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The cartoon mouse's refuge: a neat arch-shaped hole cut into a wall at the floor, sometimes with a door. |
The cartoon mouse's refuge: a neat arch-shaped hole cut into a wall at the floor, sometimes with a door. |
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Often the gate to [[Mouse World]]. |
Often the gate to [[Mouse World]]. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* A rare live-action example, though more realistic looking, can be found in the movie ''[[Mousehunt ( |
* A rare live-action example, though more realistic looking, can be found in the movie ''[[Mousehunt (film)|Mouse Hunt]]''. |
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* It also appears in ''[[Willard]]'', created by the giant rat Ben chewing through the wall. |
* It also appears in ''[[Willard]]'', created by the giant rat Ben chewing through the wall. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* While they're not mice, the Minish in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap]]'' have several small holes that look like this. They do, indeed, lead to the Minish's Mouse World. |
* While they're not mice, the Minish in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap]]'' have several small holes that look like this. They do, indeed, lead to the Minish's Mouse World. |
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* In ''[[ |
* In ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'', these are all over the place. Some release golden mice, worth major dollars. Luigi can enter most or all with a special device, usually yielding more treasure. Or ghosts. Often both. |
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* One of the first puzzles of ''[[Sam and Max Hit The Road]]'' requires you to grab a stash of cash from one of these. |
* One of the first puzzles of ''[[Sam and Max Hit The Road]]'' requires you to grab a stash of cash from one of these. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', as in the picture above. |
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* Early ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' cartoons didn't show his house, but early comic strips and children's books did. It had a round, obviously mousehole-like front entrance despite Mickey's large, non-mouselike size. |
* Early ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' cartoons didn't show his house, but early comic strips and children's books did. It had a round, obviously mousehole-like front entrance despite Mickey's large, non-mouselike size. |
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** In 1931, Mickey's house began to be shown in the cartoons and had a normal front door there, after which the ancillary material was retconned to match. |
** In 1931, Mickey's house began to be shown in the cartoons and had a normal front door there, after which the ancillary material was retconned to match. |
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* Likewise the [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and, before that, Babbit and Ratstello. |
* Likewise the [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and, before that, Babbit and Ratstello. |
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** Sniffles lived in a mouse hole in some shorts as well, even earlier. |
** Sniffles lived in a mouse hole in some shorts as well, even earlier. |
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* Mostly averted in [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]]'', but there is one. |
* Mostly averted in [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'', but there is one. |
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* ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic |
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Fluttershy may have purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice. |
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* Invoked in [[Tex Avery]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg King-Size Canary]'', when the [[Attack of the 50 |
* Invoked in [[Tex Avery]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg King-Size Canary]'', when the [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|jumbo-sized cat and mouse]] do this with a train tunnel (@ 7:02). |
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* You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the floor boards in the background on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. |
* You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the floor boards in the background on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. |
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Latest revision as of 06:10, 11 February 2017
The cartoon mouse's refuge: a neat arch-shaped hole cut into a wall at the floor, sometimes with a door.
If you have one of these in your house, expect your perfectly triangular cheese wedges to go missing soon.
Often the gate to Mouse World.
Examples of Mouse Hole include:
Film
- A rare live-action example, though more realistic looking, can be found in the movie Mouse Hunt.
- It also appears in Willard, created by the giant rat Ben chewing through the wall.
Literature
- Again, not mice, but The Littles use this trope.
Live-Action TV
- Episode 20 of Monty Python's Flying Circus has a ratcatcher looking for rat holes in a house. The first one he finds is a Mouse Hole, complete with fake mice on a string.
- There is a mouse hole in Mr. Bean's apartment. In the Christmas Episode, he puts a mousetrap in front with a present on it.
Newspaper Comics
Video Games
- While they're not mice, the Minish in The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap have several small holes that look like this. They do, indeed, lead to the Minish's Mouse World.
- In Luigis Mansion, these are all over the place. Some release golden mice, worth major dollars. Luigi can enter most or all with a special device, usually yielding more treasure. Or ghosts. Often both.
- One of the first puzzles of Sam and Max Hit The Road requires you to grab a stash of cash from one of these.
Western Animation
- Tom and Jerry, as in the picture above.
- Early Mickey Mouse cartoons didn't show his house, but early comic strips and children's books did. It had a round, obviously mousehole-like front entrance despite Mickey's large, non-mouselike size.
- In 1931, Mickey's house began to be shown in the cartoons and had a normal front door there, after which the ancillary material was retconned to match.
- The "Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks" shorts on The Huckleberry Hound Show
- Likewise the Looney Tunes cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and, before that, Babbit and Ratstello.
- Sniffles lived in a mouse hole in some shorts as well, even earlier.
- Mostly averted in Walt Disney's Cinderella, but there is one.
- My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Fluttershy may have purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice.
- Invoked in Tex Avery's King-Size Canary, when the jumbo-sized cat and mouse do this with a train tunnel (@ 7:02).
- You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the floor boards in the background on The Simpsons.