The Mouse and the Monster (Season 1)

Ches Meets Mo (Episode 1)

Writer: Mel Sherer

Air date: 1996-09-21

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: The heart-burning origin of how Ches and Mo meet, develop a friendship and flee the insane clutches of mad Doctor Wackerstein, the brain of Doc's late favorite pianist, Flatnoteski, and Doc's avant-garde wife, Olga.

A Mouse, a Monster and a Baby (Episode 2)

Writer: Henry Gilroy

Air date: 1996-09-21

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo become surrogate parents as well as living play-toys for an irritable 600-pound Baby Pookers left on their doorstep. After eating the carpets and soiling enough diapers to top off a landfill, it becomes clear what the gigantic infant's real purpose is for dropping in on our duo.

The Mouse, the Monster, and the Mouse Monster (Episode 3)

Writer: Glenn Eichler

Air date: 1996-09-28

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo take over burnt-out Sappy the Clown's kid's party entertainment business with disastrous results. In hot pursuit, Doc and Olga crash the party.

Coffee, Tea or Mo? (Episode 4)

Writer: Peter Elwell

Air date: 1996-09-28

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: In an effort to save a few bucks, Ches elects to bring Mo's head aboard an airplane as carry-on luggage. A demented Doctor Wackerstein barely pilots the air-bus while stewardess Olga preps the passengers on how to save their worthless lives in case of emergency.

The Mouse and the Monastery (Episode 5)

Writer: Glenn Eichler

Air date: 1996-10-05

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: A wrong turn from a tour bus leaves our boys stranded at a strange monastery, where there's more monkey business than a barrel of — well, you get the idea.

The Missing Mo (Episode 6)

Writer: Peggy Nicoll

Air date: 1996-10-05

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: It's a hot pursuit in the frozen tundra as Doc and Olga chase Ches and Mo to the Antarctic where a batty anthropologist takes a particular interest in Mo. Mush!

Bottles Away (Episode 7)

Writer: Mark Drop

Air date: 1996-10-12

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo take the sewer route to a high-seas adventure that finds them hired as pirates by an old familiar friend, while Doc, Olga and The Brain give chase aboard a luxury cruise ship. Anchors aweigh!

Old Friends (Episode 8)

Writer: Ralph Soll

Air date: 1996-10-12

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches naps in the park and dreams about himself, Mo, Doc and Olga under the same roof in an old-folks' home. Strained gumballs, anyone?

Heartless Mo (Episode 9)

Writer: Peter Elwell

Air date: 1996-10-19

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Tired of constant heartburn from a horrid diet, Mo's heart pops a few stitches in the monster's chest, hops out and decides to see the world, leaving behind a heartless, one-eyed goofball suddenly with no scruples.

Bad Plumbing (Episode 10)

Writer: Ralph Soll

Air date: 1996-10-19

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Beware ye… goes nowhere near the haunted house with possessed plumbing! Do you think our two idiots heed the warning? Yeah, right.

Of Mice and Mo (Episode 11)

Writer: Peter Elwell

Air date: 1996-10-26

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo are good ol' country hitchhikers as the monster is recruited by town-folk to scare-crow away them ding-dangity parakeets that keep ruinin' the town's prize-winning melons. Good choice — have a melon-head guard your melons.

H.M.O. Mo (Episode 12)

Writer: Henry Gilroy

Air date: 1996-10-26

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Mo's under the weather, which yields a trip to the pediatrician. But Ches is the one inadvertently ushered into the examining room and diagnosed as a rare rat-boy, while Mo's detachable body parts entertain kids in the waiting room.

All Systems Mo (Episode 13)

Writer: Glenn Eichler

Air date: 1996-11-02

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo are abducted, er, recruited as astronauts for Slobovia's backwards space program as Doc and Olga, hot on our boys' trail, also get a taste of 4th-world hospitality.

Camp Mo (Episode 14)

Writer: Peter Elwell

Air date: 1996-11-02

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Hey kids, for good wholesome summer fun, come to Camp Mo, where counselors Ches, Mo, Doc and Olga misguide kiddies through horribly unsafe fun and activities.

I Married a Monster (Episode 15)

Writer: Ron Hauge

Air date: 1996-11-09

Runtime: 11 min

Sleep Tight (Episode 16)

Writer: Henry Gilroy

Air date: 1996-11-09

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Mo's sonic snoring tops a litany of annoyances that prevent Ches from getting a good night's sleep. And when Mo's body goes sleepwalking, an exhausted Ches tows Mo's head along in middle of the night on a city-wide search for the monster's torso.

Who Do That Voodoo Like Mo Do? (Episode 17)

Writer: Jerry Leibowitz

Air date: 1996-11-16

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: In this epic tale, Doc Wackerstein's Mo Voodoo doll ends up in the clutches of a toy conglomerate and ultimately into the hands of millions of pin-plunging kids worldwide. Oooch! Ouch! Eech! Yowch!

Nutballs and Meatballs (Episode 18)

Writer: Patrick Corcoran

Air date: 1996-11-23

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Man, what these scammers won't do for a free meal! Stowaways Ches and Mo travel to Sweden for a meatball eating contest and wouldn't ya know it, run into good ol' Doc Wackerstein, who's in town for a mad scientist's convention.

A Tale from the Thinwall (Episode 19)

Writer: Peter Elwell

Air date: 1996-11-23

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: There are many odd tales from our duo's crumbling, vermin-infested Thinwall Hotel, and this is just one of the. Episode "lowlights" include a visit from the Eye Gunk Fairy.

Masked Masher (Episode 20)

Writer: Winston Richard

Air date: 1996-11-30

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches turns wrestling promoter and hypes his oversized monster pal as the Masked Masher, a fierce grappler from "parts unknown." Unfortunately, The Mashers career-ending opponent is none other than crowd favorite, Baby Pookers, the 600-pound cranky infant badly in need of a nap. Doc, Olga and The Brain join the bone-crunching fun.

Fashion Victims (Episode 21)

Writer: Patrick Corcoran

Air date: 1996-11-30

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Mo has an identity crisis when a fickle but famous fashion designer rips off his raggedy, tattered clothing style and makes the monster-look all the rage.

Blue Birthday (Episode 22)

Writer: Ralph Soll

Air date: 1996-12-07

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches sneaks off to take an ill-fated job at a pet shop to earn enough money to buy Mo a birthday present. But Ches is mistaken for merchandise, becomes a pet rat for Olga's cat, then a hostage in Doc's efforts to lure Mo to save his pal.

Green Banana Moon (Episode 23)

Writer: Ralph Soll

Air date: 1996-12-07

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Our cast and their nightmares are featured in this poetic pause. "Searching with its moonbeam, its glow will find you soon, and once it does you're sure to dream beneath the Green Banana Moon.

Monsters and Mazes (Episode 24)

Writer: Steven Melching

Air date: 1996-12-14

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: Ches and Mo are mistaken for distinguished scientists, but ultimately find themselves the subjects of bizarre behavioral studies. Doc shows up just in time to make matters worse.

O' My Name Is Olga (Episode 25)

Writer: Mark Drop

Air date: 1996-12-14

Runtime: 11 min

Overview: In this all-Doc-and-Olga episode, Olga finally snaps when Wackerstein calls her "Igor" for the one-millionth time, sending her packing back home to mama. Doc hires a psychotic temp that gives Wackerstein a taste of his own medicine.