The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a play on words on The Unsinkable Molly Brown, a popular Broadway musical that was made into a feature film, also in 1964.
The cartoon is essentially a Claude Cat and Marc Antony and Pussyfoot cartoon reworked for Tom and Jerry; most of the production staff on this cartoon had also developed those characters. Warners. Many of the gags were inspired by Warner Bros. cartoons of a similar theme to this short, such as Feline Frame-Up (1954), Feed the Kitty (1952), and Two's a Crowd (1950), which were mostly written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.
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Plot
Tom wakes up in his basket and gets Jerry, tied to the basket with string, to fetch him a glass of milk, and massage him. Tom then picks Jerry up, pats him, and flips him back to his hole. A cute red and white kitten is then delivered to the house, and instantly wins Jerry's heart, but Tom takes an instant disliking to her.
As Jerry stares at the kitten, Tom flips him back to his hole again. Tom delibarates on how to get rid of the kitten. When the owner leaves to get food for the kitten, Tom grabs the kitten. Jerry hears the loud cry of the kitten, and becomes angry. Jerry manages to remove himself from the string and uses it as a lasso to save the kitten. Jerry traps Tom's foot before he can kick the kitten out, making him release the kitten. The kitten flies through the air, but Jerry catches her in a pillow to make her land safely. Jerry pats the kitten, as she thanks him by licking him.
Tom, angry, chases Jerry, who carries the kitten. Tom grabs the kitten, unbeknownst to Jerry, who bumps into a table leg. Jerry catches a plate and throws it at Tom's foot, making Tom spin, and again catches the kitten. Tom spins out of the window, and Jerry locks him out of the house to prevent him bothering the kitten again. As Jerry and the kitten nap, a furious Tom bangs on the window. Tom threatens Jerry, but Jerry ignores him and taunts him further by feeding the kitten milk from a straw.
Irritated by Jerry's defiance, Tom barges through the door, but Jerry puts a banana peel on the floor. Tom avoids it, but lands onto roller skates, which send Tom rolling into the basement. Tom then slides on banana peel and gets stuck in a wooden garden gate. Tom tries to jump though the upper level window, but due to the board being stuck around his waist, he gets stuck in the window and falls shut on him. Jerry quickly locks the window and rubs his hands and chuckles gleefully. Jerry has decided that for both his cruelty to the kitten and forcing him into slavery that Tom needs a good spanking. And he takes advantage of Tom's compromising situation to do just that. Next we see the scene from outside. Jerry has tied Tom's tail up high with a string so that he has unobstructed access to Tom's behind, effectively baring his bottom. Then he picks up a paddle (twice his own size) and carefully and deliberately takes aim. Taking his time and letting Tom think about what is about to happen. We see Tom on the inside sweating as he can see out the window. Jerry then begins spanking Tom's bare bottom hard and merciless with the paddle. This happens off screen, only Tom's expressions of pain are shown from inside. The first three swats are slow to let it sink in as Tom tries to endure the sting. Then a flurry of swats to drive Tom to tears. Then, from outside again, we see Tom's bare behind blinking like a red warning light, throbbing in pain from the bare butt blistering, and Tom waves a white banner to signal his surrender knowing there is nothing he can do to prevent another spanking. After his surrender he is then forced to act as a slave for Jerry and the kitten. She happily sips milk from a straw and Jerry receives a shoulder massage from a disgruntled Tom.
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Credits
- Animation: Don Towsley, Tom Ray, Dick Thomson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris
- Backgrounds: Philip Deguard
- Additional Backgrounds: Jules Engel, Rosemary O'Connor
- Animation Direction: Harvey Toombs
- Layout: Robert Givens
- Graphics: Don Foster
- Story Consultant: Jack Kinney
- Co-Director: Maurice Noble
Production Manager: Earl Jonas
- Production Assistants: Jim Faris, John Young, Lovell Norman
- In Charge of Production: Les Goldman
- Produced and Directed by Chuck Jones
External links
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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