With “The Tale of Despereaux” movie coming up soon, I believe it’s high time for me to make a blog featuring the cute animated mice that graced our screen through the years.

Of course, everybody knows the very trademark of Disney - Mickey Mouse. Till this day, this character is still vastly popular, reaching not only the kids but also the adult market.

We cannot forget to feature the mice duo who was extremely essential in Operation: Save Cinderella for both Cinderella part 1 and part 3. Their voices are just as cute as their faces.

Bernard and Bianca star in the Mouse-centric animation called The Rescuers, where the mice form a rescue society and do good deeds. Bernard and Bianca are chosen to rescue a kidnapped girl.

An American Tail is a period animation that depicts the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced before. Fievel is a curious, hyperactive cute little mouse trying to make his way in an unknown land.

We all know this mouse. Poor Tom, he can never win against this little guy.

This cute culinary critter marveled me tremendously with just how adorable and endearing he is. This picture features him cooking omelet for Linguini. Aside from the cute factor, the show is surprisingly touching and interesting, and has become one of my top 3 favorite animations of all time.

And now we have the most modern mouse to date: Despereaux. In the movie, “The Tale of Despereaux”, we will see three different characters - a brave mouse with large ears (Despereaux), an unhappy rat (Roscuro) who wants to leave the life of a dungeon mouse, and the beautiful young princess (Princess Pea).

Cheers to these cute little critters!