The Yankee Doodle Mouse
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The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 World War II-themed Tom and Jerry cartoon short renowned for its inventive battle gags and Academy Award-winning animated slapstick.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Yankee Doodle Mouse canonical | 2 |
| Yankee Doodle Mouse | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yankee Doodle Mouse Context triple: [Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM), notableShort, The Yankee Doodle Mouse]
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A.
The Mouse That Roared
The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 satirical comedy film about a tiny European duchy that declares war on the United States in hopes of losing and receiving generous aid.
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B.
Miss Mouse
Miss Mouse is a central character in the traditional folk song "Froggie Went A-Courtin’," typically portrayed as the refined mouse whom Froggie seeks to marry.
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C.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E is the iconic spelled-out name of Mickey Mouse, the classic Disney cartoon character and company mascot.
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D.
Haredevil Hare
Haredevil Hare is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short that introduced the character Marvin the Martian in a sci-fi adventure with Bugs Bunny.
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E.
King of the Mice
King of the Mice is a fictional monarch of a mouse kingdom, best known as the antagonist ruler of the mice in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and its adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yankee Doodle Mouse Target entity description: The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 World War II-themed Tom and Jerry cartoon short renowned for its inventive battle gags and Academy Award-winning animated slapstick.
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A.
The Mouse That Roared
The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 satirical comedy film about a tiny European duchy that declares war on the United States in hopes of losing and receiving generous aid.
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B.
Miss Mouse
Miss Mouse is a central character in the traditional folk song "Froggie Went A-Courtin’," typically portrayed as the refined mouse whom Froggie seeks to marry.
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C.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E is the iconic spelled-out name of Mickey Mouse, the classic Disney cartoon character and company mascot.
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D.
Haredevil Hare
Haredevil Hare is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short that introduced the character Marvin the Martian in a sci-fi adventure with Bugs Bunny.
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E.
King of the Mice
King of the Mice is a fictional monarch of a mouse kingdom, best known as the antagonist ruler of the mice in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and its adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American animated film
ⓘ
Tom and Jerry cartoon ⓘ animated short film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 16th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| animationStudio |
MGM cartoon studio
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Animation
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| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tom and Jerry characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSeries | 11th Tom and Jerry short ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| containsGagsInvolving |
firecrackers and explosives
ⓘ
household items used as military equipment ⓘ improvised weapons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | military-style battle between Tom and Jerry ⓘ |
| director |
Joseph Barbera
ⓘ
William Hanna ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | World War II propaganda era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jerry Mouse
ⓘ
Tom Cat ⓘ |
| format | theatrical short subject ⓘ |
| franchise |
Tom and Jerry
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM)
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| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ war parody ⓘ |
| hasGenreTag | animated war comedy ⓘ |
| hasNoDialogue | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Scott Bradley ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inventive battle gags
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war-themed slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Quimby ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studio
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Animation
|
| releaseDate | 1943-06-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| series |
Tom and Jerry
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM)
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| setting | World War II ⓘ |
| soundtrackType | orchestral score with sound effects ⓘ |
| studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1940s wartime home front ⓘ |
| title | The Yankee Doodle Mouse ⓘ |
| usesTheme | World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Yankee Doodle Mouse Description of subject: The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 World War II-themed Tom and Jerry cartoon short renowned for its inventive battle gags and Academy Award-winning animated slapstick.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Yankee Doodle Mouse
linked to: The Yankee Doodle Mouse