Mighty Mouse: The Controversial Episode That Nearly Ended His Career!

I can recall in one episode, Mighty Mouse and Oil can Harry got into a shootout in which both used revolvers. I believe that scene, along with others, was edited out.

Leave it to a bunch of Karen’s to ruin a simple cartoon.

I remember this episode controversy because back in 1987 everybody had newspapers, the next day, every newspaper had mighty mouse on the front page of the newspapers, people were losing their minds wanting mighty mouse, to be canceled, and his balloon float could never come back to the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade

My Dad and I watched Mighty Mouse together on Saturday's I believe it was, early 1950's on a black and white TV a luxury for many back then.

I'm 64 now and grew up watching mighty mouse , gotta say that I couldn't stand him , and another cartoon that I didn't care for was Woody Woodpecker , I thought both cartoons sucked.

80s kid here. Still have a Mighty Mouse and an Underdog shirt. Great days. Lol😂

Mighty 🐁 mouse Janice favorite cartoon

The only thing I didn't like about Mighty Mouse was when he was beating up cats, which seemed endless. I was a fan of the short-lived animated series, "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse." That series was created by Bob Kane ("Batman").

When I hear it all I can think of is the “High end talent”

I always preferred Super Mouse comics

He use to come on channel 11!

What? Not even a mention of Andy Kaufman's "Here I come to save the day" skit on Saturday Night Live? No review of the Mighty Mouse legacy would be complete without it.

I am 70 and loved Mighty Mouse! I loved his balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving parade!

When I was little like 6 years old Mighty Mouse and Richy RIch were my favorite cartoons. Then when I turned 7 I became a massive fan of He-Man Masters of the Universe and forgot all about those old cartoons. Thundercats/Transformers/Battle Bots/Voltron were all I care about from 7-10.

Comment 694: My mother had a tattoo of Mighty Mouse on her inner lower arm.

Why?

This was over 30 years ago that she obtained this tattoo.

I see young women with tattoos on their lower inner arm all the time now...and not just in fashion magazines.

It was the only tattoo she had.

She wanted to get a second on on her upper arm of Betty Boop.

Why?

3:24 pm CST
July 23, 2023
Charity Colleen Crouse

you see how people think they always look for the worse in something because that's how humans are programmed.

THEY NEEDS TO MAKE A L.A. M.M. MOVIE...

THEY NEEDS TO MAKE A L.A. M.M. MOVIE...

Well, i remember the themesong a bit different.
"Here i come to wreck your day. etc etc"
You can come up with the rest yourself, it always fits.

Wow i was watching this in the 80's.

Loved Mighty Mouse! Could not stand Heckle and Jeckle.

I can remember see MITY m. .when I was just a kid ..I yes I loved . It . 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

I remember the theme song more than any certain episode from the 1960's.

one person Mighty Mouse could not defeat, it was the Orkin Man.

My brother and I never missed an episode of Mighty Mouse. Early 60's I believe, every afternoon was cartoon time for us.

Are you from Maryland

Even back then, conservatives were canceling things

I miss andy Kaufman

I remember back when Andy Kaufman used that song during his stand-up routine.

He was almost "Superfly"?

Rocky and Bullwinkle and Mighty Mouse, I used to watch these two cartoons back to back.

It was a preacher who claimed drug use, in the early days christians were persecuted , then the Roman empire took over, and started persecuting.

Only of Bakshi's, which was hilarious. The late 70's one really sucked bad.

loved the mouse

I used to love me some Mighty Mouse.

If Mighty Mouse Was So Mighty, Then Why Did He Use A Gun To Fight The Cats?????

As for the original incarnation of Mighty Mouse, I just see it as a parody or rip of Superman that doesn't really stand on its own, it just existed to get views from little kids without much merit. Felix the cat on the other hand I would count as the first animal hero character, at least his capabilities were superhero level in that Goose that Lays the Golden Egg piece.

Well the one in the late 1980s was great not because it was mighty mouse, but because it was the first of the cartoons done in the style of Ren and Stimpy. It was the precursor, the thing that set off an entire genre of subversive parody toons that are somehow more intellectual and broke the pre-established tropes. Basically it was the first shitpost in the superhero genre too. Then we had The Tick and Ripping Friends (and of course Powdered Toast Man as part of Ren and Stimpy), but the thing that set off the movement was Mighty Mouse.

I was a Mighty mouse fan as a kid. I was also a Ralph Bakshi fan and when i saw he rebooted MM I checked it out. There were some really zany episodes, and one I specifically remember was MM talking to a chubby kid sitting in front of a tv who was complaining about being bored, and MM lays into him telling him to go outside and do things instead of sitting in front of the tube. I thought 'Oh he's going to get in trouble for that.'

I've always been a huge Ralph Bakshi fan and a Mighty Mouse fan.

Yes, I was a fan of Mighty Mouse.😊

In the early 60's I was a little boy and mighty mouse was on in Boston back then, I loved that toon. I'd forgotten it. Thank you

Rhonda's next target?

In the 60s they should have used a Mary Jane episode! But flowers!, c'mon!!! The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Always loathed Mighty Mouse as a child in the early 70’s.

Don’t know if it was just circumstance, bit every episode I saw was a bunch of a-hole mice screwing with some random cat who was minding his own business.

The cat would get sick of their crap and retaliate, then they’d whine and get Mighty Mouse, who would promptly fly in and beat the cats @$$ while the mice played victim.

Kinda’ like US foreign policy…

I loved how off-the-rails-zany the 80s Bakshi reboot was, when I was a teenager. I could swear there was a scene where an evil foe was shouting insanely and you could see a little tab of (acid) paper on his tongue. I didn’t know about the controversy or episode banning, but could that have been part of it? Can someone corroborate my recollection (or lemme know if it’s been addressed further down the thread)?

Yeah! 1955! That’s him!

He will always be our hero

As a young child in the late 60’s and early 70’s, I thought Mighty Mouse and Mickey Mouse were one and the same. 😂