The Mouse Of Tomorrow
- Studio
- TerryToon Cartoons
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
Synopsis
In a town called Mouseville, the cats spend all their time chasing mice. The cats capture all the mice except for one; the little fellow escapes and finds himself in a supermarket. He bathes in super soap, he eats super celery, and he dines on super cheese- and behold: Mighty Mouse is born!
Characters
Super Mouse, Cats, Mice
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Eddie Donnelly
Producing
- Producer
- Paul Terry
Writing
- Writer
- John Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Tom Morrison (Super Mouse)
Music
- Music
- Philip A. Scheib
Production notes
The very first Mighty Mouse (here called Super Mouse) cartoon.
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.
Pictures
Reviews
Mighty Mouse
I remember this episode on tv, I was about 9.Typical for the time, family-oriented cartoons, you knew who was bad and who was good. Back then, tvs were big and expensive,vacuum tubes, so there may have just one in houses. No home video back then. Super 8 and 8mm home movies were popular, not so easy to set up. TV offered a non-complicated source of video entertainment in the home.