The Not So Nice Mice

**The Not So Nice Mice** is the premiere and first episode of *Fraidy Cat*.

## Synopsis

After being chased by a dog, Fraidy ends up in "Mouse Town," which is run by a gang of mice.

## Plot

Fraidy is trying to escape a dog, who is chasing him. He finds a gap in the fence, which allows him to lose the dog, but also brings him to an unpleasant looking area, composed mostly of a junkyard and a couple of alleys. The environment scares Fraidy, for he states that he lost his previous eight lives and has to be careful. While trying to sneak past one of the alleys, a trash can lid raises and three pairs of eyes are staring at Fraidy. When Fraidy moves along, mice-like shapes rise the fence nearby. The cat gets frightened by the unwanted attention and tries to flee, without success.

It turns out the mice stopped Fraidy and brought him to their boss, who rules this part of the town. Fraidy explains his story and asks to be released. The rodent gang leader demands from Fraidy to demonstrate the power of summoning ghosts by saying loudly a number between one and nine. When asked about a phone, Fraidy denies to have one, when a phone call interrupts him and he fetches it. The boss mouse presents Fraidy Tiny - an overgrown mouse with muscles bigger than Fraidy's torso, who also wants to know Fraidy's phone number. The cat claims, that if he gives the number, other cats will show up and cause him trouble. In response, the mice gang leader insists on Fraidy to simply say one.

Fraidy admits "that's the one thing he won't say", which causes Tinker and Ant to be summoned. Elephunt greets Fraidy from the back of Ant in his typical manner. The Boss Mouse admires Fraidy's summoning powers, when Ant lowers her head to Fraidy and Tiny to lick both. When Tinker and Ant realize they appeared in a mouse settlement, both succumb to fear and vanish, giving Fraidy a rather brief relief - which is broken by Captain Kitt appearing. The feline pirate pickpockets one of the mice with his hook, obtaining the tiny wallet. The mouse witnesses being robbed and complains about it. Fraidy convinces Captain Kitt to hand over the wallet, since he doesn't want trouble with Tiny. The feline pirate reluctantly hands over his rather poor loot, then he disappears. The owner of the wallet tells Tiny to attack Fraidy, who is holding the wallet.

The leader of the rodent mafia asks Fraidy, if saying aloud numbers from one to eight summons ghosts, then demands from Fraidy saying aloud the number nine. Fraidy admits, that something terrible will happen in such case. Tiny is laughing and his boss is pressing on Fraidy. The wallet owner tells Fraidy to say "No" in German, which is "Nein".

Number Nine responds to the call and immiediately strikes Fraidy with a lightning bolt, which leaves a hole in the ground and causes Fraidy to flee. The Boss Mouse sends Tiny and the wallet owner after Fraidy (brought dead or alive), who found a shelter inside an alley. Tiny is checking the area, then Fraidy comments that the noisde must be something he ate. As a result, Hep appears. Fraidy explains, that Tiny is threatening him, so Hep sneaks past the giant mouse and scares him off with a trumpet, then he disappears. Tiny doesn't know what happened, so he flees.

The last summoned ghost is Captain Eddie Kittenbacker, who is flying his aircraft in a rather awkward way. Despite this, he manages to grab Fraidy from the street and it turns out Tiny also found a way to the plane as an unwanted passenger. Eddie decides to drop Fraidy and take Tiny with himself - as a result, Fraidy is parachuted off the plane and the aircraft lands at the building mast, then it vanquishes leaving Tiny in an uncomfortable place. Fraidy lands safely and notices the area isn't controlled by mice. However, it turns out that dogs occupy it...

## Characters

* Fraidy Cat
* Fraidy's Lives
	+ Tinker Elephunt Cave Cat
	+ Captain Kitt
	+ Cloud Nine
	+ Hep Cat
	+ Captain Eddie Kittenbacker
* Boss Mouse
* Tiny
* Mice

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of the series.
* Real life pirates did not pickpocket their victims, unlike Captain Kitt does in the episode. Historical records prove that armed pillage and plunder was the most common way of gaining booty.
* Hep Cat is shown to teleport himself from one place to another within the area he's summoned to; this is the only episode where this ability is shown.
* This episode features the most of Fraidy's lives out of the entire series.

"**The Not So Nice Mice**" "Cupid and the Cat" "Over the Wall and Havin' a Ball" "Feline Fortune" "Puss n' Boats" "A Scaredy Fraidy" "Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat" "Love Is a Many Feathered Thing" "It's a Dog's Life" "Choo Choo Fraidy" "Magic Numbers" "A Small Star is Born"
***Cancelled Episodes***
"Fraidy Gone Fishing" "Fraidy Come Home" "Double Trouble" "Unlucky Fraidy" "This Cat for Hire" "Culture Schlock"