The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off (1965)

Tom tries a variety of tricks to trap Jerry, but winds up smashed into accordion shape, flattened like a doormat, squeezed into a fishbowl and trapped inside a female mouse costume.

Directors:

Jim Pabian, Maurice Noble

Writers:

Chuck Jones (story), Jim Pabian (story)

Storyline

Tom tries setting out things to lure Jerry into a trap, but Jerry, riding on Tom, picks them up as Tom puts them down. Tom chases Jerry upstairs, where he runs out a door to the outside. Tom puts on a lady mouse costume and plays the ukulele and is suddenly surrounded by dozens of amorous mice then hungry cats.

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Plot Keywords:

mouse | trap | smashed into accordion shape | fishbowl | cat | 

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Sib-Tower 12 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title refers to the novel "The Brothers Karamazov" by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880.

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Goofs

Jerry's top hat and fake beard fly off and land on the floor. A moment later (thanks to an animation mistake, not a continuity error), they vanish.

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Connections

Followed by The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966)

User Reviews

Godawful

DANGER! DANGER! IF YOU LOVE TOM AND JERRY, AVOID THIS!! This is one of those shorts that makes you wonder if watching three or four hours of cartoons a day might be a waste of your time. Clearly the people involved in the creation of this garbage were wasting their time, since they had no clue what they were doing. It's like a tone-deaf marmoset tried to compose an aria.

I recorded this in the middle of a Tom and Jerry marathon... it's so painfully awful, starring two characters with only a passing resemblance to the real T&J, that I hit fast-forward after about 90 seconds. An abomination that never should've seen the light of day.

One star for spelling "Tom" and "Jerry" correctly, and one for coloring within the lines.