Love Me, Love My Mouse

Love Me, Love My Mouse
Tom and Jerry series
Title Card
Directed by	Chuck Jones Ben Washam
Produced by	Chuck Jones
Story by	Michael Maltese
Voices by	June Foray (Toodles/Jerry, uncredited) Mel Blanc (Tom/Jerry, uncredited)
Music by	Eugene Poddany
Animation by	Phil Roman Ben Washam Don Towsley Dick Thompson
Layouts by	Robert Givens
Backgrounds by	Robert Inman
Studio	Sib Tower 12 Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	April 28, 1966 (1966-04-28)
Color process	Metrocolor
Running time	6:02
Language	English
Preceded by	Jerry-Go-Round
Followed by	Puss 'n' Boats

Love Me, Love My Mouse is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Ben Washam. The title Love Me, Love My Mouse is a play-on-words of the phrase "Love me, love my dog." Unlike most other cartoons, this one shows Jerry in a deliberately malicious light with him frequently framing Tom so that he is in trouble. It is also the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by Phil Roman.

This short is one of the very few which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry.

Plot

Tom, in love with Toots, goes to her house, carrying Jerry in a ring box. Tom presents Jerry to his love interest, but Jerry pretends to be frightened of Tom and cuddles up to Toots, who instantly sympathises with him, taking sides with the mouse. Jerry then aims to gain more sympathy from Toots by framing Tom, jumping into his mouth repeatedly, with Toots coming to Jerry's rescue.

Tom then ties Jerry up and tries to drop a concrete block on him, but Toots interferes, causing Tom to accidentally drop the block onto himself. Toots is putting baby powder on Jerry, while a bandaged Tom hobbles to the dinner table. Toots kisses Jerry, but while doing so, she finds him to be tasty. She suddenly has a change of heart and decides to eat Jerry, taking sides with Tom. Jerry escapes, with Toots chasing him with a fork and knife, and Tom limps out, slowly following her.

Availability

DVD

Tom and Jerry: Mouse Trouble, Disc 1
Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures, Volume 3
Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection, Disc 2
Tom and Jerry: Classic Collection - Volume 6

External links

Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–67)

1963	Pent-House Mouse

1964	The Cat Above and the Mouse Below Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Much Ado About Mousing Snowbody Loves Me The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse

1965	Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life Tom-ic Energy Bad Day at Cat Rock The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off Haunted Mouse I'm Just Wild About Jerry Of Feline Bondage The Year of the Mouse The Cat's Me-Ouch!

1966	Duel Personality Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary Jerry-Go-Round Love Me, Love My Mouse Puss 'n' Boats Filet Meow Matinee Mouse The A-Tom-Inable Snowman Catty-Cornered

1967	Cat and Dupli-cat O-Solar Meow Guided Mouse-ille (or Science on a Wet Afternoon) Rock 'n' Rodent Cannery Rodent The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. Surf-Bored Cat Shutter Bugged Cat Advance and Be Mechanized Purr-Chance to Dream

See also: Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–58; 2001; 2005) and Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–62)

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