Monster From Outer Space

Monster From Outer Space

September 1960 (estimated) TV Episode Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse

Studio
Trans-Artists Productions, Sam Singer Productions
Distributor
A Telefeatures Release

Characters

Courageous Cat, Minute Mouse, Police Chief, Frog, Harry, Rodney Rodent, Foxy Fox, Robber Rabbit, Screwy Squirrel, Professor Shaggy Dog, Big Shot, Little Shot, Comrade, Commisar, Professor Von Noodle Strudel, Black Cat, Marilyn Mouse

Credits

Directing

Director
Sid Marcus

Producing

Producer
Marvin Woodward, Reuben Timmons
Executive Producer
Sam Singer

Voices

Voice
Dallas McKennon (Courageous Cat, Minute Mouse), Roy Halee, Ned Sparks, Dayton Allen

Crew

Created by
Bob Kane

Production notes

Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse fight crime and do occasional volunteer work in Empire City. Courageous Cat is based in the Cat Cave, and receives his orders from the Police Chief of Empire City, who also happened to be a dog. The crime-fighting duo traveled around in the Catmobile and carried around a multi-purpose Catgun. The Catgun fired just about everything except bullets. The duo's foes included Rodney Rodent, Shoo Shoo Fly, Professor Shaggy Dog, The Black Cat, Harry Gorilla, Iron Shark, Professor Noodle Stroodle and The Frog, a cigar-chomping amphibian who spoke in the gangster style of Edward G. Robinson.

An obvious parody of Batman, this series was also created by the creator of Batman, Bob Kane in 1939. Because to the popularity of the Batman live-action TV series, Courageous Cat won a revival of sorts in 1966.

Thanks to Toon Tracker for straightening out the voice credit issue on this cartoon. According to that site, Bob McFadden is credited with the voices to Courageous Cat in three separate reference books, which is untrue according to Mr. McFadden. Toon Tracker discovered that the voices were done by Dallas McKinnon, who later went on to do the voice of Filmation's Archie.