The Zoot Cat

The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short. It was released to theatres on February 10, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated.

After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.

Voice cast

Note: All voice actors are uncredited

• Jerry Mann as Tom (both his regular voice and him impersonating Charles Boyer) / The Radio Announcer
• William Hanna as Tom's yells (archival audio)
• Sara Berner as Jerry (with a "What's Cooking?" catchphrase) / Toots

Availability

VHS:

• Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2

Laserdisc:

• The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume One, Side Two

DVD:

• Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
• Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 1, Disc One
• Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
• , Disc One

Blu-ray:

• Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
• , Disc One

iTunes:

• Tom and Jerry Vol. 1

Streaming:

• Boomerang App

Censorship

Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Jerry smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.

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