Calypso Cat

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Calypso Cat Tom and Jerry series
Directed by	Gene Deitch
Produced by	William L. Snyder
Story by	Larz Bourne
Music by	Steven Konichek
Animation by	Vaclav Bedrich
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1962
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8 minutes
Preceded by	Landing Stripling
Followed by	Dicky Moe
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Calypso Cat is a Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1961 and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder.

[edit] Plot

While chasing Jerry around a dock, Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat. The female cat appears to return Tom's interest, so Tom sneaks aboard the ship the female cat and her owner have just boarded. Jerry follows Tom onto the boat and proceeds to interfere with Tom's subsequent flirtations. By the time the ship arrives at its destination (a Caribbean island), the female cat is barely tolerating Tom. When she sees a local cat playing the steel drum, her interest turns to him. Tom becomes jealous, and the local cat and Tom begin to fight each other, using the drums sticks and steel drum as weapons. Tom loses the fight, and the local cat proceeds to walk away, accompanied by the female cat.

Jerry then sets Tom's feet on fire to get his attention, and Tom proceeds to chase Jerry back onto the ship. The ship arrives back at the dock where it had been at the start of the cartoon, and the chase continues on the dock.