Springtime for Thomas

1946
7.6| 0h8m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 30 March 1946 Released
Producted By: MGM Cartoon Studio
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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It's spring, and Tom is much more interested in the female cat next door than in Jerry.

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Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Tweekums It is springtime; the flowers are in bloom and Thomas has fallen in love with Toodles, the cat sunbathing outside. Jerry is not pleased with this; he wants to have fun tormenting Tom but no matter what he does Tom just keeps on staring at Toodles. When Tom goes over to Toodles and starts to flirt, a little devil-mouse pops up next to Jerry and tells him to do something about the situation. What he does is write a letter to an alley cat, claiming to be from Toodles, inviting him round. Inevitably when the alley cat turns up and starts making advances towards Toodles a jealous fight starts and the two cats battle for her attention; eventually Tom is forced to concede defeat and it looks as though things will get back to usual with him and Jerry... till a lady mouse appears on the scene.This was a fun short where Jerry is very much the antagonist for once. It is also notable because Jerry is only slightly involved in most of the action as the fight between Tom and the alley cat provides the vast majority of the violent gags. That is okay though as it is fun watching the two cats fighting. The gags are of the sort one would expect; both creative and violent; they also come thick and fast. Not all the gags are violent though; I particularly liked how the alley cat combed his hair with the bony remains of a fish before setting off to meet Toodles. The animation is up to the usual high standard of the era and Scott Bradley's musical soundtrack was great too.
ccthemovieman-1 This cartoon might be the ultimate - and wildly exaggerated - example of how us men can make such fools of ourselves over beautiful women. We are just putty in their hands!It's springtime and Tom is love, so much so they doesn't even pay attention when Jerry rips off a large the fur on his back. (This is why I usually root for Tom - and lose, of course.) The cat is staring out the window as the hot feline across the way, who is lounging in a chair reading "Har-Puss Bazaar." Tom is perched at the window just sighing at "Toodles."Some of the sight gags of Tom being totally enraptured by this "woman" are very funny. Jerry doesn't think they are funny and when a little green devil pops out next to him, he hears "Hey, are you going to stand there and let a dame come between you and him?" The devil keeps urging Jerry to do something about the situation because "that dame has him eating out of her hand." Admittedly, Tom looks pretty silly and has lost all sense of dignity over this beautiful pussy with the long lashes.Anyway, the devil's plan is to provide another cat instead of Tom for the woman, so a black alley cat, living in a garbage can, is recruited. This black cat turns out to be hilarious and the rest of the cartoon is the two males bashing the hell out of each other to try to get the female's affections. These guys pull out all the stops!In the end, we get another surprise, and another example of what I mention in the first paragraph. This was a solid Tom and Jerry cartoon and, to me, the year 1946 started ushering in a newer era of their material, more violent but also a lot funnier.
Shawn Watson Jerry wakes and figures it's going to be another day of being chased by Tom. Thinking giving Tom a big kick in the ass will get the action started he's surprised to find Tom unresponsive. The reason? Tom is in love with Toodles, the girl cat across the street. He's too head over heels to care about chasing a mouse.Jerry then thinks of a cunning plan to tear his attention away from Toodles by faking a love letter to local alley-cat Butch. It's turns out Butch is more adept at making Toodles swoon and Tom is soon out of the picture as far as dating is concerned.With quite a few inventive moments and loads of visual gags and a nice twist ending, this is certainly one of the better T&J shorts.
Antzy88 Jerry is disappointed to find that Tom has a crush on Toodles, a beautiful female cat that he can see from his window. Jerry, with the help of his evil side, tries to break them up by bringing in rival black cat (who later became known as Butch, after the dog's name changed from Butch to Spike).Very amusing stuff!