Terrytoons

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

The origin story of Super Mouse (later changed to "Mighty Mouse").

This one has lots of what Terrytoons are notorious for: cycles! And cycles of the commonest kind: ants harvesting and a baby factory! It also has a voluptuous Queen Ant and a sweetly delivered punchline which may make it worth your trouble. Withheld from television release; presumably because it leaves too many "birds-and-bees" questions unanswered for tiny tots (and their beleaguered parents).

A Terrytoons Cartoon

This is actually a "Super Mouse" cartoon. The character was not known as "Mighty Mouse" until The Wreck of the Hesperus. In the altered-for-TV version, however, he is "Mighty Mouse."

A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 November 1941.

A short cartoon based on the Nancy comics. The cartoon is presented as three blackout sequences, each introduced by a classroom of pupils singing the praises of the comic books. The sequences involve Nancy getting involved in civic-minded projects with typical comical effects.

A duck becomes sheriff in a Western town ruled by Dead Eye Dick. Dead Eye warns: "This town ain't big enough few two of us and I ain't leaving!"

In the town of Nowhere, the main street is divided by a broad green line. The mice live on one side. The cats live on the other, and never cross over the line, until an evil spirit convinces one of the cats to cross the line. Chaos ensues until Mighty Mouse arrives to defeat the evil spirit cat in a battle in the sky. The evil spirit cat crashes to the ground and burns up in a flaming pile!

A CinemaScope Terrytoon released in May 1961

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

Two nutty little gnome-like men that look exactly alike, meet in the woods and proceed to hunt and fish and even attempt a duel with clumsy incompetence.

In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the baggage.

The Hare gets his second chance at beating the Tortoise in a foot race, but a canine police officer thwarts his chance at redemption.

A Gypsy caravan travels across the countrieside. One night, as the Gypsy princess performs a dance, a bat-cat spies on the camp, flies back to his cave, and informs his colony, or whatever you call a group of bats. Anyway, they fly out, invade the camp and capture the Gypsies. The princess calls Mighty Mouse, who defeats the bats and wins the princess's heart.

In Arabia, a feline bandit kidnaps Aladdin's beautiful daughter. Mighty Mouse saves the day in this operetta parody.

In this classic Western cartoon, Bad Bill Bunion's horse helps his master escape from Alcatraz Island Prison. Free again, the wily crook commits a series of crimes, including the theft of a football during a championship Army vs. Navy playoff. Mighty Mouse returns to clobber his arch-foe, sending him flying back to Alcatraz. Mighty Mouse even returns the football to the game! There's a great gag at the end involving Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula and lawyers!

Beanstalk Jack is on trial for for crimes against Mr. and Mrs. Giant.

A hypnotist cat charms a sweet young mouse femme-fatale into luring all the mice in town into his cellar, with intent of eating them. But, with his super-senses hitting on all cylinders, the super-hero mouse, Mighty Mouse, zooms in and puts an end to the dastardly scheme.

In a departure from the usual Terrytoon, this short is based on predictions of things to come in the world after the end of World War II. It primarily deals with, in a comedy sense, what every "G.I." Jonnny can expect when he returns home to civilian life.