Dog Trouble
| Dog Trouble | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
Original release poster for Dog Trouble
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| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby (unc. on original issue) |
| Voices by |
Lillian Randolph (1942 original version) (unc.) Thea Vidale (1989 redubbed version) (unc.) Harry E. Lang and William Hanna (unc.) Billy Bletcher (unc.) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley (unc.) |
| Animation by |
George Gordon (unc.) Irven Spence (unc.) Jack Zander (unc.) Bill Littlejohn (unc.) Cecil Surry (unc.) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:55 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Fraidy Cat |
| Followed by | Puss n' Toots |
Dog Trouble is a 1942 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the fifth Tom and Jerry cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on April 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release on June 21, 1952. It was animated by George Gordon, Irven Spence, Jack Zander, Cecil Surry and Bill Littlejohn.
Jerry is running across a tablecloth, not going anywhere. As Jerry runs, Tom is pulling the cloth like a treadmill. 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 open mouth is waiting! 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. 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, Jerry 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 almost hits him. Tom's chase runs him into the dog, causing them both to kiss. The dog wakes up in rancor at this disturbance and the cat runs away, finding shelter by climbing up a lamp. Jerry gets his due as well when the dog hears him laughing at Tom's misfortune and starts to give chase to the mouse instead. Jerry escapes by climbing up the cuckoo clock, but accidentally activates it, causing the bird to pop out with Jerry hanging onto it in his attempt to give the dog several failed chances to chomp on him.
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