Shutter Bugged Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon. This was the sixth and final compilation of classic Tom & Jerry cartoons. It includes footage from Part Time Pal, The Yankee Doodle Mouse, Nit-Witty Kitty, Johann Mouse, Heavenly Puss, and Designs on Jerry.
Plot[]
Tom watches clips of him attempting to catch Jerry in the attic, the first of which is from Part Time Pal where Tom chases Jerry that in which Tom rewinds the scene for a moment and replays it until he is hit in a wall and Jerry then proceeds to eat corn as Tom drags it and gives chase. Jerry escapes by knocking all milk bottles, and Tom later pauses the clip. The next clip is from Nit-Witty Kitty in the scene where Tom is eating cheese in a plank and Jerry throws a bowling ball in the seesaw and Tom is hit in the ceiling until the ball hits him and Tom pauses this. The next clip is from Johann Mouse where Tom slides into the stairs to get Jerry, but he is hit in the window and falls, Tom rewinds it for a few seconds and checks the heights and measurements of the previous accident. Jerry comes out of his hole and sees The Yankee Doodle Mouse clips, he smiles and drags out a tub of popcorn and brings out a telescope, the next clip is from Heavenly Puss, in the part when Tom tries to catch Jerry before Tom got hit by the piano that killed him. Tom rewinds the clip to where he just begins pulling up the carpet that the piano was on, and he replays the scene a second time. When Jerry starts laughing at the predicament, Tom turns from making his calculations and spots the laughing mouse. He chases Jerry, but hits his head on a wall.
Tom nails Jerry's mouse hole shut, and decides to make a mouse trap to catch Jerry (using footage from the 1955 short Designs on Jerry). Jerry gets out of his mouse hole and finds the trap. He modifies a measurement on the blueprints in order again to make the trap fail (like he did in Designs on Jerry). The trap is set, but the safe contraption (a part of the trap meant to get him) hits Tom instead just like it did before. Later, Jerry films a flat Tom ripping the blueprints he used for the mouse trap.
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
- This cartoon is similar to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon "Roadrunner a Go-Go", as both feature reused footage from the old cartoons, ending up with similar results. However, this cartoon has no dialogue while the other one does.
- Both cartoons are directed by Tom Ray.
- This is second Tom and Jerry cartoon by Chuck Jones to reuse footage from the ones directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera, the previous one being Matinee Mouse.