Stooge for a Mouse

Stooge for a Mouse
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 21, 1950
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	I. Freleng
Animation	Arthur Davis Emery Hawkins Gerry Chiniquy Ken Champin Virgil Ross
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Stooge for a Mouse is the three hundred and twenty-fourth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 21, 1950. It was produced by Edward Selzer, and it was both written and directed by Friz Freleng.

After attempting to get a hunk of cheese and getting foiled by Sylvester and Mike, a little mouse decides to plot his revenge by turning the bulldog against the cat by framing Sylvester for a series of murder attempts.

Memorable quotes

Mike: I don't know why ya's done it, BUT I KNOW YA'S DONE IT!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Mike	Mel Blanc
Mouse	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sylvester's residence

Objects

• Cheese platter
• Telephone

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 21, 1950

Behind the scenes

• This cartoon and Rabbit Every Monday were written by Freleng while he was waiting in-between for new story writers.
• This cartoon has a similar plot to Paramount's Noveltoon short, Cheese Burglar.
• This marks the final short animated by Gerry Chiniquy. He would not return until the 1954 Looney Tunes short, By Word of Mouse.

Legacy

• Several of the gags and quotes used in this short were later recycled in the 1957 Looney Tunes cartoon, Bugsy and Mugsy.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 30, 2023: Warner Archive Collection releases Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 on Blu-ray Disc