History Main / MouseHole

* Invoked in Creator/TexAvery's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg King-Size Canary]]'', when the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever jumbo-sized cat and mouse]] do this with a train tunnel (@ 7:02).

* Episode 20 of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has a [[http://ibras.dk/montypython/episode20.htm#5 ratcatcher looking for rat holes in a house]]. The first one he finds is a Mouse Hole, complete with fake mice on a string.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E7HowMunchedIsThatBirdieInTheWindow How Munched is that Birdie in the Window?]]: In the intro, when the Simpsons entered their living room, Prof. Frink shrunk them and they ran into the hole to escape the cat.

* Invoked in TexAvery's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg King-Size Canary]]'', when the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever jumbo-sized cat and mouse]] do this with a train tunnel (@ 7:02).

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* There is a mouse hole in MrBean's apartment. In the ChristmasEpisode, he puts a mousetrap in front with a present on it.

** Also, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' some areas have little holes that constantly spawn evil mice, which [[GoddamnedBats try their best to stay off your camera and tackle you from where you can't see them, stealing your rupees]]. Sometimes they even carry bombs. Either way, it's possible to negotiate with them by throwing some bait near their hole.

* Likewise the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and, before that, Babbit and Ratstello.

* You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the skirting boards in the background on ''TheSimpsons''.

* While they're not mice, the Minish in ''TheLegendOfZeldaMinishCap'' have several small holes that look like this. They do, indeed, lead to the Minish's Mouse World.

* One of the first puzzles of ''SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' requires you to grab a stash of cash from one of these.
* One puzzle in ''TheNeverhood'' involves getting a mouse to a wedge of CartoonCheese via ''a wall of mouseholes''. Your job was to figure out which holes the mouse would stop at.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'', the vermin live in holes like this. The vermin in this case being owls.

* You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the floor boards in the background on ''TheSimpsons''.

* A rare live-action example, though more realistic looking, can be found in the movie ''[[Film/MouseHunt Mouse Hunt]]''.

* Episode 20 of ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has a [[http://ibras.dk/montypython/episode20.htm#5 ratcatcher looking for rat holes in a house]]. The first one he finds is a Mouse Hole, complete with fake mice on a string.

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* Likewise the LooneyTunes cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and, before that, Babbit and Ratstello.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy may have purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice.

[[quoteright:262:[[TomAndJerry http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mousehole2.png]]]]

* ''TomAndJerry'', as in the picture above.

* Mostly averted in WaltDisney's ''{{Cinderella}}'', but there is one.

[[TomAndJerry http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mousehole2.png]]

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy may have purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy may had purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice.

* In ''LuigisMansion'', these are all over the place. Some release golden mice, worth major dollars. Luigi can enter most or all with a special device, usually yielding more treasure. Or ghosts. Often both.

* In ''Luigi's Mansion'', these are all over the place. Some release golden mice, worth major dollars. Luigi can enter most or all with a special device, usually yielding more treasure. Or ghosts. Often both.

* The "Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks" shorts on ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''
* Likewise the LooneyTunes cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and before that, Babbit and Ratstello.

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: Fluttershy may had purposefully installed a mouse hole in her house to shelter mice.

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* ''TomAndJerry'', as in the picture above.
* Early ''MickeyMouse'' cartoons didn't show his house, but early comic strips and children's books did. It had a round, obviously mousehole-like front entrance despite Mickey's large, non-mouselike size.
** In 1931, Mickey's house began to be shown in the cartoons and had a normal front door there, after which the ancillary material was retconned to match.
* The "Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks" shorts on ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''
* Likewise the LooneyTunes cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales and before that, Babbit and Ratstello.
** Sniffles lived in a mouse hole in some shorts as well, even earlier.
* Mostly averted in WaltDisney's ''{{Cinderella}}'', but there is one.

* While they're not mice, the Minish in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Minish Cap'' have several small holes that look like this. They do, indeed, lead to the Minish's Mouse World.

* Again, not mice, but ''TheLittles'' use this trope.

* There is a mouse hole in MrBean's appartment. In the ChristmasEpisode, he puts a mousetrap in front with a present on it.
* You might notice the classic arch-shaped mouse holes in the floor boards in the background on TheSimpsons.
* A rare live-action example, though more realistic looking, can be found in the movie ''[[Film/MouseHunt Mouse Hunt]]''.

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If you have one of these in your house, expect your perfectly triangular cheese wedges to go missing soon.

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