize? It's mine! | „ |
| ~ Mike, taking part in an interview during auditions, also revealing his ambitions in the film. |
Mike is one of the main characters of Illumination's 7th feature film, Sing, the first installment of the franchise of the same name.
He is an arrogant and egotistical mouse who wants to win the prize money that Buster Moon has presented in his theater.
He was voiced by Seth MacFarlane, who also voices Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, and Carter Pewterschmidt in Family Guy, Stan Smith and Roger Smith in American Dad!, I.S.R.A.E.L. in The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, and Max Chilblain in Logan Lucky.
Appearance[]
Mike is an anthropomorphic mouse with white fur. He traditionally wears a matching red suit, pants, and fedora with a black tie and shoes. During Nana Noodleman's rehearsal and the concert in the Moon Theater ruins, Mike wore the purple version of his outfit.
Personality[]
Unlike most of Sing's protagonists, who are kind and caring, Mike is arrogant, rude, bossy, angry, and greedy. He is driven by power, money, and the allure of attractive female mice. Mike's ego is so large, that he buys a Lamborghini-esque convertible sports car with borrowed money and spends one hundred thousand dollars that he swindles from gambling bears, which gets him into big trouble.
Despite Mike's flaws, he is a genuinely skilled singer and musician, whose voice moves other animals to tears. He is also capable of recognizing the kindness and talent of others. For example, he is grateful to his girlfriend Nancy for saving him from the bears, and is genuinely amazed at Meena's singing voice. Mike was shown to be upset when the theater collapsed and he was in the sewer but it's debatable if it was to due to him being upset with his current situation or remorse for what happened and his indirect involvement. But Mike did tell Buster he was sorry later judging by Buster stating, "Don't you worry Mike all is forgiven!", hinting Mike did feel genuine regret for what he caused.
Mike was shown to truly love his girlfriend. He used the money he took from the bears to buy her diamond earrings. Mike also trusted her enough to have the keys to his car. Mike was also shown to be semi-friendly with Rosita and Ash bowing for Ash when she walked by him and calling Rosita "Sweetheart" and admitting that he loved her act (but only when she fell on her face) and gave her a friendly goodbye.
In Sing: Thriller, Mike and Nancy are shown buying tickets to attend the new show at the New Moon Theatre, showing that Mike has genuinely mellowed out since the first film, and is now supporting his friends.
History[]
Sing[]
Mike studied at the Lincoln School of Music. But despite his skills, he only earns money as a street musician.
One day, while Mike is performing, he comes across a flier advertising a singing competition that would grant the winner $1,000 (although it was typed as $100,000 through a typo). Mike waits in a line at the Moon Theater where the competition is being held for auditioning, and while he's waiting, he tells a group of news reporters that he will win the prize money. When it's finally his turn, he sings a rendition of Frank Sinatra's "Pennies from heaven" and Buster Moon selects him as a contestant for the competition. Mike asks Buster to open the chest containing the prize money, but Buster soon realizes there was a mistake (that being that the fliers said $100,000 instead of $1,000) and decides to send Mike home along with the other contestants.
One night while Mike's performing at the side of a nightclub, a female mouse named Nancy passes by him. Mike is attracted to her and attempts to follow her into the night club, but he is not allowed in by the bouncer. Later on, Mike buys a red sports car with his newly bought credit card, and this grants him access into the night club.
Later, during a poker game at the nightclub, Mike is caught cheating by the trio of bears he played against. He successfully escapes the club, and is paranoid about them for the next few days, but the bears eventually find him talking to Nancy on his phone just outside the Moon Theater. Deathly furious that Mike spent all their money, the bear's leader attempts to eat him, but he cowardly tells them they can get $100,000 from Buster.
The bears trespass in the theater during a rehearsal for Nana Noodleman, demanding the prize money in exchange for Mike's life. When Buster stalls, the leader smashes the chest with a baseball bat, only to find cash and objects with a total monetary value of $1,000. Everyone's combined weight, along with the force of the baseball bat hitting the chest, causes Buster's makeshift glass stage full of water and squids to crack, which eventually causes the Moon Theater to collapse. Mike and the squids are washed into the sewers, and the bears leave him for dead.
When Buster stages a concert in the theater ruins days later, Mike, who has escaped from the sewers, initially refuses to perform because the prize money is gone. However, after Mike watches the competition from a TV and insults Rosita and Gunter's performance of "Shake It Off", another animal scoffs at his musical abilities, which motivates Mike to return to the theater. He performs Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in which he is praised by the audience, but the bears witness him singing on the nightclub's TV, and they kidnap him during Meena's performance. The leader almost eats Mike again, but he is stopped by Nancy, and the two drive off with Mike's car, unaware that the bear leader is clinging to its hood.
Sing: Thriller[]
Mike and Nancy are revealed to have survived their previous encounter with the bears, as they’re briefly seen attending a Halloween musical at the New Moon Theater.
Happy Holidays From Sing[]
While Mike is ice skating, he intentionally coats a snail named Ray in ice when he skates by him.
Quotes[]
| “ | A penny? How dare you! I happened to have studied in the Lincoln School of Music! | „ |
| ~ Mike to a baboon who gave him a penny for playing the saxophone. |
| “ | Aha! I knew it! You all saw it right here! The monkey lied! And next time, pick on someone else your own size, ya bully! | „ |
| ~ Mike, after bullying the baboon into giving him more cash. |
| “ | Alright! Enough of that! That's quite enough of that! Come on! Off the stage, Helga. Come on you're useless! Thanks. | „ |
| ~ Mike being a jerk to Meena. |
| “ | Step back! Moody teenager passing by! | „ |
| ~ Mike after Ash got dumped by her boyfriend. |
| “ | What, are you kidding me? It's like Jell-O dancing around. | „ |
| ~ Mike on Rosita and Gunter's performance of "Shake It Off". |
| “ | That was close! | „ |
| ~ Mike's last line in the first film, after Nancy saves him from the bears and they get away in Mike's sports car,unaware that the bear leader was behind him clinging to the hood |
Songs Performed[]
- "Take Five"
- "Baker Street"
- "Pennies From Heaven"
- "Garota de Ipanema"
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
- "My Way"
Trivia[]
- Mike is the only contestant who did not show up at Eddie's pool house to cheer up Buster Moon.
- He is also the only contestant not to attend the opening of the New Moon Theater at the end of Sing, nor to appear in the sequel.
- This has led some fans to believe that Mike died before the events of the short film, Sing: Thriller, confirmed that he and Nancy survived. This implies that his absence in Sing 2 most likely meant that he had left town with Nancy.
- He is also the only contestant not to attend the opening of the New Moon Theater at the end of Sing, nor to appear in the sequel.
- In the Family Guy episode, "You Can't Handle the Booth", Peter Griffin actually mentions Mike and Sing as a meta-joke about Seth MacFarlane's other roles in media.
- The only reason why Mike was a villain is because he was trying to win the prize money.
Links[]
- Mike (Sing) on the Sing Wiki
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