Tom and the new mouse keteer

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Movie
German title Tom and the new mouse keteer
Original title Touché, pussy cat!
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1954
length 7 minutes
Rod
Director William Hanna ,
Joseph Barbera
script William Hanna,
Joseph Barbera
production Fred Quimby
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Scott Bradley
chronology

Successor  →
Dear Tom loses his head

Tom and the New Mouse Keteer is a 1954 American animated short film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera .

action

The little mouse Nibbles is sent by her father François Mouse to Capitaine Jerry in Paris to be trained as a musketeer . Jerry quickly realizes that the clumsy Nibbles cannot become a musketeer, as he tends to overestimate himself with cats, but in return falls over his own feet and spears Jerry more than once with his sword. He therefore sends Nibbles to his father with a letter informing him that his son will never become a musketeer.

Nibbles has barely left Jerry with the letter when Tom is attacked by the cat. Nibbles rushes to Jerry's aid and chases Tom away with exploding champagne bottles and punctured wine barrels, the contents of which pour into torrents in the streets of Paris and finally wash away the hangover.

Nibbles is now promoted to musketeer by Jerry. When Nibbles accidentally impaled Jerry with his sword, Jerry spanked him anyway. Nibbles notes that this is the war (“C'est la guerre!”).

production

Tom and the New Mouse Keteer appeared on December 18, 1954 as part of the MGM cartoon series Tom and Jerry . It was the 89th animated film in the series and after Dear Tom Loses His Head, the second of four films about the mouse keteers . It was also the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be published in Cinemascope .

The film mixes French with English writing. Nibbles is dubbed in the film by Françoise Brun-Cottan.

Awards

Tom und der neue Mausketier was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film " in 1955 , but could not prevail against When Magoo Flew .

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