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Little Mouse on the Prairie

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Little Mouse on the Prairie
GenreComedy
Adventure
Created byBetty Birney
Stephen Cosgrove (Original Books)
Developed byBetty Birney
Directed byArne Wong
Opening theme"Little Mouse on Prairie"
ComposersShuki Levy
Cashier Machi
Country of originUnited States
China
Original languagesEnglish
Chinese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (each containing 2)
Production
Executive producersEric S. Rollman
Joel Andryc
Shea PaiChuan
Qu JianZhong Voice Director & Casting = Doug Stone
ProducersEric S. Rollman
Kurt Weldon
QuJian Fang
Running time20 min (part 8-11 min)
Production companiesSaban Entertainment
Afanti International Animation Corp.
Zoki Afanti International Animation American Inc.
Original release
NetworkFOX Family
Fox Kids
CCTV
Release1996

Little Mouse on the Prairie (Chinese: 大草原上的小老鼠; pinyin: Dàcǎoyuán Shàng De Xiǎo Lǎoshǔ) is a 52 episodes animated series made by the cooperation of the US and China, loosely based on the Stephen Cosgrove book with the same title. The story features a city mouse named Osgood Dee who just moved to the countryside Squeaky Corners to live at his uncle's farm. Each show focuses on Osgood Dee and a group of animal friends he met at the farm.

Characters

Kids

  • Osgood Dee (Chinese: 奥斯谷)- Main character of the series. Leader of his friends.
  • Tweezle Dee (Chinese: 特薇佐)- Osgood's cousin and girlfriend.
  • Blossom (Chinese: 布劳森) - A rabbit. In love with Osgood.
  • Jeremiah (Chinese: 杰瑞迈) - A frog.
  • Flaps (Chinese: 弗莱普) - A duck.
  • Sweeny (Chinese: 斯威尼) - A weasel.

Cats

  • B.C. - A fat cat
  • Cal - B.C.'s roommate, a thin cat

Other

  • R.D. - Osgood's uncle and Tweezle's father.
  • Molly Dee - Osgood's mother.
  • Betty Dee - Tweezle's baby sister.
  • Grandpa Whiskers - An old wise mouse.

Episode list

No. Cartoons Writer Original airdate
1"The Whole Toot / Treasure Hunt"TBATBA
2"All`s Fair / Down the Creek"TBATBA
3"A Pair of Spectacles / Popularity Contest"TBATBA
4"Get a Job / Shut My Mouth"TBATBA
5"Follow That Leader / Little Green Riding Hood"TBATBA
6"Quack Up / Spring Cleaning"TBATBA
7"Blossom Cries Wolf / Osgood the Snowman"TBATBA
8"The More the Merrier / Fiddlin' Around"TBATBA
9"Rain, Rain Go Away / Growing Like Crazy"TBATBA
10"Fangs a Lot / Handyman Cal"TBATBA
11"Going Bats / Osgood & the Beanstalk"TBATBA
12"Junkyard Genius / Fright Night"TBATBA
13"Nuts to You / The Best Gift of All"TBATBA
14"Surprised Party / To Catch a Thief"TBATBA
15"A Camping We Will Go / Lady For a Day"TBATBA
16"A Clothes Call / Forget Me Not"TBATBA
17"The Creature of Crawdaddy Creek / Pa's Little Helpers"Betty G. BirneyTBA

  • Overhearing a ghost story, B.C. and Cal scare away the Prairie residents for easy pickings, so Osgood and his friends decide to get even.

Osgood and his friends do some farm chores for a tired R.D. while having fun. When R.D. inspects their handiwork, he finds they have made messes in the process.

18"A Fishy Story / Scaredy Cats"TBATBA
19"Up, Up and Away / Peas and Thank You"TBATBA
20"Bitty's Big Adventure / Dear Patches"TBATBA
21"Radish Rivals / No Bones About It"TBATBA

  • Given by R.D. the responsibility of their own radish patches, Osgood competes with his scientific methods against Tweezle's common sense methods.
22"Barnyard Circus / B.C. and the Magic Lamp"TBATBA
23"Stage Struck / Lemonade Wars"TBATBA
24"Call of the Wild / Squeaky Corners Cook-Off"TBATBA
25"Batter Up / Rock Star"TBATBA
26"Thanks For Giving / Home Again"TBATBA

DVD releases

In 2004, 2 DVDs which each contained 3 episodes were released in German.[1][2] The release of the rest of the series is unknown.

In 2011, the series was released on DVD (ISBN 9787888683518, Region ALL, NTSC format) in China. A set of 5 disc features all episodes in Mandarin Chinese dialogue or English language and with optional Chinese subtitles.[3]

However, as of 2013, no news of the English dub release have been announced.

References