Minnie Mouse was around right from the start, appearing with Mickey on May 15, 1928, in his first film, "Plane Crazy". Patterned after the popular "flapper" girls of the time, Minnie provided a love interest for Mickey to pursue. She did not, however, make the pursuit easy for him, and when he first tried to kiss her during an airplane flight, she deflected his advances and parachuted to safety!