The Yankee Doodle Mouse

The Yankee Doodle Mouse is the eleventh animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 26, 1943. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, 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 was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: June 26, 1943; 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 pJuly 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.