Fur Seal ( Salt Water Tabby ) is the thirty-first episode in the Tom and Jerry short series. Release Date: July 12, 1947
| Fur seal | |
|---|---|
| English Salt water tabby | |
Screensaver | |
| Other names | Inflatable tom; Sea wolf; Adventure on the beach; Beach story |
| Cartoon type | Hand-drawn |
| Genre | Comedy , Family |
| Prequels | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947) |
| Sequels | A Mouse in the House (1947) |
| Producer | William Hannah Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Fred quimby |
| written by | William Hannah Joseph Barbera |
| Composer | Scott Bradley |
| Animators | Ed barge Michael Lah Kenneth Muse Ray Patterson |
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| A country | |
| Tongue | English |
| Duration | 7 minutes |
| Premiere | July 12, 1947 |
| IMDb | ID 0039796 |
| BCdb | more details |
| Allmovie | ID 152338 |
Story
The action takes place on the beach . Tom leaves the club house, runs to the sea and prepares to dive, but is attracted to the club door and breaks it because his archaic bathing suit snagged on the door. Tom runs out of the club again and jumps into the water, but the water recedes as a result of low tide, and the cat dives into a pile of garbage. Tom “floats” in the trash, thinking that he has finally jumped into the water, but, realizing what he is doing, the cat goes ashore and shakes empty cans out of his suit. The cat walks along the beach and sees the Tudles kitty, and, carried away by it, Tom does not notice how he gets directly into the trash can. The tank is a “ one-armed bandit, ” three identical signs drop out on the tape measure, and the tank spits out Tom directly to the Tudles. Tom winks at the kitty, and even despite her disgust, Tom drinks her soda and eats her hot dog . The cat moves toward the Tudles, and a tomato and a banana peel suddenly fall onto Tom. Tom looks into the picnic basket and sees Jerry eating up supplies
Tom threatens Jerry with a fly swatter, but the mouse throws eggs and two olives into the cat's eyes. Angry Tom pulls Jerry from the basket, hanging on the celery . Jerry bites several times from celery - and, carried away by gluttony, bites several times from Tom's hand. Jerry seizes the moment and runs off the pebbles. Tom tries to pull Jerry out of there, but pulls out a crab that nips Tom's mustache with its claws and tears his tail, turning it into a curly garland . Tom in a fit of revenge chases Jerry, but suddenly, the mouse stops Tom near the beach umbrella and closes the umbrella, causing a push. Jerry also meets a crab and a new chase begins, ending in Tom's bathing suit. The crab again harms Tom.
Jerry takes a bottle of Coke from a basket. When the mouse tries to open the bottle, he touches Tom. Tom opens the coke and puts the lid on Jerry's head, closing his eyes. A temporarily blind mouse goes to the crab and uses its claw as an opener to pull the lid off. When Jerry finally sees the crab, he runs away from him to the gathering place of Tom and Tudles. Jerry puts a shell in Tom's sandwich, and when Tom bites the sandwich, he breaks his teeth. Tudles pays attention to the cat, and he makes a smile with broken teeth. Later, Tom sprinkles sugar in the coffee . Jerry replaces the sugar bowl with a bucket of sand. Tom pours a bucket of sand into his cup and drinks "coffee." The cat discovers that his mouth is full of sand, and begins to cough and spit. Jerry hands the cat a bucket of salt water, and the cat drinks the whole bucket. But, since the water is salty, Tom spits it all out, and spits it out on the Tudles, finally spoiling their meeting.
Tom covers Jerry with a bucket, and after the sand castle is formed, Tom begins to cut piece by piece from him with a spatula, intending to cut Jerry into pieces too. Not seeing the result, Tom digs sand, and in the end Jerry buries the cat. The mouse bends the shoulder blade, and when Tom crawls out from under the sand, Jerry releases the shoulder blade, hitting Tom in the face. Jerry hides in a basket, and Tom pulls out a banana from there. Jerry hid in a banana, but Tom, of course, notices it. Jerry stops the cat and closes the beach umbrella. Jerry crawls out of the umbrella, but unfortunately falls into a bottle of Coke. The victorious Tom shakes the bottle properly, and the gases send Jerry into the air. A mouse lands in the ocean near a wooden post. The little mouse takes algae, a folding shell, puts them on a column, draws a face on the column and screams like a sinking, defenseless girl, urging Tom to help. Tom jumps on the "girl" and falls into the water, hitting his head.
Jerry laughs at the cat and he chases the mouse. Jerry releases air from an inflatable seahorse and the toy flies into Tom's mouth. Tom swallows an inflatable toy, and, as a result, flies all over the beach. The cat flies around the corners of the beach and lands in the pool. The little horse leaves Tom, and the cat can only watch as Jerry swims away on a makeshift raft from the basket and with the sail from Tom’s swimsuit to the music of Aloha Oe .
Interesting Facts
- Excerpts from the episode appear in the Smitten Kitten series.
- Perhaps the title of the episode mimics the English name for the toffee butts - Salt water taffy.
Links
- Salt Water Tabby on the Internet Movie Database
- Salt Water Tabby on Big Cartoon DataBase