Mighty Mouse

Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic, superhero mouse

Mighty Mouse
character created by theTerrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character
first appeared in 1942 (originally named Super Mouse) and subsequently in 80
theatrical films between 1942 and 1961. These films appeared on American
television from 1955 through 1967, Saturday mornings on the CBS television
network. The character was twice revived, byFilmation Studios in 1979 and in
1987 by animation director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked at the Terrytoons
studio during his early career.

Mighty Mouse has also appeared incomics and other media.

Early Terrytoons Mighty Mouse

First Mouse of Tomorrow
Contents appearance (1942)

History Last Cat Alarm (1961)

Mighty Mouse Playhouse appearance
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
Created by Paul Terry
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Later years Portrayed by Roy Halee, Sr.
Tom Morrison
Failed feature film adaptation
Allen Swift
Criticism
Alan Oppenheimer
Cultural influences
Patrick Pinney
Apple trademark dispute
Dee Bradley Baker
Cartoons
Terrytoons theatrical shorts Information
Comics Species Mouse
DVD releases Gender Male
Video games Significant Pearl Pureheart
Further reading other(s)
References
External links

History
The character was conceived originally by Paul Terry.[1] Created as a parody of Superman, he first appeared in 1942 in a theatrical
animated short titled The Mouse of Tomorrow. Originally named Super Mouse, after seven films in 1942–43, he was renamed
Mighty Mouse for The Wreck of the Hesperus (1944), after Paul Terry learned that another character named "Super Mouse" was to
be published by Marvel Comics.

Beginning in 1945, some Mighty Mouse episodes had operatic dialogue, and he was drawn slightly differently. Both changes
attempted to take advantage of the growing popularity of singer and actor Mario Lanza, beginning with Mighty Mouse and The
Pirates. Others included Gypsy Life and The Crackpot King. Mighty Mouse's adventures later focused on Pearl Pureheart and Oilcan
Harry; the dialogue in these episodes were always sung by the characters.

His appearance
Mighty Mouse was first drawn wearing a blue costume with red trunks and cape, similar to Superman. Later, this outfit was changed
to a yellow costume with red trunks and cape; in various theatrical shorts, those colors were reversed.[2] Roy Halee, Sr. was the first
actor to provide the voice of Mighty Mouse,[3] a role later filled by voice actors Tom Morrison[4] and Allen Swift.[5] 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
.

His powers

Mighty Mouse's superpowers included flight, super strength, and invulnerability. In some films he used X-ray vision and
psychokinesis. He was also able to turn back time in The Johnstown Flood and Krakatoa. Other cartoons showed him leaving a red
contrail during flight that he manipulated like a band of solid, flexible matter
.

Recurring characters

Mighty Mouse featured two recurring female leads. In the cartoon shorts, she was a mouse named Pearl Pureheart. In the comics in
the 1950s and 1960s, the female lead was named Mitzi. His recurring arch-enemy is a villain cat named Oil Can Harry, who
originated as a human in earlier Terrytoons as the enemy ofFanny Zilch.

Show formulas

The early formula of each story consisted of a crisis needing extraordinary help to resolve. At the decisive moment, Mighty Mouse
came to the rescue. In the early films Mighty Mouse would not appear until nearly three quarters through the cartoon. 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
though in the next chapter of aserial.

Mighty Mouse cartoons spoofed the cliffhanger serials of silent films as well as the classicoperettas of stage still popular at the time.

The characters often sing mock opera arias (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 soprano, Oil Can Harry bass-baritone. Mighty Mouse is also famous for singing "Here I
come to save the day!" when flying into action.

In several Mighty Mouse cartoons, whenever he achieves the most impossible physical tasks, the narrator exclaims, first softly, "what
a mouse!!!", then loudly, "WHAT A MOUSE!!!".

The early Mighty Mouse cartoons often portray Mighty Mouse as a ruthless fighter. One of his most frequent tactics is to fly under an
enemy's chin and let loose a volley of blows, subduing the opponent through sheer physical punishment.

Villains

While his typical opponents are nondescript cats, Mighty Mouse occasionally battles specific villains, though most appear in only one
or two films. Several of the earliest "Super Mouse" films (having been made during World War II), feature the cats as thinly veiled
caricatures of the Nazis, hunting down mice and marching them into concentration camp-like traps to what would otherwise be their
doom. The Bat-cats, alien cats with bat wings and wheels for feet, appeared in two cartoons; in two others 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. In rare moments, he confronts non-feline adversaries such as human bad guy Bad Bill Bunion and his horse, or the
Automatic Mouse Trap, a brontosaur-shaped robotic monster. In The Green Line (1944), the cats and the mice live on either side of a
green dividing line down the middle of their town's main street. 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.

[6]
At least one episode, Wolf! Wolf!, has fallen into the public domain and is available at the Internet Archive.

Gypsy Life (1945) was nominated for anOscar in the category of Short Subject (Cartoon).[7]
Mighty Mouse Playhouse
Mighty Mouse had little theatrical impact, but became eTrrytoons' most popular character and a cultural icon on television.

CBS purchased the Terrytoons studio from Paul Terry in 1955. The Mighty Mouse Playhouseaired Saturday mornings December 10,
1955[8] until Sep. 2, 1967, using the existing film library. Only three new cartoons were produced after the sale. The final season
included a new feature:The Mighty Heroes.

The show's theme song was credited on some earlyrecords to "The Terrytooners, Mitch Miller and Orchestra". However, writer Mark
Evanier credits a group called The Sandpipers (not the1960s easy listening group of the same name).[9]

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle

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. The show
introduced two new characters: a vampire duck named Quacula (also voiced by Frank Welker and 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 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 movie, Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry were voiced by veteran voice artist Alan Oppenheimer,
Pearl Pureheart by Diane Pershing.

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures

In 1987 and 1988, animation producer Ralph Bakshi (who began his career at Terrytoons in the late 1950s and worked on the last
Mighty Mouse shorts filmed by that company) 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 television series.

The best-remembered episode of this series featured a crossover with Mighty Mouse and another Bakshi creation, the Mighty Heroes.
In this 1988 episode, the Mighty Heroes were middle-aged men (except for Diaper Man, who was in his twenties) and were all
lawyers.

Later years
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" television
commercial.[10] 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 withdrawn in the wake of theSeptember 11, 2001
attacks.

The character appeared in the 1999 pilotCurbside.[11]

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 Home Entertainment 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).

Failed feature film adaptation

As early as 2004, Paramount Pictures, Omation Animation Studios and Nickelodeon Movies announced their intention to bring
Mighty Mouse back to the motion picture screen with a CGI Mighty Mouse feature film that was tentatively scheduled to be released
some time in 2013.[12] However, this has yet to happen.

Criticism
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 Littlest
Tramp" a poor mouse girl attempts to sell flowers, and is repeatedly harassed by a
rich man who crushes her flowers.[13] She runs out of flowers and makes new ones
[14]
from sundry items she finds, such as tomato slices, but the man crushes these too.
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
Stills from the Mighty Mouse: The
(now a pink powder), inhaling them in the process. He then finds the man that has
New Adventures episode "The
been harassing the girl, and spanks him. The girl is sympathetic to the man, and he is Littlest Tramp". Top left: the flower is
so moved that the two are married. crushed by the rich man. Top right:
Mighty Mouse receives the remains
A family in Kentucky saw the episode and reportedly interpreted the scene as of the flower, which falls apart in his
Mighty Mouse snorting cocaine. The family called theAmerican Family Association hand. Bottom left: Mighty Mouse
in Tupelo, Mississippi. The group demanded Bakshi be removed from production of thinks fondly of the girl, and brings
the series.[15] Bakshi and CBS denied the allegations, Bakshi stating the whole out what's left of the flower. Bottom
right: Mighty Mouse smells the
incident "smacks of McCarthyism. I'm not going to get into who sniffs what. This is
flower, inhaling it in the process.
lunacy."[14] 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"
[16]
of cocaine use, though Bakshi maintained that the episode was "totally innocent".

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, The New York Times

Cultural influences
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
[17]
Mighty Mouse's signature flying pose with one arm stretched ahead with a clenched fist.

Mighty Mouse was planned to be made as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger
Rabbit.

Mighty Mouse was featured on famed guitaristTom Scholz's Les Paul guitar.[18]

The song Astro Man by Jimi Hendrix, a part of the Black Gold (Jimi Hendrix recordings) session, includes a version of the 'Here I
come to save the day!' fanfare.

As part of Andy Kaufman's act he would play the Mighty Mouse theme while standing perfectly still and lip-sync only the line "Here
I come to save the day" with great enthusiasm.
Apple trademark dispute
On August 2, 2005, Apple released the company's first multi-control USB computer
mouse. The product was designed by Mitsumi Electric and premiered under the
name Apple Mighty Mouse. Apple continued to use the name when the product was
redesigned as a Bluetooth device in 2006. Prior to its release, CBS licensed the right
to use the Mighty Mouse name to Apple. In 2008, Man and Machine, Inc., a
company that produces medical grade, chemical-resistant, mice and keyboards, sued
both Apple and CBS for trademark infringement.[19] Man and Machine claimed that
it had used the name since 2004 and that CBS did not have the right to license the
name for computer peripherals.[20] In 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Apple Mighty Mouse
ruled in favor of Man and Machine and Apple changed the name of its product to the
"Apple Mouse".[21]

Cartoons

Terrytoons theatrical shorts

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).

# Title Release Date

01 "The Mouse of Tomorrow" 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" November 27, 1942

Super Mouse must rescue the mice from a monster cat who energizes himself by a lightning strike.

03 "He Dood It Again" February 5, 1943

Super Mouse protects a group of mice who like to eat and party at night at a local diner
.

04 "Pandora's Box" 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" August 6, 1943

Cats battle a group of mice with everything imaginable (including ommy
T guns) that only Super Mouse can thwart.
Later re-titled Mighty Mouse Rides Again

06 "Down with Cats" October 7, 1943

Super Mouse comes to the rescue of some mice enjoying winter sports. The influence of oWrld War II is evident in
this film.

07 "The Lion and the Mouse" November 12, 1943

Aesop's tale is reborn as Super Mouse faces a lion. Only cartoon where the name "Super Mouse" was not edited out
for the name "Mighty Mouse" on television prints.

The next 73 films changed the character's name to Mighty Mouse. However, in Brazilian Portuguese, the name is still Super Mouse
and in Spanish, his name is Super Raton.[22]
# Title Release Date
08 "The Wreck of the Hesperus" 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 ticker-tape parade.

09 "The Champion of Justice" 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 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" April 28, 1944
Mighty Mouse rescues a group of mice who sought shelter from a storm but accidentally hid away in the laboratory of
Dr. Jekyll, and are threatened by his cat whohas taken the Doctor's horrific formula.

11 "Eliza on the Ice" 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!" June 22, 1944

' Little Bo Peep and her sheep are the victims in this story that tips the hat to thePied Piper of Hamelin as Mighty
Mouse goes up against the wolves with a jazz soundtrack. Only public domain Mighty Mouse cartoon.

13 "The Green Line" 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 all right again and defeats the Satanic cat.

14 "Mighty Mouse and the Two Barbers" 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" October 13, 1944

World War II mixes with the Arabian Nights as Mighty Mouse rescues a sultan's harem gir l from the attack of cats on
flying carpets. First appearance of the classic yellow suit with red cape and white gloves.

16 "At the Circus" November 17, 1944

Mighty Mouse flies to the circus this time to rescue a cute high-wire performer from escaped lions.
The story is told
as a radio drama to mice listening, and Mighty Mouse flies out of the radio at the conclusion and is cheered by the
mice listening to the show.

17 "Mighty Mouse and the Pirates" January 12, 1945

Pirate cats capture an island mouse princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue. First sung cartoon featuring an
operatic soundtrack.

18 "The Port of Missing Mice" February 2, 1945

More pirate cats, this time in San Francisco as Mighty Mouse battles cats to save a group of sailor mice from their
clutches.

19 "Raiding the Raiders" March 9, 1945

Rabbits are the victims this time, and vultures are the villains that Mighty Mouse must vanquish.

20 "The Kilkenny Cats" April 13, 1945

City mice are forced to battle a gang of cats with military weapons, until Mighty Mouse arrives to save the day
. The
mice use a variety of military march music selections to boost their morale while preparing for the fight.

21 "The Silver Streak" 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 lesson.

22 "Mighty Mouse and the Wolf" 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; all just to let Mighty Mouse take out the W
olf three times.

23 "Gypsy Life" 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" November 9, 1945

Mighty Mouse must save the saloon gal singer from the clutches of the outlaw Bad Bill Bunion.

25 "Krakatoa" 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 (à la Jekyll/Hyde) into Mighty Mouse, who must stop the
volcano's threat and set the island aright.

26 "Svengali's Cat" 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.The girl mouse doesn't stop singing the same song over and over again until Mighty
Mouse frees her.

27 "The Wicked Wolf" March 8, 1946

Goldilocks and the Three Bears get mixed in with the W
olf as Mighty Mouse must set everything right.

28 "My Old Kentucky Home" 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" 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. Another opera cartoon,
this one features Mighty signing "Here I come!" for the first time (but not, "to save the day!").

30 "The Johnstown Flood" June 28, 1946

In a re-imagining of theJohnstown 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" 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" August 16, 1946

American history sets the stage this time as Mighty Mouse turns up in the old west to battle Native American cats
threatening pioneer mice.

33 "The Electronic Mouse Trap" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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 . Dimwit Dog (from Heckle and
Jeckle) appears as the sheepdog.

38 "The Dead End Cats" February 14, 1947

Mighty Mouse must face down a 1930s-style mob of racketeer cats, who go as far as to kidnap him while he is
asleep.

39 "Aladdin's Lamp" 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" April 25, 1947

Mighty Mouse rescues some barnyard animals who have been tricked by the fox into believing the sky is falling.The
fox and his friend trick the animals by throwing random objects, and making noises by blowing
slide whistles and
drumming on timpani.

41 "Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick" May 30, 1947

Back to the American West as Deadeye Dick terrorizes the town, leaving the sheriff helpless (since he is unable to
get any volunteers) until Mighty Mouse arrives to finish the fight.

42 "A Date for Dinner" 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" 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" November 14, 1947

The spoofs of serial cliffhanger films begin as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart, and Mighty Mouse must
come to the rescue. The trio sing all their dialogue.

45 "Swiss Cheese Family Robinson" December 19, 1947

Even superheroes need time off, and as the mouse version of The Swiss Family Robinsongets 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.
The Robinsons later turn the island
they're stranded on into atourist attraction.

46 "Lazy Little Beaver" 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 about work and sloth, safely
.

47 "Mighty Mouse and the Magician" March 27, 1948

A mouse village magician's show is interrupted by an invasion of cats. The magician bravely tries to holdf of
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" June 23, 1948

Mighty Mouse must settle a clan feud between the cats and the mice.

49 "The Witch's Cat" 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. Mighty finally sings "Here I come to save the day!" for the first time.

50 "Loves Labor Won" September 15, 1948

The first operatic cliffhanger serial spoof withOil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart. Mighty Mouse appears at the
beginning of the cartoon for the first time.

51 "Triple Trouble" 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" 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
trapeze artist performer. But everything Harry tries is foiled by a mysterious stranger in a trenchcoat. Who is that
masked man? It's Mighty Mouse, of course!

53 "Magic Slipper" 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" 1949

Gangster cats return to threaten Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart. When they kidnap Pearl, it's up to Mighty
Mouse to save the day.

55 "A Cold Romance" 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" July 22, 1949

Mighty Mouse battles the Catnip Gang, a group of cats that have escaped from jail.

57 "Perils of Pearl Pureheart" October 11, 1949

Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart return, with Harry hypnotizing Pearl to sing at his saloon.

58 "Stop, Look and Listen" 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" March 1950

To avoid a winter storm, a group of mice takerefuge 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" June 23, 1950

Mighty Mouse rescues mice being sold as frozen treats by a gang of cats.

61 "Beauty on the Beach" 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" 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" March 1951

Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry battle all across Italian history and geography for the fections
af of sweet Pearl
Pureheart.

64 "Goons from the Moon" April 1, 1951

Science fiction arrives with alien cats and bat-cats that want to capture the mice oferryTown.
T

65 "Injun Trouble" June 1951

The Colonel has mortgage trouble again, and sets out to strike it rich in gold to pay it f,ofbut it never works out.
Mighty Mouse will again rescue the Colonel.

66 "A Swiss Miss" August 1951

Another cliffhanger (literally) as Oil Can Harrythreatens Pearl Pureheart in the Swiss Alps. Until it's Mighty Mouse to
the rescue.

67 "A Cat's Tale" November 1951

 A cat narrates this origin story about Mighty Mouse.

68 "Prehistoric Perils" 1952

Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, and Pearl Pureheart time travel back to prehistoric times.

69 "Hansel and Gretel" June 1952

Mighty Mouse battles the witch and her cat to save mouse versions of Hansel and Gretel.

70 "Happy Holland" November 1952

Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart meet Mighty Mouse in Holland this time.

71 "Hero for a Day" 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" June 1953

Teenage mice driving their hot rods get into trouble that only Mighty Mouse can fix.

73 "When Mousehood was in Flower" July 1953

Taxes are at the heart of the troubles for the nobleman and his daughter
, Pearl Pureheart. The Black Night, Oil Can
Harry, wants the daughter's hand in marriage, and only Mighty Mouse can set things in order
.

74 "A Soapy Opera" 1953

Pearl Pureheart is the laundry maid beholden to Oil Can Harry
, and only Mighty Mouse can rescue her.

75 "The Helpless Hippo" 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" October 1954

Mighty Mouse convinces a wolf that carrots are preferable to mutton.

77 "Spare the Rod" 1954

Mighty Mouse must teach respect to a group of unruly mice children. The last theatrical Mighty Mouse cartoon.

78 "Outer Space Visitor" 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. First of three made for television shorts sold with the theatrical package of cartoons.

79 "The Mysterious Package" December 15, 1960

A mechanical monster is kidnapping the children of Mouseville. Mighty Mouse must go to the alien world to bring
them back.

80 "Cat Alarm" 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 cats. The last made
for TV Mighty Mouse cartoon to be packaged with the original theatrical series.

Comics
Mighty Mouse's first comic book appearance was in Terry-Toons Comics #38 (November 1945), published by Timely Comics.
Mighty Mouse was featured in:

Terry-Toons Comics #38–85 (1945–1951)

Paul Terry's Comics #86–125 (1951–1955)
Mighty Mouse was also featured in two main titles by several different publishers: 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 Paul 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 #161–172 (1964–1968)

Mighty Mouse, Spotlight Comics, #1–2 (1987)

Mighty Mouse, Marvel Comics, #1–10 (1990), based on theRalph Bakshi version (Mighty Mouse: The New
Adventures)
Mighty Mouse, Dynamite Entertainment, #1-5 (2017–2018, collected as Volume 1: Saving the Day, ISBN 978-1-
5241-0386-6)

DVD releases
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the first official release of Mighty Mouse material, was released on January 5,
2010.[23]

Video games
In October 2008, CR Terry Toons – Mighty Mouse(ＣＲテリーテューンズマイティマウスCR Terīte~yūnzu Maiti
Mausu) a series of two pachinko games was released in Japan by Fuji Shogi.
On February 22, 2012, a video game titledMIGHTY MOUSE my Herowas released for iOS, as well as an exclusive
version MIGHTY MOUSE My Hero HDfor the iPad.

Further reading
The Animated Movie Guideby 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 guideby Scott MacGillivray, iUniverse, Inc., ISBN 978-0-595-32491-0
The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars: From A to (Almost Z),by John Cawley and Jim Korkis, Pioneer Books,
November 1990, ISBN 978-1-55698-269-9
Who's Who in Animated Cartoons, by Jeff Lenburg, Applause Books, June 1, 2006, ISBN 1-55783-671-X
Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm, by Eric Nolen-Weathington & Bruce Timm, TwoMorrows Publishing, June 1,
2004, ISBN 978-1-893905-30-6
Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths , by Bill Brioux, Praeger, December 30, 2007,
ISBN 978-0-275-99247-7
American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films And e Tlevision Programs,
1961–1973, Christopher P. Lehman, McFarland & Company, October 27, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7864-2818-2

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External links
Mighty Mouse at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Mighty Mouse at TV.com
Mighty Mouse at TVShowsOnDVD.com
Terrytoons – The TV Series via the Wayback Machine at Toontracker

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