The Slap-Hoppy Mouse
| The Slap-Hoppy Mouse | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | September 1, 1956 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Ted Bonnicksen George Grandpré Keith Darling Russ Dyson |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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The Slap-Hoppy Mouse is the four hundred and fifteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 1, 1956. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
To prove to his son that he's still the mouse catcher that he is, Sylvester takes Sylvester Jr. to an abandoned house where he teaches him how to hunt and catch mice. But when Hippety Hopper escapes from the circus train and is mistakened for a giant mouse, will Sylvester make his son proud by catching him?
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sylvester Jr.: Oh, the shame of it all... Carrying my father home again, stiff as a board.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Mansion
- Explorer's Clubhouse
- City zoo (mentioned)
- United States
Objects
- Stethoscope
- Hippety's crate
- Match
- Native tribe shield and hammer
- Hunter's rifle
- Bag of buckshot
- Wadding
- Gunpowder container
- Rammer rod
- Acme Iron Glue
- Saw
Vehicles
- "Clawed Bitty's Circus" train
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 1, 1956
Behind the scenes
- Part of the title, "Slap-Hoppy," is a pun on the phrase, "slap-happy."
- The working title was "Of Mice and Menace."
- This is the first Merrie Melodies short to feature the 1956-1957 orange color rings with green background at the beginning, even though it still uses the 1955-1956 green rings with red background at the end. The orange rings with green background can also be seen in the openings on numerous Blue Ribbon re-releases of shorts from 1949, but either with the 1946-1955 version of the Looney Tunes theme, or the respective version of the Merrie Melodies theme. Starting with these new reissues, the original credits and original ending cards are always kept, regardless of which series the cartoon is originally in, until the 1959–64 season, when only select cartoons had their ending cards kept.
Legacy
- Some clips from of this cartoon would be used in the 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon, Freudy Cat.
Home availability
- In the United States:
