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Country mouse Emily and her cousin from the big city, Alexander, visit each other and have adventures together at the turn of the century.
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1. Bicycle Mice
30m
Our mice are happily watching the first Tour de France bicycle race as well as cheering their cousin "Rocket Renaud" in the first Tour de Cheese. Renaud's friend Olivier Bonnidee is worried: his father must win the Tour de France or they could lose their winery to the greedy banker, Monsieur Grossnez. The mice soon discover that Mr. Grossnez's well placed thumb tacks have forced Olivier's father into last place. Meanwhile, Renaud is preparing to race with his new aerodynamically designed bicycle. But there's a rat with his eye on Renaud's invention: none other than Notail Nogoodnik. It's two wild races to the finish as the mice help Olivier's father win the Tour de France while Renaud foils Notail and wins the Tour de Cheese- by a whisker!
2. Ballet Mouse
30m
There is trouble behind the scenes at the Imperial School of Ballet in St. Petersburg. Cousin Nadya's friend Anna Pavlova has a big audition coming up, and a terrible case of stage fright.. Scary things have been happening to her and she's afraid she'll never be able to dance again. Tracking down a series of clues and trying to keep one jump ahead of Ludmilla, the backstage cat, the mice discover that the person trying to scare Anna away from the ballet is none other than her best friend, Olga. The mice arrive just in time to see Olga take Anna's place in the audition, but what's happened to the "real" Anna Pavlova? Our mice find her just in time for her to make a dramatic entrance on-stage and delight the dance master with the performance of her career. Meanwhile, Nadya has perfected her own unique style of dancing that soon makes her a famous star of modern dance.
3. Mayan Moon
30m
Emily and Alexander arrive on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico where they meet cousin Xoc and his friend Wendy. She is the daughter of archaeologist Edward Thompson who has uncovered the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. When Alexander gets off the boat he accidentally bumps into some mice workers and is covered head to toe with flour. The workers bow to him believing he is Caban- the moon goddess! When she appears, she steals the moon from the sky! Mr. Thompson opens the Sun Temple and discovers a priceless statue of a jaguar, but a certain rat has seen it too. Notail Nogoodnik is determined to have it for his own. The dastardly rat, impersonating a Shaman, snatches Emily and the statue and it is up to Alexander- who must become the moon goddess one more time- to command an eclipse of the moon, save Emily and return the statue to the people of Mexico.
4. Meatball Mice
30m
Cousin Mario dreams of being an inventor and is studying the recently released scientific notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. His friend Benedetta welcomes the mice and tells them about an upcoming cooking contest to honor the visit of King Umberto and Queen Margherita. Her parents are hoping to win and make their restaurant the most famous in Venice. But Mr. Serichi, owner of a rival restaurant, has other plans. He steals Benedetta's secret family recipe, intending to pass it off as his own. When Benedetta is caught in the Serichi's kitchen trying to steal the recipe back, the mice launch a food fight to help her escape. Remembering da Vinci's design for a catapult, Mario sends meatballs flying. Unfortunately, in the ensuing gondola chase, the recipe falls into the canal and is lost forever. Benedetta is resigned to her parents losing the contest, but Mario has a way to win: :his uncle Esposito Mouse's secret recipe for.... pizza!
5. Jungle Mice
30m
The mice are thrilled to be going with their cousin Tio and his friend Sugita on an expedition into the jungles of the mountainous Congo. Sugita is guiding the famous British naturalist Mary Kingsley who is writing the first in-depth study of African insects. Suddenly the mice find themselves in the midst of a jungle stampede! The terrified animals are running from the machete of Mowdown Mack, a nefarious logger who is out to level the jungle. The mice meet a gorilla named Kunte and are enchanted by her baby: a beautiful albino gorilla- but they're not the only ones. Mowdown is convinced this rare animal will make him famous- and rich! It is up to our mice ,with some unexpected help from a pygmy warrior, to save the baby gorilla and rid the jungle of Mowdown Mack forever.
6. Posh Mice
30m
It's the first voyage of the Mauritania and the equally elegant Mousetania as mice, rats and people cross the ocean to seek a new life in America. Cousin Cosmo introduces the mice to his friend Vito Marocchi. Vito's father, Aldo, dreams of opening a tailor shop in his new home. The mice become suspicious when Vito explains that the steward is holding Aldo's money and papers for safe keeping. Soon, they uncover the steward's plan to swindle the Marocchi's out of their money and make sure they are deported as soon as they land in Ellis Island. With the help of their new friends, a rat family called the Katzmans, Emily and Alexander get the Marrochi's money and papers back before the steward sends them forever into the sea. Everyone celebrates as Lady Liberty welcome them to New York City.
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