Introducing the very important character - Monty Mouse

Created by Irving Cunningham originally as Mortimer Mouse but changed due to legal reasons, Monty Mouse is a happy go lucky mouse that likes to travel and go on adventures. His fabulous checkered bow tie can be reshaped into various checkered props as he needs.

A chipper little mouse that would later go on to ruin the day of Ritz D Wolf, whom would be introduced in later Monty Cartoons.

Ritz was initial introduced during the first runs of Mortimer Mouse, but both Ritz's more devilish design was too frightening for audiences and with the ensuing legal troubles, Monty would find himself renamed, Ritz shelved for several years and by the time he'd reappear, Monty was not only a much more defined character, appearing on a wide variety of merch, it is widely considered that Monty Mouse by the start of the Wartime era of cartoons, was considered to be the second or third marquee toon.

Jumbo the Elephant (Marquee of Jumpin' Jive Studios) is heralded as the first, but this was due to unrelated cartoon popularity and rather his congressional testimony for toon rights. Which is why he's celebrated with a toontown wide holiday yearly.

Monty Mouse would be confused with Rupert Rodent in passing both of Jolly Jingles studios, but Monty's design is much smaller and more mouse like, Rupert's is much older, taller and more rat like.

Rupert also lacks Monty's magical bowtie, relying more on a general adventure setting, as his cartoons were closer to pulp serials than more gag related effects. Notably, Rupert Rodent until the Saturday Morning era carried a pistol and used it in his cartoons, as opposed to Monty whom frequently defeated his enemies through gags and cleverness.

Ritz D Wolf was designed by Irving Cunningham specifically as someone that could out think the mouse until the final punchlines. Ritz is regarded in some manners as a supervillain archetype as he would often be shown with plans and schemes, but off screen, Ritz had no interest in the same activities. A notable departure as most toons acted in some measure, close to their on screen personas.

Monty's popularity as a marquee would carry him to the current era and though his design has seen some revisions, including the introduction of colored pants and various friends in his supporting cast, many still regard the original dynamic of Ritz and Monty as one of the key highlights of the early years in toon cinema.

Unknown to most though, Monty is solely animated now, he is not a toon that has been seen in decades properly. In fact, the darkest parts of Pinnacle Peaks state that Ritz's pen cane has some part in the reason that Monty is gone and that Jolly Jingles wanted nothing further to do with Ritz, releasing him from contract during the start of the Saturday Morning era.

Regardless of the actual status of the Monty Mouse, his face is happily slapped on various merchandise and he remains one of Jolly Jingles most lucrative marquees.

He just doesn't show up to the award shows.