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[[File:mighty_mouse_b_6843_2173.jpg|frame|Here I come to save the day!]]

 

 

A [[Superhero]] anthropomorphic mouse saves the day, the world and his girlfriend, Pearl Pureheart. Originally one of the [[Terry Toons]] (yes, from the same fine company as [[Heckle and Jeckle]]) from [[The Golden Age of Animation]].

 

 

The series was remade again in the late 1980's for [[CBS]]' Saturday morning cartoon block by famed animator [[Ralph Bakshi]]. His ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' was a highly innovative, [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|completely batshit insane]], [[Too Good to Last]] series that pioneered the anarchic pop-culture obsessed, [[Periphery Demographic|young adult-attracting]] style of television cartoons which flourished in the 1990's. Many of those who worked, created or had major impact on those later shows originally found writing and animation jobs for ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' including Bakshi's long time friend and prostege [[John Kricfalusi]], [[DCAU|Bruce Timm]], [[Tiny Toon Adventures|Jim Reardon]] and [[Animaniacs|Tom Minton]]. Sadly, if remembered at all, it's usually for the controversy surrounding a scene in which Mighty Mouse sniffed some crushed flowers that looked a heck of a lot like cocaine. The creators contend to this day that it was unintentional, but considering how every episode seemed ever more dedicated to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]], there really isn't a whole lot of plausible deniability.

 

== 1942 ==

 

 

* The Mysterious Package

 

* [[Animal Superheroes]]

* [[Animated Anthology]]: ''Mighty Mouse Playhouse'' is the [[Trope Maker]].

* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]

* [[Cats Are Mean]]

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The mouse donning the superhero suit in 1943's ''The Lion And The Mouse'' only bore the resemblance of Super Mouse of him in flight. Otherwise, this mouse had stubby legs, a paunch, and was pathetically inebriated.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Oil Can Harry

* [[Flying Brick]]

* [[The High Queen]]: Pearl is queen of the interstellar federation in the space opera movie.

* [[Melodrama]]: The shorts with Oil Can Harry and the opera singing are an [[Affectionate Parody]] of old school melodramas (a theatrical form which these days is [[Dead Horse Trope|only remembered]] ''because'' of its many parodies)

* [[Mix and Match Critter]]: The Cat-Bats from "Gypsy Life".

* [[William Telling]]: Done by Mighty Mouse in "Gypsy Life", apparently for no reason other than to [[Rule of Cool|make a nice entrance.]]

 

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Bat-Bat and The League of Super-Rodents are affectionate parodies of DC and Marvel superheroes.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: Why, it was how the show actually ''came to be''. However, that story is best left to the [[Mighty Mouse/Quotes|Mighty Mouse quotes page]].

* [[Deranged Animation]]: Yes, a heaping pile of it.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Subverted, then played straight. Until the "crushed flower controversy", the network didn't care what Bakshi and co. produced each week.

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Loose caricatures of Michael Jackson and William Shatner are seen in "A Star Is Milked." Ralph Bakshi's caricature turns up frequently throughout the series.

** In issue #10 of the Marvel comic, Pat Sajak, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, David Letterman, Andrew "Dice" Clay and Arsenio Hall are caricatured as funny animals.

{{quote|'''Mighty Mouse:''' Hey! How come ''my'' conscience is James Hound? Don't I rate a [[Pinocchio|cute cricket?]]}}

** In the episode "Witch Tricks," Scrappy sings the ''Mighty Mouse Playhouse'' theme.

{{quote|'''The Cow:''' Bad moooove! Your career's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Nora Dunne]] now!}}

* [[Off-Model]]: Despite vibrant colors and energetic poses, the animation had choppy animation problems (few frames per second) and instances when Mighty Mouse is bigger than the size he's supposed to be. This is probably since it was animated in Taiwan instead of the United States.

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