Mouse into Space

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Mouse into Space Tom and Jerry series
Directed by	Gene Deitch
Produced by	William L. Snyder
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1962
Color process	Technicolor
Preceded by	High Steaks
Followed by	Landing Stripling

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Mouse into Space is a 1962 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder.

[edit] Plot

Jerry, frustrated with Tom's repeated attempts to kill him, leaves the house to join the space program. Tom tries to convince Jerry to stay, but to no avail.

While Jerry is tested for the space program, Tom becomes so distraught that he becomes an alcoholic. However, he falls asleep in a large hose that then gets used to fill the rocket Jerry is in with rocket fuel. Miraculously he survives, and climbs the outside of the rocket to find Jerry in the nose capsule. He proceeds to torment Jerry, but success is short-lived as he accidentally steps on a button that ejects him into outer space. After brief encounters with a Soviet rocket (with a dog inside) and an asteroid field, Tom returns to Earth, soon followed by Jerry. The two then return to the house where the cartoon began, with Jerry now wearing a rocket-shared badge. Tom places a lighter to the rocket, and it takes flight. Jerry then uses the rocket-shaped badge as a jet pack to chase after Tom.