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Mighty Mouse is a series of animated short subjects starring superhero mouse. The original shorts were produced by Terrytoons from 1942 to 1954, followed by a series of 5 new shorts from 1958 to 1961.

1942

 * The Mouse of Tomorrow (Donnelly)
 * Frankenstein's Cat

1943

 * He Dood It Again (Second film produced)
 * Pandora's Box
 * Super Mouse Rides Again
 * Down with Cats
 * The Lion and the Mouse

1944

 * The Wreck of the Hesperus (First short to name him "Mighty Mouse".)
 * The Champion of Justice
 * Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat
 * Eliza on the Ice
 * Wolf! Wolf!
 * The Green Line
 * Mighty Mouse and the Two Barbers
 * The Sultan's Birthday
 * At the Circus

1945

 * Mighty Mouse and the Pirates
 * The Port of Missing Mice
 * Raiding the Raiders
 * The Kilkenny Cats
 * The Silver Streak
 * Mighty Mouse and the Wolf
 * Gypsy Life
 * Mighty Mouse Meets Bad Bill Bunion
 * Krakatoa

1946

 * Svengali's Cat
 * The Wicked Wolf
 * My Old Kentucky Home
 * Throwing the Bull
 * The Johnstown Flood
 * The Trojan Horse
 * Winning the West
 * The Electronic Mouse Trap
 * The Jail Break
 * The Crackpot King
 * Mighty Mouse and the Hep Cat

1947

 * Crying Wolf
 * The Dead End Cats
 * Aladdin's Lamp
 * The Sky is Falling
 * Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick
 * A Date for Dinner
 * The First Snow
 * A Fight to the Finish
 * Swiss Cheese Family Robinson
 * Lazy Little Beaver

1948

 * Mighty Mouse and the Magician
 * The Feudin' Hillbillies
 * The Witch's Cat
 * Loves Labor Won
 * Triple Trouble
 * The Mysterious Stranger
 * The Magic Slipper

1949

 * The Racket Buster
 * A Cold Romance
 * The Catnip Gang
 * The Perils of Pearl Pureheart (Harry and Pearl's debut)
 * Stop, Look and Listen

1950

 * Comic Book Land (Mannie; with Gandy Goose and Sourpuss)
 * Anti-Cats
 * Law and Order
 * Beauty on the Beach
 * Mother Goose's Birthday Party

1951

 * Sunny Italy
 * Goons from the Moon
 * Injun Trouble
 * A Swiss Miss
 * A Cat's Tale
 * Prehistoric Perils

1952

 * Hansel and Gretel
 * Happy Holland

1953

 * Hero for a Day
 * Hot Rods
 * When Mousehood was in Flower
 * A Soapy Opera

1954

 * The Helpless Hippo
 * The Reformed Wolf
 * Spare the Rod

1958-61

 * Old Mother Clobber (Connie; with Clint Clobber)
 * The Flamboyant Arms (Connie; with Clint Clobber)
 * Outer Space Visitor (Tendlar; in CinemaScope)
 * The Mysterious Package (Mannie; first short that filmed in De LUXE)
 * Cat Alarm (Connie; final theatrical Mighty Mouse film)

Why It Mighty

 * 1) The series is most notable for mixing elements of the old operetta shorts from Disney's Silly Symphonies in the early 1930s with Tex Avery-style humor and gags from the late 1940s. At least in the shorts involving Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart.
 * 2) In the 1960s, the series dropped the combination operetta/slapstick format in favor of telling coherent stories. This proved to be a change of pace for Mighty Mouse, but only lasted three shorts.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The series has an odd rinse and repeat formula. Mighty Mouse only shows up in the middle of the short when the plot calls for it and leaves at the end. Averted in the made-for-TV shorts in the 1960s, where Mighty Mouse has more of a personality and is given a voice.
 * 2) Both Pearl Pureheart and Oil Can Harry were dropped from the series after 1953.

Trivia
TBA

Also See

 * Heckle and Jeckle