Mouse-Taken Identity

Mouse-Taken Identity
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	November 16, 1957
Run time	6:40
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ted Bonnicksen George Grandpré
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
Series navigation
← Previous	Next →
Title card

Mouse-Taken Identity is the four hundred and thirty-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 16, 1957. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Sylvester takes his son to work at his job in a museum, they suddenly see a giant mouse, who is actually Hippety Hopper who had escaped from the zoo.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Hippety Hopper	N/A
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sylvester Jr.	Mel Blanc
Mouse	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City zoo
    • Country museum

Objects

• Turtle shell

Vehicles

• Box truck

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1957 (MCMLVII).

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
• Backgrounds: Bill Butler
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 28, 1953 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on "mistaken identity." You're welcome.
• The museum was erected in 1917 (MCMXVII).

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 13, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem on DVD.