Mischievous Mice

This short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house. She tires valiantly to run them off but they outsmart her. She makes a phone call and Cubby appears at her door. The mice make quick work of him too. Only a fat cat is able to temporarily stop them but they soon turn on him too. Cubby comes to the aide of the cat but the mice outsmart the both of them. In the end the mice have run off the cat, Honey is gone, and Cubby sits dazed on the floor as the mice cheer their victory.

Cubby Bear (Brownie Bear), Honey, Mice

This cartoon has never released theatrically, although it has been released to television. Produced in 1933, the short was unfinished. It was released by Hugh Harman in 1948 with no sound effects or voices, and with a tacked-on, mismatched musical score.

This cartoon is a sad commentary on the Cubby series. It quickly become clear why this one was never released by Van Beuren - the series hero is soundly defeated.

The musical score placed on this cartoon seems to fit - at times but mostly is seems like filler. Only in the last minute or so are any sound effects added. It is no wonder that Harman chose not to try to release this one theatrically.

Cubby Bear (in subsequent releases, renamed Brownie Bear) was one of the many Mickey Mouse clones of the period.