Gopher Broke
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
Tom and Jerry have planted a garden and are about to pick some vegetables for lunch. As they water the lettuce it is sucked under the earth by a hungry gopher. Tom & Jerry decide to combine forces to exterminate the underground pest. At first, they attempt to flush him out of his hutch with a garden hose, but the gopher emerges in a small bathtub! The duo chase the gopher to Spike's doghouse, where they unwittingly disturb the bulldog from his slumber. Grinning, Tom & Jerry restore Spike's personal effects and rock him back to sleep. Tom & Jerry then employ the use of a seesaw, Karate, a gold-detecting device set to track gophers, a do-it-yourself fake gopher hole, and Gopher Go Rodent Remove repellent spray, none of which proves to be a big success. Little by little the whole garden disappears as Spike, Tom and Jerry chase the teasing gopher around the garden, until finally Tom and Jerry manages to save one measly turnip, which they divide between each other- until the gopher comes up through the bowl and swipes it! The gopher eats the turnip at the end when Tom, Jerry and the dog end up chasing all over the yard looking for him.
Characters
Tom, Jerry, James Gopher, Spike
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Oliver E. Callahan, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, Ed Love, Tony Love, Ken Muse, Margaret Nichols, Tom Ray, Veve Risto, Dave Tendlar, Dick Thompson, Carlo Vinci, Xenia
- Animation Supervisors
- Ed Barge, Bill Keil
Voices
- Voice
- John Stephenson (Vocal Effects), Don Messick (Spike), Henry Corden, Kathy Gori, Alan Oppenheimer, Joe E. Ross, Hal Smith, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte
Editing
- Editor
- Pat Foley, Joe Sandusky, James Yaras, Richard Allen, Terry Moore
- Supervising Editor
- Larry Cowan
Crew
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
- Storyboard Editor
- Alex Lovy
- Storyboard Direction
- Tom Dagenais, Howard Post, Art Scott, Don Sheppard, Paul Sommer
- Production Design
- Bob Singer
- Production Supervisor
- Victor O. Schipek
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran
- Layout
- John Ahern, Jamie Diaz, Jack Huber, Ray Jacobs, Homer Jonas, Lin Larsen, Warren Marshall, Gregg Nocon, Donna Zeller
- Technical Supervision
- Frank Pakier
- Checking and Scene Planning
- Evelyn Sherwood
- Ink And Paint Supervision
- Billie Kearns
- Xerography
- Robert "Tiger" West
- Background Supervision
- F. (Fernando) Montealegre
- Background
- Al Gmuer, Richard Khim, Bill Proctor, John Currin
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
- Post-Production Supervision
- Joed Eaton
- Production Manager
- Jayne Barbera
- Camera
- Jerry Mills, Ray Monahan, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade
Companies and other credits
- A
- HANNA-BARBERA
- PRODUCTION
Production notes
There's no dialogue in this cartoon.
Check out the sequel, Episode #80-39, "Son Of Gopher Broke."
Jerry previously partook in a karate match with Tom in Episode #80-08, "The Wacky World Of Sports."
Tom's use of a bowling ball here foreshadows "The Super Bowler."
An unused segue from "Gopher Broke" finds a dejected Tom & Jerry finally buying salad ingredients, but as they sit down to eat, the gopher pops up again and steals their store-bought salad.
The gopher emits the same chuckle as Jerry in one scene.
Check out the sequel, Episode #80-39, "Son Of Gopher Broke."
Jerry previously partook in a karate match with Tom in Episode #80-08, "The Wacky World Of Sports."
Tom's use of a bowling ball here foreshadows "The Super Bowler."
An unused segue from "Gopher Broke" finds a dejected Tom & Jerry finally buying salad ingredients, but as they sit down to eat, the gopher pops up again and steals their store-bought salad.
The gopher emits the same chuckle as Jerry in one scene.
