Release Date January 2, 1937

Running Time 7:45

Synopsis

Chemist Mickey concocts a super strength potion that turns a fly into a fighter and a mouse into a super-mouse.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Pete

Credits

Director : Ben Sharpsteen

Animation : Al Eugster

Cut Scenes

Pete sticks gun against Pluto, saying "I'm gonna blow your head off."

Bloopers

In the beginning scenes where Mickey is mixing his formula he pull a cork from a bottle with his teeth. In the following frames, the cork slowly and mysteriously disappears.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Mickey

The Spirit of Mickey

Germany

Donald and Company

Mit Mir Nicht

Pluto Räumt Auf

France

Disney Parade 3

Donald et Compagnie

Italy

Topolino

Sono Io ... Topolino

Cartoons Disney 6

Laserdiscs

United States

The Spirit of Mickey

Japan

Donald and Company

Disney Cartoon Festival 3

Mickey : Limited Gold Edition

DVD

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color

Region 1 : United States

Region 2 : France

Region 2 : Germany

Region 2 : Italy

Region 2 : Sweden

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Region 1 : United States

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #55 : Oooh! Scary!

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #41

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by United Artists Pictures

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : Additional censorship deletes Pete's shadow showing the gun being cocked. In more recent showings, gun scenes with Pete and Pete saying "I'm going to murder you, I'm going to fill you full of lead" are censored. Enjoyable, odd, quirky cartoon. The scene of Mickey performing his experiments with all the chemical bottles and tubing seems to be a forerunner of the Wicked Queen's apparatus in turning herself into an old gag in Snow White. I especially enjoyed the scene of Pluto chasing the cat and the cat getting revenge after Mickey sprays the magical strength potion on the cat.

From Ryan : Even though this short starred him, Mickey was actually just a background character while the short seemed to focus more on the different animals (users of the strength potion). I liked the scene where Pluto chases the cat into the shed and the cat's lives float right out. When he's down to his last life, Mickey squirts some potion on him and his eight other lives jump back into his body. Another funny scene was where Pluto looked at the fire hydrant and was about to "do his business" when Mickey squirted the hydrant and it sprayed Pluto. Wonderful short. I'd give it an A-.

From Per Nilsson : This cartoon feels a bit un-Disney-like. Its style is more like a Tom and Jerry or Tex Avery cartoon. The only thing that clearly makes it a Disney cartoon is the appearance of Mickey and Pluto, but other characters could easily have played them. A lot of chasing is going on, first small animals, like a fly beating up a spider, later on moving up to a mouse chasing a cat. The cat chases Pluto, Pluto going after Pete and so on. Still it's nice to see something different, so it gets an ok grade in my book!

From josef : Great short with lots of fun gags. I really enjoyed the animation in this short.

From Baruch Weiss : This is one of my favorite Mickey cartoons. I wonder if the sequence with the cat and the mouse was the inspiration for Tom and Jerry as three years after this cartoon the cat and mouse team made their debut in "Puss gets the Boot".

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