The Midnight Snack

The Midnight Snack is the second animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was released on July 19, 1941, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom tries to prevent Jerry from raiding Mammy Two Shoes's fridge at night.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mammy Two Shoes
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lillian Randolph
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mammy Two Shoes
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lillian Randolph
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lillian Randolph

Locations

 * Mammy Two Shoes's residence

Objects

 * Fridge

Vehicles

 * None

Development
Jasper and the unidentified Jinx officially become Tom and Jerry with this short by way of a series title card, which the previous short, Puss Gets the Boot, did not receive, likely because it was a one-off gamble. However, Tom was still called Jasper in his model sheet for this short.

In 1957, it was re-issued with the then-new series title card introduced in 1954, as well as a new title card specifically for the short, which was more personalized than the original, which was simply of Tom and Jerry's heads. It also changed--or corrected--the credits for Joseph Barbera and Bill Hanna, who were at first billed as supervisors, when they were really the directors. Fred Quimby was also added as a producer.

Music
The music is composed by Scott Bradley.

Behind the scenes

 * Within the short, Tom is in fact called Thomas by Mammy Two-Shoes, and Jerry isn't referred to by name.
 * The original print of this was destroyed in the 1965 vault fire at MGM.