Springtime for Thomas

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Springtime for Thomas
Tom and Jerry series
The title card of Springtime for Thomas
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Story by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Animation by	Ed Barge Michael Lah Kenneth Muse Irven Spence (unc.)
Music by	Scott Bradley
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 30, 1946
Format	Technicolor, 7 min 37 secs
Language	English
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Springtime for Thomas is a 1946 cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was nominated for the Annie Award but lost to another cartoon.

[edit] Plot

Jerry notices it's Spring. He inhales and pounds his chest like a gorilla. He goes through the hole to see Tom. He walks to him and kicks his end and starts to run off, but it didn't work. He kicked his end again and walks on his toes, but it didn't work either. He furiously pulls his skin off, but Tom beckons him off and turns to something else. Jerry notices he is in love with Toodles. She is sitting there reading a book. The hearts fell in Tom's eyes. He kisses Jerry and calls out to Toodles. She grabs a towel and throws it on the ground but Tom picked it up. Toodles kissed him and an angel targets an arrow on his end. A furious Jerry can only stand there and watch it go on. Just then, a devil appeared as Jerry's conscience. He hears the news and shows Jerry Toodles feeding Tom some candy. He whispers Jerry to write a fake letter to another cat. Jerry wrote a fake letter and sprays it with perfume. He walks to the alley and stops at Butch's trash can. He drops the letter and whistles and knocks. Butch sniffs the note and reads it. He gets ready and goes on to impress Toodles, howling like a wolf. Butch arrives and notices Tom is kissing Toodles. Butch kicks him off and impresses Toodles, smoking a cigar. He notices Tom and throws him into a pool. This causes Tom to be furious and sees Butch singing a song to Toodles. He grabs up the bed and dumps Butch into the pool. This caused Butch to be furious and grabs a hammer and swings the ball right at Tom, drinking pink lemon. He lays to the ground and Butch hits him and he goes fast straight into the barbecue grill. Toodles puts flowers on top of Butch's head. Jerry and the devil sneak under him and grabs a spring and the needle stung Butch's end. Tom noticed this and both start the battle. Tom turns the statue to hit Butch's face. Both climb a ladder and Tom dives in and sucks up the water before Butch did. He grabs a swing and puts a pot of flowers in it. Butch hurries and the pot of flowers ran into him. He grabs the swing and throws it right in the back of Tom, hung on the swing with fear and Butch hits him with a guittar. Jerry, with delight runs off to see that Tom lands outside the area. Tom notices both of them enjoying fun and he says "Ah foo!", then looks at Jerry, hoping they shake hands. Jerry kicks Tom's end and both started the chase again. But Tom notices that Jerry is in love with a female mouse. She gives him a kiss and flies slowly at her. Tom gets confused but Jerry beckons him off and he and the mouse spend time together.

[edit] Notes

One of the very few Tom and Jerry cartoons to still have it's original end title card. All the other Tom and Jerry cartoons up until the early 1950s (with the exception of Puss Gets the Boot and The Night Before Christmas) were given new end (and credit) titles upon being reissued.

Contrary to the opening credits, Michael Lah does not contribute any animation to this cartoon. However, Ray Patterson does animate the opening sequence, though he is uncredited.

[edit] Goofs

• The skin on when Butch reads the note is turned to grey. When he is getting ready, his skin was changed to black.