Not to be confused with Puppy Guard.
Puppy Tale is the 80th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1954.
Characters[]
- Tom Cat
- Jerry Mouse
- Puppies
- Skunk (Tom Imagination)
Plot[]
Jerry is seen putting a milk bottle on his doorstep and put a paper slip inside it, he yawns and was about to go back into his hole, but a sound of a car caught his attention.
The car is seen driving quite fast, stops atop of a bridge, and throws a sack into the river, which the sack is clearly struggling to stay afloat.
Jerry sees this, and grabs a stick and pushes the sack ashore and unties it. At first glance, it appears to have one puppy inside it, but the rest pops out, revealing five puppies. Most of the puppies run away excitedly, trampling Jerry as he looks on in confusion. Then, unbeknownst to Jerry, the sack appears to be moving, and out comes yet another puppy with a noticeable ring around its tail, and it immediately ambushes Jerry with a few friendly licks and barks at him. Jerry gestures for it to run off, which it reluctantly does so, but immediately follows him again.
Jerry then tricks it with a game of fetch and throws the stick which the puppy runs to get it. The stick bounces and falls into the water off the edge. The puppy, losing its balance, and hangs off the edge for dear life, whining as it does so. Jerry immediately rushes to its rescue, with some difficulty but manages to save him, but ends up landing on Jerry, which the puppy proceed to lick him appreciatively. Jerry, looks at the pup sternly, if a bit annoyed, decided that the pup can't survive outside alone. Jerry then reluctantly signals the pup to follow him, which it happily does so.
The pup attempts to enter Jerry's hole, but the mousehole proves to be too small for the pup's head. Jerry then lets him into the house, where Jerry signals it to follow him. It does so, but was immediately distracted by the bowl of milk next to his bed. To Jerry's horror, He sees the pup drinking of Tom's milk, which the noise causes him to wake up. Jerry hides the pup under the couch and makes Tom think he was the one drinking his milk. Jerry barks like the pup, drinks some of the milk, and runs off, much to Tom's confusion. More drinking noises is heard, and finds that the pup is lapping up his milk, completely oblivious to what happened. Tom attempts to get his bowl away from the pup, but that didn't bother him as it chases after the bowl, and even runs along his arms to reach it, he cannot stop the pup from drinking his milk. And when Tom grab the pup, he gets a licking.
Tom puts the pup outside, but Jerry uses a pole tied with a spatula, and scoops him up and puts him in a drawer and closes it. Once Jerry is down from the stool he was on, he sees the pup has escaped when he looked in the drawer. He is seen yawning and then sleeping on Tom's bed with the latter, and he takes the cat's blanket. This causes Tom to sneeze shortly after he finds his blanket is missing. Tom sees the pup again and pokes the pup only to get licked again by the latter. Tom takes the blanket and throws the pup outside, where it falls right into a bottle.
Jerry then uses the windowsill string to free him and gets licked in the process. He picks him up and tries to run but is met by Tom soon after, blocking the way. Jerry presents the pup, which he licks Tom again.
Tom chases Jerry and the pup around the kitchen, while the pup is being carried by Jerry. Tom gets an idea and lays a sponge on Jerry's path, causing him to trip up and sends them careening towards the door, which Tom soon shuts and locks it.
Tom goes to sleep, but is soon awakened by a sudden thunderstorm. He tries to ignore it and relax, but his conscience gets the better of him and as he imagines the pup and Jerry begging to be let in and with Tom tells them to leave, and him portrayed as a skunk, believing that he is the stinker for heartlessly kicking them out. Shaking it off, he tries to go to sleep again. Then, he imagines both Jerry and the pup are possibly being washed away by flood water at the river. Tom, incredibly worried, and letting his conscience get the better of him, ventures out in the thunderstorm with a hat and umbrella, to find Jerry and the pup. Jerry and the pup is seen sleeping under a drainage ditch, using a newspaper as a blanket. His whistling wakes up the pup and they see Tom looking for them. The wind gets even more intense, and he gets blown off, falling into the river and nearly drowning, and yelping in distress. Jerry and the pup come to Tom's rescue. Together, Jerry and the pup drag Tom out of the river.
Jerry heats up a can of soup and feeds it to the unconscious Tom, but when that failed to rouse him, the puppy licks him, waking him up. He stands up, with a face that is a mixture of annoyance, resignation, and a hint of gratefulness. Tom leaves briefly to get a bowl of milk and a small bed, and lays it next to Jerry and the pup. The pup was confused at first, but a small nod from Tom affirms that the puppy is allowed to stay. Much to the pup's joy, the puppy calls for his siblings, which they run into the house, and their paws completely caked in mud. As they, including the last pup, all devour the milk as Tom and Jerry, who was a little shocked at first, then looks on happily, proud that they saved the puppies.
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