Mighty Mouse
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The Mighty Mouse Cartoon
Mighty Mouse was another one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I actually enjoyed cartoons like Mighty Mouse, Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle more than I did the Loony Tunes or even Tom and Jerry. Although it was in reruns to me it was brand new, and that's the same way it is for children (Even some of us grown ones) today.
The Mighty Mouse character was originally created by Izzy Klein as Superfly, a house fly with super powers. Paul Terry, head of the studio, decided to change him into a mouse. When the mouse made his first appearance in 1942 in The Mouse of Tomorrow he was called Super Mouse. When Terry found out that a comic book character had the same name he changed the name of his mouse to Mighty Mouse.
Mighty Mouse made some costume changes over time. In the early days his costume was blue, but later it was changed to yellow, throughout his "career" his cape and shoes were red.
The Mighty Mouse character was originally created by Izzy Klein as Superfly, a house fly with super powers. Paul Terry, head of the studio, decided to change him into a mouse. When the mouse made his first appearance in 1942 in The Mouse of Tomorrow he was called Super Mouse. When Terry found out that a comic book character had the same name he changed the name of his mouse to Mighty Mouse.
Mighty Mouse made some costume changes over time. In the early days his costume was blue, but later it was changed to yellow, throughout his "career" his cape and shoes were red.
Super Mouse ~ The Original Mighty Mouse
Interesting Things About Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse was the most popular cartoon that Terrytoons ever produced. In 1955 Terrytoons was sold to CBS who was soon airing it as The Mighty Mouse Playhouse.The voice of Mighty Mouse was provided by Roy Halee, but in some of the later cartoons the voice was that of Tom Morrison.
Mighty Mouse's temperament softened over the years. In the beginning the mouse was a merciless fighter who would dish out a lot of beating to his enemies. Over the years he became less ruthless. His main enemy was Oil Can Harry
Mighty Mouse's girlfriend in the cartoon was Pearl Pureheart, however, did you know that in the comic book (195s to 1960s) version his girlfriend was Mitzi?
When Mighty Mouse was called into action to fight evil he would sing out, Here I come to save the day! in an operatic voice.
Mighty Mouse's hometown was Mouseville.
Mighty Mouse Villains
The Battles of Cat and Mice
The main arch-villain in the Mighty Mouse cartoons was Oil Can Harry. He battled many other enemies, but most of them showed up in only 1 or 2 episodes.Mighty Mouse usually fought cat villains, but in one episode he was actually cheered on by the cats as well as the mice. In The Green Line a town's main street was divided into two sides by a green line running down the center of the road. The mice stayed on one side of the street and the cats on the other.
In The Green Line, Satan in the form of a cat, suddenly appears and begins playing tricks on the cats and mice to cause them to start fighting. Mighty Mouse comes in to fight with the Satan cat and, of course, when he wins the battle the fighting between the cats and mice ceases and everyone cheers for the mouse hero.
Mighty Mouse Comic Book ~ Mitzi & Oil Can Harry
Mighty Mouse on DVD
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SelfishBeat
Nov 30, 2011 @ 1:57 pm | delete
- Man ... You took me many years back ... Thanks You!
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Craftyville
Oct 12, 2010 @ 8:24 am | delete
- I loved mighty mouse he was also one of my favorites. I think I still have some mighty mouse stickers somewhere in an old box.
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CoCo08
Oct 18, 2008 @ 9:28 pm | delete
- Cartoons like this made you want to get up early on Saturday mornings even though you didn't have to!
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The_Homeopath
Oct 10, 2008 @ 10:10 pm | delete
- I love Mighty Mouse, but I always associate him with Andy Kaufmann now - LOL.
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NeonZeppelin
Oct 7, 2008 @ 8:10 pm | delete
- Wow, I had a little tape of Mighty Mouse episodes back when I was in Kindergarten. Great memories, great lens.
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Portable_eBay
Oct 6, 2008 @ 6:54 pm | delete
- I had a mighty mouse shoes when I was kid. Haha! 5*
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Oct 6, 2008 @ 5:47 pm | delete
- I loved Mighty Mouse as a child. The cartoons today...
Great lens
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GreatGazoo
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- Here I come to save the day!
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Mighty Mouse Books
The Mouse on Wall Street: Another Mad Irresistible Story About the Little Duchy That Shook Mighty America with Laughter! (55305699075, S569975CABB, 1971 Printing, Second Edition) by Leonard Wibberley
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Mighty Mouse Comic #1 1 Oct 1990 By Marvel Comics (The Dark Might Returns, 1 Oct)
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