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Heavenly Puss is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 42nd Tom and Jerry short.

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The cartoon begins with Tom resting by the fireplace as Jerry peeks through his mousehole and runs under the chair then continues on as Tom opens his one eye. Jerry climbs up the table and hides behind the candle and while he was checking the coast is clear, Tom picks up a knife getting ready to strike. Jerry puts his hand to pinch a biscuit when Tom hits his hand with a knife. Jerry sees Tom and ducks down as Tom chops the candle in half and dashes off. Now a typically violent chase begins, Jerry climbs the stairs, and Tom loosens the carpet which is on the stairs, along with a large piano. Tom tries to run away from the piano, but fails when he only runs into a dead end, then ends up being squashed by the piano, which kills him.

The golden escalator of Heaven appears which takes Tom's soul up into the sky to the golden gates of the railroad station where the "Heavenly Express" train is waiting that carries the souls of dead cats to heaven and has a steam engine up on the front and hauling lots of coaches. A few cats are in the queue. The gatekeeper calls out Butch's name who had died in a fight with a bulldog. He lets the injured Butch onboard, then the gatekeeper lets Frankie, who was struck on the head with a flat iron while caterwauling on a backyard fence, board the train and then Aloysius who got ran over by a steamroller. He calls out Fluff, Muff and Puff, three kittens who suffocated and drowned in a bag of water ("What some people won't do", as the gatekeeper remarked), though the gatekeeper only has enough time to say their names, then they go quickly though the gate to the train. The gatekeeper allows the kittens through as their deaths were untimely.

Tom tries to sneak past the gatekeeper, who catches him and says, "Thomas, just a minute." He is forced to stand in line as the gatekeeper looks through his past life. He reveals that because he has persecuted Jerry all his life instead of befriending him, and this is a bad deed he has refused to let Tom board the train. But despite warnings, the Heavenly Express doesn't depart for an hour, so Tom is given a "Certificate of Forgiveness" for Jerry to sign and if he can get Jerry's signature stating his forgiveness within one hour, he will be allowed to board, but if he fails to accomplish this, will know that he will be banished to Hell where Spike the Bulldog, personified as the devil, awaits. Tom is horrified while the gatekeeper reminds him he only has an hour.

Tom comes back to life, thinking it was all a dream. However, he realizes it is real when he sees he is holding the certificate of forgiveness that Jerry has to sign. A golden clock appears showing how long Tom has left before the Heavenly Express departs. The ghostly voice of the gatekeeper says "Hurry, Tom! Hurry!" Tom gives a cake saying "To my pal" on the side of the cake. He knocks on the door, Jerry comes out and asks if the cake is for him. Tom nods yes. Jerry digs into the cake, leaving only the candles and crumbs. Tom grabs Jerry out, gives him a pen, and tells him to sign the certificate, but is angry when Jerry squirts him with the pen with blue ink! The golden clock appears, showing there is only half an hour left for Jerry to sign the certificate of forgiveness. Tom tries to forge Jerry's signature, but is warned when the ghostly voice of the gatekeeper prevents him and reminds him that Jerry must sign it. He then tries to get Jerry to sign it by bribing him with cheese. Thinking that Tom is tricking him, Jerry angrily rips up the certificate as the last straw. Frightened and enraged, Tom attempts to smash Jerry, but then, this to his horror, stops when Spike (or the devil) pops in and reminds Tom of the consequence of doing so: "Attaboy, Tom! Hit him and let's go! Come on!" Tom doesn't want to go to hell, so he kisses Jerry and Spike disappears.

He hears the voice of the bell for the golden clock informing him that the Heavenly Express is about to depart, and means that when the conductor shouts for everyone to get on board the train, Tom now realizes that he is short of time. Tom puts all the pieces of the certificate back together and desperately pleads with Jerry to sign the paper by gesturing the fate that awaits him. He also mimes an apology for how he has treated Jerry. Still skeptical but understanding Tom's predicament, Jerry finally decides to sign the certificate, but has no idea that there is no ink in the pen. Tom shakes the pen and squirts it on the wall and hears the bell of the golden clock meaning time is up. Jerry manages to sign the paper as Tom races up the stairway to heaven, and tries to reach the train, but fails when the stairs vanish and send him falling backward, just as a hole, which leads to Hell, appears on the floor.

It leads to Hell directly, and then as Tom waves a goodbye sign, he falls through it into the cauldron in Hell where Spike is going to torture Tom eternally. Tom is stuck there forever for his crimes, until the scenes of Hell changes to the fireplace where Tom was seen sleeping earlier.

As Tom desperately tries to escape, a burning piece of wood from the fireplace wakes him up, making him scream in pain. Tom awakens and is relieved when he realizes that it was all just a terrible nightmare. He runs over to Jerry and kisses him and hugs him profusely. Utterly perplexed, Jerry shrugs in confusion as the cartoon iris out and ends.

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  • This short is banned in the Middle East and Brazil for its frightening depictions of death, eternal damnation in Hell, and a brief scene implying animal abuse (the scene of Fluff, Muff, and Puff entering Heaven in a wet sack, implying that they were drowned). The short does air in some other countries like in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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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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