Springtime for Thomas

Springtime for Thomas is the twenty-third animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was released on March 30, 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom and Jerry's usual cat and mouse routine is interrupted by Tom's infatuation with the opposite sex, so Jerry schemes to get another cat involved.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| William Hanna
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toodles Galore
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cupid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerry's bad conscious
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Graham
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Graham
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Girl mouse
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Graham
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Graham
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Girl mouse
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Girl mouse
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Mammy Two-Shoes's residence

Objects

 * Har-Puss Bazaar

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The music is composed by Scott Bradley.

Release
It was originally released in theaters on September 22, 1945, then released on November 7, 1953.

Behind the scenes

 * While this is Toodles's first appearance in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, an early version had previously appeared in the non-Tom and Jerry short, The Alley Cat. An early version of Butch was also a protagonist in the latter and had also been previously transferred into the Tom and Jerry series with Baby Puss.
 * Har-Puss Bazaar is a parody of Harper's Bazaar.