The Yankee Doodle Mouse

The Yankee Doodle Mouse is the eleventh animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was released on June 26, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom and Jerry turn the house in a World War II-style battlefield.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna

Locations

 * Mammy Two-Shoes's residence
 * Cat raid shelter

Objects

 * Hen-grenades

Vehicles

 * Jerry's makeshift jeep
 * Jerry's makeshift plane

Development
The working title was Jerry's Defense.

Music
The music is composed by Scott Bradley.

Release
It was originally released in theaters on June 26, 1943, then released on June 24, 1950.

Everlasting influence
Tom reads about this short in Jerry's diary (with accompanying flashbacks) in the aptly named short Jerry's Diary. He marked it July 4, Saturday. In reality, July 4 didn't happen on a Saturday in 1943, but on a Sunday, instead. Although, the previous year in 1942, July 4 did occur on a Saturday.

In The Sopranos episode "Walk Like a Man", A.J. watches this short on TV.