Catch as Cat Can (Motormouse)

This article is about the Motormouse short. For other TV series with episodes sharing that name, see Catch as Cat Can.

Catch as Cat Can
Premiere date	September 12, 1970
Run time	6:26
Starring	Marty Ingels Dick Curtis Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Neal Barbera Larz Bourne Ed Brandt Tom Dagenais Len Janson Earl Klein Bill Lutz Mike Maltese Chuck Menville Bill Perez Joe Ruby
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Catch as Cat Can" is the first episode of Motormouse and Autocat season two, and the seventeenth overall, which came as a segment of Motormouse. It aired on September 12, 1970 on ABC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

For assistance in catching Motormouse, Autocat hires a mouse catching expert named Speedy Wheels.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Motormouse	Dick Curtis
Autocat	Marty Ingels
Speedy Wheels	Don Messick

Organizations

• Speedy Wheels Pest Control

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City
      • Spin-Your-Wheels Garage

Vehicles

• Motormouse's motorcycle
• Super Duper Mouse Scooper
• Super Charged V8 Free Wheeling Wheel Chair

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1970 on ABC

Errors

• After the bubble that Motormouse is in pops, he falls, but his ears are missing.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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