Just Ducky
| Just Ducky | |
|---|---|
| Tom and Jerry series | |
 Title Card | |
| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Voices by | Red Coffee |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Irven Spence Ed Barge Ray Patterson Kenneth Muse Al Grandmain |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gentle |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| Release date(s) | September 5, 1953 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:57 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | That's My Pup! |
| Followed by | Two Little Indians |
Just Ducky is the 77th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1951 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Kenneth Muse and Al Grandmain with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. It was released on September 5, 1953 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
A mother duck sees all but one of her eggs hatching into little ducklings, and takes them for a swim. Then the final egg hatches and out comes Quacker. Rushing behind, trying to catch up, he wades into the water but finds himself unable to swim. He calls for his mother, but she and his brothers are too far away to hear.
A despondent Quacker starts to cry, and Jerry overhears him. He offers to teach Quacker how to swim and demonstrates but Quacker is unable to stay afloat. Quacker kicks a rock and walks around, depressed, lamenting his inability to swim, but doesn't notice Tom cooking up some water. Tom hears the duck and slants his spoon such that Quacker walks up it and falls in the water. Tom salt and peppers him making him cry out. Jerry saves him by whacking Tom with a plank.
Jerry carries Quacker away and Tom chases them, but he runs into a spade that they have placed. Jerry hides Quacker and instructs him to keep quiet, but Quacker dives into a hole when Tom approaches and Tom ends up getting pulled instead of Quacker. Tom is pulled through a pipe before Jerry turns to him and realises he has taken Tom. Jerry dives into a lake, breathing through a straw. Tom easily finds him and blows through the straw making Jerry inflate. Jerry grabs the straw and inflates Tom in return. Quacker pops Tom with a safety pin.
Jerry and Quacker flee, but Quacker falls into a bowl with a few drops of water in it and Quacker thinks he's drowning until he spots Jerry. Jerry motions for him to follow, but Tom upends the bowl and sends him back into Tom's water. Tom spoons out Quacker, but Jerry pelts a brick at Tom and shatters the cat into several pieces. Quacker gets out of the spoon and runs off with Jerry, but Jerry is captured in a jug by Tom and Quacker runs off. In an ironic twist, Tom is unable to swim. Quacker is reluctant to save Tom, as he himself cannot swim, but when Tom begins to drown, and after initially calling for somebody to help, he summons the courage to dive in, and miraculously rescues Tom.
Cat and the mouse have made up, and Jerry is shown helping Tom recover from a cold. They watch on as Quacker swims with his family (though Quacker is doing an impressive stroke).
External links
- Just Ducky at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Just Ducky at the Internet Movie Database