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Baby Puss is a 1943 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 12th Tom and Jerry short.

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Nancy is playing house, and pretending to be the mother and has also dressed Tom, apparently the family pet, up to be her pet kitten. She is berating Tom, who is hiding under some furniture. She drags Tom out by his tail and threatens to spank him. Tom is resentful over his treatment and feels embarrassed. She carries him to the bassinet, tucks him in, and shoves a bottle of milk in his mouth. She warns him, under threat of more spanking, to stay in bed while she goes downtown to buy a new girdle. Indignant at first, Tom gets a taste of milk and quickly accepts his lot, mumbling like a baby and drinking from his baby bottle.

Jerry peeks from behind a doll house and sees Tom. Incredulous at first, Jerry proceeds to mock him by playing "Rock-a-bye Baby" on the turntable and pretends to be a baby himself. Tom is furious and chases Jerry into the dollhouse. Just when it seems that Tom has Jerry cornered, Nancy returns and scolds Tom again. Tucking Tom back in bed, Nancy threatens to feed him castor oil if he gets out again. Tom goes back to his role playing. Jerry emerges from the doll house and runs to the window to get the attention of three cats, Meathead, Butch and Topsy, who are just outside. they arrive in the window, When the trio see Tom, they begin to make fun of him. When Tom confronts the other cats, they continue to tease and humiliate him, tossing him like a ball causing him to land in a fish bowl resulting in a wet diaper. They then proceed to change his diaper with oil and powder, before fitting him with rubber pants.

The three cats are caught up in their abuse of Tom, singing "Mamãe Eu Quero". Jerry looks behind the window and cackles. Then, Nancy reappears and the other three cats rush off from the scene, leaving Tom to take the heat as she becomes angry. Tom is end up in the baby high chair, as promised, gets punished by being forced to have a spoon of castor oil. Tom resists, but thanks to Jerry squeezing a nutcracker on his tail, he takes the castor oil. He immediately feels nauseous and rushes off to be sick out of the nearby window. Jerry, victorious, continues to laugh at Tom's humiliation. However, his triumph is short-lived as payback catches up to him, in the form of the castor oil spilling down from the highchair, and right into the mouse's laughing mouth. Jerry is also immediately overcome with nausea and rushes to be sick out of the window next to Tom.

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  • This is the first appearance of Nancy, Butch and Topsy.
    • This is Butch's first appearance in the Tom and Jerry series after he previously appeared in 1941's The Alley Cat.
    • This is also the only cartoon of Topsy's appearances in which he speaks. Besides singing, he exclaims, "Hey, look! I'm dancin'! I'm dancin'!" while dancing with a doll.
  • This is the first cartoon in which Tom starts behaving like a slapstick cartoon character, unlike his previous cartoons in which he is more "Disney-like" and "realistic".
  • The scene with Tom and Jerry being sick out of the window is actually half-disproven; mice and all other rodents are not physically able to vomit.
  • This is the only Tom and Jerry short to be released on Christmas.
  • This is the first cartoon to use "An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" end title as well as the "The End", which would be used until 1956.
  • This was the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to have the lost 1943-1946 Tom and Jerry series title card in the original 1943 release's opening credits. Since the original negatives were burned in the 1978 George Eastman House Fire, none of the current backup prints use this original title card and instead feature the 1946-1954 reissue title card.
  • On the Golden Collection set, when the captions say "[[ALL COO]]", Butch, Meathead, and Topsy allegedly say what the captions say.
  • This short, along with Jerry and Jumbo, The Invisible Mouse, and Jerry and the Lion, can also be heard in the background of the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Ya Mama" (A.K.A. "Push the Tempo") whenever the song is not playing.
  • This is one of fourteen cartoons in which both Tom and Jerry lose in the end. The other thirteen cartoons are Muscle Beach Tom, Fraidy Cat, Saturday Evening Puss, Polka-Dot Puss, A Mouse in the House, The Framed Cat, His Mouse Friday, Blue Cat Blues, Feedin' the Kiddie, Tot Watchers, Filet Meow, Advance and Be Mechanized, Safety Second, The Little Orphan, and Baby Butch.
  • This is the first episode not to have Mammy Two Shoes as Tom's owner.

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Tom and Jerry Cartoons
1940 Puss Gets the Boot
1941 The Midnight SnackThe Night Before Christmas
1942 Fraidy CatDog TroublePuss n' TootsThe Bowling Alley-CatFine Feathered Friend
1943 Sufferin' Cats!The Lonesome MouseThe Yankee Doodle MouseBaby Puss
1944 The Zoot CatThe Million Dollar CatThe BodyguardPuttin' on the DogMouse Trouble
1945 The Mouse Comes to DinnerMouse in ManhattanTee for TwoFlirty BirdyQuiet Please!
1946 Springtime for ThomasThe Milky WaifTrap HappySolid Serenade
1947 Cat Fishin'Part Time PalThe Cat ConcertoDr. Jekyll and Mr. MouseSalt Water TabbyA Mouse in the HouseThe Invisible Mouse
1948 Kitty FoiledThe Truce HurtsOld Rockin' Chair TomProfessor TomMouse Cleaning
1949 Polka-Dot PussThe Little OrphanHatch Up Your TroublesHeavenly PussThe Cat and the MermouseLove That PupJerry's DiaryTennis Chumps
1950 Little QuackerSaturday Evening Puss • Texas TomJerry and the LionSafety SecondThe Hollywood BowlThe Framed CatCue Ball Cat
1951 Casanova CatJerry and the GoldfishJerry's CousinSleepy-Time TomHis Mouse FridaySlicked-up PupNit-Witty KittyCat Napping
1952 The Flying CatThe Duck DoctorThe Two MouseketeersSmitten KittenTriplet TroubleLittle RunawayFit To Be TiedPush-Button KittyCruise CatThe Dog House
1953 The Missing Mouse • Jerry and JumboJohann MouseThat's My Pup!Just DuckyTwo Little IndiansLife with Tom
1954 Puppy TalePosse CatHic-cup PupLittle School MouseBaby ButchMice FolliesNeapolitan MouseDownhearted DucklingPet PeeveTouché, Pussy Cat!
1955 Southbound DucklingPup on a PicnicMouse for SaleDesigns on JerryTom and ChérieSmarty CatPecos PestThat's My Mommy
1956 The Flying SorceressThe Egg and JerryBusy BuddiesMuscle Beach TomDown Beat BearBlue Cat BluesBarbecue Brawl
1957 Tops with PopsTimid TabbyFeedin' the KiddieMucho MouseTom's Photo Finish
1958 Happy Go DuckyRoyal Cat NapThe Vanishing DuckRobin HoodwinkedTot Watchers
1961 Switchin' KittenDown and OutingIt's Greek to Me-ow!
1962 High SteaksMouse into SpaceLanding StriplingCalypso CatDicky MoeThe Tom and Jerry Cartoon KitTall in the TrapSorry SafariBuddies Thicker Than WaterCarmen Get It!
1963 Pent-House Mouse
1964 The Cat Above and The Mouse BelowIs There a Doctor in the Mouse?Much Ado About MousingSnowbody Loves MeThe Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1965 Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of LifeTom-ic EnergyBad Day at Cat RockThe Brothers Carry-Mouse-OffHaunted MouseI'm Just Wild About JerryOf Feline BondageThe Year of the MouseThe Cat's Me-Ouch
1966 Duel PersonalityJerry, Jerry, Quite ContraryJerry-Go-RoundLove Me, Love My MousePuss 'n' BoatsFilet MeowMatinee MouseThe A-Tom-Inable SnowmanCatty-Cornered
1967 Cat and Dupli-catO-Solar-MeowGuided Mouse-illeRock 'n' RodentCannery RodentThe Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.Surf-Bored CatShutter Bugged CatAdvance and Be MechanizedPurr-Chance to Dream
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