The Lonesome Mouse

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Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom’s head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry revels in his freedom, among other things turning Tom’s picture into a Hitler caricature then spitting on it. But he soon tires of this, and under a flag of truce, hatches a plan with Tom. The abnormally talkative duo stage a grand chase, but whenever they’re out of sight of Mammy, they fake it, pausing for patty-cake, a turkey leg, and a drum jam session. Eventually, Tom chases Jerry under a rug, then swaps in a tomato, which Mammy crushes. With Jerry apparently vanquished, Tom is rewarded with a pie, but when Jerry tries to claim his share, Tom shuts him out.

★★★★☆ Curator’s rating Deep cut

The one where they talk. Jerry gets Tom thrown out of the house, discovers he is bored without him, and the two openly negotiate a plan to get him back in — with actual dialogue, which the series almost never used. It is the earliest and clearest statement of the idea underneath the whole run: they need each other, and neither wants to win permanently.

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