Injun Trouble

In the Southland at Colonel Pureheart's old plantation, there's a heavy mortgage on the old house- literally! He loads up his donkey, and they set up for the gold fields. The old man and his donkey strike gold. To get it back home, they have to go through Indian country. Just as the colonel is about to be burned at the stake, Mighty Mouse comes to their rescue- wouldn't you know it? A bunch of wolf/dog-looking characters portray the Indians.

Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, Pearl Pureheart, Old Man, Donkey, Indians

Created by I. (Izzy) Klein in the spring of 1940, this character was originally designed as a fly. Paul Terry liked the concept, and green-lighted the project after changing the fly to a mouse called, "Supermouse."

After two years on the screen, the Supermouse name was changed to Mighty Mouse. Some reports are that the threat of a lawsuit from DC Comics was behind this name change. Others insist that Terry did not want to compete against a character of the same name that an ex-TerryToons employee drew for Coo Coo Comics.

In any case, in 1944, the character's name was changed, and the Supermouse cartoons were retitled to the new name.