Baum is a white mouse that appears in the Tom and Jerry cartoon The Missing Mouse. He is also an upcoming playable character in Tom and Jerry Chase.
Role in the short[]
Tom and Jerry[]
The MIssing Mouse[]
Baum is an escaped lab mouse that drank an experimental "explosive", he was seen at the near end of the cartoon, while throughout the cartoon Jerry poses as him with the aid of white shoe polish.
The radio warns people about the explosive white mouse, after a white painted Jerry poses as him to get back at Tom. Baum was first seen peeking from the mail slot, as Jerry gets kicked out of house by Tom after getting caught, he enters the house. The mouse looks for food by smashing nuts with a hammer, alerting Tom, who sees him and believe he is Jerry covered in shoe polish again.
He catches the latter and tries to wash away the polish, even scrubbing him in water from the goldfish's bowl but nothing happens. The actual Jerry then whistles at Tom from the window to show that the mouse is not him and is the real white explosive mouse. Realizing, Tom gets so scared that he rapidly turns old and lets Baum go slowly, trying to call the cops to notify them. That is till the radio claims that the explosive mouse is no longer a threat. After hearing the news, Tom reverts back to his original age and lets go of his fear. Jerry quickly fled, as Tom kicks Baum out the window. However, it somehow still creates a high-yield nuclear blast and is presumably killed.
Characteristics[]
Bio[]
Baum is an escaped lab mouse that drank an experimental "explosive", which can cause a devastating blast if hit excessively.
Appearance[]
The mouse's appearance initially resembles Jerry except he is white and has blue eyes.
Personality[]
Baum seems to be slightly more timid than Jerry and does not actively defend himself against Tom preferring to escape the situation and avoid harm from the cat. Although when Tom discovered he was the explosive mouse he does not take advantage of the situation rather staying idle and confused before the cat booted the him,
Appearances[]
Original shorts[]
Video Games[]
Notes[]
- The mouse's explosion appears to be unrealistically small.
- In the original version of the short, he gets kicked by Tom before exploding. When Chuck Jones and the team were in charge of reanimating classic Tom and Jerry shorts in the 1960s, this scene was reanimated so that Tom flicks the explosive white mouse with his toe, thus causing him to detonate.
- It is assumed that the white mouse was killed by his own explosion.
- A character from Tom and Jerry Chase named Miko has the same color as the white mouse, except the latter had yellow eyes as opposed to be blue.
Gallery[]
Main Article: Baum/Gallery