Changes: The Police Kitten

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Overview

"The Police Kitten" is the twenty-seventh episode of The Tom and Jerry Show (1975).

Synopsis

Police officers Tom and Jerry are assigned to train Katy O'Kitty, a female feline rookie, by letting her ride with them; their resentment over this assignment is made worse by the fact that she's better at their job than they are.

Plot

Police officers Tom and Jerry are assigned to train Katy O'Kitty, a female feline rookie, by reluctantly letting her ride with them, but their resentment over this assignment gets even worse by the fact that she's better at their job than they are like rescuing a kitten from a tree and saving Tom from a runaway skateboard. Finally, when she captures The Alley Cat Gang single-handedly with her powerful karate chops, this causes Tom and Jerry to be green with envy. Tom and Jerry's police chief praises their work and Katy's report that they are "the greatest officers on the force". The chief decides to celebrate with soda pop, and when he develops problems with the machine, Katy comes to the rescue with that ever-handy tool: a hair pin. The chief, Tom, Jerry and Katy O'Kitty end by sipping orange soda pop.

Characters

Main Characters

Major Characters

The Chief
The Alley Cat Gang (the main antagonists)

Minor Characters

Woman
Kitten
Boy

Trivia

The number of Officers' Tom and Jerry's squad car: 6 7/8.
Kathy Gori voices Katy O'Kitty. Gori is best known for such Hanna-Barbera voice roles as Gidget Lawrence on the November 18, 1972 ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, Gidget Makes The Wrong Connection, Lori on Inch High, Private Eye (NBC, 1973-74), Katie on Valley Of The Dinosaurs (CBS, 1974-76), and the Fran Drescher-esque Rosemary the telephone operator on Hong Kong Phooey (ABC, 1974-76). She also voiced Sarge on DePatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973-75).
This is the only New Tom & Jerry cartoon to "iris out" at the end, a time-honored technique of the MGM T&J theatrical shorts of yore.
Katy O'Kitty bears a resemblance to Tom's white female feline (whom he loses out) in the 1956 T&J short, Blue Cat Blues, which was one of the rare T&J theatricals which, like the 1975 T&J series, depicted the friendly enemies Tom & Jerry as pals.
There are seven cat characters in this episode. The kitten stuck in the tree is the only non-anthropomorphic cat.

Gallery

Main article: The Police Kitten/Gallery

The Tom and Jerry Show (1975) Episodes

No Way, Stowaways / The Ski Bunny / Stay Awake or Else...•No Bones About It / An Ill Wind / Beach Bully•Mammoth Manhunt / The Wacky World of Sports / Robin Ho Ho•Safe But Not Sorry / Gopher Broke / The Super Bowler•Tricky McTrout / The Tennis Menace / Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse/ Castle Wiz/ Grim and Bear It/ The Flying Sorceress •The Kitten Sitters / Termites Plus Two / Planet Pest•The Hypochondriac Lion / Give 'Em the Air / The Egg and Tom and Jerry•Watch Out, Watch Dog / The Super Cyclists / The Police Kitten•The Outfoxed Fox / Towering Fiasco / The Lost Duckling•Beanstalk Buddies / Two Stars Are Born / Son of Gopher Broke•The Sorcerer's Apprentices / Hold That Pose / The Supercape Caper•Chickenrella / Double Trouble Crow / Jerry's Nephew•See Dr. Jackal and Hide / Planet of the Dogs / The Campout Cutup•Triple Trouble / The Bull Fighters / Cruise Kitty•It's No Picnic / Big Feet / The Great Motorboat Race

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+Police officers Tom and Jerry are assigned to train [[Katy O'Kitty]], a female feline rookie, by letting her ride with them; their resentment over this assignment is made worse by the fact that she's better at their job than they are.
-'''The Police Kitten''' is the twenty-seventh episode of ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)]]''.
-==Characters==
+==Plot==
+Police officers Tom and Jerry are assigned to train Katy O'Kitty, a female feline rookie, by reluctantly letting her ride with them, but their resentment over this assignment gets even worse by the fact that she's better at their job than they are like rescuing a kitten from a tree and saving Tom from a runaway skateboard. Finally, when she captures The Alley Cat Gang single-handedly with her powerful karate chops, this causes Tom and Jerry to be green with envy. Tom and Jerry's police chief praises their work and Katy's report that they are "the greatest officers on the force". The chief decides to celebrate with soda pop, and when he develops problems with the machine, Katy comes to the rescue with that ever-handy tool: a hair pin. The chief, Tom, Jerry and Katy O'Kitty end by sipping orange soda pop.
+== Characters ==
+===Main Characters===
 *[[Tom Cat]]
-*[[Jerry]]
+*[[Jerry Mouse]]
 *[[Katy O'Kitty]]
-==Plot==
+===Major Characters===
-Police officers Tom and Jerry are assigned to train Katy O'Kitty, a female feline rookie, by letting her ride with them, but their resentment over this assignment is made worse by the fact that she's better at their job than they are.
+*[[The Chief]]
+*[[The Alley Cat Gang]] (the main antagonists)
+===Minor Characters===
+*Woman
+*Kitten
+*Boy
 ==Trivia==
+*The number of Officers' Tom and Jerry's squad car: 6 7/8.
+*[[Kathy Gori]] voices Katy O'Kitty. Gori is best known for such Hanna-Barbera voice roles as Gidget Lawrence on the November 18, 1972 ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, Gidget Makes The Wrong Connection, Lori on Inch High, Private Eye (NBC, 1973-74), Katie on Valley Of The Dinosaurs (CBS, 1974-76), and the Fran Drescher-esque Rosemary the telephone operator on Hong Kong Phooey (ABC, 1974-76). She also voiced Sarge on DePatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973-75).
+*This is the only New Tom & Jerry cartoon to "iris out" at the end, a time-honored technique of the MGM T&J theatrical shorts of yore.
+*Katy O'Kitty bears a resemblance to Tom's white female feline (whom he loses out) in the 1956 T&J short, Blue Cat Blues, which was one of the rare T&J theatricals which, like the 1975 T&J series, depicted the friendly enemies Tom & Jerry as pals.
+*There are seven cat characters in this episode. The kitten stuck in the tree is the only non-anthropomorphic cat.
 ==Gallery==
+''Main article: [[The Police Kitten/Gallery]]''
-<gallery>
-The Police Kitten - Tom and Jerry riding on a police car.PNG
-The Police Kitten - Katy O'Kitty.PNG
-</gallery>
-==Video==
-[[File:188 The Police Kitten 1975|thumb|left|300px]]
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-[[Category:The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)]]
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