Elliot's Guide to Becoming a True Mouse

Elliot's Guide to Becoming a True Mouse is an American animated television series created by animator Arlo-Avocha Vernon for Gingo. It is Vernon's third animated series for Gingo after Funky Fu! Pop Star Fighter (1997-2004) and Limo Dude (2004). Set in 1940's New York City, it centers on a young orphan named Matthew who is sent to an orphanage filled with roughhousing kids, and a trio of mice --- Elliott, Heden, and Frank --- who use a scientific experiment to transform the boy into a mouse himself. The episodes revolve around the mice as they teach their human-turned-mouse friend how to embrace the world from a rodent's perspective.

Vernon originally conceived the mice in 2007 as a web animated short My Best Mice, while experimenting with the traditional squash-and-stretch technique on Adobe Flash. In 2012, another short was created featuring redesigns of the mice and a new then-unnamed character, Matthew. The pilot was pitched to Gingo that year, and the series made its official debut on August 23, 2014, with the final episode airing on May 25, 2019.

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