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| Season 3 | |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2020 (First ep. only), July 20th, 2020 |
| End Date | August 1, 2020 |
| Ep. Amount: | 11 |
| Previous Season: | Season 2 |
The third and final season of 12 oz. Mouse debuted in 2020, with its first episode airing on April 1st of the said year. Soon after, it was announced that the series had finally returned with a whole season worth of new episodes, which begin airing on July 20th, 2020.
Return
The third season of 12 oz. Mouse was officially announced on April 1st, 2020, with an all-new episode of the series titled, "Francis, Cheap & Out of Control". After this, the series was picked up for another season, featuring better animation and continuing the series' ongoing lore.
Production and Development
After the airing of the "Invictus" special on October 14, 2018, the series was then greenlighted by Adult Swim with ten brand new episodes that will be confirmed to be airing in the year 2020 and announced a revival of the series, an editor named "Brad Lee Zimmerman" who worked on the show made a Facebook post about his work on 12 oz. Mouse.
Characters
Main
Recurring
- Golden Joe
- Peanut Cop
- Roostre
- New Guy
- Buzby
- Man-Woman
- Green-Sweatered Woman
- Kiki
- The Kid
- Elize Ryd
- Olof Mörck
- Pineapples
- Spider
- Sirus
- Walking Fish
- Francis
Minor
- Human Citizens
- Hand
- Hovervacs
- Small Dancing Man
- Rhoda
- Liquor
- Bug
- Producer Man
- CJ Muff
- Skeleton
- Human Cop
- Underwater Snakes
- Desert Monster
- Bow-tie Bots
- The Shadowy Figure
- Talking Dragons
Episode List
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| Image | Ep.# | # in series | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original air date | |
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1 | 21 | "Francis, Cheap & Out of Control" | Matt Maiellaro and Corey Sherman | Matt Maiellaro and Corey Sherman | April 1, 2020 | |
| A reporter, going by the name of Francis, heads to the Cardboard City and interviews various characters. | |||||||
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2 | 22 | "First 12" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 21, 2020 | |
| Fitz awakens and finds himself without a memory, living in a new world called "Lotharganin". In this universe, he meets two top scientists named Aria and Professor Wilx. Golden Joe and Peanut Cop are contained within a jail cell, while Roostre is trapped in an unknown environment. | |||||||
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3 | 23 | "Awaken" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 22, 2020 | |
| While Shark and the Rectangular Businessman are being reconstructed into an abomination of each other. Golden Joe and Peanut Cop continue to discover a way to escape from their jail cell. Along with this, Aria tries to jog Fitz's memory, with Wilx believing the latter is the core of the entire simulation experiment. | |||||||
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4 | 24 | "Adrift" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 23, 2020 | |
| The disfigured Shark-Businessman hybrid is finally revealed, as a Schooner breaks through the defenses of the Lotharganin, with clues pointing to Wilx's underlying connection to Shyd Industries. | |||||||
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5 | 25 | "You Made This" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 24, 2020 | |
| The Eye reunites with Mouse on Lotharganin, escaping Q109. Meanwhile, in the Outer Earth, Man-Woman is interrogated by a human cop due to her being in possession of the Box of Worlds, first created by Shyd Industries. | |||||||
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6 | 26 | "Because They Could" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 25, 2020 | |
| Roostre escapes from the World of Muck and finds himself in a desert with a well-armed Kid camping out. Meanwhile, Peanut Cop and Golden Joe break out of prison on jet skis, Fitz and co. take out a hoard of Bow-Tie Bots, and Aria realizes that Professor Wilx is working for Shyd Industries. | |||||||
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7 | 27 | "Reveal" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 28, 2020 | |
| At Shyd Industries, the Shadowy Figure meets with Sirus the Architect who designed the locking system that made the Box of Worlds escape-proof. Fitz receives an injection that recovers his memories of how he invented the Box and how to find the way out. | |||||||
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8 | 28 | "Prime Time Nursery Rhyme" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 29, 2020 | |
| Mouse discovers the Box of Worlds has been stolen and is now unstable, just as Golden Joe and Peanut Cop come to his rescue. Roostre meets Sirus, and devises a plan to take down Shyd Industries. Meanwhile, Wilx has found his way into Outer Earth. | |||||||
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9 | 29 | "Here We Come" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 30, 2020 | |
| Industry Man resurrects Wilx and questions Roostre on the whereabouts of Fitz, whom he fears will expose Shyd Industries' secrets if he escapes from the Box. The Peanut Cop stops the nuclear meltdown but steps on a bomb, with his remains being put into a beaker. The Green-Sweatered Woman alerts the Castellica, an AI construct in the form of an outer space RV castle piloted by Elize and Olof and sends it to save Fitz and Aria. | |||||||
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10 | 30 | "Portal to the Doorway" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | July 31, 2020 | |
| As the Castellica saves Mouse and team, Roostre escapes the clutches of Industry Man. Elize and Olof perform their song "Portal to the Doorway" which summons a thunderstorm and teleports their allies across multiple worlds. | |||||||
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11 | 31 | "Final Beginning" | Matt Maiellaro | Matt Maiellaro | August 1, 2020 | |
| In this finale, Industry Man and his clock persona are destroyed, but who really holds the key to the powerful Box of Worlds? | |||||||
Trivia
- After being off the air for nearly 14 years, excluding the "Invictus" special, the series has officially returned with an onslaught of new episodes.
- This season was originally confirmed to be announced for 10 episodes back in 2018, although this has changed to eleven as the episode "Francis, Cheap & Out of Control" originally premiered on April Fools Day 2020, as part of a April Fools Day prank.
- Speaking of, "Francis, Cheap & Out of Control", it is technically placed at the end of the third season as the last episode despite being the Season 3 premiere.
Gallery
| Seasons | Season 1 (episodes) · Season 2 (episodes) · Season 3 (episodes) |
| Characters | Mouse Fitzgerald · Skillet · Shark · Rectangular Businessman · Clock · Peanut Cop · Liquor · Eye · New Guy · Golden Joe · Roostre · Rhoda • more... |
| Locations | Q109 · The City · Mouse's House · Shark's Office · Rectangular Businessman's Bank · Liquor's Store · Eye's Island · Corn Dog Farm · more... |
| Auto | Jet-Car · Shark's Car · Rocket-Powered Skateboard · more... |
| Misc. | Matt Maiellaro · Adult Swim · Cast & Crew · Episode Guide · Intro Theme · Soundtrack · Nine Pound Hammer · DVD · Enter the Sandmouse • Invictus |
| Pilot | The original pilot (lost) |
| Season 1 (2005–2006) |
"Hired" · "Signals" · "Rooster" · "Spider" · "Rememorized" · "Spharktasm" · "Adventure Mouse" |
| 2005 special | "Spider-Man Special" |
| Season 2 (2006) | "Bowtime" · "Surgery Circus" · "Booger Haze" · "Star Wars VII" · "Enjoy the Arm" · "Auraphull" · "Meat Warrior" · "Meaty Dreamy" · "Corndog Chronicles" · "Eighteen" · "Pre-Reckoning" · "Farewell" · "Prolegomenon" |
| 2007 webisode | "Enter the Sandmouse" |
| 2018 special | "Invictus" |
| Season 3 (2020) | "Francis, Cheap & Out of Control" · "First 12" · "Awaken" · "Adrift" · "You Made This" · "Because They Could" · "Reveal" · "Prime Time Nursery Rhyme" · "Here We Come" · "Portal to the Doorway" · "Final Beginning" |