The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures is a Canadian-French animated television series produced by

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures aired in the U.S. on HBO (who also provided development funding for the series)^[3] from March 1, 1998^[4] to October 27, 1999. It premiered in France on France 3 on March 27, 1998.

Storyline and basis

The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Alexander from the city and Emily from the country, who go on adventures around the world in the late 19th and early 20th century, usually to help their cousins, solve a mystery, or stop the evil rat, No-Tail No-Goodnik.^[5]

The two main characters originally appeared in the 1993 television special The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale, which was produced by Michael Sporn Animation for HBO. Loosely based on the classic Aesop fable, the television special was also adapted into a book in 1994, titled The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: Christmas Is Where the Heart Is. But the characters were modified for the Cinar series.

Main characters

• Emily (voiced by Julie Burroughs) is a female country mouse. She wears a red dress with a white pinafore apron and a straw hat with a red ribbon tied in a bow around it.
• Alexander (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is a male city mouse and Emily's cousin. He wears a blue pinstriped suit with matching hat and a red bowtie.
• No-Tail No-Goodnik (voiced by Rick Jones) is a rat thief with a severed tail, the circumstances of which are never revealed, who is the main antagonist. He goes to some countries to commit thefts and often uses fake tails as a disguise.

Production

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures was initially produced as a 26-episode series

The show's main characters were first introduced in the 1993 HBO special, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale.^[4] It was loosely based on the classic fable by Aesop.

Telecast and home media

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures aired in the U.S. from March 1, 1998, to October 27, 1999, on HBO (who also provided development funding for the series^[3]).^[4] Until December 31, 2004, HBO's sister network HBO Family aired repeats of the show. The series premiered in France on France 3 on March 27, 1998, and later on Canal J.

In Canada, it first aired on

Mill Creek Entertainment released The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures - 26 Mice Tales Around The World on August 4, 2015, on DVD for Region 1.[7] This 2-disc collection features all 26 episodes from the second season on DVD for the very first time. As of 2022, the show is available on Tubi.

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