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The Mouse of Tomorrow

  • 1942
  • TV-Y7-FV
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The Mouse of Tomorrow (1942)
AnimationShortComedy

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

  • Director
    • Eddie Donnelly
  • Writers
    • John Foster
    • Isadore Klein
    • Donald McKee
  • Star
    • Tom Morrison
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    • Director
      • Eddie Donnelly
    • Writers
      • John Foster
      • Isadore Klein
      • Donald McKee
    • Star
      • Tom Morrison
    • 3User reviews
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    Tom Morrison
    • Narrator
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    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Eddie Donnelly
    • Writers
      • John Foster
      • Isadore Klein(uncredited)
      • Donald McKee(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Originally, Isadore Klein, from the Terrytoons story department, wanted to spoof Superman using a fly. Paul Terry changed the fly into a mouse, resulting in this, the debut film of Super Mouse (later known as Mighty Mouse).
    • Quotes

      Narrator: He's escaped the cat, but where is he? What kind of place is this? It's gigantic! It's colossal! It's stupendous! Why, it's a supermarket!

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    Superman Parody
    The first proper comic-book superhero movie was the animated short "Superman" (1941) by Fleischer Studios. It didn't take long for another studio to parody it, and they did so with this, "The Mouse of Tomorrow." The Super Mouse here is an obvious Superman knockoff, although the rodent would years later morph into the more-well-known and less parodic Mighty Mouse. The parody is amusing enough for a brief cartoon, though. A narrator tells a story about a village full of cats and mice. One mouse escapes the tyranny of the felines by entering a supermarket. "Super-market"--get it? Well, that's basically the pun of it. The Super-mouse is born of consuming the super-foods of the super-market.
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    • Is this the first Mighty Mouse cartoon?
    • Was Super Mouse meant to spoof Superman?
    • Why was his name changed from Super Mouse to Mighty Mouse?

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Terrytoons
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    • Runtime
      7 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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