Line #15 ShoutOut/MightyMouse


1	The ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cartoons have their [[ShoutOut fair share of references]], mainly in the 1987 Creator/RalphBakshi revival.
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3	!References In the original theatrical cartoons:
4	* Mighty Mouse himself is an obvious riff on Franchise/{{Superman}}. In fact, his original name was Super Mouse, and his costume even had the same color scheme as Superman's.
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6	!References In ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'':
7	* The character of Bat-Bat is a parody of Franchise/{{Batman}}.
8	* Scrappy the Mouse's appearance is a caricature of [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]], and his name and role in the show is an obvious riff on [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo.]]
9	* Mighty Mouse's origin story in "Mouse From Another House" is a WholePlotReference to the origin of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
10	* The title of "Night on Bald Pate" is a reference to the song "Night on Bald Mountain".
11	* "Scrap-Happy"'s plot and villain are partially based on Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.
12	* "Pirates With Dirty Faces" is a reference to the film ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces''.
13	* "This Island Mouseville" references the title of the novel and film ''Film/ThisIslandEarth''.
14	* "All You Need Is Glove" is a pun on the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "All You Need Is Love".
15	* In "The Ice Goose Cometh", the restaurant wall has drawings named [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe G.I. Phil]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Shmurds]], [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats Thundercows]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Hu-Man]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} Jimby]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin Eddie Bumpkin]], [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Robotoast]], [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee Wee Wee Wee]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony My Little Zygote]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jim.]] Some of the park rangers that appear in the cartoon look similar to [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Ranger Smith]]. The title of the episode itself is a reference to Eugene O'Neill's 1939 play ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh''.
16	* "Mighty's Benefit Plan" is centered around Elwie and the Tree Weasels, who are parodies of the 1980's revival of WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks.
17	* In "See You In The Funny Papers", the comics Scrappy gets includes [[ComicStrip/DickTracy Dick Detective]], [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Murray the Barbarian]] (published by [[Creator/MarvelComics Muddle Comics]]), and "Really Weird Tales From Outer Space" (a reference to the Creator/ECComics series "Weird Science") with [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]] being its company. During the parade, a store called Maby's (a play on Macy's) is seen, and an Music/ElvisPresley float gets cut loose, flys up near a building and smashes its fist through it like [[Film/KingKong1933 King Kong]], and then gets set on fire, with the narrators comments on the scene being a reference to the Hindenburg disaster.
18	* "Snow White and the Motor City Dwarfs" is a spoof of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Disney's adaptation of]] Literature/SnowWhite.
19	* "Dont Touch That Dial" features parodies of WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones, WesternAnimation/TheJetsons, WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters and WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle.

Context ShoutOut / MightyMouse