Reformed Wolf

A bragging sheepdog is so confident that he goes for a swim. Meanwhile, a big bad wolf steals a boatload of sheep. Mighty Mouse gets a straw and sucks the river dry. The sheep escape. Then Mighty Mouse blows the water back, and the wolf runs for his life and hides in his house. Mighty Mouse opens a drawer, and water floods the house. After many bouts with Mighty Mouse, the wolf goes back to being a vegetarian and eating carrots.

Mighty Mouse, Wolf, Sheepdog, Sheep

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.