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Stooge for a Mouse is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

A mouse finds a block of cheese, which is being guarded by Sylvester and his bulldog friend Mike. Wanting to get the two pests out of the way, the mouse takes advantage of the canine and feline sleeping to ruin their relationship:

  1. The mouse hangs a phone from the ceiling and tries to communicate to Mike while he is asleep. The mouse tells the bulldog that Sylvester thinks he is a sissy and he only sleeps with him for his fur. Annoyed, the bulldog moves away, plopping Sylvester into the ground, but Sylvester is quick to budge back.
  2. The mouse places a knife in Sylvester's hands and then heads back to the phone, stating that the bulldog shouldn't stay asleep, otherwise Sylvester would cut his throat. The bulldog wakes up and is enraged at Sylvester, forcing the cat to scram to the other side of the room.
  3. Sylvester sneaks back to Mike. The mouse hits Mike with a hammer and gives the hammer to Sylvester, framing the cat once more.
  4. The mouse smokes an exploding cigar on Mike's mouth while making Sylvester hold a sign saying "April Fool". The mouse sneaks inside of the cat, avoiding being caught while Sylvester gets another pummeling while Mike declares the friendship is over.
  5. When the bulldog resumes sleeping, the mouse cuts a hole where he sleeps, causing him to fall in the basement. He sees Sylvester with the saw yet again placed in his hands, and another beating ensues.
  6. The final trick, using a boxing glove with horseshoes inside of it, the mouse attaches the glove to Sylvester's hand, while using a magnet to forcefully make Sylvester repeatedly punch Mike. When the dog punches Sylvester to the back of the room, the mouse moves the magnet back towards the dog.

Eventually, Sylvester and Mike are too bruised to patrol the kitchen. As the mouse heads to the table with cheese, the magnet inadvertently attracts a chandelier onto the ground where the mouse is walking, collapsing the mouse onto where Sylvester and Mike was.

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Notes[]

  • Some of the gags that were used here were later recycled in "Bugsy and Mugsy".
  • This cartoon and "Rabbit Every Monday" were written by Friz Freleng while he was in-between writers.[4]
  • This marks the final short reissued in the Blue Ribbon program to show a production number.
  • This marks the final short animated by Gerry Chiniquy until "By Word of Mouse".

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Sylvester Cartoons
1945 Life with FeathersPeck Up Your Troubles
1946 Kitty Kornered
1947 Tweetie PieCrowing PainsDoggone CatsCatch as Cats Can
1948 Back Alley OproarI Taw a Putty TatHop, Look and ListenKit for CatScaredy Cat
1949 Mouse MazurkaBad Ol' Putty TatHippety Hopper
1950 Home, Tweet HomeThe Scarlet PumpernickelAll a Bir-r-r-dCanary RowStooge for a MousePop 'Im Pop!
1951 Canned FeudPutty Tat TroubleRoom and BirdTweety's S.O.S.Tweet Tweet Tweety
1952 Who's Kitten Who?Gift WrappedLittle Red Rodent HoodAin't She TweetHoppy Go LuckyA Bird in a Guilty CageTree for Two
1953 Snow BusinessA Mouse DividedFowl WeatherTom Tom TomcatA Street Cat Named SylvesterCatty CorneredCats A-weigh!
1954 Dog PoundedBell HoppyDr. Jerkyl's HideClaws for AlarmMuzzle ToughSatan's Waitin'By Word of Mouse
1955 Lighthouse MouseSandy ClawsTweety's CircusJumpin' JupiterA Kiddies KittySpeedy GonzalesRed Riding HoodwinkedHeir-ConditionedPappy's Puppy
1956 Too Hop to HandleTweet and SourTree Cornered TweetyThe Unexpected PestTugboat GrannyThe Slap-Hoppy MouseYankee Dood It
1957 Tweet ZooTweety and the BeanstalkBirds AnonymousGreedy for TweetyMouse-Taken IdentityGonzales' Tamales
1958 A Pizza Tweety-PieA Bird in a Bonnet
1959 Trick or TweetTweet and LovelyCat's PawHere Today, Gone TamaleTweet Dreams
1960 West of the PesosGoldimouse and the Three CatsHyde and Go TweetMouse and GardenTrip for Tat
1961 Cannery WoeHoppy DazeBirds of a FatherD' Fightin' OnesThe Rebel Without ClawsThe Pied Piper of GuadalupeThe Last Hungry Cat
1962 Fish and SlipsMexican BoardersThe Jet Cage
1963 Mexican Cat DanceChili WeatherClaws in the Lease
1964 A Message to GraciasFreudy CatNuts and VoltsHawaiian Aye AyeRoad to Andalay
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseCats and BruisesThe Wild Chase
1966 A Taste of Catnip
1980 The Yolks on You
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 Father of the Bird
2011 I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
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