History WesternAnimation / MightyMouse

* DeathIsCheap: Lampshaded and defied in the fourth issue of the Marvel comic. After Mighty Mousette gets killed, Mighty Mouse begs the Monitor to bring her back to life, bringing up that dead characters always come back in comics. The Monitor denies Mighty Mouse's request and tells him that he must accept that Mighty Mousette is gone for good.

** In the same story, he also fights "the Anti-Minotaur" alongside WesternAnimation/TheMightyHeroes, superhero-parodies (albeit from the 60s) created by ''New Adventures'' director Creator/RalphBakshi.

* ComicBookAdaptation: Timely Comics (which would later become Marvel), St. John's (using Terry artists), Dell, Gold Key and Marvel would all publish Mighty Mouse comics. Marvel's 10-issue series was derived loosely from the Bakshi show.

* StealthPun: Delivered by, of all characters, Pearl Pureheart:
-->'''Narrator:''' Pearl will never give up hope. We hear her say...
-->'''Pearl:''' I will never give up hope. He's my favorite [[Creator/BobHope radio comedian!]]
* RecycledInSpace: The [[{{Creator/Filmation}} 1970's version and movie.]]

* SpaceOpera: The "Great Space Chase" segments of [[Creator/{{Filmation}} Filmation's]] series.

** In issue #10 of the Marvel comic, Pearl Pureheart boycotts the rest of the issue because of Andrew "Mice" Clay's appearance. This refers to Nora Dunne refusing to appear on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' at the time due to Andrew "Dice" Clay's appearance.
--->'''The Cow:''' Bad moooove! Your career's [[{{Pun}} Nora Dunne]] now!

** The tenth and final issue of the Marvel Comic has the cover depict Mighty Mouse giving ten reasons why it is imperative the reader buy this issue. Reason number one is "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles No teenagers, no mutants, no ninjas, no turtles]]".

** The tenth and final issue of the Marvel Comic has the cover depict Mighty Mouse giving ten reasons why it is imperative the reader buy this issue. Reason number one is "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles No teenagers, no mutants, no ninjas, and no turtles]]".

* TakeThat: "Don't Touch That Dial" is a particularly biting satire of Creator/HannaBarbera, {{Anime}} (with a hint of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''), the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation and television of the 1980's in general.

* OutOfFocus: Scrappy in later episodes. In fact, one episode, "Anatomy of a Milquetoast" (his ''only'' season 2 appearance) is one giant lampshade of this, with Mighty Mouse being put on trial because he's blamed for being responsible for his disappearance.

* DreamWithinADream: The ending of "Anatomy of a Milquetoast" became one due to ExecutiveMeddling. Originally the episode was going to end on Scrappy turning into a crab, but CBS didn't like the idea of such ending. So they made ''that'' part of a dream, recycling the same animation of him waking up from just few seconds before (note that the episode fades out just before he removes the bed cover, revealing his changed body).

* DreamingofThingsToCome: "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy" has Mighty Mouse dream of being married to Pearl Pureheart, with the Cow being reformed and his best friend. While it seems out of whack because of the same dream having Pearl become [[FormerlyFit obese]] and unpleasant, the Cow is also depicted as reformed in the later episode "The Bride of Mighty Mouse", which shows Pearl as still being attractive and amiable.

* EvilCounterpart: He also gets one of these, Mangy Mouse, in the same story.

* HeelFaceTurn: In the possible future of "Bride of Mighty Mouse" the Cow isn't just reformed, he's treated like Family.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: "The Ice Goose Cometh" is centered around the old Terrytoons star Gandy Goose, who was frozen in ice in 1944 and thaws out in 1987, having to adjust to the fact that no one remembers him anymore while finding his old partner Sourpuss.

* KlaatuBaradaNikto: Bat-Bat fractures the phrase in "Bat With A Golden Tongue".

* OutOfFocus: Scrappy in later episodes. In fact, one episode, "Anatomy of a Milquetoast" (his ''only'' season 2 appearance) is one giant lampshade of this.

* OutOfFocus: Scrappy in later episodes. In fact, one episode, "Anatomy of a Milquetoast" (his ''only'' season 2 appearance) is one giant lampshade of this..

** "Mighty's Musical Classics" is a long music video made entirely of old [=TerryToons=] clips. Sane goes with "Animation Concerto".

* MarilynManeuver: "The Littlest Tramp" hat one point has Polly Pineblossom's skirt blowing up when she's standing on an air vent.

* ClipShow: Despite lasting 19 episodes, there are several shorts comprised almost entirely clips from old Terrytoons (i.e. "Mighty's Musical Classics", "Scrappys Playhouse", "Animation Concerto" and "Stress for Success") and earlier episodes of the show. This was due to budget reasons (the key animation was done in-house, which is very expensive for a low-budget series such as this)

* OriginsEpisode: "Mouse from Another House" has Pearl Pureheart explain Mighty Mouse's origins to Scrappy.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Played with in "The Wreck of the Hesperus". The skipper's daughter sits down, revealing the long Victorian pantalettes under her dress - not very sexy to a 20th-century viewer but likely scandalous at the time the poem takes place. Then, when the narrator reads the "And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds/That ope in the month of May" - which is taken directly from Longfellow's original poem - she is shown ''covering'' her bosom with her hand. One way or another, the "bosom" part is cut from at least one release.
** In "Law and Order", the Catnip Gang lure mice to be made into popsicles using a mutoscope of a mouse woman in a form-fitting garment doing a provocative dance.

* AppropriatedAppelation: The OriginsEpisode "Mouse from Another House" establishes that Mighty Mouse got his name from a remark made about his powers by his adoptive father.

* TwoShorts

* CardCarryingVillain: Oil Can Harry

* PowerUpFood: In Mighty Mouse's first apperance (when he was called [[{{Superman}} Super Mouse]]) he gained his powers after going into a [[StealthPun "Supermarket"]] and eating various Super-named foods. While he was shown eating super products to do this at least twice (in "The Mouse of Tomorrow" and "Frankenstein's Cat") it seemed to become permanent after that.