The Flying Mouse

The Flying Mouse
Directed by	David Hand
Produced by	Walt Disney
Animation by	Hamilton Luske Bob Kuwahara Harry Bailey Bob Wickersham
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	United Artists Pictures
Running time	9 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Flying Mouse is a 1934 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by David Hand, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 14, 1934. The butterfly fairy who appears here may have even inspired the Blue Fairy of Pinocchio six years later. The use of color here was rather innovative as it is set during the course of a single day.

Plot

To the tune "I Would Like to Be a Bird," a young mouse fashions wings from a pair of leaves, to the great amusement of his brothers. When his attempts to use them fail, he falls into the tub and shrinks his sister's dress and gets spanked by his mother. When a butterfly calls for help, he rescues it from a spider. When the butterfly proves to be a fairy, the mouse wishes for wings. But his bat-like appearance doesn't fit in with either the birds or the other mice, and he finds himself friendless; even the bats make fun of him, making a point that he is "Nothin' But A Nothin'". The butterfly fairy reappears and removes the mouse's wings, telling him that it is best for him to be himself, just the way God made him.

Notes

The Flying Mouse boy and his mother make an appearance in the 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon as spectators in Mickey's Polo Team

External links

• The Flying Mouse at IMDb
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• The Flying Mouse at the Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts