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Heavenly Puss
Heavenly Puss
	File:Heavenlypusstitle.jpg Poster
Directed by	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Layouts by	Vale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Art Riley
Color process	Technicolor; Perspecta (reissue)
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Running time	7:48

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Heavenly Puss is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 42nd Tom and Jerry short, created in 1948, and released on 9 July 1949. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon's music was composed by Scott Bradley and the animation was credited to Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge.

Plot

Tom is sleeping near the fireplace, but sees Jerry sneaking past him. Jerry goes up onto the dinner table and tries to reach for the food, but Tom whacks him with a knife and Jerry retreats, running up the staircase. Tom pulls the carpet off the staircase to catch Jerry, but also pulls down a large upright piano, which squashes Tom to death while Jerry dodges. Tom's spirit ascends to the "Heavenly Express", a train that sends dead cats to Heaven.

Several cats are waiting to enter, including Butch, who has lost a fight with a bulldog, Frankie, who was struck with a flat iron while singing on a backyard fence, Aloysius, who was run over and flattened by a steamroller, and a sack stuffed with three kittens (Fluff, Muff and Puff from "Triplet Trouble"), who were thrown into a river and drowned ("What some people won't do"). The gatekeeper allows them all through as their deaths were untimely, but refuses Tom because he has persecuted "an innocent little mouse" (Jerry) all his life. Tom is given a certificate of forgiveness for Jerry to sign to board the train, which leaves in one hour. If he fails, Tom will be banished to hell, where the devil (Spike) awaits.

Tom pleads Jerry to sign, bringing cake, but Jerry eats the cake quick and sprays the pen's ink into Tom's face. Tom then tries to forge Jerry's signature, but the gatekeeper stops him. Tom then brings cheese, but Jerry tears up the certificate, causing an angry Tom to grab Jerry and attempt to smash him. Spike then pops in and reminds Tom of the consequence of doing so, tempting him to finish the job. Tom reattaches the ripped certificate and Jerry signs it, but Tom misses the deadline and falls down a hole that directly leads to Hell, where he gets tortured by the devil. But it is then revealed that Tom was actually dreaming and he finally wakes up when a piece of hot coal burns his tail, much to his relief. Tom hugs and kisses Jerry with joy, much to Jerry's confusion.

Voice cast

Billy Bletcher as Devil Dog (uncredited)
Daws Butler as Conductor (uncredited)

Availability

Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 2
Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 1, Disc One

External links

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Heavenly Puss at IMDb
watch Heavenly Puss on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvz-4gnSLog

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 *[[Billy Bletcher]] as [[Spike and Tyke (characters)|Devil Dog]] (uncredited)
 *[[Daws Butler]] as Conductor (uncredited)
-==Notes==
-.Part of the film was reused in the 1967'S cartoon '''''[[Shutter Bugged Cat]]''''' (Most notably the part where Tom is pulling the curtains from the stairway). However, like the H-B T&J cartoons featured in [[Chuck Jones]] T&J cartoons, the music was re-dubbed to match the score of Eugene Poddany.
-. The three kittens, Fluff, Muff, and Puff (the ones who entered Heaven after getting put in a sack and drowned, an act the gatekeeper remarks as "what some people won't do...") resemble the three trouble making kittens from 1952's [[Triplet Trouble]].
-. The idea of going to heaven only to be denied entry was filmed the previous year by [[Three Stooges]] in [[Heavenly Daze]].
-. Animation historian [[Jerry Beck]] stated in the commentary on the [[Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection]] DVD that this is the only Tom and Jerry short he likes where Tom and Jerry are friendly to each other.
-. In the credits, [[Irven Spence]]'s first name is spelt "Irvin".
-. Additionally, Matt Groening, creator of the comic strip [[Life in Hell]] and the FOX animated sitcoms [[The Simpsons]] and [[Futurama]], has said that Heavenly Puss was one of the scariest cartoons that he had ever seen.
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