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locked in a desperate struggle with a villain. But on with the story..." Mighty Mouse is engaging in "a fight to the finish" with Oil Can Harry, now a villainous cat with a mustache, a top hat and a big black cloak, voiced by Tom Morrison. The blonde heroine, Pearl Pureheart, is tied up in the other room, but refuses to give up hope. Harry manages to knock out Mighty Mouse, and leaves him tied to the railroad track with a bomb on his head, and the 5:15 train due to pass by. Harry drives Pearl away to his home, where he woos her in song, to no avail. Mighty Mouse manages to blow out the fuse, stop the train and escape from his bonds, and rushes to Pearl's rescue. At Harry's house, they fight with fists, guns and swords, as Pearl slips out the window and onto a passing log which is floating down the river into a mill. Mighty Mouse throws Harry into the river and rushes to rescue Pearl, who's heading for the buzzsaw. The narrator asks, "Is our little heroine doomed to destruction in the sawmill? Will Mighty Mouse arrive in time? See the following episode, next week!" The camera starts to iris out, but then stops, as the narrator relents, "Stop! Gosh, we can't wait until next week. Please, show us what happens, won't you?" Mighty Mouse grabs Pearl in time, and the pair have a brief romantic chorus together as the cartoon delivers a happy ending.

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examines the goods on the long lines of shelves and sets to work on a total transformation: He bathes in Super Soap, swallows Super Soup, munches Super Celery and plunges head first into an enormous piece of Super Cheese -- from which he emerges in a flash as Super Mouse! He's no longer a tiny rodent, but a two-footed, humanized mouse with a massive chest and powerful biceps. His costume is like Superman's, with a flowing red cape, and his powers are similar, too: He can fly through the air and repel bullets with his chest. Super Mouse soars to the rescue of his fellow mice and dispatches the neighborhood cats to the moon. Returning to earth, he is hoisted on the shoulders of his happy comrades, as the narrator declares, "Thus ends the adventure of Super Mouse... he seen his job and he done it!"

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taking that as a basis, I'd only have to get the mice in a tough spot and then say, 'Isn't there someone who can help?' 'Yes, there is someone; it's Mighty Mouse!' So, down from the heavens he'd come sailing down and lick the evil spirit, or whatever it was. And everything would be serene again." Biographer W. Gerald Harmonic notes that as of the mid 40s, Mighty Mouse would be pictured living on a star or a cloud, up in the heavens, and that he became "a Christ-like figure, a savior of all 'mouse-kind'."

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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.

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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. She runs out of flowers and makes new ones from sundry items she finds, such as tomato slices, but the man crushes these too. Mighty Mouse attempts to

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The best-remembered episode of this series featured a crossover with Mighty Mouse and another Bakshi creation, the Mighty Heroes (Strong Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, Cuckoo Man and Diaper Man). In the 1988 episode "Heroes and Zeroes", the Mighty Heroes were middle-aged men (except for Diaper Man, who

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In a 1969 interview, Terry said that Mighty Mouse's power had a religious aspect: "When a man is sick, or down, or hurt, you say, 'There's nothing more we can do. It's in God's hand.' And he either survives or he doesn't according to God's plan. Right? So, 'Man's extremity is God's opportunity.' So,

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Cats of the city have imposed a reign of terror on the rodent community. The mice have barely a chance to live in peace, with endless traps and clever feline footwork sealing their doom. One mouse manages to escape from a particularly hungry cat and runs for shelter into an enormous supermarket. He

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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. Man and Machine claimed that it had

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episode "The Littlest Tramp". Top left: the flower is crushed by the rich man. Top right: Mighty Mouse receives the remains of the flower, which falls apart in his hand. Bottom left: Mighty Mouse thinks fondly of the girl, and brings out what's left of the flower. Bottom right: Mighty Mouse smells

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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

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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

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are vast and sometimes appear limitless. His main powers include flight, super-strength and invulnerability. The early cartoons often portray him 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

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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

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song "And The Villain Still Pursued Her", which had also been used as the theme for the Fanny Zilch cartoons. The narrator opens with an urgent recap of the (nonexistent) previous episode: "In our last episode, we left Mighty Mouse at the old Beaver River station. As you remember, folks, he was

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during flight that he can manipulate like a band of solid, flexible matter. In several of the cartoons, when Mighty Mouse achieves the impossible feats, the narrator exclaims, first in a normal voice: " What A Mouse!!!!!", followed by his louder triumphant voice: "WHAT A MOUSE!!!!!"

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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 Jekyll/Hyde) into Mighty Mouse who must stop the volcano's threat and set the island

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used the name since 2004 and that CBS did not have the right to license the name for computer peripherals. In 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of Man and Machine and Apple changed the name of its product to the "Apple Mouse".

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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

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was the first in a series of musical melodrama spoofs, with Mighty Mouse saving damsel in distress Pearl Pureheart (sometimes "Little Nell") from the villainous, mustache-twirling cat Oil Can Harry. Terrytoons revived the concept from their earlier

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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

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However, his powers can vary, depending on the demands of the story; he is sometimes knocked unconscious or rendered temporarily immobile by the villain, only to rise again by the end of the cartoon and save the day. In some films, he uses

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element in these cartoons—in each one, Mighty Mouse saves a dark-haired beauty from terrible trouble, and in the latter two, the camera fades out on the hero and the girl in a romantic clinch. While these were very similar to the musical

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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).

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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.

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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 who has taken the Doctor's horrific formula.

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

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series, a melodrama spoof that ran for seven cartoons from 1933 to 1937. Fanny was constantly tormented by a human version of Oil Can Harry, and protected by her lover, J. Leffingwell Strongheart.

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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.

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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.

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The melodrama spoofs continued as an occasional series over the next six years, with Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart returning in thirteen more cartoons. Another memorable short was 1949's

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By summer, Mighty Mouse's costume got an overhaul as well. Until this point, he'd been wearing Superman's colors—a blue costume with a red cape—but in the June 16, 1944, cartoon

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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.

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has television syndication rights (the shorts are currently out of circulation). On December 4, 2019, CBS Corporation and Viacom re-merged into a single entity, ViacomCBS (now

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Mighty Mouse had little theatrical impact, but became Terrytoons' most popular character and a cultural icon on television. In 1955, Paul Terry sold the Terrytoons studio to

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Another melodrama 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.

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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.

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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.

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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. (

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Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). "Relinquishing the Reins: The New Challenge of Television, the Sale of Terrytoons to CBS, and the Retirement of Paul Terry, 1952-1956".

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Super Mouse (and his later alias, Mighty Mouse) was originally voiced by Roy Halee Sr., a tenor who often sang on radio and first started doing cartoon voices for

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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.

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In this Sourpuss/Gandy Goose cartoon, Mighty Mouse puts in a guest appearance by flying out of a Mighty Mouse comic book, within a dream, to save the day. (

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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.

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spoofs that were soon to emerge, they didn't have an overwrought narrator, or the suggestion that the cartoon is an episode of a continuing story.

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Another serial cliffhanger sets the stage as Mighty Mouse faces vultures while Oil Can Harry threatens the Colonel and kidnaps Pearl Pureheart. (

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. (

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claimed that the editing was a "de facto admission" of cocaine use, though Bakshi maintained that the episode was "totally innocent".

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cartoons, as well as an episode of a Mighty Mouse science-fiction serial, "The Great Space Chase". The hour was rounded out with two

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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.

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The spoofs of serial cliffhanger films begin as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart and Mighty Mouse must come to the rescue.

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The bat-cats are back. This time they kidnap a gypsy girl who Mighty Mouse must rescue while putting the bat-cats in their place.

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

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Saturday morning children's lineup. In this series, Mighty Mouse has a real identity, Mike Mouse (both identities voiced by

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

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

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cartoon, plus short bumpers with tips about safety and the environment. The total cartoons produced for the series were 32

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television network, which popularized the character far more than the original theatrical run. The show lasted until 1967.

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

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Back to the American western as the sheriff and the bad guy battle it out until Mighty Mouse arrives to finish the fight.

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

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American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films And Television Programs, 1961–1973

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A humble mouse dreams of being Mighty Mouse so he can impress the girl of his dreams, but the cats know the difference.

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It's the return of Little Nell this time, with Oil Can Harry as the villain against Mighty Mouse set at the North Pole.

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Terrytown is the setting for this need for Mighty Mouse to rescue the mice who are threatened by a gang of alley cats.

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Mighty Mouse must battle the insane cat king and his evil wolf wizard to rescue the fair damsel mouse in distress.

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Mighty Mouse is known for his theme song, "Mighty Mouse Theme (Here I Come to Save the Day)", written by composer

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City mice are forced to battle a gang of cats with military weapons, until Mighty Mouse arrives to save the day.

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In 2017, during his 75th anniversary, Mighty Mouse made his return with a 5-issue comic book series produced by

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holds home video rights. The first official release of Mighty Mouse material has been announced and what is now

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Cats battle a group of mice with everything imaginable (including Tommy guns) that only Super Mouse can thwart.

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Mighty Mouse rescues some barnyard animals who have been tricked by the fox into believing the sky is falling.

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Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). "Here I Come to Save the Day!: The Mouse that Saved a Cartoon Studio, 1942-1945".

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saw the episode and reportedly interpreted the scene as Mighty Mouse snorting cocaine. The family called the

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The 1950s' most wanted the top 10 book of rock & roll rebels, Cold War crises, and all-American oddities

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Tom Morrison of Terrytoons provided the speaking voice of Mighty Mouse in the show's new framing sequences.

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Here They Come, To Save The Day: Jon & Erich Hoeber To Script ‘Mighty Mouse’ For Paramount Animation

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Mighty Mouse flies to the circus this time to rescue the cute highwire performer from the escaped lions.

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

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cat, starts the cats and mice fighting. At the end, Mighty Mouse is cheered by mice and cats alike.

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with the addition of a superhero mouse. A couple months later, the studio spoofed another classic,

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Mighty Mouse was planned to make a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film

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as saying that Mighty Mouse was the influence that inspired him to name his well-known character

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

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

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Mighty Mouse, as the character originally appeared, wearing a costume reminiscent of Superman's.

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An evil scientist cat invents a robot mouse trap that goes after all the mice in the city. The

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begins to make its presence known as Mighty Mouse must battle a robot powered by atomic bombs.

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In 1944, Paul Terry learned that another character named "Super Mouse" was to be published in

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Another cliffhanger (literally) as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart in the Swiss Alps.

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Mighty Mouse faces down Oil Can Harry for the safety of Pearl Pureheart in an amusement park.

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

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

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Super Mouse must rescue the mice from a monster cat brought to life by a strike of lightning.

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Mighty Mouse feature film that was tentatively scheduled to be released some time in 2013.

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Mighty Mouse also appeared in comic books by several publishers, including his own series,

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

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To vary the formula, the melodramas started traveling to exotic locales, including Italy (

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The Arabian Nights return as Mighty Mouse becomes involved with rescuing the daughter of

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

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announced their intention to bring Mighty Mouse back to the motion picture screen with a

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as Mighty Mouse rescues a sultan's harem girl from the attack of cats on flying carpets.

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

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

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was the subject of media controversy when one scene was interpreted as a depiction of

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The Astro Boy essays : Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the manga/anime revolution

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Hero-A-Go-Go: Campy Comic Books, Crimefighters, & Culture of the Swinging Sixties

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Another operatic cliffhanger serial spoof with Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart. (

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Mighty Mouse was also featured in two main titles by several different publishers:

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

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The "Space Chase" episodes were edited together into a theatrical matinee movie,

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made television cartoons starring Mighty Mouse and fellow Terrytoon characters

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The character originated in 1942 from an idea by animator Isadore Klein at the

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

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Pirate cats capture an island mouse princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue.

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

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In the eighth cartoon, the character's name was changed to Mighty Mouse.

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tone, risqué humor and adult jokes made the Bakshi Mighty Mouse series a

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The character was dubbed "Super Mouse", and his first theatrical short,

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was particularly successful, earning Terry his third nomination for an

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get mixed in with the Wolf as Mighty Mouse must set everything right.

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and her sheep are the victims in this story that tips the hat to the

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In April 2019, Jon and Erich Hoeber signed on to script the film for

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Mighty Mouse, as appeared in the 1940s theatrical shorts made by the

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

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was the first Mighty Mouse cartoon to feature sung dialogue, in the

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Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory

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Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory

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Mighty Mouse must teach respect to a group of unruly mice children.

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

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Gangster cats return to threaten Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart.

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as Mighty Mouse goes up against the wolves with a jazz soundtrack.

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This article is about the cartoon character. For other uses, see

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Mighty Mouse must face down a 1930s-style mob of racketeer cats.

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The final design of the character debuted in the 15th cartoon,

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by John Cawley and Jim Korkis, Pioneer Books, November 1990,

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The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars: From A to (Almost Z),

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American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two

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Even superheroes need time off, and as the mouse version of

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Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths

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