The Bide-a-wee Mouse Home is a mouse orphanage that is implied instead of seen in Tom and Jerry cartoons. The orphanage would lend their mice orphans to mice, Jerry often agrees to take care of mouse orphans from them, with the orphanage sending letters to him with the orphan(s) with it. Bide-a-wee orphanage was mentioned at least a few cartoons with Jerry having to take care of a young pinky.
In The Little Orphan, Nibbles was send to Jerry by the orphanage to let him join for Thanksgiving Day. In Two Little Indians, Jerry promises the mouse orphanage that he would take the two Indian mice for a hiking trip.
Letters[]
- "This is Nibbles, the Little Orphan you agreed to have as your guest for dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Thank you. "Bide-a-wee Mouse Home." P.S. He's always hungry." - The Little Orphan
- "Dear Scoutmaster Jerry, these are the two little orphans you promised to take on a hiking trip. Thanks, Bide-a-wee Mouse Home." - Two Little Indians
Notes[]
- Though not mentioned on the note from The Milky Waif, it may imply that the letter was send by the orphanage.
Gallery[]
A letter in The Little Orphan
A letter in Two Little Indians