Mappy, the beat-walking mouse cop of video arcade fame, resigned his post in 1988 after 12 years on the force amid a cloud of suspicion. A series of stories in the Wainscotting Times pointed to an internal affairs investigation that might have brought up Mappy on criminal charges of conspiracy, grand larceny, bribery and possibly even murder.

Quoting mostly unnamed sources, the articles described an uneasy peace the mouse police officer made with the Meowky Triad, allowing them to trade stolen goods for catnip and squeak toys. In exchange, the Meowky were said to have kept Mappy supplied with the tools of his additions: loose lady rats and an endless supply of exotic dairy products. One pusher said that Mappy was caught in a downward spiral that eventually led to his participating in a series of smuggling operations.

“What did Mappy do for me?” the anonymous pusher was quoted as saying, “Mappy was who moved my cheese.”

Mappy chose to resign before he could be dishonorably discharged and has since been spotted as a late-night security guard at Moofauxdelphia, a gift shop and grocery store for the lactose-intolerant.