Ajax Corporation is a fictional corporation in the Disney universe. It is a parody of the Acme Corporation made famous by Warner Bros. Ajax has appeared regularly on the shows Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse. The name of the corporation is possibly derived from Ajax the Greater, a hero of the Trojan War, just as the name of the Acme Corporation derives from the Latin word for zenith, although this has yet to be confirmed by official sources.

An early appearance of the Ajax Corporation can be seen in the 1937 Mickey Mouse short "Lonesome Ghosts," starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. In this short cartoon the trio are working in an office with a door labelled Ajax Ghost Exterminators; Day & Night Service. A gorilla named Ajax also appeared in various Donald Duck cartoons during the 1940s.

Whereas the Acme Corporation manufacture surreal cartoon gadgetry, the Ajax products tend to be more down-to-earth in nature, such as paint, bubblegum, and lightbulbs. Ajax also branches out in a number of services that usually employ Disney's standard characters, such as the Ajax Ghost Exterminators, Ajax Locksmiths, and the Ajax Lost and Found. These services are more commonly seen in the more recent Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse cartoons.

[edit] Other Appearances

Ajax did also appear outside of Disney cartoons, such as MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoon A Mouse in the House and Trap Happy, specifically being the brand name of the display pistols Tom and Butch used in their duel. An Ajax Broadcasting Company was also briefly mentioned in the Daffy Duck cartoon The Ducksters (1950), as the radio network Daffy works for.

[edit] External links

• "Lonesome Ghosts" screencap from The Animation Archive

[edit] See also

• Acme Corporation from the Looney Tunes world