Timid Tabby

Timid Tabby
Directed By	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Story By	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music By	Scott Bradley
Animation By	Kenneth Muse Ken Southworth Irven Spence Lewis Marshall Bill Schipek
Distributed By	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date	April 19, 1957
Color Process	Technicolor CinemaScope Perspecta
Preceded By	Tops with Pops
Followed By	Feedin' the Kiddie

Timid Tabby is a 1957 Tom and Jerry cartoon with backgrounds by Roberta Greutert and layouts by Dick Bickenbach.

Characters

• Tom Cat (the main protagonist)
• Cousin George (the secondary main protagonist)
• Jerry Mouse (the main antagonist)

Plot

The cartoon begins with Tom chasing Jerry in circles until he gets a letter that says his (identical) cousin George, who has a fear of mice, is coming to visit. Tom boards up Jerry's hole to prevent him from scaring George. But Jerry escapes and unexpectedly encounters George, who immediately tries to get as far away from him as possible.

Jerry, not knowing about Tom's cousin, believes that the terrified cat is Tom and tries several attempts to frighten him, including saying boo and pulling scary faces. But he gets confused when the real Tom shakes off Jerry's scaring and whacks him with his fist.

Having had enough of Jerry bothering George, the two cats play a trick on him by pretending to be a two-headed, four-armed and four-legged monster cat which terrifies Jerry and makes him flee the house and also overcoming George's fear of mice. A frightened Jerry runs to a house that has a gate with the words "Home For Mice With Nervous Breakdowns" and enters immediately.

Trivia

• This is one of the few cartoons where Tom wins.
• This is Cousin George's second appearance and plays a main role.
• Cousin George is female in Welsh Dub and is named Georgia.

External Links

• Timid Tabby at SuperCartoons.net
• Timid Tabby at B99.TV

Gallery

Tom chases Jerry