Dicky Moe
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| Dicky Moe
Tom and Jerry series |
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| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Story by | Eli Bauer and Gene Deitch |
| Voices by | Allen Swift |
| Music by | Steven Konichek |
| Animation by | Vaclav Bedrich |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1962 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Preceded by | Calypso Cat |
| Followed by | The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit |
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Dicky Moe 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. Dicky Moe's Japanese title is Shiroi Kujira (白い鯨?).
[edit] Plot
The captain of a ship is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession scares the crew of his ship so badly that they all jump overboard to get away from him. The captain finds Tom and presses him into serving as the entire crew of the ship.
While working on the ship, Tom finds Jerry lounging on a mouse-sized lawn chair. He grabs Jerry, scrubs him until he is invisible except for an outline, and continues with his work scrubbing the deck. Jerry retaliates by replacing the water bucket with a tar bucket. At this point a chase ensues, with Tom's attempts at catching Jerry invariably backfiring.
At this point, the captain sees Dicky Moe, and takes aim at him with a harpoon. At the same time, Tom has fallen into the water, and Jerry throws him a line. However, as soon as he gets back on the ship, Tom discovers that the rope (which he is still holding) is attached to the harpoon the captain has just fired. Tom finds himself wrapped up in the ropes around Dicky Moe as the whale swims into the distance and the captain yells "Come back with my whale!". The camera faces to Jerry and he continues flipping a page on his book.
[edit] Notes
- The plot is based on the book Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The name of the ship in the cartoon is the Komquot, a parody of the Pequod in the book.
- Twice Jerry is seen reading a book and flipping a page; both times he flips the page from right-to-left, as if reading the book backwards.
- The captain's peg leg switches from foot to foot repeatedly throughout the picture.
