Down With Cats
- Studio
- TerryToon Cartoons
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
Synopsis
Supermouse shows off his abilities, then the action cuts to a group of mice ice skating on a frozen lake and skiing, not realizing that a horde of cats are about to butt in and overpower them. Supermouse comes to the rescue and shows off how macho he is in World War II style.
Characters
Super Mouse, Other Mice, Cats
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Connie Rasinski
Producing
- Producer
- Paul Terry
Writing
- Writer
- John Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Tom Morrison (Super Mouse)
Music
- Music
- Philip A. Scheib
Production notes
The famous TerryToons "splash" sound effect can be heard three times in this short.
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 "Super Mouse."
After two years on the screen, the Super Mouse 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 Super Mouse cartoons were retitled to the new name.
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 "Super Mouse."
After two years on the screen, the Super Mouse 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 Super Mouse cartoons were retitled to the new name.
