That's My Pup!
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| That's My Pup!
Tom and Jerry series |
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 The title card of That's My Pup! |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Kenneth Muse Ray Patterson Ed Barge Irven Spence |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 25, 1953 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes 23 seconds |
| Preceded by | Johann Mouse |
| Followed by | Just Ducky |
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That's My Pup! is a 1952 Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in 1953, directed by co-creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The short was animated by animators Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with music by Scott Bradley and backgrounds by Robert Gentle. This cartoon features the third pairing of Spike with his son Tyke.
[edit] Plot
Spike is teaching Tyke the three important rules of being a dog:
1) Being man's best friend;
2) Burying bones;
3) Third, and most importantly, how to chase cats, which Spike reveals is his speciality.
Observing Tom chasing Jerry and waiting by Jerry's mouse hole, Spike has the perfect cat to chase in Tom. He sneaks up behind Tom and barks ferociously. Tom is frightened out of his skin. Spike accosts Tom and gives him a stern, but more friendly than usual, warning.
"Listen pussy cat. my boy's loining to chase cats, and I don't want him to have any trouble. understand?. When he starts barkin', you start climbin'. Is that clear?"
Thus, Tom's instructions are to start climbing the nearest tree once Tyke starts barking, in order to give the little pup some self esteem. Jerry, however, is eavesdropping on the conversation, and both Jerry and Tyke take it in turns to bark at Tom. When Jerry barks at Tom, Tom gets angry and stops Jerry from barking. Fed up of the constant frights and barking irritation, Tom traps Tyke up the top of a flagpole.Tyke yelps for help until Spike arrives. Spike calls on Tyke to check if he is all right. When Tyke barks for help, he falls down on top of Spike, who he comes to the (obvious) conclusion that Tom is responsible. Spike paints the flagpole with grease and barks at Tom who begins climbing up the flagpole. However, the grease slows him down, causing him to struggle. Spike then allows Tyke to bark in his place while Tom continues trying to climb the flagpole. By the cartoon's end, it is night time and Tyke is still barking away and Tom is still climbing in fear while Spike says,"that's my boy doin' that".
