Mouse Trouble

Tom gets a book on catching a mouse ("How to Trap a Mouse," published by Random Mouse) in the mail. In his vain attempts to rid the house of Jerry, he then tries every trick in the book, chapter after chapter, and they all backfire. In a most interesting move, Tom doesn't shake off the damage like usual, and ends up more and more beaten up as the cartoon goes on. He blows off the hair on his head, and ends up with a red toupee. He chops off his tail, and it's a bandage.

Tom, Jerry

Excerpts from this cartoon were reused in the 1949 Tom and Jerry cartoon "Jerry's Diary."

Songs: "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Bronislaw Kaper-Walter Jurmann), "Lord and Lady Gate" (Don Raye-Gene De Paul).

One of five Tom and Jerry cartoons in which Tom dies at the end (the others are "The Yankee Doodle Mouse," "Safety Second," "The Duck Doctor" and "The Two Mouseketeers").

One of the rare cartoons in which Tom speaks. He says "Don't you believe it" after Jerry beats him up him off-screen. That line will be re-used at the end of "The Missing Mouse" after he kicks the white mouse, causing a huge explosion.

Academy Award Winner, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1945