The Flying Mouse

The Flying Mouse is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, making this the second cartoon directed by Jones to co-star the two (the first being Elmer's Pet Rabbit). Voice characterizations are by Mel Blanc and (uncredited) Arthur Q. Bryan, respectively.

The title is a play on "hair tonic", a type of patent medicine, reinforced by Bugs' portrayal of a fake doctor at a few points in the picture. A bottle of "hare tonic" appeared as a prop in a 1946 cartoon, The Big Snooze.

The Flying Mouse boy and his mother make an appearance as spectators in the 1946 Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Polo Team.

Home video

 * (1986) VHS - Viddy-Oh! For Kids Cartoon Festivals: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd Cartoon Festival Featuring "Wabbit Twouble"
 * (1988) VHS - Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs vs. Elmer
 * (1988) VHS, LaserDisc - Cartoon Moviestars: Cartoons for Big Kids
 * (1990) VHS - Bugs Bunny Collection: Bugs Bunny's Greatest Hits
 * (1997) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 3, Freleng Follies (USA 1995 Turner print)
 * (2002) DVD - Tom and Jerry: Dumbo (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)
 * (2008) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc 2 (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)
 * (2010) Blu-ray, DVD - Tom and Jerry: Dumbo (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)

Censorship

 * The scene of Bugs taking a sleeping pill (from a bottle labeled, "Sleeping Pills: Take Dese and Doze") to invade Elmer's dream was originally edited out when shown on most TV channels (particularly the Ted Turner-owned cable networks TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network, but there have been cases of this cartoon appearing edited on local TV stations [both affiliates and independent stations]). The scene was most often deleted with a jump cut or, as on the Ted Turner-owned networks, with a fake black-out. In 2001, "The Big Snooze" was shown uncut on Cartoon Network's The Bob Clampett Show and has been shown uncut ever since, both on Cartoon Network and its spin-on channel, Boomerang.