While cats and dogs are natural enemies, such is not the case in the house where Herman the mouse lives. They are very good friends indeed, are work together to make Herman's life a hard life. Herman tries to break up their friendship, and divert their attention from guarding the cheese in the refrigerator, and almost succeeds but they make up in time to prevent Herman getting the cheese. They give chase and Herman takes refuge in a jug of wine.
Herman tries to get fed but has to watch out for two crazy roosters.
Herman, the city-slicker mouse (looking like a cross between James Cagney and Lee Tracy) visits his barn-mice cousins in the country.
Herman rescues Louise by using magic on Katnip.
Unaware that Katnip is the night watchman, Herman takes his three nephews to Paramount Pictures Studios on a sightseeing trip. They sneak in and find fake alligators and a fake King Kong, but a real live Katnip. Herman promises to make Katnip a movie star if he will let them go.
Herman tries to get Katnip kicked out of the house. He shows his cousins how to outfox poor Katnip.
Herman the mouse and his little mice pals are having a good time in River City's pool-hall, that doesn't have a billiards table anywhere in it...and that spells trouble when mice are playing pocket pool, and it soon arrives in the form of Katnip Kat looking to cause some disturbance. But, having just read a horror book, Katnip is a bit off his usual game and is a bit nervous. Herman, crafty as ever, plays on these fears and Katnip is scared off.
Herman the Cartoonist is a short animated movie from 1953. The story follows a cartoonist who creates chaos with his drawn characters, particularly Herman the Mouse and Katnip the Cat. The cartoonist's inkblots come to life and the characters engage in a wild chase. This surreal and humorous cartoon is a delightful watch for the whole family.
A sleep-walking baby owl finds its way in Herman's house, and the friendly mouse makes friends with it. But the owl arouses Katnip, who takes out after it, but Herman always manages to rescue the little owl. The owl finally makes a nest for its self out of Katnip's fur which Herman has stripped off.
From Press Kit: Katnip's serenading of a girl cat is interrupted by a tough cat that runs him off and takes over.The love-lorn Katnip is determined to best the muscle-bound cat and enlists the aid of Herman. Herman, with bad-intentions, puts Katnip through a muscle-building course which consists of weight-lifting, bar-chinning and equipment rigged with high explosives.
Herman rescues Princess Genevieve, who has been captured by baron-robber Katnip. Good music score on this cartoon.
In the deserted ice-cream parlor, the thirsty mice are never able to drink their concoctions because Katnip the Kat keeps them running for their little mice-lives. But Herman, the brother mouse, arrives with his bag of tricks. Herman tricks Katnip into swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills and, while Katnip snores, the mice enjoy their sodas.
Because of their usual nemesis, Katnip the cat, the little mice are unable to get to the food. But Herman devises a plan in which Katnip thinks he has been poisoned. This works until Katnip discovers he has been tricked, but Herman tricks him again, and the mice finally get to the food.
Katnip is out in the cold, cold snow; but he thinks maybe he won't go hungry this Christmas. He sees a warm house with a warm fire, and a lot of warm mice about to have a nice, hot turkey dinner. Katnip scams his way into the house by disguising himself as Santa Claus. And then he chases the mice into their hole by throwing Christmas ornaments at them. Cousin Herman arrives and is tantalized by the tempting aroma of the turkey. The sad mice show Herman why they're all shivering in their freezing hole. There's Katnip at the fireplace hanging up an enormous stocking next to a very long Christmas list. But wily Herman is not about to let a mangy cat dampen everyone's holiday spirits.
Herman and Katnip in an art school.
Under Captain Herman, work for each mouse-sailor is more like play. But the fun ends when they bring aboard a castaway who turns out to be Katnip the Pirate.
A band of little mice have come out to play and to enjoy the pleasures offered at the seashore. But, just as sure as this is a Noveltoon, the villainous Katnip the Kat shows up with intent of making certain no mouse, mice or meece in the area enjoys anything. Where, or where, is Herman the Mouse when he is needed? Could that be him coming up the beach? It could.
The city-slicker mouse, Herman, takes his bumpkin country cousins for a night on the town at a penny arcade. Katnip the cat, Herman's long-time nemesis, is present and spoiling the party so Herman floats him away with some hydrogen-filled balloons. But the pesky Katnip returns and after some furious cat-and-mouse games, utilizing all the slot machines and games in the arcade, Katnip ends up as the loser, ending up as the target in the shooting gallery.
Katnip is making life miserable for Herman's little mice cousin, so he takes them to a tropical paradise island where there are no cats, and the little 'meece' are very happy...until Katnip makes an entrance. Thanks to Herman, Katnip's exit is about as rapid as his entrance. Peace returns to Paradise Isle.
Herman and his little cousins gave to seek other housing arrangements as the building they live in is being torn down. After a long search, Herman finds a place behind some pipe in a new skyscraper being constructed. The only drawback is that Katnip has already taken up residence there.