Krakatoa

An Indonesian island is populated by festive, cheerful mice, including the beautiful sarong-clad Krakatoa Katie. She does a scandalous dance which angers an old, dormant volcano. The volcano starts to erupt, sending hot rocks and streams of molten lava down toward the city. An urgent message is sent around the world for help. A seismologist gets the message, drinks a special potion and becomes Mighty Mouse! Our hero flies to the island of Krakatoa. He seals up the volcano and digs a trench, diverting the lava to the sea. He fixes up the village and receives a kiss from Krakatoa Katie.

Mighty Mouse, Krakatoa Katie

Katie's song began:

"Krakatoa Katie, she ain't no lady, when she starts to shake her sarong... "

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.