Cruise Cat
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Tom is the official cat on the cruise ship S.S. Aloha, but he’ll be kicked off if the captain finds even one mouse. That one, of course, is Jerry, who sneaks on board just before sailing and is pursued relentlessly by Tom until they both run into the ship’s theatre showing Texas Tom, which they pause to watch part of.
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Tom's job depends on there being no mice aboard, which gives the chase actual stakes for once. Giving Tom something to lose is the single most effective way to make an audience care about him, and the series used the threat of dismissal repeatedly for exactly that reason.