Puppy Tale is a 1954 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
Plot[]
An automobile throws a sack off the edge of a bridge into a river and drives away. When Jerry retrieves the bag and opens it, its contents are revealed; a litter of puppies runs out of the bag, with one of the puppies straggling behind and taking an immediate liking to Jerry. At first Jerry wants nothing of the puppy, first trying to scare him, then sending him after a stick that he throws in a river; when the puppy chases the stick to fetch it, he almost falls off a cliff. Jerry changes his mind, saves the puppy and brings him in, but the knothole doorway is too small, meaning Jerry must sneak the puppy in the main entrance, past Tom. As Tom sleeps, the puppy helps himself to Tom's milk and Jerry hides him, pretending he did it. Tom chases Jerry, but soon sees the pup is drinking his milk. Tom cannot stop the pup drinking his milk, and when Tom picks up the pup, the pup licks him, much to Tom's annoyance.
Tom puts the pup outside, but Jerry scoops him up and puts him inside a drawer. However, the pup immediately escapes and sleeps on Tom's bed, taking the cat's blanket. Tom takes the blanket and throws the pup outside, where the pup falls into a bottle. Jerry pulls the pup out by the waist using windowblind string and again gets licked, but is met by Tom soon after, who also gets licked.
Tom chases Jerry, carrying the pup, around the kitchen, until he trips them up with a sponge and they careen out the door. As Tom goes to sleep, a thunderstorm hits, and Tom becomes stricken with guilt as he imagines Jerry and the puppy washing away in the storm. A worried Tom ventures out in the thunderstorm to find Jerry and the pup (who are both safely sleeping together in a drain using a newspaper as a blanket) but he himself gets blown away by the wind and nearly drowns in the river. Jerry and the pup come to Tom's rescue and drag Tom out of the river.
Jerry heats up a can of soup and feeds it to the unconscious Tom, but when it fails to rouse him, the puppy licks him and he awakens. Begrudgingly, a both grateful and resigned Tom gives the pup his own bed and a bowl of milk. The puppy calls his siblings and they share the milk as Tom and Jerry look on happily.
Availability[]
- LaserDisc - The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II (MGM/UA)
- DVD - Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Volume 3 (Warner Bros.)
- DVD - Tom and Jerry: Pint-Sized Pals (Warner Bros.)