List of The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures episodes
HBO's children animated TV series The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures had three seasons, the first with 26 episodes and the other two with 13 episodes each, totaling 52 episodes aired between March 1, 1998 and October 27, 1999. The following list informs the number, title, plot location and airing date of each episodes. In this list, a plot summary is also included in most but not all episodes.
Season 1
| Episode # | Title | Location | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Mouse-tache Marauder" | France | March 2, 1997 | |
| Someone is painting moustaches on the famous paintings in the Louvre. Emily and Alexander must find out who is responsible before the museum reopens. | ||||
| 2 | "The Case of the Disappearing Diamond" | United Kingdom | March 8, 1997 | |
| The Crown Jewels have been stolen and Emily and Alexander must find them before the Queen make her usual public appearance. | ||||
| 3 | "Strauss Maus" | Germany | March 9, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander must find Richard Strauss' missing music before the premiere of his latest symphony. | ||||
| 4 | "Those Amazing Mice in Their Flying Machines" | England and France | March 15, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander witness the first air race from London, England to Paris, France. | ||||
| 5 | "Frisco Rumble" | California, United States | March 16, 1997 | |
| Jeanie's father has been wrongfully arrested for theft of money, but with the aid of Emily, Alexander and Ernestine, she convinces the police officer and the judge that he is innocent and they have him released before the jail is destroyed. | ||||
| 6 | "To Catch a Tiger by the Tail" | India | March 22, 1997 | |
| Sarita takes Emily, Alexander and their Indian cousin Bahjay to the jungle to rescue some captured animals from a poacher called Sam McBean. Asura, a tiger seeks their help to find her lost cub, but is caught by McBean. The mice and Sarita find the cub, release Asura and pursue McBean. | ||||
| 7 | "Mouse-o-taur" | Greece | March 23, 1997 | |
| While visiting Crete, Emily and Alexander investigate what appears to be the mythical Minotaur haunting the Labyrinth. | ||||
| 8 | "Adventure on the Orient Express" | China | March 29, 1997 | |
| While taking a trip on the Orient Express, Emily and Alexander have to stop a conductor from getting away with a set of jewels from a wealthy woman. | ||||
| 9 | "Swiss Chocolate Mouse" | Switzerland | March 30, 1997 | |
| While visiting their cousin Heidi in Switzerland, Emily and Alexander try to stop a duo of thieves who steal all the chocolate at a tasting contest to melt down as a coating for stolen gold coins. | ||||
| 10 | "Mice on Ice" | Canada | April 5, 1997 | |
| Emily, Alexander and their cousin Powhuktuk travel a village suffering food shortage and meet twins Katelo and Nuljalik. The mice and the twins make their own trip to follow Tanugeak, braving the dangers along the way. The twins then save Tanugeak from being stranded and find a ship full of food. | ||||
| 11 | "The Great Yeti Adventure" | Tibet | April 6, 1998 | |
| Alexander, Emily and their cousin Jamyang go mountain climbing to meet Bhanti. Bhanti's father is helping the evil Marnak to find the legendary Yeti. The mice and Bhanti find the Yeti before Marnak does. The mice and Bhanti then prevent Marnak from showing off the Yeti. | ||||
| 12 | "A Mouse-vellous Treasure Hunt" | Mexico | April 12, 1997 | |
| Alexander and Emily meet their cousin Carlos and his friend Maria. Maria's father is seeking the treasure of the sunken San Gallente to pay his debts. The mice and Maria dive down to race greedy Barton to the treasure. Using a makeshift submarine, the mice dispose of Barton and locate the lost treasure. | ||||
| 13 | "Imperial Mice on China" | China | April 13, 1997 | |
| It is the year of the Rat. Emily and Alexander meet their cousin Wu-Sing and his friend Emperor Pu-Ying. Notail Nogoodnik has kidnapped the mouse Emperor Fu-Mouse-Chu and is impersonating him to hoard citizens' goods. The mice rescue Fu-Mouse-Chu, unmask Notail and prevent him from pilfering the goods. | ||||
| 14 | "Yen for Trouble" | Japan | April 19, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander's cousin Fumi introduce them to her friend Kiko, who is having problems with rats stealing her father's silk from his shop. Some silk is due to be taken to the local emperor for his daughter Mitsumi. By accident the mice create for Mitsumi painted silk, perfect for her kimono. | ||||
| 15 | "Mousecovites" | Russia | April 20, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander rush to their cousin Ivan Ivanich. A number of thefts at the Moscow Circus is about to make both that circus and the Mousecovite Circus close down. The mice find out that Ivan's friend Sasha is forced by the ringmaster to commit the thefts. The mice and Sasha lead the ringmaster to the police inspector. | ||||
| 16 | "Vaudeville Mice" | New York City, United States | April 21, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander see their uncle Satchey. The Oxodrome Theatre is losing business and the singing talent of Satchey's friend Benny is getting nowhere. In addition, saboteurs kidnap Benny's father Harry. The mice and Benny follow them and manage to thwart them from robbing and bank and rescue both Harry and the theatre. | ||||
| 17 | "Outback Down Under (aka Down Under)" | Australia | April 27, 1997 | |
| Alexander and Emily make their way to a farm with their cousin Gemima. Their friend Amy runs away with her horse Nicholas thinking her father is replacing the horse with an automobile. The mice with the help of Blister follow Amy and rescue her from a pack of dingoes with the aid of Uncle Arthur. Then they proceed to rescue Amy's parents from the desert. | ||||
| 18 | "Zeppelins Away!" | Germany | May 3, 1997 | |
| Alexander and Emily visit their cousin Fritz and his friend Leni. Leni takes the mice to ride her grandfather Count Zeppelin's new airship invention. The airship works fine, but the count's assistant Zsolt steals the plans and destroys both airships, everyone else managing to escape safely from the latter. | ||||
| 19 | "The Mystery of the Mouse Pharaoh's Tomb" | Egypt | May 4, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander visit their Cousin Anwar on an archeology dig. Together they must solve the riddle of the missing hieroglyphics and find the tomb of the Pharaoh Kamose before the water from the Aswan dam buries the tomb underwater forever. | ||||
| 20 | "The Ghost of Castle MacKenzie" | Scotland | May 10, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander go with their cousin Angus to Castle Mackenzie where ghosts and a treasure are around. The Mackenzies are on the verge of moving out their castle, while Notail Nogoodnik joins the MacRats. The mice find the treasure and the feud between the castle clans ends. | ||||
| 21 | "No Mouse is an Island" | Galapagos Islands | May 11, 1997 | |
| Alexander, Emily, their cousin Sonja and their friend Paulo are caught in a storm and taken by pirates, seeking Big Jim Tin's treasure. As Paulo assists the pirates to find the it, the mice ride after them. With the help of a tortoise the mice, get the treasure, save Paulo and scare away the pirates. | ||||
| 22 | "Diamond Safari" | Africa | May 17, 1997 | |
| Cousin Sue takes Alexander and Emily to see her friend Tumaini, who is mocked for being tall. A greedy diamond miner DeClerk is intent on blasting Dark Mountain, where Tumaini has run off to. With help from a bat name Bungo, the mice rescue Tumaini and all together they put a stop to DeClerk. | ||||
| 23 | "Arabian Tales" | Iraq | May 18, 1997 | |
| Alexander, Emily, their cousin Siri and her friend Faisal are desperate for water, but Faisal's hypnosis on Alexander causes him to steal the other camp's water and point the finger on Faisal. The mice and Faisal follow an ancient trail to the Babylonian hanging gardens where water is plentiful. | ||||
| 24 | "Klondike Mice" | Canada | May 24, 1997 | |
| Emily and Alexander visit their cousin Ned and his friend Danny in the middle of the Gold Rush. Ned and Danny have some of their own gold hunting to do, but are both conned by Soapy Smith and Notail Nogoodnik. Danny and the mice follow them and befriend a bear cub. Together they stop the con men and find their gold sources. | ||||
| 25 | "All I want for Christmouse" | Finland | May 25, 1997 | |
| A Scrooge-esque villain steals Santa's reindeer in an effort to ruin Christmas so that people would buy his toys. | ||||
| 26 | "Matador Mice" | Spain | May 31, 1997 | |
| While visiting their cousin Carmen, Emily and Alexander have to help a little girl save her father from the dangerous bullfightings as well as save her gentle bull from competing. | ||||
Season 2
| Episode # | Title | Location | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bicycle Mice" | France | March 22, 1998 | |
| While visiting their cousin Gaston, Emily and Alexander get wound up in a bicycle race across France and having to deal with a greedy banker who wants Gaston's friend vineyard and Notail Nogoodnik who has stolen Gaston's experimental bike, both willing to use treachery and sabotage to get what they want. | ||||
| 2 | "Ballet Mice" | Russia | March 23, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander are at the Imperial School of Ballet in Russia. Anna Pavlova, an up and coming ballerina, is sabotaged by her best friend and Emily and Alexander have to help her before the auditions for the ballet school are over and her dreams ruined. | ||||
| 3 | "Mouse in the Mayan Moon" | Mexico | March 24, 1998 | |
| 4 | "Meatball Mice" | Italy | March 25, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander travel to Venice to meet cousin Mario and his friend Bernadetta. When Bernadetta's secret family recipe is stolen, Emily, Alexander and Mario help Bernadetta's family to win a cooking contest. | ||||
| 5 | "Jungle Mice" | Congo | March 26, 1998 | |
| 6 | "POSH Mice" | Atlantic Ocean | March 27, 1998 | |
| While on a cruise ship to America, Emily and Alexander must stop a greedy steward from cheating a boy and his father out of their money and immigration papers, to make them out to be stowaways. | ||||
| 7 | "Marconi Mice" | Newfoundland, Canada | March 28, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander must help ensure that the first wireless telegraph goes smoothly with the inventor's assistant secretly sabotaging the effort, feeling that his boss didn't give him enough credit. | ||||
| 8 | "Cinematic Mice" | France | March 29, 1998 | |
| 9 | "Sherlock Mouse" | United Kingdom | March 30, 1998 | |
| While visiting their cousin Sherlock, Emily and Alexander must solve the case of the missing manuscript for Arthur Conana Doyle's latest novel, the Hound of Baskervilles. | ||||
| 10 | "Solid Gold Mouse" | Bali, Indonesia | March 31, 1998 | |
| 11 | "Panama Mouse" | Panama | April 1, 1998 | |
| 12 | "Three Mice and You're Out" | Massachusetts, United States | April 2, 1998 | |
| 13 | "Wild West Mice" | New York City, United States | April 3, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander go to watch Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where they meet their cousin Annie. Buffalo Bill's medal of honour get mysteriously stolen. Emily, Alexander and Annie follow a trail to Monterey Jack (actually No-Tail Nogoodnik) and Annie challenges him to get the medal back. | ||||
Season 3
| Episode # | Title | Location | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "White House Mouse" | Washington, D.C., United States | October 16, 1998 | |
| 2 | "Houdini Mouse" | Hungary | October 17, 1998 | |
| Harry Houdini's act are secretly being sabotaged by a rival, who is determined to make sure that Houdini doesn't get out of his stunts alive. | ||||
| 3 | "The Big Cheese" | Netherlands | October 18, 1998 | |
| 4 | "World's Fair Mice" | St. Louis, United States | October 19, 1998 | |
| 5 | "Hong Kong Mice" | Hong Kong, China | October 20, 1998 | |
| 6 | "High Flying Hi-Jinks" | North Carolina, United States | October 21, 1998 | |
| 7 | "Siamese Mice" | Thailand | October 22, 1998 | |
| 8 | "New Zealand Mice" | New Zealand | October 23, 1998 | |
| Emily and Alexander decide to help out the women of New Zealand gain their right to vote. The only problem is that the only man left to give his vote is the chief of the native tribes deep in the jungle and the polls are closing fast. | ||||
| 9 | "When Irish Mice Are Smiling" | Ireland | October 24, 1998 | |
| 10 | "Teddy Bear Mice" | Germany | October 25, 1998 | |
| 11 | "Olympic Mice" | Greece | October 26, 1998 | |
| 12 | "North Pole Mice" | Canada | October 27, 1998 | |
| 13 | "Trinidad Mousequerade" | Trinidad and Tobago | October 28, 1998 | |