Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures (1987–1988)

Mighty Mouse has humorous, satirical adventures in this short-lived Saturday Morning cartoon by Ralph Bakshi.

Stars:

Patrick Pinney, Dana Hill, Rodger Bumpass

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Patrick Pinney	...	Mighty Mouse (19 episodes, 1987-1988)
Dana Hill	...	Orphan Scrappy (19 episodes, 1987-1988)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Moe (17 episodes, 1987-1988)
Michael Pataki	...	The Cow (14 episodes, 1987-1988)
Maggie Roswell	...	Pearl Pureheart (13 episodes, 1987-1988)
Beau Weaver	...	Sandy Bottomfeeder (11 episodes, 1987)
Wendell Washer	...	Chester P. Chieseler (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Janet May		(10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Storyline

Mighty Mouse has humorous, satirical adventures in this short-lived Saturday Morning cartoon by Ralph Bakshi.

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Plot Keywords:

mouse | mighty mouse | sourpuss | gandy goose | anthropomorphic animal | 

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Taglines:

"Here I Come to Save the Day!"

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

SuperMouse

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bakshi Animation, Bakshi-Hyde Ventures, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (19 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A viewer notified media watchdog Reverend Donald Wildmon that, in one episode of this series, it looks like Mighty Mouse reaches into a pocket and snorts cocaine from his hand to regain his strength. Wildmon was disbelieving at first, but after investigating the episode and learning of producer Ralph Bakshi's background (e.g., directing the adult cartoon Fritz The Cat), alerted the media that this may have been intentional. Given the numerous other instances of risque humor and adult jokes in this series, a drug reference wouldn't be out of the question. Bakshi denies it to this day, maintaining that Mighty Mouse was merely smelling some crushed flowers and that the white jet leading from his hand to his nose was merely a cartoon "smell line" moving super-fast from the mighty inhale. The episode was immediately pulled from the rotation so that no one would see it.

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Quotes

Bat-Bat: Taste cold justice, you disreputable henchmen-types.

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Connections

Follows The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (1979)

User Reviews

Allow me to set you guys straight

This is something I happen to know a little bit about. I saw the alleged coke sniffing episode, it is called "The Littlest Tramp". I was fortunate enough to record it off the air. It was actually shown twice before they got in trouble, and then edited in further showings (quite different from "never being seen again"). There is a British video cassette collection of New Mighty Mouse available only in PAL format; I have seen it and the alleged sniffing has been editing out. If you watch the cartoon, wait for him to say these words: "I know someone else like that". You should immediately see the pink powder fly up his nose. If you see Mighty staring at a fire or something else, the scene is missing. I saw John K at an appearance at the Seattle Art Museum. He said that he was the director, Bakshi was the producer. Both of those guys can say that it was a symbolic flower all that they like, that's their perogative. I say that if someone sniffs powder up their nose, it is a drug reference. It also seems to me that the show went on for quite some time after this happened.