Mouse Trouble

Mouse Trouble is the seventeenth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 23, 1944. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom follows a help book in catching Jerry.

Characters
Harry E. Lang
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Mammy Two-Shoes's residence

Objects

 * How to Catch a Mouse
 * Girl mouse toy (Sara Berner)
 * Block Buster
 * Double-barreled shotgun
 * Bear trap

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The music was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 23, 1944; December 15, 1951 (reissue)

Behind the scenes

 * How to Catch a Mouse is "A Random Mouse Book", which is a parody of Random House books.
 * Tom dying at the end is the first time a main character dies on-screen.

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 May 12, Thursday.
 * In the live-action film Tom & Jerry, Jerry redoes the gag where he tricks Tom into thinking he's hiding something in his hands so he can punch Tom in the eye.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * October 19, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Vol. 1 on DVD.
 * February 12, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection on DVD.
 * October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
 * October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray Disc.
 * In France:
 * November 23, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume Un on DVD.