User:Wrk3/Draft Work
This is the draft of a rewrite I'm working on for the Mighty Mouse article.
NOTES:
- Removed link to Russian Wikipedia as that link pointed to an Alvin & the Chipmunks page.
- Re-ordered history section so the information is now chronological.
- Created new Cultural Impact section to contain references to the way the character has influenced other people.
- Created separate section to refer to the issue of Apple using the name Mighty Mouse for one of their products and the legal issues that resulted.
- Moved the Comics section lower (just above the DVDs).
- Built episode guides for films and both television shows.
TO DO
Develop opening summary paragraph.Create episode guide.Rewrite history section so it reads more smoothly.Finish the Apple trademark section.Add additional information discovered during research (more books, cultural references, music notes, etc.)Get picture of original Mighty Mouse design for infoboxTransfer New Adventures photo that shows sniffing episode to the Criticism section.Move current character picture to New Adventures section to provide contrast in the character's evolving design.
| Mighty Mouse | |
|---|---|
 Early Terrytoons Mighty Mouse | |
| First appearance | Mouse of Tomorrow (1944) |
| Last appearance | Cat Alarm (1961) |
| Created by | Terrytoons |
| Portrayed by | Roy Halee, Sr. Tom Morrison |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Mouse |
| Gender | Male |
Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character made its first appearance in 1942 (originally named Super Mouse), and subsequently appeared in 80 theatrical films produced between 1942 and 1961. These films later appeared on American television from 1955 through 1967 on the CBS television network on Saturday mornings. The character went through two later revivals, once by Filmation Studios in 1979, and again in 1987 at the hands of animation director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked at the Terrytoons studio during his early career.
Mighty Mouse has also appeared in comics, in a television commercial about cheese, and has graced the front of a major musician's guitar. The name Mighty Mouse caused an accusation of trademark infringement to be leveled at Apple, and the character was even accused of promoting cocaine use.
History[edit]
The character was originally conceived by story man Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named Super Fly.[1] Created as a parody of Superman, he first appeared in 1942 in a theatrical animated short titled The Mouse of Tomorrow. The original name of the character was Super Mouse, but after 7 films produced during 1942 to 1943, it was changed to Mighty Mouse in the 1944 cartoon The Wreck of the Hesperus when Paul Terry learned that another character named Super Mouse was being published in comic books. Super Mouse appeared briefly in the Marvel Comics interpretation of the character and was nicknamed Terry the First, as he was the first version of the character.[citation needed]
Mighty Mouse was first drawn wearing a blue costume with red trunks and a red cape, similar to Superman, but over time this outfit changed to a yellow costume with red trunks and a red cape, his most popular colors.[2] Roy Halee, Sr., was the first actor to provide the voice of Mighty Mouse. The role was later taken by Tom Morrison. In The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Alan Oppenheimer provided the voice, and during the run of Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures Mighty Mouse was voiced by Patrick Pinney.
As with other imitations of Superman, Mighty Mouse's super powers include flight, super strength, and invulnerability. In various films he has demonstrated the use of X-ray vision, and has used a form of telekinesis that allowed him to command inanimate objects and turn back time (The Johnstown Flood and Krakatoa). Other cartoons show him leaving a red contrail during flight which he can manipulate at will like a band of solid flexible matter.
Mighty Mouse has had two recurring female leads. In the cartoon shorts it was a mouse named Pearl Pureheart, while in the comics published in the 1950s and 1960s the character was named Mitzi. His recurring arch-enemy is an evil villain cat named Oil Can Harry (who originated as a human in earlier Terrytoons as the enemy of Fanny Zilch).
The early formula of each story consists of a crisis which needs extraordinary help to resolve. At the decisive moment, Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue. Beginning with A Fight to the Finish (1947), the story line usually begins with Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart already in a desperate situation, as if they were in the next chapter of the serial.
Mighty Mouse cartoons spoofed the cliffhanger serials of silent films, as well as the classic operettas of stage that were still popular at the time.
The characters often sing mock opera songs during these cartoons (e.g., Pearl: "Oil Can Harry, you're a villain!"; Oil Can Harry: "I know it, but it's a lot of fun..."). Mighty Mouse sings tenor, Pearl is a soprano, and Oil Can Harry a bass-baritone. Mighty Mouse is also famous for singing, "Here I come to save the day!" when flying into action.
The early Mighty Mouse cartoons often portray Mighty Mouse as a ruthless fighter. He doles out a considerable amount of punishment, subduing opponent cats through sheer physical punishment.
Mighty Mouse fights various villains, though most of them appear in only one or two films. In at least two cartoons between 1949 and 1950 he faces a huge, dim-witted, but super-strong cat named Julius Pinhead "Schlabotka" (voiced by Dayton Allen) whose strength rivals Mighty Mouse's own. In another cartoon, titled The Green Line (1944), the cats live on one side of the main street of a town and the mice on the other, with a green line down the middle of the street serving as the dividing line. They agree to keep the peace as long as no one crosses it. An evil entity, a Satan cat, starts the cats and mice fighting. At the end, Mighty Mouse is cheered by mice and cats alike.
At least one episode of Mighty Mouse, Wolf! Wolf! has fallen into Public Domain and is available at the Internet Archive.[3]
The 1945 film Gypsy Life was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Short Subject (Cartoon).[4]
Mighty Mouse Playhouse[edit]
Mighty Mouse was not very popular in theatrical cartoons, but became Terrytoons' most popular character and a cultural icon when he appeared on television. Paul Terry sold the Terrytoon company to CBS in 1955. The network began running Mighty Mouse Playhouse on December 10, 1955.[5] It remained on the air until Sep. 2, 1967 (and featured The Mighty Heroes during the final season).
Although the program was packaged as Saturday morning cartoons for television, the content reused the theatrical film releases. Terrytoons produced only three further Mighty Mouse theatrical cartoons while the show was running on television.
Some early vinyls credit the original 1955 Mighty Mouse Playhouse theme song to The Terrytooners, Mitch Miller and Orchestra, but recent publishing has generally credited The Sandpipers (not the same easy listening group by the same name from the 1960s).[6]
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle[edit]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Filmation made television cartoons starring Mighty Mouse and fellow Terrytoon characters Heckle and Jeckle (both voiced by Frank Welker) in a show called The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle. In that show, two new characters were introduced: a vampire duck named Quacula (not to be confused with Count Duckula), and Oil Can Harry's bumbling, large, but swift-running, henchman Swifty. The show premiered in 1979 and lasted for two seasons. It spawned a limited theatrical release matinee movie, Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase, released December 10, 1982. In the Filmation series and movies, Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry were voiced by veteran voice artist Alan Oppenheimer, and Pearl Pureheart was voiced by Diane Pershing.
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures[edit]
right|thumb|260px|Ralph Bakshi's reimagined Mighty Mouse, circa 1987.
In 1987 and 1988, animator Ralph Bakshi created a new series of Mighty Mouse cartoons entitled Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures for the CBS Saturday morning children's lineup. In this series, Mighty Mouse has a real identity, Mike Mouse (both identities voiced by Patrick Pinney), and a sidekick, Scrappy Mouse (voiced by actress Dana Hill), the little orphan. Though a children's cartoon, its heavy satirical tone, risque humor and adult jokes made the Bakshi Mighty Mouse series a collector's item for collectors of older TV series.
Later years[edit]
Marvel Comics produced a 10-issue comic book series (set in the New Adventures continuity) in 1990 and 1991. Nothing new has been produced using the Mighty Mouse character except for an arcade game by Atari and a 2001 "The power of cheese" TV commercial.[7] That commercial shows Mighty Mouse dining calmly on cheese in a restaurant, utterly unconcerned with a scene of chaos and terror visibly unfolding in the street outside. The commercial was hastily pulled off the air in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[citation needed]
As early as 2004 Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies announced their intention to bring Mighty Mouse back to the motion picture screen with a CGI Mighty Mouse feature film, with similar announcements in 2006 and 2010.[8] The film is tentatively scheduled to be released some time in 2013, according to IMDB,[9] with Barry E. Jackson providing conceptual art, and screenwriting by Maurice Chauvet and Christopher Vail. A CGI TV series will follow the film. A Mighty Mouse history book is in the works and will be released to tie-in with the movie.[10][dead link]
The rights to Mighty Mouse are now divided as a result of the 2006 corporate split of Viacom (the former owner of the Terrytoons franchise) into two separate companies. CBS Operations (a unit of the current CBS Corporation) owns the ancillary rights and trademarks to the character, while Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS DVD holds home video rights. The first official release of Mighty Mouse material has been announced and what is now CBS Television Distribution has television syndication rights (the shorts are currently out of circulation).
Criticism[edit]
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was the subject of media controversy when one scene was interpreted as a depiction of cocaine use. In the episode The Little Tramp a poor mouse girl attempts to sell flowers, and is repeatedly harassed by a rich man who crushes her flowers.[11] She runs out of flowers and makes new ones from sundry items she finds, such as tomato slices, but the man crushes these too.[12] Mighty Mouse attempts to purchase the flowers with his chunk of cheese, and to avenge the girl, but she gives Mighty Mouse the crushed flowers and insists that others need help more than she does. After successfully saving several different characters, he is reminded of the girl, and attempts to smell the flowers she gave him (now a pink powder), inhaling them in the process. He then finds the man that has been harassing the girl, and spanks him. The girl is sympathetic to the man, and he is so moved that the two are married.
A family in Kentucky saw the episode and reportedly interpreted the scene as Mighty Mouse snorting cocaine. The family called the American Family Association in Tupelo, Mississippi. The group demanded Bakshi be removed from production of the series.[13] Bakshi and CBS denied the allegations, Bakshi stating the whole incident "smacks of McCarthyism. I'm not going to get into who sniffs what. This is lunacy."[12] To defuse the controversy, Bakshi agreed to cut the 3.5 seconds from the episode. Rev. Donald Wildmon claimed that the editing was a "de facto admission" of cocaine use, though Bakshi maintained that the episode was "totally innocent".[14]
It's because of Fritz that they're going after Mighty Mouse. I grew up in Brownsville in Brooklyn and attended High School for Industrial Arts. I remember teachers who quit. Because of McCarthyism they weren't able to teach what they wanted. This is the same thing. Mighty Mouse was happy after smelling the flowers because it helped him remember the little girl who sold it to him fondly. But even if you're right, their accusations become part of the air we breathe. That's why I cut the scene. I can't have children wondering if Mighty Mouse is using cocaine.
— Ralph Bakshi, New York Times
Cultural Influences[edit]
In the book Astro Boy Essays, author Frederik L. Schodt quotes Japanese animator Osamu Tezuka as saying that Mighty Mouse was the influence that inspired him to name his well-known character Mighty Atom (also known as Astro Boy). He also chose to imitate Mighty Mouse's signature flying pose with one arm stretched ahead with a clenched fist.[15]
Mighty Mouse was featured on famed guitarist Tom Scholz's Les Paul guitar.[16]
Apple Trademark Dispute[edit]
In 2005, Apple began selling a USB computer mouse called the Mighty Mouse, a name it also gave to a later Bluetooth wireless mouse. Apple licensed the Mighty Mouse name from CBS. However, in 2008 a company called Man and Machine, Inc., sued both Apple and CBS for trademark infringement claiming it had been using the name for mice since 2004 and that CBS did not have the right to license the name for computer peripherals.[17] In 2009 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed and Apple changed the names of their products.[18]
Episodes[edit]
Terrytoons Theatrical Shorts[edit]
The first seven films starred the character named Super Mouse. In these early films the character's costume is much closer in design to that of Superman (blue tunic and tights with red trunks and cape).
| Release # | Title | Producer | Director | Writer | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Mouse of Tomorrow" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster, Isadore Klein | October 16, 1942 | |
| In Mouseville, the town's cats capture all the mice except one, who escapes to a Supermarket, where he uses Super Soap, and eats Super Celery and Super Cheese, transforming into Super Mouse, who then vanquishes the cats and saves the mice of Mouseville. | ||||||
| 02 | "Frankenstein's Cat" | Bill Weiss | Manny Davis | John Foster | November 27, 1942 | |
| Super Mouse must rescue the mice from a monster cat brought to life by a strike of lightning. | ||||||
| 03 | "He Dood It Again" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | February 5, 1943 | |
| Super Mouse protects a group of mice who like to eat and party at a local diner at night. | ||||||
| 04 | "Pandora's Box" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | June 11, 1943 | |
| Greek mythology provides the background as Super Mouse must battle bat-like cats to save a female mouse from the Troubles she unleashes from a box mysteriously dropped from the sky. | ||||||
| 05 | "Super Mouse Rides Again" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | August 6, 1943 | |
| Cats battle a group of mice with everything imaginable (including Tommy guns) that only Super Mouse can thwart. | ||||||
| 06 | "Down With Cats" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | October 7, 1943 | |
| Super Mouse comes to the rescue of some mice enjoying winter sports. The influence of World War II is evident in this film. | ||||||
| 07 | "The Lion And The Mouse" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | November 12, 1943 | |
| Aesop's tale is reborn as Super Mouse faces a lion. | ||||||
The next 73 films changed the character's name to Mighty Mouse.
| Release # | Title | Producer | Director | Writer | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | "The Wreck Of The Hesperus" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | February 11, 1944 | |
| An old captain and his daughter are caught at sea in a hurricane. Mighty Mouse saves the captain, his daughter and the ship's crew and receives a hero's tickertape parade. | ||||||
| 09 | "The Champion Of Justice" | Bill Weiss | Manny Davis | John Foster | March 17, 1944 | |
| An elderly couple dies and leaves their fortune to some mice who had befriended them. Willy the Spender, a distant relative of the couple, vows to get the money away from the mice. (NOTE: The villain in this film is a human, rather than the usual cat. Also, Mighty Mouse uses a gun in the course of fighting the villain.) | ||||||
| 10 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll And Hyde Cat" | Paul Terry | Manny Davis | John Foster | April 28, 1944 | |
| Mighty Mouse rescues a group of mice who sought shelter from a storm but accidently hid away in the laboratory of Dr. Jeckyll and are threatened by his cat who has taken the Doctor's horrific formula. | ||||||
| 11 | "Eliza On The Ice" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | June 16, 1944 | |
| Mighty Mouse has to save Eliza from the clutches of Simon Legree in this story with characters named after those in Uncle Tom's Cabin. | ||||||
| 12 | "Wolf! Wolf!" | Paul Terry | Manny Davis | John Foster | June 22, 1944 | |
| Little Bo Peep and her sheep are the victims in this story that tips the hat to the Pied Piper of Hamelin as Mighty Mouse goes up against the wolves with a jazz soundtrack. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Green Line" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | July 7, 1944 | |
| Mice and cats live in relative peace in a town divided in half by a green line until an evil spirit convinces the cats to cross the line. Mighty Mouse puts everything aright again. | ||||||
| 14 | "Mighty Mouse And The Two Barbers" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | September 1, 1944 | |
| Terrytown is the setting for this need for Mighty Mouse to rescue the mice who are threatened by a gang of alley cats. | ||||||
| 15 | "Sultan's Birthday" | Paul Terry | Bill Tytla | John Foster | October 13, 1944 | |
| World War II mixes with The Arabian Nights as Mighty Mouse rescues a sultan's harem girl from the attack of cats on flying carpets. | ||||||
| 16 | "At The Circus" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | November 17, 1944 | |
| Mighty Mouse flies to the circus this time to rescue the cute highwire performer from the escaped lions. | ||||||
| 17 | "Mighty Mouse And The Pirates" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | January 12, 1945 | |
| Pirate cats capture an island mouse princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue. | ||||||
| 18 | "The Port Of Missing Mice" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | February 2, 1945 | |
| More pirate cats, this time in San Fransisco as Might Mouse battles cats to save a group of sailor mice from their clutches. | ||||||
| 19 | "Raiding The Raiders" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | March 9, 1945 | |
| Rabbits are the victims this time, and vultures are the villains that Mighty Mouse must vanquish. | ||||||
| 20 | "The Kilkenny Cats" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | April 13, 1945 | |
| City mice are forced to battle a gang of cats with military weapons, until Mighty Mouse arrives to save the day. | ||||||
| 21 | "The Silver Streak" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnell | John Foster | June 8, 1945 | |
| Mice living in an old shack are safe under the protection of their dog, until the cats capture the dog and leave him on the train tracks as the Silver Streak bears down on him. Only Mighty Mouse can save everyone concerned while teaching the cats a leson. | ||||||
| 22 | "Mighty Mouse And The Wolf" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | July 20, 1945 | |
| Three fairy tales are inverted as the Wolf tries to show how he takes all the blame unjustly. Spoofs Red Riding Hood, Little Bo Peep and the Three Little Pigs just to let Mighty Mouse take out the Wolf three times. | ||||||
| 23 | "Gypsy Life" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | August 3, 1945 | |
| The bat-cats are back. This time they kidnap a gypsy princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue while putting the bat-cats in their place. | ||||||
| 24 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Bad Bill Bunion" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | November 9, 1945 | |
| Mighty Mouse must save the saloon gal singer from the clutches of the outlaw Bad Bill Bunion. | ||||||
| 25 | "Krakatoa" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | December 14, 1945 | |
| Dancing mouse Krakatoa Katie offends the island volcano which spews lava to punish the mice. A signal for help is received by a scientist, who drinks a potion and changes (a la Jeckyll/Hyde) into Mighty Mouse who must stop the volcano's threat and set the island aright. | ||||||
| 26 | "Svengali's Cat" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | January 8, 1946 | |
| A hypnotist cat forces a girl mouse to act as bait to lure other mice to be captured and eaten by the cats until Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue. | ||||||
| 27 | "The Wicked Wolf" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | March 8, 1946 | |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears get mixed in with the Wolf as Mighty Mouse must set everything right. | ||||||
| 28 | "My Old Kentucky Home" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | March 29, 1946 | |
| Humans are the recipients of Mighty Mouse's help this time when the Wolf comes to collect the mortgage on the home of The Colonel and Nellie. A jockey promises to win the horse race and use the money to pay the mortgage. The Wolf plans to prevent the jockey from winning, but Mighty Mouse won't let that happen. | ||||||
| 29 | "Throwing The Bull" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | May 3, 1946 | |
| A wealthy Spanish merchant offers a reward and marriage to his daughter to anyone who can defeat a bull. All comers fail, until Mighty Mouse enters the ring to win the fight and the merchant's daughter. | ||||||
| 30 | "The Johnstown Flood" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | June 28, 1946 | |
| In a re-imagining of the Johnstown Flood, mice and dogs are caught in the devastating deluge as Mighty Mouse battles to rescue them while averting further disaster. | ||||||
| 31 | "The Trojan Horse" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | July 26, 1946 | |
| A return to mythology, this time Troy (the mouse version) where the unsuspecting rodents take in a horse statue which hides cats within waiting to pounce. Mighty Mouse descends from Mount Olympus to save the day. | ||||||
| 32 | "Winning The West" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | August 16, 1946 | |
| American myth sets the stage this time as Mighty Mouse turns up in the old west to battle cats threatening pioneer mice. | ||||||
| 33 | "The Electronic Mouse Trap" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | September 6, 1946 | |
| An evil scientist cat invents a robot mouse trap that goes after all the mice in the city. The Atomic Age begins to make its presence known as Mighty Mouse must battle a robot powered by atomic bombs. | ||||||
| 34 | "The Jail Break" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | September 20, 1946 | |
| Another story set in the classic American west. This time, Bad Bill Bunion returns to commit crimes until Mighty Mouse defeats him and send him back to prison at Alcatraz Island. | ||||||
| 35 | "The Crackpot King" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | November 15, 1946 | |
| Mighty Mouse must battle the insane cat king and his evil wolf wizard to rescue the fair damsel mouse in distress. | ||||||
| 36 | "Mighty Mouse And The Hep Cat" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | December 6, 1946 | |
| The fairy tale theme returns as a city of well-to-do suburban mice are lured to their demise by cats using the magic flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Mighty Mouse must help the mice who cannot help themselves. | ||||||
| 37 | "Crying Wolf" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | January 10, 1947 | |
| A faithful sheepdog cares for the lambs under his care, but it's always the black sheep of the family that causes the problems and needs the help of Mighty Mouse when his practical jokes go awry. | ||||||
| 38 | "The Dead End Cats" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | February 14, 1947 | |
| Mighty Mouse must face down a 1930s-style mob of racketeer cats. | ||||||
| 39 | "Aladdin's Lamp" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | March 28, 1947 | |
| The Arabian Nights return as Mighty Mouse becomes involved with rescuing the daughter of Aladdin in this retelling of the story. | ||||||
| 40 | "The Sky Is Falling" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | April 25, 1947 | |
| Mighty Mouse rescues some barnyard animals who have been tricked by the fox into believing the sky is falling. | ||||||
| 41 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | May 30, 1947 | |
| Back to the American western as the sheriff and the bad guy battle it out until Mighty Mouse arrives to finish the fight. | ||||||
| 42 | "A Date for Dinner" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | August 29, 1947 | |
| A game of cat and mouse, until the cat catches the mouse. The mouse makes a promise to deliver an even better mouse if the cat will release him. When the mouse returns, dinner is...Mighty Mouse. | ||||||
| 43 | "The First Snow" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | October 10, 1947 | |
| In the winter, the rabbits are enjoying life when a fox shows up. They can handle him for a while, but when the baby bunnies are threatened, only Mighty Mouse can save the day. | ||||||
| 44 | "A Fight To The Finish" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | November 14, 1947 | |
| The spoofs of serial cliffhanger films begins as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart and Mighty Mouse must come to the rescue. | ||||||
| 45 | "Swiss Cheese Family Robinson" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | December 19, 1947 | |
| Even superheroes need time off, and as the mouse version of The Swiss Family Robinson gets underway Mighty Mouse is enjoying a vacation on a beach somewhere. The Robinsons send a note in a bottle for help, which finds its way to Mighty Mouse and he quickly returns from vacation to save the mice. | ||||||
| 46 | "Lazy Little Beaver" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | December 26, 1947 | |
| A young beaver runs away from home but soon discovers the world can be an unsafe place. Fortunately, Mighty Mouse will help him learn a lesson, safely. | ||||||
| 47 | "Mighty Mouse And The Magician" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | March 27, 1948 | |
| A mouse village magician's show is interrupted by an invasion of cats. The magician bravely tries to hold off the cats, but they gain his wand and become invisible. Only Mighty Mouse with his powers can rout the cats and save the mice. | ||||||
| 48 | "The Feudin' Hillbillies" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | June 23, 1948 | |
| Mighty Mouse must settle a clan feud between the cats and the mice. | ||||||
| 49 | "The Witch's Cat" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | July 15, 1948 | |
| A mouse Halloween party attracts a witch and her cat. Mighty Mouse, it seems, can be poisoned, but is revived by the rain to finish the job. | ||||||
| 50 | "Loves Labor Won" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | September 15, 1948 | |
| Another operatic cliffhanger serial spoof with Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart. | ||||||
| 51 | "Triple Trouble" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | September 30, 1948 | |
| Another serial cliffhanger sets the stage as Mighty Mouse faces vultures while Oil Can Harry threatens the Colonel and kidnaps Pearl Pureheart. | ||||||
| 52 | "The Mysterious Stranger" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | 1948 | |
| A mortgage is at stake, but this time Oil Can Harry holds the deed to a circus, and wants the hand of Nell, the highwire performer. But everything Harry tries is foiled by a mysterious stranger in a trenchcoat. Who is that masked man? | ||||||
| 53 | "Magic Slipper" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | December 1948 | |
| Cinderella is the framework for this retelling, with a wolf who might resemble Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart as Cinderella. Of course, Mighty Mouse will set everything as it should be by the end of the story. | ||||||
| 54 | "The Racket Buster" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | TBD | 1949 | |
| Gangster cats return to threaten Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart. | ||||||
| 55 | "A Cold Romance" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | April 10, 1949 | |
| It's the return of Little Nell this time, with Oil Can Harry as the villain against Mighty Mouse set at the North Pole. | ||||||
| 56 | "The Catnip Gang" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | July 22, 1949 | |
| Mighty Mouse battles the Catnip Gang, a group of cats that have escaped from jail. | ||||||
| 57 | "Perils of Pearl Pureheart" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | October 11, 1949 | |
| Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart return, with Harry hypnotizing Pearl to sign at his saloon. | ||||||
| 58 | "Stop, Look and Listen" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | TBD | 1949 | |
| Another operetta, with Oil Can Harry having tied Pearl Pureheart to the horns of a rampaging bull and Mighty Mouse to its tail as they are chased by a locomotive. | ||||||
| 59 | "Anti-Cats" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | TBD | March 1950 | |
| To avoid a winter storm, a group of mice take refuge in a home with a hungry cat. Mighty Mouse dons his trenchcoat disguise to cause the cat no end of grief. | ||||||
| 60 | "Law and Order" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | Unknown | June 23, 1950 | |
| Mighty Mouse rescues mice being sold as frozen treats by a gang of cats. | ||||||
| 61 | "Beauty on the Beach" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | TBD | November 1950 | |
| Mighty Mouse faces down Oil Can Harry for the safety of Pearl Pureheart in an amusement park. | ||||||
| 62 | "Mother Goose's Birthday Party" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | TBD | December 1950 | |
| All of Mother Goose's characters give her a party of honor, but when the Big Bad Wolf appears, only Mighty Mouse can save the party. | ||||||
| 63 | "Sunny Italy" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | TBD | March 1951 | |
| Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry battle all across Italian history and geography for the affections of sweet Pearl Pureheart. | ||||||
| 64 | "Goons from the Moon" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | Unknown | April 1, 1951 | |
| Science fiction arrives with alien cats and bat-cats that want to capture the mice of TerryTown. | ||||||
| 65 | "Injun Trouble" | Paul Terry | Eddit Donnelly | TBD | June 1951 | |
| The Colonel has mortgage trouble again, and sets out to strike it rich in gold to pay it off, but it never works out. Mighty Mouse will again rescue the Colonel | ||||||
| 66 | "A Swiss Miss" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | TBD | August 1951 | |
| Another cliffhanger (literally) as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart in the Swiss Alps. | ||||||
| 67 | "A Cat's Tale" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | TBD | November 1951 | |
| A cat narrates this origin story about Mighty Mouse. | ||||||
| 68 | "Prehistoric Perils" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | TBD | 1952 | |
| Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, and Pearl Pureheart time travel back to prehistoric times. | ||||||
| 69 | "Hansel and Gretel" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | June 1952 | |
| Mighty Mouse battles the witch and her cat to save mouse versions of Hansel and Gretel. | ||||||
| 70 | "Happy Holland" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | November 1952 | |
| Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart meet Mighty Mouse in Holland this time. | ||||||
| 71 | "Hero for a Day" | Paul Terry | Mannie Davis | John Foster | April 1953 | |
| A humble mouse dreams of being Mighty Mouse so he can impress the girl of his dreams, but the cats know the difference. | ||||||
| 72 | "Hot Rods" | Paul Terry | Eddie Donnelly | John Foster | June 1953 | |
| Teenage mice driving their hot rods get into trouble that only Mighty Mouse can fix. | ||||||
| 73 | "When Mousehood was in Flower" | Paul Terry, Bill Weiss | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | July 1953 | |
| Taxes are at the heart of the troubles for the nobleman and his daughter. The Black Night (a cat) wants the daughter's hand in marriage, and only Mighty Mouse can set things in order. | ||||||
| 74 | "A Soapy Opera" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | 1953 | |
| Pearl Pureheart is the laundry maid beholden to Oil Can Harry, and only Mighty Mouse can rescue her. | ||||||
| 75 | "The Helpless Hippo" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | March 1954 | |
| Mighty Mouse meets his match when he tries to rescue a baby hippo and discovers that every baby animal in the jungle wants him as their babysitter. | ||||||
| 76 | "Reformed Wolf" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | October 1954 | |
| Mighty Mouse convinces a wolf that carrots are preferable to mutton. | ||||||
| 77 | "Spare the Rod" | Paul Terry | Connie Rasinski | John Foster | 1954 | |
| Mighty Mouse must teach respect to a group of unruly mice children. | ||||||
| 78 | "Outer Space Visitor" | Gene Deitch | Dave Tendlar | John Foster | November 1959 | |
| Cheeseville is invaded by an infant, robot-like alien. Everyone thinks it's cute, until they learn that its parent plans to wipe out Cheeseville. | ||||||
| 79 | "The Mysterious Package" | Paul Terry, Bill Weiss | Mannie Davis | Bob Kuwahara | December 15, 1961 | |
| A mechanical monster is kidnapping the children of Mouseville. Mighty Mouse must go to the alien world to bring them back. | ||||||
| 80 | "Cat Alarm" | Bill Weiss | Connie Rasinski | Larz Bourne, Tom Morrison | December 31, 1961 | |
| The cats use Mighty Mouse to capture the mice of Cheeseville by making him believe the dam has burst and threatens the town. While trying to warn them, he sends the mice into the waiting clutches of the waiting cats. | ||||||
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle[edit]
This is the first series of Mighty Mouse cartoons created by Filmation Studios specifically for television.
| Episode # | Title | Characters | Network | Distributor | First Air Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Wings" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 27, 1969 | |
| 02 | "The Mouse Of Cucamonga" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 5, 1970 | |
| 03 | "No Time For Laughter" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 5, 1970 | |
| 04 | "Pearl Of The Jungle" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | September 29, 1973 | |
| 05 | "Pheline Of The Opera" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | October 6, 1973 | |
| 06 | "Ding Dong" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | October 20, 1973 | |
| 07 | "Stop-Pay Troll" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 3, 1973 | |
| 08 | "Disorient Express" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 3, 1973 | |
| 09 | "Around The World In Eighty Days" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1973 | |
| 10 | "Tugboat Pearl" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1973 | |
| 11 | "Gypsy Mice" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 1, 1973 | |
| 12 | "Mouse Race" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 15, 1973 | |
| 13 | "Movie Mouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1973 | |
| 14 | "Mousetankamen" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty, a Mummy | CBS | Viacom | September 8, 1979 | |
| Oil Can Harry and Swifty awaken a mummy, which captures Pearl. Mighty Mouse saves Pearl and puts the mummy to rest. | ||||||
| 15 | "The Maltese Mouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | October 13, 1979 | |
| 16 | "Rugged Rodent" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | October 20, 1979 | |
| 17 | "Snow Mouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 3, 1979 | |
| 18 | "Catwala" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1979 | |
| 19 | "Cattan Nemo-oh-oh" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1979 | |
| 20 | "Cat Ness Monster" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1979 | |
| 21 | "Catten Stein" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1979 | |
| 22 | "Cat Of The Baskervilles" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 24, 1979 | |
| 23 | "Chapter Five" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 1, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 24 | "Chapter Eight" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 1, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 25 | "Chapter Fifteen" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 1, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 26 | "Chapter One" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 27 | "Chapter Four" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 28 | "Chapter Seven" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 29 | "Chapter Nine" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 30 | "Haunted House Mouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| 31 | "Chapter Fourteen" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 8, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 32 | "Chapter Six" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 15, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 33 | "Chapter Sixteen" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 15, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 34 | "Chapter Three" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 35 | "Chapter Ten" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 36 | "Chapter Twelve" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 37 | "Mighty Mouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| 38 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Mick Jaguar" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| 39 | "Chapter Thirteen" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 22, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 40 | "Chapter Two" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 29, 1979 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 41 | "Moby Whale" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty, Moby Whale | CBS | Viacom | December 29, 1979 | |
| Moby Whale is caught by Oil Can Harry and Swifty. Pearl Pureheart gets in trouble while trying to free the whale, and only Mighty Mouse can free her and the whale. | ||||||
| 42 | "Curse Of The Cat" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 29, 1979 | |
| Oil Can Harry becomes a "Werecat" and threatens Pearl Pureheart. Mighty Mouse saves Pearl and manages to break the curse affecting Oil Can Harry. | ||||||
| 43 | "Chapter Eleven" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | January 5, 1980 | |
| This is part of what became the film The Great Space Chase | ||||||
| 44 | "The Exersist" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | November 1, 1980 | |
| The tale of the Trojan Horse becomes the backdrop as Oil Can Harry tries to capture the city of Queen Pearl Pureheart. | ||||||
| 45 | "The Treasure Of The Illo Armada" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | September 19, 1981 | |
| Treasure hunter Pearl Pureheart seeks the treasure of the Illdo Armada, but Oil Can Harry and Swifty decide to take it for themselves. | ||||||
| 46 | "Gangmouse" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | October 3, 1981 | |
| 47 | "Big Top Cat" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 5, 1981 | |
| 48 | "Beau Jest" | Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Oil Can Harry, Swifty | CBS | Viacom | December 5, 1981 | |
MIghty Mouse: The New Adventures[edit]
| Episode # | Title | Characters | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Network | Distributor | First Air Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Night On Bald Pate" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy, Petey Pate | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 19, 1987 | |
| 02 | "Mouse From Another House" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 19, 1987 | |
| 03 | "Me-Yowww!" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 26, 1987 | |
| 04 | "Witch Tricks" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy, Witch | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 26, 1987 | |
| 05 | "Night Of The Bat-Bat" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy, Frawley, Bub, Chester P. Chieseler, Bat-Bat, Moe, Cow Announcer | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 3, 1987 | |
| Even superhearoes need a vacation. Mighty Mouse leaves Bat-Bat and his sidekick Tick in charge to face down The Cow. | ||||||||
| 06 | "Scrap-Happy" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy, Frawley, Bub, Chester P. Chieseler, Bat-Bat, Moe, Cow Announcer | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 3, 1987 | |
| 07 | "Catastrophe Cat" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 10, 1987 | |
| 08 | "Scrappy's Field-Day" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 10, 1987 | |
| 09 | "The Bagmouse" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 17, 1987 | |
| 10 | "The First Deadly Cheese" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 17, 1987 | |
| 11 | "This Island Mouseville" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 24, 1987 | |
| 12 | "Mighty's Musical Classics" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 24, 1987 | |
| 13 | "The Littlest Tramp" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart | Kent Butterworth, Steven E. Gordon, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 31, 1987 | |
| 14 | "Puffy Goes Berserk" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart | Kent Butterworth, Steven E. Gordon, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 31, 1987 | |
| 15 | "The League Of Super-Rodents" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy, The Cow | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 7, 1987 | |
| 16 | "Scrappy's Playhouse" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy, The Cow | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 7, 1987 | |
| 17 | "All You Need is Glove" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 14, 1987 | |
| 18 | "It's Scrappy's Birthday" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 14, 1987 | |
| 19 | "Aqua-Guppy" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 21, 1987 | |
| 20 | "Animation Concerto" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Bruce Woodside, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 21, 1987 | |
| 21 | "The Ice Goose Cometh" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, kid mouse | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 28, 1987 | |
| 22 | "Pirates With Dirty Faces" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, kid mouse | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | November 28, 1987 | |
| 23 | "Mighty's Benefit Plan" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy, Kingpin | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | December 5, 1987 | |
| 24 | "See You In The Funny Papers" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy, Sandy Bottomfeeder | Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | December 5, 1987 | |
| 25 | "Heroes And Zeroes" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Steven E. Gordon, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | December 12, 1987 | |
| 26 | "Stress For Success" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Orphan Scrappy | Kent Butterworth, Steven E. Gordon, Bob Jaques, Tom Minton, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon, Doug Moench, Eddie Fitzgerald, Ethan Kanfer, Rich Moore, Andrew Stanton | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | December 12, 1987 | |
| 27 | "Still Oily After All These Years" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 17, 1988 | |
| 28 | "Day Of The Mice" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 17, 1988 | |
| 29 | "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Sourpuss, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth, Jim Reardon | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 24, 1988 | |
| 30 | "Anatomy Of A Milquetoast" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Sourpuss, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth, Jim Reardon | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | September 24, 1988 | |
| 31 | "Bat with A Golden Tongue" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth, David Marshall | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 1, 1988 | |
| 32 | "Mundane Voyage" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth, David Marshall | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 1, 1988 | |
| 33 | "Snow White And The Motor City Dwarfs" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 8, 1988 | |
| 34 | "Don't Touch that Dial" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 8, 1988 | |
| 35 | "Mouse And Supermouse" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 15, 1988 | |
| 36 | "The Bride Of Mighty Mouse" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Kent Butterworth | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 15, 1988 | |
| 37 | "A Star is Milked" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Jim Reardon | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 22, 1988 | |
| 38 | "Mighty's Tone Poem" | Mighty Mouse/Mike Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, The Cow | Ralph Bakshi, Jim Reardon | Tom Minton, Jim Reardon | CBS | Paramount Television, Viacom International | October 22, 1988 | |
Comics[edit]
Several publishers put out Mighty Mouse comic books. There were two main titles: Mighty Mouse and The Adventures of Mighty Mouse.
Mighty Mouse
- Timely Comics #1-4 (1946)
- St. John Publications #5-67 (1947–1955)
- Pines Comics #68-83 (1956–1959)
The Adventures of Mighty Mouse (renaming of Terry's Comics, where Mighty Mouse appeared)
- St. John Publications #126-128 (1955)
- Pines Comics #129-144 (1956–1959)
- Dell Comics #145-155 (1959–1961)
- Gold Key Comics #156-160 (1962–1963)
- Dell Comics #161-?? (1963–??)
Mighty Mouse, Marvel Comics, #1-10 (1990), based on the Ralph Bakshi version (Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures)
DVD releases[edit]
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the first official release of Mighty Mouse material, was released on January 5, 2010.[19]
- The animated short "Wolf Wolf", the only Mighty Mouse cartoon in the public domain, has been released on low-budget DVDs and VHS tapes numerous times.
Further Reading[edit]
- The Animated Movie Guide by Jerry Beck, Chicago Review Press, October 2005, ISBN 978-1-55652-591-9
- Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, Universe, April 2008, ISBN 978-0-7893-1684-4
- Castle Films: a hobbyists's guide by Scott MacGillivray, iUniverse, Inc., ISBN 978-0595324910
- The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars: From a to (Almost Z), by John Cawley and Jim Korkis, Pioneer Books, November 1990, ISBN 978-1556982699
- Who's Who in Animated Cartoons, by Jeff Lenburg, Applause Books, June 1, 2006, ISBN 155783671X
- Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm, by Eric Nolen-Weathington & Bruce Timm, TwoMorrows Publishing, June 1, 2004, ISBN 978-1893905306
- Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths, by Bill Brioux, Praeger, December 30, 2007, ISBN 978-0275992477
- American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films And Television Programs, 1961-1973, Christopher P. Lehman, McFarland & Company, October 27, 2006, ISBN 978-0786428182
References[edit]
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- ^ Mighty Mouse in his yellow/red costume
- ^ "Mighty Mouse: Wolf! Wolf!". Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "18th Academy Awards". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1946. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ Rodriguez, Robert (2006). The 1950s' most wanted the top 10 book of rock & roll rebels, Cold War crises, and all-American oddities (1st ed.). Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books. p. 219. ISBN 9781612340302. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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- ^ "The Power of Cheese, Mighty Mouse". America's Dairy Farmers. 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ Jerry Beck (2010-04-16). "Mighty Mouse on again at Paramount". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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- ^ New Mighty Mouse CGI Movie, The Official Ralph Bakshi Website, March 20, 2005
- ^ "Did Mighty Mouse Snort or Just Sniff the Flowers?". The Deseret News. June 10, 1988. p. A3. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Craig Wolff (July 26, 1988). "Mighty Mouse Flying High On Flowers?". New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Mighty Mouse's flowers clipped". Boca Raton News. Associated Press. July 26, 1988. p. 2A. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (2007). The Astro Boy essays : Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the manga/anime revolution. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1933330549. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
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- ^ Jane McEntegart (May 21, 2008). "Company Sues Apple and CBS For MightyMouse Copyright Infringements". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
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External links[edit]
- Mighty Mouse at TV.com
- Mighty Mouse at TVShowsOnDVD.com
- Terrytoons - The TV Series at Toontracker