The Cat and the Mermouse

The Cat and the Mermouse
Tom and Jerry series
Reissue title card
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Story by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Ray Patterson Irvin Spence Effects Animation: Al Grandmain
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	September 3, 1949
Color process	Technicolor Perspecta (reissue)
Running time	7:36
Language	none
Preceded by	Heavenly Puss
Followed by	Love That Pup

The Cat and the Mermouse is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 43rd Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence and Al Grandmain, scored by Scott Bradley, and released on September 3, 1949.

Summary

Tom's relaxation at the beach is interrupted by Jerry who inadvertently walks over the sunbathing Tom going fishing. Jerry goes out to the pier and casts his favorite bait: cheese. Tom pulls on the line and makes Jerry reel him in. Jerry lets go of the line and Tom struggles to stay afloat, losing the string. Tom barely catches the pier, but Jerry swings the pole at him. After a few misses, Jerry whistles and then lands a direct hit. He runs to the end of the pier and pulls off the end board. Tom can't brake, and walks the plank until Jerry pulls it out, causing Tom to fall into the sea. Unable to swim, Tom struggles futilely for a few seconds to reach the surface before passing out from lack of air.

Tom wakes up on the sea bed, where he finds himself still alive. He starts imitating the majestic sea creatures until he spots Jerry. The cat grabs him, but Jerry pulls away revealing that he has become a mer-mouse. Jerry swims in circles until Tom's head has done a 360, and is then grabbed again. Jerry slaps Tom face with his tail, then twists his ears in to the shape of a wrench. The cat gives chase through shipwreck windows until Tom hangs back to swallow the mouse. Jerry breaks out through Tom's left eardrum. Jerry hides and disguises himself as a seahorse to join a father seahorse leading his babies, fooling the cat for only a while. Jerry then gets lassoed and captured, but Tom gets tricked into holding a fishing line and is caught. Tom escapes and chases Jerry into another shipwreck, but Jerry closes the door on him. The anchor of the ship lands on Tom. He emerges with chain rings on his ears and neck.

Jerry steals away, but cannot brake in time to avoid a swordfish. Jerry swims back the way he came, and sees Tom with a spade ready to strike. Tom misses Jerry and whacks the swordfish's bill (which inadvertently saves Jerry). Tom returns it to its proper shape, before he is pursued. Tom hides in a barrel until Jerry signals the swordfish with red circles in form of a target around the hole in the barrel. Tom is pursued again after being impaled in the rear. He ducks and narrowly missed being struck on the head as the swordfish thrusts its bill into a pole. Tom hammers down the bill on the other side of the pole so that the swordfish cannot escape. Tom returns to chasing Jerry, who has woken up an octopus. Jerry hides and Tom stands vigil. As Jerry sets out, he gets poked in the back. Soon, Tom's stung on the backside. Tom attempts to run from the octopus, but he was not quick enough to evade the octopus's reach and is held fast by first 1, then 2, then 3 tentacles. Realizing this wasn't a gag, but a matter of Tom's life, Jerry returns to save him. He seizes Tom first by the paws and then, when his grip slips, the whiskers in a deadly tug-of-war against the octopus. Tom is tugged helplessly back and forth as the tussle goes first one way then the other. Tom wakes and finds that he is back on the jetty, revealing the whole thing to be a dream. Jerry rescued Tom from the water after he fell in and is applying artificial respiration in the same rhythm as in the struggle during the final moments of Tom's dream. Tom coughs after a number of Jerry's struggles. Then he thankfully shakes Jerry's hand and happily submits to further removal of the water from his lungs.

Availability

DVD Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 2, Disc One

External links

Hanna–Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–58; 2001; 2005)

1940	Puss Gets the Boot

1941	The Midnight Snack The Night Before Christmas

1942	Fraidy Cat Dog Trouble Puss n' Toots The Bowling Alley Cat Fine Feathered Friend

1943	Sufferin' Cats! The Lonesome Mouse The Yankee Doodle Mouse Baby Puss

1944	The Zoot Cat The Million Dollar Cat The Bodyguard Puttin' on the Dog Mouse Trouble

1945	The Mouse Comes to Dinner Mouse in Manhattan Tee for Two Flirty Birdy Quiet Please!

1946	Springtime for Thomas The Milky Waif Trap Happy Solid Serenade

1947	Cat Fishin' Part Time Pal The Cat Concerto Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse Salt Water Tabby A Mouse in the House The Invisible Mouse

1948	Kitty Foiled The Truce Hurts Old Rockin' Chair Tom Professor Tom Mouse Cleaning

1949	Polka-Dot Puss The Little Orphan Hatch Up Your Troubles Heavenly Puss The Cat and the Mermouse Love That Pup Jerry's Diary Tennis Chumps

1950	Little Quacker Saturday Evening Puss Texas Tom Jerry and the Lion Safety Second Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl The Framed Cat Cue Ball Cat

1951	Casanova Cat Jerry and the Goldfish Jerry's Cousin Sleepy-Time Tom His Mouse Friday Slicked-up Pup Nit-Witty Kitty Cat Napping

1952	The Flying Cat The Duck Doctor The Two Mouseketeers Smitten Kitten Triplet Trouble Little Runaway Fit to Be Tied Push-Button Kitty Cruise Cat The Dog House

1953	The Missing Mouse Jerry and Jumbo Johann Mouse That's My Pup! Just Ducky Two Little Indians Life with Tom

1954	Puppy Tale Posse Cat Hic-cup Pup Little School Mouse Baby Butch Mice Follies Neapolitan Mouse Downhearted Duckling Pet Peeve Touché, Pussy Cat!

1955	Southbound Duckling Pup on a Picnic Mouse for Sale Designs on Jerry Tom and Chérie Smarty Cat Pecos Pest That's My Mommy

1956	The Flying Sorceress The Egg and Jerry Busy Buddies Muscle Beach Tom Down Beat Bear Blue Cat Blues Barbecue Brawl

1957	Tops with Pops Give and Tyke (Spin off #1) Timid Tabby Feedin' the Kiddie Scat Cats (Spin off #2) Mucho Mouse Tom's Photo Finish

1958	Happy Go Ducky Royal Cat Nap The Vanishing Duck Robin Hoodwinked Tot Watchers

2001	The Mansion Cat (TV)

2005	The Karate Guard

See also: Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–62) and Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–67)

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