History Main / NiceMice

Fictional mice of this sort [[TypicalCartoonAnimalColors will typically be white, tan or light gray]], and are also often drawn with deliberately cute, chubby or fluffy designs, generally tending towards large eyes and short, round snouts, something particularly apparent when mice appear in the same works as rats.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': "Helter Shelter" introduces Bubbles' mouse friends Mr. and Mrs. Squeakers. They live in the Professor's sneakers.

** Plusle and Minun are always there to cheer their trainer and the other Pokemon in the party on (and [[CryCute cry when they lose]]).

* Slink the Mouse (voiced by Creator/ErnestBorgnine) from the 2011 Christian animated film ''The Lion of Judah'' is the oldest animal of the main cast alongside the wisest of the bunch. In the film, he tries rescuing [[SweetSheep Judah the Lamb]] from getting [[SacrificialLamb sacrificed by humans]] in Jerusalem to not luck. Near the end of the film, he ends up trapped inside the same cage as Judah and tries comforting him until [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist "The King"]] arrives. After Jesus' death, Slink and Judah are freed and witness [[PassionPlay Jesus' resurrection]] before leaving earth. Slink previously appeared in the 2008 Christmas film ''Once Upon A Stable'' where he alongside the other animal character witness Jesus birth in Bethlehem.

* A church mouse and his wife are supporting characters in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. They're friends with with Robin and Friar Tuck, and they're kind and polite during their brief screen time.

* ''Drastically'' subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'', in which Mary Katherine's expectations about this trope nearly get her killed. Only her leafman companion's quick reflexes save her from discovering that, to creatures the size of insects, an ordinary field mouse is a ''predator''.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ShowWithinAShow, ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' character, Itchy the mouse, who is a cheerful yet murderous psycho mouse who plots to kill his friend Scratchy the cat ForTheEvulz.

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* The late 90s ''VideoGame/ReaderRabbit'' titles has Mattie the Mouse, who is of course a sweet and soft-spoken creature.

* The arcade game based off of the cartoon series ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'' incorporates some elements from the original comic book, including the race of gentle ActualPacifist mice with magical powers who live in a CrystalSpiresAndTogas type civilization. Somewhat confusingly, though, their homeworld is called Planet ''Rat''. Two of them appear. One is saved by Bucky and uses his powers to help him. Because he is a pacifist, however, he helps in ways such as shielding him from harm or by bridging gaps in the terrain, never by directly attacking enemies. Later, the ruler of Planet Rat, Ro-Dent, tells Bucky how to save the planets pillaged by the toads by returning their stolen lifeforce.

* Ultima VI features Sherry the Mouse, a talking mouse the Avatar must win over to help with a quest later in the game.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': Pinky is nice, if completely cracked. The Brain -- not so much, but he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* Creator/HannaBarbera: In WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks, Dixie and Pixie were usually only acting in defense from Mr. Jinks, and only did the stealing of the cheese to survive.
** Sometimes it would switch around where Jinks was the hero of the episode and Pixie and Dixie would get their comeuppance in the end.

** Averted in the early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, "The Night Watchman." Not only are the mice shady antagonists, the kitten is a protagonist.

* The mice from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' were nice.
* Hannah from the animated series adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown''.

* In Latin America there's no tooth fairy; instead, the one taking the children's teeth and replacing them with coins is a friendly tooth mouse or ''ratón de los dientes''.

** Chuck Jones' Hubie and Bertie were subversions, as they tended to mind-screw the hapless Claude. Two examples; in "The Aristo-Cat", they convinced Claude that ''he'' was they mouse and Hubie and Bertie were cats, and in "Roughly Squeaking" they convinced Claude that he was a lion, and the bulldog in the yard was either a moose, a gazelle or [[ItMakesSenseInContext a pelican]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': While Jerry can be nasty at times (either in provoked self-defense from Tom, or even just tormenting Tom for the hell of it), he is usually the more good-natured in his feud with Tom, and the most likely to at least attempt a truce or relent when their war goes a step too far (he once saved Tom after he almost drowned trying to chase after him for example). He's also nice to other animals like canaries, baby woodpeckers, baby ducks, baby seals, escaped lions and circus Elephants (on more than one occasion even).

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ShowWithinAShow, ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' character, Itchy the mouse, who is a cheerful murderous psycho who plots to kill his friend Scratchy the cat ForTheEvulz.

ResourcefulRodent for rodents portrayed as clever and resourceful, YouDirtyRat for rats who are portrayed as disgusting, often as the UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart to mice. Compare ScrewballSquirrel, the squirrel equivalents who are hyperactive pranksters and/or {{CloudCuckoolander}}s (although there are just as many outright villainous examples). See also RighteousRabbit for the lagomorph end of the spectrum, and CuteKitten and PreciousPuppy, the feline and canine equivalents respectively.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Crimestrikers}}'', one member of the titular HeroesRUs organization is Darian "DX" Xenos, the team's CommunicationsOfficer and MissionControl. He's an anthro mouse and a very pleasant individual, despite having occasional problems with [[NoSocialSkills social skiils]] due to his UsefulNotes/{{Autism}}.

Very small and cute, yet wild, the mouse is an animal often used as a metaphor for someone easily underestimated. Thus, mouse characters and humanoid mouse races tend to be heroic and really good people, yet easily underestimated. In many works, this last trait is something they have grown to resent deeply. It's hard to demand respect from someone when you can't even reach his knees and your voice is very squeaky -- no matter how brave you are.

ResourcefulRodent for rodents portrayed as clever and resourceful, YouDirtyRat for rats who are portrayed as disgusting, often as the UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart to mice. Compare ScrewballSquirrel, the squirrel equivalents who are hyperactive pranksters (although there are just as many outright villainous examples). See also RighteousRabbit for the lagomorph end of the spectrum, and CuteKitten and PreciousPuppy, the feline and canine equivalents respectively.

** Julia, a guest star from "Mousechurian Candidate" (which aired as part of ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''), [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. She's an ordinary mouse whom Brain makes as intelligent as himself so he can have a "first lady" to help his senatorial campaign. This [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] when Julia's idealistic, compassionate nature makes her so popular that the voters choose her instead of Brain! When she opposes Brain's ruthless plans, he uses a MindControlDevice on her that ends up malfunctioning. In the end, Julia escapes and starts plotting against Brain, eventually undergoing a FaceHeelTurn.

** Julia, a guest star from "Mousechurian Candidate" (which aired as part of ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''), [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. She's an ordinary mouse whom Brain makes as intelligent as himself so he can have a "first lady" to help his senatorial campaign. This [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] when Julia's idealistic, compassionate nature makes her so popular that the voters choose her instead of Brain! When she opposes Brain's ruthless plans, he uses a MindControlDevice on her that ends up malfunctioning. In the end, Julia escapes and starts plotting against Brain, with the possibility that she might undergo a FaceHeelTurn.

** Julia, a guest star from "Mousechurian Candidate" (which aired as part of ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''), [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. She's an ordinary mouse whom Brain makes as intelligent as himself so he can have a "first lady" to help his senatorial campaign. This [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] when Julia's idealistic, compassionate nature makes her so popular that the voters choose her instead of Brain! When she opposes Brain's ruthless plans, he uses a MindControlDevice that ends up malfunctioning. In the end, Julia escapes and starts plotting against Brain, with the possibility that she might undergo a FaceHeelTurn.

* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', where the main character Mrs. Brisby and her children are your standard animated mice, though somewhat fearful and skittish due to their small size and large number of natural enemies. Unfortunately, the majority of the Mice of NIMH were killed during the escape from the research facility, leaving only Mr. Ages and Jonathan, Mrs Brisby's husband. The movie also averts YouDirtyRat however, as all the rats in the movie, aside from the main villain, are benevolent uplifted creatures.

->''"I cannot imagine mice as the embodiment of evil. Mice are such charming little creatures, and it is not by accident that MickeyMouse became an absolutely universal hero."''

** Part of why both Gene Deitch's and Chuck Jones' rendition of Tom and Jerry are mixed to generally negative is how both characters TookALevelInJerkass, and Jerry is no exception, making it oftentimes feel out of character.

** Subverted in Bob Clampett's "We the Animals Squeak", in which a band of mobster mice kidnap the son of champion mouser Kansas City Kitty, in an effort to blackmail her into letting the mice run rampant.

* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', where the main character Mrs Brisby and her children are your standard animated mice, though somewhat fearful and skittish due to their small size and large number of natural enemies. Unfortunately, the majority of the Mice of NIMH were killed during the escape from the research facility, leaving only Mr Aegis and Jonathan, Mrs Brisby's husband. The movie also averts YouDirtyRat however, as all the rats in the movie, aside from the main villain, are benevolent uplifted creatures.

* The concept behind the international franchise of ''Series/TopoGigio'' is that he is a friendly nice mouse.

* The late 90s VideoGame/ReaderRabbit titles has Mattie the Mouse, who is of course a sweet and soft-spoken creature.