The Yankee Doodle Mouse

The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Tom and Jerry series
Theatrical poster
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	Fred Quimby (unc. on original issue)
Story by	William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.)
Voices by	William Hanna (uncredited)
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Irven Spence Pete Burness Kenneth Muse George Gordon Additional animation: Jack Zander (credited on original issue) Effects animation: Al Grandmain (uncredited)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	June 26, 1943
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7:28 (reissue version)
Language	no spoken dialogue
Preceded by	The Lonesome Mouse
Followed by	Baby Puss

The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon. It is the eleventh Tom and Jerry short produced by Fred Quimby, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and animation by Irven Spence, Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse and George Gordon. Jack Zander was credited on the original print, but his credit was omitted in the 1951 reissue. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theaters on June 26, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.

The short features Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse chasing each other in a pseudo-warfare style, and makes numerous references to World War II technology such as jeeps and dive bombers. The Yankee Doodle Mouse won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, making it the first of seven Tom and Jerry cartoons to receive this distinction.

Tom pursues Jerry through a cellar, but the mouse successfully dives into his mousehole. Tom peers into the hole, and Jerry launches a tomato from a mousetrap into his face. Jerry then climbs up the wall and grabs a handful of eggs from a carton marked "Hen-Grenades". As Tom wipes the tomato off his face, he is promptly covered in egg, with one hit to the eye leaving the effect of him wearing a monocle. Jerry shoots off the corks from a champagne case, knocking Tom into a tub of water with only a pot to keep him afloat. The mouse promptly launches a brick from a spatula, sinking both the pot and Tom. A war communiqué is displayed, reading "Sighted cat – sank same. Signed, Lt. Jerry Mouse."