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| image = The Zoot Cat title card.png
| image = The Zoot Cat title card.png
| caption = Title card
| caption = Title card
| director = [[William Hanna|Bill Hanna]]<br>[[Joseph Barbera]]
| director = [[William Hanna|Bill Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
| animator = [[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]]<br> [[Kenneth Muse|Ken Muse]]<br>[[Irven Spence]]<br>[[Pete Burness]]<ref name=ZootToons/><ref name=ZootGraham/><br>'''Assisted by:'''<br>Tony Ligerra<br>Barney Posner<ref name=BaxterZoot>{{cite web |last=Baxter |first=Devon |title=Tom & Jerry in "The Zoot Cat" (1944) |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/tom-jerry-in-the-zoot-cat-1944/ |publisher=Cartoon Research |date=6 December 2017 |accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref>
| animator = [[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]]<br /> [[Kenneth Muse|Ken Muse]]<br />[[Irven Spence]]<br />[[Pete Burness]]<ref name="ZootToons" /><ref name="ZootGraham" /><br />'''Assisted by:'''<br />Tony Ligerra<br />Barney Posner<ref name="BaxterZoot">{{Cite web |last=Baxter |first=Devon |date=6 December 2017 |title=Tom & Jerry in "The Zoot Cat" (1944) |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/tom-jerry-in-the-zoot-cat-1944/ |access-date=7 February 2020 |publisher=Cartoon Research}}</ref>
| layout_artist = [[Harvey Eisenberg]]<ref name=ZootGraham/>
| layout_artist = [[Harvey Eisenberg]]<ref name="ZootGraham" />
| starring = Bill Hanna<br>Jerry Mann<br>[[Sara Berner]]
| starring = Bill Hanna<br />Jerry Mann<br />[[Sara Berner]]
| music = [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]]
| music = [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]]
| editing = Fred MacAlpin<ref name=ZootGraham/>
| editing = Fred MacAlpin<ref name="ZootGraham" />
| producer = [[Fred Quimby]]<ref name=ZootToons/><ref name=ZootGraham>{{cite book |last=Webb |first=Graham |title=The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999) (Second Edition) |publisher=McFarland & Company Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-4985-9 |year=2011 |page=394}}</ref> (uncredited on original issue)
| producer = [[Fred Quimby]]<ref name="ZootToons" /><ref name="ZootGraham">{{Cite book |last=Webb |first=Graham |title=The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900–1999) |publisher=McFarland & Company Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7864-4985-9 |page=394|edition=Second }}</ref> (uncredited on original issue)
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM Cartoons]]
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM Cartoons]]
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<ref name=ZootToons/><ref name=ZootGraham/>
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<ref name="ZootToons" /><ref name="ZootGraham" />
| story = Jerry Mann
| story = Jerry Mann
| released = {{Film date|1944|1|27}} (Premiere)<br>{{Film date|1944|2|26}} (USA)<br>{{Film date|1950|10|07}} (Reissue)<ref name=BaxterZoot/>
| released = {{Film date|1944|1|27}} (Premiere)
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime = {{duration|m=7|s=3}}<ref name=ZootToons/>
| runtime = {{duration|m=7|s=3}}<ref name="ZootToons" />
| language = English
| language = English
}}
}}


'''''The Zoot Cat ''''' is a 1944 American [[Technicolor]] one-reel [[animated short]] and is the 13th ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' [[short subject|short]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |pages=149–150}}</ref> It was released to theatres on February 26, 1944 by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref name=ZootToons>{{cite web |title=The Zoot Cat (1944) |url=https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4971 |website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) |accessdate=7 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The cartoon features much 1940s slang, a parody of the popular (but [[Zoot Suit Riots|controversial]]) [[zoot suit]], and some features of 1930s popular culture.
'''''The Zoot Cat ''''' is a 1944 American [[Technicolor]] one-reel [[animated short]] and is the 13th ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' [[short subject|short]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |pages=149–150}}</ref> It was released to theatres on February 26, 1944 by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref name="ZootToons">{{Cite web |title=The Zoot Cat (1944) |url=https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4971 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130619215527/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4971 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=7 February 2020 |website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) |language=en}}</ref>


==Plot==
== Plot ==
Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated. After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.
A Valentine note to Toots from Tom, with a pink ribbon tied to Jerry, is inside a gift box. Meanwhile, Tom gets ready for a date, his whiskers in curlers.


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== Voice cast ==
Tom knocks on the door, rings the doorbell and shouts before dropping the box and hiding behind a pillar on the porch. Toots opens the door and is pleasantly surprised at the gift. Tom then attempts to impress Toots by playing a [[ukulele]], singing, doing tricks with a [[yo-yo]] and dancing. Finally, Tom presents her with a bouquet of flowers, but a loose floorboard smacks him in the face and knocks him flat.
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* Jerry Mann as [[Tom Cat|Tom]] and the Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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* [[Sara Berner]] as [[Jerry Mouse|Jerry]] and the Girl Cat<ref name="BaxterZoot" />
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* Additional Voices by [[Billy Bletcher]]<ref name="ZootToons" /> and Dick Nelson<ref name="ZootGraham" />


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== Availability ==
Toots responds with a scathing disparagement of Tom in [[Glossary of jive talk|jive talk]], while Jerry nods in agreement to her words. After she throws the gift back at Tom (which includes Jerry), Jerry grabs an ear of [[Maize|corn]] and plants it in the box, signifying that Tom's efforts were "corny" (slang for outdated). Tom then hears a radio commercial for a zoot suit, which gives Tom an idea: to make his own zoot suit and dazzle his girlfriend.

On his knocking on the door again, Toots is now electrified and Jerry shocked to see Tom in the impressive outfit, calling him "Jackson". Tom lights a cigar as Toots compliments his new, hip look before inviting him inside. They start to jive dance and Jerry politely cuts in, dancing a few steps with Toots before Tom realizes what's going on. Tom chases Jerry, who escapes by jumping into an ashtray and rubbing a burning [[cigarette]] butt on Tom’s nose.

Jerry then peels a banana and throws the skin onto the floor, which sends Tom crashing into a [[piano]]. But he recovers in majestic form and starts to play the piano, taking on the persona of a suave, romantic lover and trying to impress Toots by using a [[Charles Boyer]]-esque voice saying, "You set my soul on fire. It is not just a little spark; it is a flame, a big roaring flame," during which Jerry sticks matches between Tom's toes, and lights them in order to give him a [[hot foot]]. Tom unwittingly continues with a fire-related wooing until the flames engulf his feet. He pauses, sniffs the smoke-filled air, and remarks in a [[Groucho Marx]] voice "Say, something ''is'' burning around here!", then realizes his foot is on fire and leaps about, yelling hysterically. Tom then pursues Jerry, who opens up a floor vent door, causing the pursuing cat to fall in down to the basement.

Jerry resumes dancing with Toots. Tom returns, determined to flatten Jerry with a [[fireplace]] [[shovel]]. A chase ensues. Jerry hides behind a table leg and uses his foot to trip Tom. Jerry clips the [[Clothes hanger|hanger]] in Tom's [[jacket]] to a window-shade, then kicks Tom in the eyes. Tom angrily pursues the fleeing mouse, but the shade rolls back taking Tom with it.

By the [[window]], Tom gets repeatedly dunked in a [[Aquarium|fishbowl]]. This causes the suit to shrink and squeeze the cat and eventually pop off his body. Jerry jumps into the shrunken suit, which is now a perfect fit for him. He then struts away, pleased with his new suit.

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==Voice cast==
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* Jerry Mann as [[Tom Cat]] and the Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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* [[Sara Berner]] as [[Jerry Mouse|Jerry]] and the Girl Cat<ref name=BaxterZoot/>
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* Additional Voices by [[Billy Bletcher]]<ref name=ZootToons/> and Dick Nelson<ref name=ZootGraham/>

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==Availability==
;VHS:
;VHS:
*Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2<ref>{{cite web |title=..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site : TOM AND JERRY DVD/VHS::.. |url=http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/dvdvhs_view.cfm?id=6 |website=www.tomandjerryonline.com |accessdate=7 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2<ref>{{Cite web |title=..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site : TOM AND JERRY DVD/VHS::.. |url=http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/dvdvhs_view.cfm?id=6 |access-date=7 February 2020 |website=www.tomandjerryonline.com |language=en}}</ref>
;Laserdisc:
;Laserdisc:
*The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume One, Side Two<ref>{{cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Art of Tom & Jerry, The: Volume I [ML102682] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/20511/ML102682/Art-of-Tom-amp;-Jerry-The:-Volume-I |website=www.lddb.com |accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Ben |title=The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One – Animated Views |url=https://animatedviews.com/2003/laserdisc-archives-the-art-of-tom-and-jerry-volume-one/?highlight=The%20art%20of%20Tom%20and%20Jerry%20 |website=Animated Views |accessdate=9 February 2020 |date=14 July 2003}}</ref>
*The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume One, Side Two<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database&nbsp;– Art of Tom & Jerry, The: Volume I [ML102682] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/20511/ML102682/Art-of-Tom-amp;-Jerry-The:-Volume-I |access-date=7 February 2020 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Ben |date=14 July 2003 |title=The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One&nbsp;– Animated Views |url=https://animatedviews.com/2003/laserdisc-archives-the-art-of-tom-and-jerry-volume-one/?highlight=The%20art%20of%20Tom%20and%20Jerry%20 |access-date=9 February 2020 |website=Animated Views}}</ref>
;DVD:
;DVD:
*Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
*Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
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*Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
*Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
;iTunes:
;iTunes:
*Tom and Jerry Vol. 1<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom and Jerry, Vol. 1 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/tom-and-jerry-vol-1/id417551536 |website=iTunes |accessdate=14 February 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*Tom and Jerry Vol. 1<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom and Jerry, Vol. 1 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/tom-and-jerry-vol-1/id417551536 |access-date=14 February 2020 |website=iTunes |date=25 September 1965 |language=en-us}}</ref>
;Streaming:
;Streaming:
*Boomerang App
*Boomerang App


==Censorship==
== Censorship ==
Because of the [[United Kingdom]]'s ban of TV characters smoking, Tom smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.<ref>{{cite web |title=Films in Review » The Zoot Cat |url=https://filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu/film_review/the-zoot-cat/ |website=filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu |accessdate=9 February 2020}}</ref>
Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Tom smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Films in Review » The Zoot Cat |url=https://filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu/film_review/the-zoot-cat/ |access-date=9 February 2020 |website=filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
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*{{bcdb title|4971}}
*{{IMDb title|37480}}
*{{IMDb title|37480}}


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Latest revision as of 23:22, 3 December 2024

The Zoot Cat
Title card
Directed byBill Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Story byJerry Mann
Produced byFred Quimby[1][2] (uncredited on original issue)
StarringBill Hanna
Jerry Mann
Sara Berner
Edited byFred MacAlpin[2]
Music byScott Bradley
Animation byRay Patterson
Ken Muse
Irven Spence
Pete Burness[1][2]
Assisted by:
Tony Ligerra
Barney Posner[3]
Layouts byHarvey Eisenberg[2]
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1][2]
Release date
  • January 27, 1944 (1944-01-27)
(Premiere)
Running time
7:03[1]
LanguageEnglish

The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short.[4] It was released to theatres on February 26, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1]

Plot

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Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated. After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.

Voice cast

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Availability

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VHS
  • Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2[5]
Laserdisc
  • The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume One, Side Two[6][7]
DVD
Blu-ray
  • Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
iTunes
  • Tom and Jerry Vol. 1[8]
Streaming
  • Boomerang App

Censorship

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Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Tom smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Zoot Cat (1944)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900–1999) (Second ed.). McFarland & Company Inc. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  3. ^ a b Baxter, Devon (6 December 2017). "Tom & Jerry in "The Zoot Cat" (1944)". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  5. ^ "..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site : TOM AND JERRY DVD/VHS::." www.tomandjerryonline.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ "LaserDisc Database – Art of Tom & Jerry, The: Volume I [ML102682]". www.lddb.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Simon, Ben (14 July 2003). "The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One – Animated Views". Animated Views. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Tom and Jerry, Vol. 1". iTunes. 25 September 1965. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Films in Review » The Zoot Cat". filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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