Adored by the Network: When Nickelodeon aired the original Danger Mouse from 1984 to 1987 it was in essence treated with the same level of respect one might imagine the Nicktoons getting years later. To the point where when it was set to leave the network the first time? Danger Mouse's voice actor David Jason recorded original dialogue for a promo to say goodbye. It later came back to Nick from 1991 to 1994.
All-Star Cast: The reboot has voice actors like Alexander Armstrong, Lena Headey, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Rasmus Hardiker, Richard Ayoade and BRIAN BLESSED.
The Cast Showoff: Alexander Armstrong happens to be a talented choral singer and has even released a few albums. He shows off his singing skills in "Melted", in the final song "Melted Heart".
The reboot airs on The BBC, where the original aired on ITV.
In the US, Netflix exclusively streams the reboot, where as the original was an early success for Nickelodeon.
Production company example— Fremantle Media sold its children's television business to Boat Rocker Rights in 2018, before the scheduled premiere of reboot Series 3.
The following footage and dialogue from "Mechanised Mayhem" was restored on the DVD set, which was unseen on Nickelodeon and syndication. It's where DM and Penfold see the Frog's Head Flyer trying to kick down the door of Greenback's hideout—Stiletto issues an S.O.S., and Danger Mouse responds:
Stiletto: Oh, signor Danger Mouse, thanking Heaven! We are under a-screw! DM: "Under—?" Oh, you mean under attack.
Plus the full ending, which was not used since it was the first episode of a two-episode screening on Nick:
Narrator: And with that, we say farewell to our chances of ever being on Radio 3. (Sigh.) By the way, the management point out that you park in front of a Danger Mouse transmission at your own risk. Claims for carpet elbow and mass hysteria cannot be entertained. (Well, why should they? You weren't. Hmph!) And all that leaves me to say is, "Look out for our next Danger Mouse adventure!" And I do mean that.
Edited for Nickelodeon: during the show's first run (1984-87), scenes from "Lord of the Bungle" and "The Bad Luck Eye of the Little Yellow God" were cut due to scenes of African jungle natives, and "Bandits, Beans And Ballyhoo!" (first appearance of El Loco) was left out altogether. All were added in during the second run (1991-94).
Fake American: Rasmus Hardiker, who is English with Danish family, preserves Count Duckula's American accent from David Jason's run as the character.
Irony as She Is Cast: In "All 5 It", Danger Mouse is revealed to be a terrible singer without Auto-Tune helping him. In real life, Alexander Armstrong is a great singer. This, however, has been averted as of "Melted", which ends with Danger Mouse developing a much better singing voice.
Missing Episode: There were two pilot episodes, but only one of them has been found.
William Franklyn was Danger Mouse's voice in the pilot "The Mystery Of The Lost Chord".
The entire cast is replaced in the 2015 revival.
Out of Order: In the new series, episode 12, "Big Penfold" features the "return" of Isambard Kingkong Brunel. Episode 17, "The Inventor Preventer" has DM encounter him for the first time. This means the reveal he's not a giant gorilla but a tiny chimp falls slightly flat. DM's wing-suit also appears in "Big Penfold" and then appears for the first time in a later episode ("Quark Games", #15 in broadcast order).
Playing Against Type: In the Reboot, John Oliver, who's career has been built around mocking current events, similar to Stephen Colbert, plays The Princess dad, a rich guy who can buy anything he wants and spoils his kid.
The series was initially planned to have a more serious tone to it as seen in the pilot. Mike Harding, the theme tune's composer, was the one who convinced Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall to make the series more silly.
Early on the show had the working title Supermouse.
Danger Mouse was originally supposed to be brown. He was changed to white to prevent being near identical to Penfold.
Write Who You Know: Stiletto's persona was based on an Italian waiter Brian Trueman knew.
is the same one used for numerous flying creatures in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker