"Spook House Mouse" is the second segment of the 13th and final episode of Season 1 of Tom and Jerry Tales. It is the thirty-eighth episode of the series overall and the penultimate episode of the first season. It premiered on May 5th, 2007. It is directed by Tim Maltby, with a story written by Charles Schneider, teleplay written by Richard Pursel and storyboards by Julian Chaney and Dan Kubat.
Synopsis[]
Tom chases Jerry into an abandoned fun house at an amusement park, which scares them white as ghosts.
Plot[]
In the alleyway of a theme park, Tom spots some trash cans and makes a sandwich for himself. However, as he is about to eat it, he gets smacked in the head by a bearded man with a broom who then yells at him to get out of his garbage. Tom flees from the man and he hide behind the wall but his stomach rumbles and soon after sees Jerry holding a hot dog. Wanting it for himself, Tom sneaks up and catapults Jerry into the air, causing him to drop the hot dog. But Jerry, still in possession of the hot dog bun, substitutes the hot dog with a stick of dynamite, lights it, and gives it to Tom. The dynamite explodes in Tom's stomach and the hot dog soon after lands on his head, only for Jerry to catch it and consume it.
A chase between the two begins, and shortly after, they enter a fun house that had been boarded up for reasons unknown. Tom runs through a hall of doors looking for Jerry, only to be frightened by a ghost that appears out of one of the doors, with Jerry fleeing under him. Tom soon finds, however, that the ghost isn't real, punches it, and continues the chase. He then enters a hallway that begins to get smaller and smaller as it continues. Jerry pops through the keyhole of the door at the end of the hall, while Tom finds a key under a rug and gets through the door, turning into a box-like shape. He quickly reverts to normal and continues chasing Jerry, only for them both to be attacked by large mechanical hands in the next room.
They reach the end, but the hand flicks them into the next room, which is very dark. They slowly make their way through only to find themselves on top of a trapdoor. It opens up and they rush down a slide, only to then land in a cart which takes them on a ride through the fun house, where they encounter the head of a ghostly cat that frightens Jerry (much to Tom's amusement) and the head of a ghostly dog resembling Spike that spooks Tom (much to Jerry's delight). The track suddenly becomes a roller coaster that goes down a hill and around several twists and turns before going down a spiral into the next section. They then encounter a red devil in a black cape wielding a pitchfork, and a clown with an axe that tries to cut off their heads, but misses.
The cart then screeches to a stop, flinging Tom and Jerry out into the next room: a hall of mirrors. The duo are left frightened at their distorted reflections in the mirrors. Monstrous teeth, eyes and hands then start appearing in five mirrors in front of them. The two are so frightened by this that their fur ends up becoming as white as a ghost. Immediately after, the ghostly Spike, devil and clown appear again, laughing maniacally. Tom and Jerry, finally reaching their limit, scream in terror and flee. They run through every section of the funhouse, break their way through the boarded-up entrance and make it back to the main area of the theme park.
They reach a small group of park visitors, but the now ghostly-white Tom is smacked in the face by one of them with her purse before leaving. He recovers and grabs Jerry, flashing a sinister grin; before he can do anything, however, a man who happens to be working for the circus walks up to them. He asks the two if they need to find work, and says that they'll be a big hit if they join. The two, after some hesitation, decide to accept the offer. The two are then shown working for the circus as the "amazing albino cat and mouse." The final scene shows the two having some white cheese and milk, very content in their new line of work.
Characters[]
Main[]
Supporting[]
- The Bearded Man
- The Circus Worker
Minor[]
- Spike Bulldog (ghost)
- Devil
- Clown
In Other Languages[]
| Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
| Japanese | オバケ屋敷でドッキリ体験 | Experience a stunning experience at a haunted house |
| Traditional Chinese | 鬼屋 | Haunted House |
| German | Bleiche Gespenster | Pale ghosts |
| French | La maison des frissons | The chills house |
| Italian | Il topo della casa stregata | The mouse of the haunted house |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
La casa embruja del ratón | The Haunted House Of The Mouse |
| Portuguese (Brazil) |
Os Fantasmas | The ghosts |
Trivia[]
- This is the second Tom and Jerry Tales episode that takes place in a theme park.
- It's possible that the theme park is the same one from the previous episode.
- The Tom and Jerry in New York episode Coney Island Adventure has several similarities to this episode.
- This is the second time in Tom and Jerry Tales that Tom turns white with fear. The first time was in Medieval Menace.
Reference[]
- Tom and Jerry going into a small door is a reference to a scene from Alice in Wonderland.
Errors[]
- When Tom explodes after eating the hot dog with the dynamite in it, his ears disappear; they reappear when he shakes his head.
- Before Tom and Jerry are flicked into the dark room by a mechanical hand, there is a noticeable red outline around Tom's eyes.
- When Tom and Jerry are fleeing the fun house after turning white, the order of the fun house sections they run through is different than when they entered.
Gallery[]
Main article: Spook House Mouse/Gallery