Mighty Mouse: Wolf! Wolf!

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Cartoons back in the old days were something else. It seems classic cartoon artists were unafraid to show their imaginations in unprecedented ways while laws about the "ethereal" necessity to restrain oneself out of fear to offend faint-headed people were practically nonexistent. The net result almost always ended being a cartoon which inevitably provided a cool experience for both viewer and artist. Again, this in itself is enough to earn my appreciation.

Mighty Mouse is a cartoon about a tiny superhero whom is, incredibly enough, a mouse. This one is NOT just another filthy rodent scuttling along furniture and threatening humans' health with its feared fleas' bite or its nasty territory-marking practice which is a hotbed for leptospirosis. No, this is one mouse intent on doing good without causing any harm whatsoever as a side effect.

Now onwards to the cartoon. We open with the narrator setting the stage for the action to unfold, which happens from the antagonists' point of view. They eye up a couple of delicious-looking lambs and soon hatch a plan to get hold of them. At first they get one of them to dress up as a female of some species. Presumably, a female of the human species, but this proves unconvincing even to the target of their lustful obsession. He/she eventually gives up trying to lure the sheepish offspring where they want and settles up on the bright idea of outright trying to grab it, at first landing face-first onto the floor in a kind of pouncing attack, then it just chases after it. The lamb's lithe disposition to not be caught proves to be much for the frustrated hunter. So much so he calls for backup on the little bugger and soon classic cartoon pandemonium ensues. It's not until several wolfish hands bearing all sort of weapons surround the disputed lamb that the latter decides to let itself be subdued.

Wolves are found primarily in Canada, Alaska, the Balkans and The Netherrealm.

This is NOT a 2011 version of the cartoon.

Then the picture's title entity makes his entrance. Perhaps Mighty Mouse had been watching over things all along form his perch, but we'll never know. He swoops down on the evil creatures to wreak more cartoony havoc: wolves pummel themselves nonstop in typical Killer Instinct style trying to hit Mighty Mouse, several meat cleavers are hurled in Mighty Mouse's way and he repels them with lightning bolts issuing from his hands and one of the goons wields a automatic claw-12 shotgun in an attempt to rid the world of the minuscule hero, to no avail. Eventually, Mighty Mouse cleans house and has again proven to be the champion of men... and sheep.

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