Not to be confused with Year of the Mouse.
The Year of the Mouse is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Characters
Starring
- Tom Cat
- Jerry Mouse (main antagonist)
- Nipper (secondary antagonist)
Plot
While Tom is sleeping, Jerry and his grey mouse friend are on the top of a chimney, both giggling together about the tricks they are going to play on Tom. Nipper uses a fishing line to lower Jerry to the bottom of the chimney. Jerry hits Tom with a fly swatter, leaving it in Tom's hand, and the grey mouse quickly reels him back up the chimney, making Tom believe that he hit himself in his sleep. Tom goes back to sleep without thinking of it anymore. They play several more tricks on Tom with a revolver, rope (Hanging), knife and ketchup (The Bloody Tragedy). Finally, Jerry positions an archery bow on both ends of Tom and tugs on the string. Tom wakes up and stretches, but this activates the bow. Confused, Tom sits up, and is then shot into the plumbing, and into the furnace.
Tom yells and launches himself out of the furnace, up the water pipe, and down the chimney as the two mice look on. However, Tom spots them on his way down and has been outraged by their tricks. He furiously points the revolver at Jerry and Nipper, who quickly surrender after seeing they went overboard with their actions. Later, Jerry and Nipper are trapped in a bottle by Tom. If they remove the cork, they will be shot by the revolver, with the trigger pulled by a yarn. The two just sit angrily as Tom takes a quiet nap, using his tail to hold a fan.
Notes
- This short's plot is similar to the 1949 Warner Bros. cartoon Mouse Wreckers, which was also directed by Chuck Jones.
- This is one of the fourteen cartoons (and one of the only fourth in the Chuck Jones era) where Tom triumphs. The others are Dog Trouble, The Million Dollar Cat, The Bodyguard, Jerry's Diary, Nit-Witty Kitty, Hic-cup Pup, Little School Mouse, Southbound Duckling, Mouse for Sale, Timid Tabby, The Vanishing Duck, Duel Personality, Love Me, Love My Mouse and Guided Mouse-ille
- This is the 141st cartoon overall.
- The short's working title was Tom Thump.[citation needed]
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