Terrytoons Theatrical Shorts
The first seven films starred the character named Super Mouse. In these early films the character's costume is much closer in design to that of Superman (blue tunic and tights with red trunks and cape).
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Mouse of Tomorrow" | October 16, 1942 (1942-10-16) |
| In Mouseville, the town's cats capture all the mice except one, who escapes to a Supermarket, where he uses Super Soap, and eats Super Celery and Super Cheese, transforming into Super Mouse, who then vanquishes the cats and saves the mice of Mouseville. | ||
| 02 | "Frankenstein's Cat" | November 27, 1942 (1942-11-27) |
| Super Mouse must rescue the mice from a monster cat brought to life by a strike of lightning. | ||
| 03 | "He Dood It Again" | February 5, 1943 (1943-02-05) |
| Super Mouse protects a group of mice who like to eat and party at a local diner at night. | ||
| 04 | "Pandora's Box" | June 11, 1943 (1943-06-11) |
| Greek mythology provides the background as Super Mouse must battle bat-like cats to save a female mouse from the Troubles she unleashes from a box mysteriously dropped from the sky. | ||
| 05 | "Super Mouse Rides Again" | August 6, 1943 (1943-08-06) |
| Cats battle a group of mice with everything imaginable (including Tommy guns) that only Super Mouse can thwart. | ||
| 06 | "Down With Cats" | October 7, 1943 (1943-10-07) |
| Super Mouse comes to the rescue of some mice enjoying winter sports. The influence of World War II is evident in this film. | ||
| 07 | "The Lion And The Mouse" | November 12, 1943 (1943-11-12) |
| Aesop's tale is reborn as Super Mouse faces a lion. |
The next 73 films changed the character's name to Mighty Mouse.
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 08 | "The Wreck Of The Hesperus" | February 11, 1944 (1944-02-11) |
| An old captain and his daughter are caught at sea in a hurricane. Mighty Mouse saves the captain, his daughter and the ship's crew and receives a hero's tickertape parade. | ||
| 09 | "The Champion Of Justice" | March 17, 1944 (1944-03-17) |
| An elderly couple dies and leaves their fortune to some mice who had befriended them. Willy the Spender, a distant relative of the couple, vows to get the money away from the mice. (NOTE: The villain in this film is a human, rather than the usual cat. Also, Mighty Mouse uses a gun in the course of fighting the villain.) | ||
| 10 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll And Hyde Cat" | April 28, 1944 (1944-04-28) |
| Mighty Mouse rescues a group of mice who sought shelter from a storm but accidentally hid away in the laboratory of Dr. Jekyll and are threatened by his cat who has taken the Doctor's horrific formula. | ||
| 11 | "Eliza On The Ice" | June 16, 1944 (1944-06-16) |
| Mighty Mouse has to save Eliza from the clutches of Simon Legree in this story with characters named after those in Uncle Tom's Cabin. | ||
| 12 | "Wolf! Wolf!" | June 22, 1944 (1944-06-22) |
| Little Bo Peep and her sheep are the victims in this story that tips the hat to the Pied Piper of Hamelin as Mighty Mouse goes up against the wolves with a jazz soundtrack. | ||
| 13 | "The Green Line" | July 7, 1944 (1944-07-07) |
| Mice and cats live in relative peace in a town divided in half by a green line until an evil spirit convinces the cats to cross the line. Mighty Mouse puts everything aright again. | ||
| 14 | "Mighty Mouse And The Two Barbers" | September 1, 1944 (1944-09-01) |
| Terrytown is the setting for this need for Mighty Mouse to rescue the mice who are threatened by a gang of alley cats. | ||
| 15 | "Sultan's Birthday" | October 13, 1944 (1944-10-13) |
| World War II mixes with The Arabian Nights as Mighty Mouse rescues a sultan's harem girl from the attack of cats on flying carpets. | ||
| 16 | "At The Circus" | November 17, 1944 (1944-11-17) |
| Mighty Mouse flies to the circus this time to rescue the cute highwire performer from the escaped lions. | ||
| 17 | "Mighty Mouse And The Pirates" | January 12, 1945 (1945-01-12) |
| Pirate cats capture an island mouse princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue. | ||
| 18 | "The Port Of Missing Mice" | February 2, 1945 (1945-02-02) |
| More pirate cats, this time in San Francisco as Might Mouse battles cats to save a group of sailor mice from their clutches. | ||
| 19 | "Raiding The Raiders" | March 9, 1945 (1945-03-09) |
| Rabbits are the victims this time, and vultures are the villains that Mighty Mouse must vanquish. | ||
| 20 | "The Kilkenny Cats" | April 13, 1945 (1945-04-13) |
| City mice are forced to battle a gang of cats with military weapons, until Mighty Mouse arrives to save the day. | ||
| 21 | "The Silver Streak" | June 8, 1945 (1945-06-08) |
| Mice living in an old shack are safe under the protection of their dog, until the cats capture the dog and leave him on the train tracks as the Silver Streak bears down on him. Only Mighty Mouse can save everyone concerned while teaching the cats a leson. | ||
| 22 | "Mighty Mouse And The Wolf" | July 20, 1945 (1945-07-20) |
| Three fairy tales are inverted as the Wolf tries to show how he takes all the blame unjustly. Spoofs Red Riding Hood, Little Bo Peep and the Three Little Pigs just to let Mighty Mouse take out the Wolf three times. | ||
| 23 | "Gypsy Life" | August 3, 1945 (1945-08-03) |
| The bat-cats are back. This time they kidnap a gypsy princess who Mighty Mouse must rescue while putting the bat-cats in their place. | ||
| 24 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Bad Bill Bunion" | November 9, 1945 (1945-11-09) |
| Mighty Mouse must save the saloon gal singer from the clutches of the outlaw Bad Bill Bunion. | ||
| 25 | "Krakatoa" | December 14, 1945 (1945-12-14) |
| Dancing mouse Krakatoa Katie offends the island volcano which spews lava to punish the mice. A signal for help is received by a scientist, who drinks a potion and changes (a la Jekyll/Hyde) into Mighty Mouse who must stop the volcano's threat and set the island aright. | ||
| 26 | "Svengali's Cat" | January 8, 1946 (1946-01-08) |
| A hypnotist cat forces a girl mouse to act as bait to lure other mice to be captured and eaten by the cats until Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue. | ||
| 27 | "The Wicked Wolf" | March 8, 1946 (1946-03-08) |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears get mixed in with the Wolf as Mighty Mouse must set everything right. | ||
| 28 | "My Old Kentucky Home" | March 29, 1946 (1946-03-29) |
| Humans are the recipients of Mighty Mouse's help this time when the Wolf comes to collect the mortgage on the home of The Colonel and Nellie. A jockey promises to win the horse race and use the money to pay the mortgage. The Wolf plans to prevent the jockey from winning, but Mighty Mouse won't let that happen. | ||
| 29 | "Throwing The Bull" | May 3, 1946 (1946-05-03) |
| A wealthy Spanish merchant offers a reward and marriage to his daughter to anyone who can defeat a bull. All comers fail, until Mighty Mouse enters the ring to win the fight and the merchant's daughter. | ||
| 30 | "The Johnstown Flood" | June 28, 1946 (1946-06-28) |
| In a re-imagining of the Johnstown Flood, mice and dogs are caught in the devastating deluge as Mighty Mouse battles to rescue them while averting further disaster. | ||
| 31 | "The Trojan Horse" | July 26, 1946 (1946-07-26) |
| A return to mythology, this time Troy (the mouse version) where the unsuspecting rodents take in a horse statue which hides cats within waiting to pounce. Mighty Mouse descends from Mount Olympus to save the day. | ||
| 32 | "Winning The West" | August 16, 1946 (1946-08-16) |
| American myth sets the stage this time as Mighty Mouse turns up in the old west to battle cats threatening pioneer mice. | ||
| 33 | "The Electronic Mouse Trap" | September 6, 1946 (1946-09-06) |
| An evil scientist cat invents a robot mouse trap that goes after all the mice in the city. The Atomic Age begins to make its presence known as Mighty Mouse must battle a robot powered by atomic bombs. | ||
| 34 | "The Jail Break" | September 20, 1946 (1946-09-20) |
| Another story set in the classic American west. This time, Bad Bill Bunion returns to commit crimes until Mighty Mouse defeats him and send him back to prison at Alcatraz Island. | ||
| 35 | "The Crackpot King" | November 15, 1946 (1946-11-15) |
| Mighty Mouse must battle the insane cat king and his evil wolf wizard to rescue the fair damsel mouse in distress. | ||
| 36 | "Mighty Mouse And The Hep Cat" | December 6, 1946 (1946-12-06) |
| The fairy tale theme returns as a city of well-to-do suburban mice are lured to their demise by cats using the magic flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Mighty Mouse must help the mice who cannot help themselves. | ||
| 37 | "Crying Wolf" | January 10, 1947 (1947-01-10) |
| A faithful sheepdog cares for the lambs under his care, but it's always the black sheep of the family that causes the problems and needs the help of Mighty Mouse when his practical jokes go awry. | ||
| 38 | "The Dead End Cats" | February 14, 1947 (1947-02-14) |
| Mighty Mouse must face down a 1930s-style mob of racketeer cats. | ||
| 39 | "Aladdin's Lamp" | March 28, 1947 (1947-03-28) |
| The Arabian Nights return as Mighty Mouse becomes involved with rescuing the daughter of Aladdin in this retelling of the story. | ||
| 40 | "The Sky Is Falling" | April 25, 1947 (1947-04-25) |
| Mighty Mouse rescues some barnyard animals who have been tricked by the fox into believing the sky is falling. | ||
| 41 | "Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick" | May 30, 1947 (1947-05-30) |
| Back to the American western as the sheriff and the bad guy battle it out until Mighty Mouse arrives to finish the fight. | ||
| 42 | "A Date for Dinner" | August 29, 1947 (1947-08-29) |
| A game of cat and mouse, until the cat catches the mouse. The mouse makes a promise to deliver an even better mouse if the cat will release him. When the mouse returns, dinner is...Mighty Mouse. | ||
| 43 | "The First Snow" | October 10, 1947 (1947-10-10) |
| In the winter, the rabbits are enjoying life when a fox shows up. They can handle him for a while, but when the baby bunnies are threatened, only Mighty Mouse can save the day. | ||
| 44 | "A Fight To The Finish" | November 14, 1947 (1947-11-14) |
| The spoofs of serial cliffhanger films begins as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart and Mighty Mouse must come to the rescue. | ||
| 45 | "Swiss Cheese Family Robinson" | December 19, 1947 (1947-12-19) |
| Even superheroes need time off, and as the mouse version of The Swiss Family Robinson gets underway Mighty Mouse is enjoying a vacation on a beach somewhere. The Robinsons send a note in a bottle for help, which finds its way to Mighty Mouse and he quickly returns from vacation to save the mice. | ||
| 46 | "Lazy Little Beaver" | December 26, 1947 (1947-12-26) |
| A young beaver runs away from home but soon discovers the world can be an unsafe place. Fortunately, Mighty Mouse will help him learn a lesson about work and sloth, safely. | ||
| 47 | "Mighty Mouse And The Magician" | March 27, 1948 (1948-03-27) |
| A mouse village magician's show is interrupted by an invasion of cats. The magician bravely tries to hold off the cats, but they gain his wand and become invisible. Only Mighty Mouse with his powers can rout the cats and save the mice. | ||
| 48 | "The Feudin' Hillbillies" | June 23, 1948 (1948-06-23) |
| Mighty Mouse must settle a clan feud between the cats and the mice. | ||
| 49 | "The Witch's Cat" | July 15, 1948 (1948-07-15) |
| A mouse Halloween party attracts a witch and her cat. Mighty Mouse, it seems, can be poisoned, but is revived by the rain to finish the job. | ||
| 50 | "Loves Labor Won" | September 15, 1948 (1948-09-15) |
| Another operatic cliffhanger serial spoof with Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart. | ||
| 51 | "Triple Trouble" | September 30, 1948 (1948-09-30) |
| Another serial cliffhanger sets the stage as Mighty Mouse faces vultures while Oil Can Harry threatens the Colonel and kidnaps Pearl Pureheart. | ||
| 52 | "The Mysterious Stranger" | 1948 (1948) |
| A mortgage is at stake, but this time Oil Can Harry holds the deed to a circus, and wants the hand of Nell, the highwire performer. But everything Harry tries is foiled by a mysterious stranger in a trenchcoat. Who is that masked man? | ||
| 53 | "Magic Slipper" | December 1948 (1948-12) |
| Cinderella is the framework for this retelling, with a wolf who might resemble Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart as Cinderella. Of course, Mighty Mouse will set everything as it should be by the end of the story. | ||
| 54 | "The Racket Buster" | 1949 (1949) |
| Gangster cats return to threaten Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart. | ||
| 55 | "A Cold Romance" | April 10, 1949 (1949-04-10) |
| It's the return of Little Nell this time, with Oil Can Harry as the villain against Mighty Mouse set at the North Pole. | ||
| 56 | "The Catnip Gang" | July 22, 1949 (1949-07-22) |
| Mighty Mouse battles the Catnip Gang, a group of cats that have escaped from jail. | ||
| 57 | "Perils of Pearl Pureheart" | October 11, 1949 (1949-10-11) |
| Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart return, with Harry hypnotizing Pearl to sign at his saloon. | ||
| 58 | "Stop, Look and Listen" | 1949 (1949) |
| Another operetta, with Oil Can Harry having tied Pearl Pureheart to the horns of a rampaging bull and Mighty Mouse to its tail as they are chased by a locomotive. | ||
| 59 | "Anti-Cats" | March 1950 (1950-03) |
| To avoid a winter storm, a group of mice take refuge in a home with a hungry cat. Mighty Mouse dons his trenchcoat disguise to cause the cat no end of grief. | ||
| 60 | "Law and Order" | June 23, 1950 (1950-06-23) |
| Mighty Mouse rescues mice being sold as frozen treats by a gang of cats. | ||
| 61 | "Beauty on the Beach" | November 1950 (1950-11) |
| Mighty Mouse faces down Oil Can Harry for the safety of Pearl Pureheart in an amusement park. | ||
| 62 | "Mother Goose's Birthday Party" | December 1950 (1950-12) |
| All of Mother Goose's characters give her a party of honor, but when the Big Bad Wolf appears, only Mighty Mouse can save the party. | ||
| 63 | "Sunny Italy" | March 1951 (1951-03) |
| Mighty Mouse and Oil Can Harry battle all across Italian history and geography for the affections of sweet Pearl Pureheart. | ||
| 64 | "Goons from the Moon" | April 1, 1951 (1951-04-01) |
| Science fiction arrives with alien cats and bat-cats that want to capture the mice of TerryTown. | ||
| 65 | "Injun Trouble" | June 1951 (1951-06) |
| The Colonel has mortgage trouble again, and sets out to strike it rich in gold to pay it off, but it never works out. Mighty Mouse will again rescue the Colonel | ||
| 66 | "A Swiss Miss" | August 1951 (1951-08) |
| Another cliffhanger (literally) as Oil Can Harry threatens Pearl Pureheart in the Swiss Alps. | ||
| 67 | "A Cat's Tale" | November 1951 (1951-11) |
| A cat narrates this origin story about Mighty Mouse. | ||
| 68 | "Prehistoric Perils" | 1952 (1952) |
| Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, and Pearl Pureheart time travel back to prehistoric times. | ||
| 69 | "Hansel and Gretel" | June 1952 (1952-06) |
| Mighty Mouse battles the witch and her cat to save mouse versions of Hansel and Gretel. | ||
| 70 | "Happy Holland" | November 1952 (1952-11) |
| Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart meet Mighty Mouse in Holland this time. | ||
| 71 | "Hero for a Day" | April 1953 (1953-04) |
| A humble mouse dreams of being Mighty Mouse so he can impress the girl of his dreams, but the cats know the difference. | ||
| 72 | "Hot Rods" | June 1953 (1953-06) |
| Teenage mice driving their hot rods get into trouble that only Mighty Mouse can fix. | ||
| 73 | "When Mousehood was in Flower" | July 1953 (1953-07) |
| Taxes are at the heart of the troubles for the nobleman and his daughter. The Black Night (a cat) wants the daughter's hand in marriage, and only Mighty Mouse can set things in order. | ||
| 74 | "A Soapy Opera" | 1953 (1953) |
| Pearl Pureheart is the laundry maid beholden to Oil Can Harry, and only Mighty Mouse can rescue her. | ||
| 75 | "The Helpless Hippo" | March 1954 (1954-03) |
| Mighty Mouse meets his match when he tries to rescue a baby hippo and discovers that every baby animal in the jungle wants him as their babysitter. | ||
| 76 | "Reformed Wolf" | October 1954 (1954-10) |
| Mighty Mouse convinces a wolf that carrots are preferable to mutton. | ||
| 77 | "Spare the Rod" | 1954 (1954) |
| Mighty Mouse must teach respect to a group of unruly mice children. | ||
| 78 | "Outer Space Visitor" | November 1959 (1959-11) |
| Cheeseville is invaded by an infant, robot-like alien. Everyone thinks it's cute, until they learn that its parent plans to wipe out Cheeseville. | ||
| 79 | "The Mysterious Package" | December 15, 1961 (1961-12-15) |
| A mechanical monster is kidnapping the children of Mouseville. Mighty Mouse must go to the alien world to bring them back. | ||
| 80 | "Cat Alarm" | December 31, 1961 (1961-12-31) |
| The cats use Mighty Mouse to capture the mice of Cheeseville by making him believe the dam has burst and threatens the town. While trying to warn them, he sends the mice into the waiting clutches of the waiting cats. |
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