The Yankee Doodle Mouse

The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Theatrical poster.
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 26, 1943
Run time	7:33
Starring	William Hanna
Producer(s)	Fred Quimby
Music composed by	Scott Bradley
Screenplay by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	William Hanna
Tom Cat	William Hanna

Locations

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

Objects

• Hen-grenades

Vehicles

• Jerry's makeshift jeep
• Jerry's makeshift plane

Production

1950 reissue poster.

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.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result
Academy Award	1943	Best Short Subject: Cartoons	Fred Quimby	Won