| Starving Cat | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
The Haunted Mouse (February 15, 1941) |
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Original Publisher |
Warner Bros. |
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Created by |
Fred Avery & Michael Maltese |
Origin[]
A cat is starving, when he sees a sign that says "Ma's Place Home Cooking" within 3 miles. He rushes into town at once but neglects to read the part that says that the town full of a hundred ghosts. The ghost town has nearly every building having the word "ghost" in the name. The cat enters the restaurant hoping to find some grub.
One of the ghosts residing in the place happens to be a mouse who wants revenge on cats for tormenting him all his life. The mouse decides that the cat would make a perfect target for his wrath, and sets out to ruin his life. The mouse sets out a saucer of milk that suddenly disappears. As the mouse taunts the cat, the mouse states he should go for sardines or mice, and once the cat realizes the ghost is a mouse, he pursues the mouse.
Since the mouse is an intangible ghost, the mouse is easy to trick the dumb cat. The ghost kicks the cat, ties his tail into a knot, tickles him in the stomach, drums on his head with drumsticks, and smooches him. Finally, the mouse sets off a match near the cat's foot as he tries to search the mouse hole, causing the cat to run out, but he crashes through a window and mortally falls down. The cat's ghost, now angered at the mouse, ends up scaring the mouse out of the ghost town.
Public Domain Animated Appearances[]
- The Haunted Mouse (1941)
Notes[]
- The cartoon is now in the public domain due to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts failing to renew the copyright in 1969.
- The name given in this article is a conjecture based on the cartoon.