Dog Trouble 1942

Dog Trouble

Dog Trouble is a 1942 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 5th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theatres on April 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release in 1952. It was animated by George Gordon, Irven Spence, Jack Zander and, uncredited, Billie LittleJohn.

The cartoon opens with Jerry running across a tablecloth, unfortunately not going anywhere. It is quickly revealed that as Jerry runs, Tom is pulling the cloth as if it were a treadmill (similar to Puss Gets the Boot). Tom reaches the end of the cloth and Jerry runs across to the other side of the table as Tom gives chase. Jerry tries to stop at the end of the table, but Tom's mouth is waiting and hungry! Although he cannot stop, Jerry uses one of the cat's whiskers to swing himself back out, then escapes into his mousehole. Tom then knocks on the wall to get Jerry to come out, and patiently waits as Jerry tiptoes through an electrical outlet on the other side of the wall. Before he can steal away to a safer location, he sees a piece of cheese on a mousetrap and holds it out for Tom's tail to fall into. When the cat's jumping tail repeatedly misses, the mouse simply does the job himself, and then runs for his life as Tom yelps in agony at his throbbing tail.

Jerry tries to run out the door, but he runs directly into a large sleeping bulldog (Spike) and 


Tom and Jerry - Dog Trouble