Forgotten Cartoons and Toys: Moo and Mice

May 14, 2013

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With the resurgence of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I thought; “Why not the knockoffs?” back in the day when TMNT really caught on we were flooded with animals with human qualities who fought crime … Tigersharks, BattleToads, Extreme Dinosaurs, even CyBoars LOL

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This post I will focus on two of the most popular and unknown … least remembered TMNT alternative lol

The Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa and The Biker Mice from Mars

The Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa

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Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa came out in 1992 created by the artist of TMNT … so that’s something.
Of course there’s mutation this time a meteor in lieu of Ooze. The best was their names lol

Marshal Moo Marshal
The Cowlorado Kid
The Dakota Dude

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… not to mention Cowlamity Kate Cudsterand Cody Calf

They fought Sheriff Terrorbull and The Mayor Oscar Bulloney LOL …

The cartoon went for 2 seasons; they had toys of course, even a video game

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… they did work with The TMNT a few times, which never made it to the show (only in comics) … would’ve been hilarious tho

Oh and C.O.W stood for “Code Of the West” lol

A year later in 1993 we got

Biker Mice from Mars

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LOL
No mutation this time, these mice were from outter space! lol
They fled their planet and crashed on Earth … in Chi-Town no less! This was more Transformers than TMNT though as the main baddies the Plutakians ran the mice off of Mars and then followed to earth to steal earth’s resources
… they even had a Chicago big wig who was a Plutarkian in disguise lol
They had an “April” named Charlene … and the Mice antagonist … the guy in disguise? His name was … Limburger (naturally.)

The Mice were: Modo, Vinnie, and Throttle (The Leader)
Vinnie was the cool one, he got the ladies

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Along with Limburger, off course there were other interesting names, even more notable were the actors who voiced them

Grease Pit, Rimfire, Carbine, and Napoleon Brie were voiced by Brad Garrett, Brian Austin Green, Leah Remini, and Luke Perry lol
… Continuing with the 90210 theme Vinnie was voiced by Ian Ziering

The mice went 3 seasons and had the toys and a Video game

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Do you remember these shows?
Did you watch? Play the games? Have any of the toys?
Which would you want back?

Which one is better?

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  • http://twitter.com/SockOfFleagulls Jason Gross (@SockOfFleagulls)

    Great post. Most of these were past my time to watch or collect, but interesting to see “knockoffs.”

  • http://twitter.com/chapmanrunner Mr. Serious (@chapmanrunner)

    your pop culture knowledge is DEEP. That is all.

    • eclectik

      Deep and stupid at least lol Thank you for visiting the site

  • @davenappy

    Wow. I have at least heard of Biker Mice from Mars. I think I clicked past an episode or two. Maybe even saw a comic book adaptation I think. The Cow show? If that show was part of a clue in Final Jeopardy I would have been toast. Wow, I am duly impressed.

  • HowardtheDeck

    Brilliant.

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