Kent Butterworth
Director
The Mouse and the Monster (1996)
Season 1
The Mouse and the Monster is an American animated series created and executive produced by Jerry Leibowitz. The show aired on UPN network's cartoon block UPN Kids and the Fox Family Channel. It featured a mouse named Chesbro, and a monster named Mo. The show subsequently aired on Disney Europe following Disney's acquisition of Saban's library of shows.
Released Sept. 21, 1996
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Animation
Production Companies: Saban Entertainment
Network: UPN
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Ches Meets Mo
The heart-burning origin of how Ches and Mo meet, develop a friendship and flee the insane clutches of mad Doctor Wackerstein, the brain of Doc's late favorite pianist, Flatnoteski, and Doc's avant-garde wife, Olga.
Sept. 21, 1996, midnight
S1E2 - A Mouse, a Monster and a Baby
Ches and Mo become surrogate parents as well as living play-toys for an irritable 600-pound Baby Pookers left on their doorstep. After eating the carpets and soiling enough diapers to top off a landfill, it becomes clear what the gigantic infant's real purpose is for dropping in on our duo.
Sept. 21, 1996, midnight
S1E3 - The Mouse, the Monster, and the Mouse Monster
Ches and Mo take over burnt-out Sappy the Clown's kid's party entertainment business with disastrous results. In hot pursuit, Doc and Olga crash the party.
Sept. 28, 1996, midnight
S1E4 - Coffee, Tea or Mo?
In an effort to save a few bucks, Ches elects to bring Mo's head aboard an airplane as carry-on luggage. A demented Doctor Wackerstein barely pilots the air-bus while stewardess Olga preps the passengers on how to save their worthless lives in case of emergency.
Sept. 28, 1996, midnight
S1E5 - The Mouse and the Monastery
A wrong turn from a tour bus leaves our boys stranded at a strange monastery, where there's more monkey business than a barrel of — well, you get the idea.
Oct. 5, 1996, midnight
S1E6 - The Missing Mo
It's a hot pursuit in the frozen tundra as Doc and Olga chase Ches and Mo to the Antarctic where a batty anthropologist takes a particular interest in Mo. Mush!
Oct. 5, 1996, midnight
S1E7 - Bottles Away
Ches and Mo take the sewer route to a high-seas adventure that finds them hired as pirates by an old familiar friend, while Doc, Olga and The Brain give chase aboard a luxury cruise ship. Anchors aweigh!
Oct. 12, 1996, midnight
S1E8 - Old Friends
Ches naps in the park and dreams about himself, Mo, Doc and Olga under the same roof in an old-folks' home. Strained gumballs, anyone?
Oct. 12, 1996, midnight
S1E9 - Heartless Mo
Tired of constant heartburn from a horrid diet, Mo's heart pops a few stitches in the monster's chest, hops out and decides to see the world, leaving behind a heartless, one-eyed goofball suddenly with no scruples.
Oct. 19, 1996, midnight
S1E10 - Bad Plumbing
Beware ye… goes nowhere near the haunted house with possessed plumbing! Do you think our two idiots heed the warning? Yeah, right.
Oct. 19, 1996, midnight
S1E11 - Of Mice and Mo
Ches and Mo are good ol' country hitchhikers as the monster is recruited by town-folk to scare-crow away them ding-dangity parakeets that keep ruinin' the town's prize-winning melons. Good choice — have a melon-head guard your melons.
Oct. 26, 1996, midnight
S1E12 - H.M.O. Mo
Mo's under the weather, which yields a trip to the pediatrician. But Ches is the one inadvertently ushered into the examining room and diagnosed as a rare rat-boy, while Mo's detachable body parts entertain kids in the waiting room.
Oct. 26, 1996, midnight
S1E13 - All Systems Mo
Ches and Mo are abducted, er, recruited as astronauts for Slobovia's backwards space program as Doc and Olga, hot on our boys' trail, also get a taste of 4th-world hospitality.
Nov. 2, 1996, midnight
S1E14 - Camp Mo
Hey kids, for good wholesome summer fun, come to Camp Mo, where counselors Ches, Mo, Doc and Olga misguide kiddies through horribly unsafe fun and activities.
Nov. 2, 1996, midnight
S1E15 - I Married a Monster
Nov. 9, 1996, midnight
S1E16 - Sleep Tight
Mo's sonic snoring tops a litany of annoyances that prevent Ches from getting a good night's sleep. And when Mo's body goes sleepwalking, an exhausted Ches tows Mo's head along in middle of the night on a city-wide search for the monster's torso.
Nov. 9, 1996, midnight
S1E17 - Who Do That Voodoo Like Mo Do?
In this epic tale, Doc Wackerstein's Mo Voodoo doll ends up in the clutches of a toy conglomerate and ultimately into the hands of millions of pin-plunging kids worldwide. Oooch! Ouch! Eech! Yowch!
Nov. 16, 1996, midnight
S1E18 - Nutballs and Meatballs
Man, what these scammers won't do for a free meal! Stowaways Ches and Mo travel to Sweden for a meatball eating contest and wouldn't ya know it, run into good ol' Doc Wackerstein, who's in town for a mad scientist's convention.
Nov. 23, 1996, midnight
S1E19 - A Tale from the Thinwall
There are many odd tales from our duo's crumbling, vermin-infested Thinwall Hotel, and this is just one of the. Episode "lowlights" include a visit from the Eye Gunk Fairy.
Nov. 23, 1996, midnight
S1E20 - Masked Masher
Ches turns wrestling promoter and hypes his oversized monster pal as the Masked Masher, a fierce grappler from "parts unknown." Unfortunately, The Mashers career-ending opponent is none other than crowd favorite, Baby Pookers, the 600-pound cranky infant badly in need of a nap. Doc, Olga and The Brain join the bone-crunching fun.
Nov. 30, 1996, midnight
S1E21 - Fashion Victims
Mo has an identity crisis when a fickle but famous fashion designer rips off his raggedy, tattered clothing style and makes the monster-look all the rage.
Nov. 30, 1996, midnight
S1E22 - Blue Birthday
Ches sneaks off to take an ill-fated job at a pet shop to earn enough money to buy Mo a birthday present. But Ches is mistaken for merchandise, becomes a pet rat for Olga's cat, then a hostage in Doc's efforts to lure Mo to save his pal.
Dec. 7, 1996, midnight
S1E23 - Green Banana Moon
Our cast and their nightmares are featured in this poetic pause. "Searching with its moonbeam, its glow will find you soon, and once it does you're sure to dream beneath the Green Banana Moon.
Dec. 7, 1996, midnight
S1E24 - Monsters and Mazes
Ches and Mo are mistaken for distinguished scientists, but ultimately find themselves the subjects of bizarre behavioral studies. Doc shows up just in time to make matters worse.
Dec. 14, 1996, midnight
S1E25 - O' My Name Is Olga
In this all-Doc-and-Olga episode, Olga finally snaps when Wackerstein calls her "Igor" for the one-millionth time, sending her packing back home to mama. Doc hires a psychotic temp that gives Wackerstein a taste of his own medicine.
Dec. 14, 1996, midnight
Network: UPN
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 1996
Last Air Date: Dec. 14, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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