Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?

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Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Title card
Directed by	Chuck Jones Maurice Noble
Story by	Michael Maltese Chuck Jones
Produced by	Chuck Jones Les Goldman
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Eugene Poddany
Animation by	Ben Washam Ken Harris Don Towsley Tom Ray Dick Thompson
Backgrounds by	Robert Gribbroek
Color process	Metrocolor
Production company	Sib Tower 12 Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 24, 1964 (1964-03-24)
Running time	7:13
Language	English

Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? is a 1964 Tom and Jerry short directed and produced by Chuck Jones.

Plot[]

Jerry mixes and drinks a potion as the title card and credits are shown. After Jerry drinks the potion, he discovers that it gives him the power of superspeed; he tests this out by eating Tom's canister of sardines, along with the last bit of gravy and bits of his skin. Afterwards, Tom initially assumes that a ghost was eating his food, but concludes that it is a bug equipped with a jetpack and chattery teeth.

Tom slips a large watermelon slice around the corner and readies a flyswatter. Jerry mows through all of the watermelon flesh, and ends up leaving poor Tom to start scattering the rind and seeds around. When Tom sees an entire turkey being eaten, he panics and takes a grape cluster and an apple from the table. This is when Jerry proceeds to eat the apple down to the core and the rest of the fruit and the grapes. After going berserk, Tom hides in the refrigerator and attempts to eat a stack of ribs, which Jerry proceeds to eat.

Tom then sets out a cake and films Jerry stealing it so he can see who is taking his food. After witnessing the filmed proof that Jerry is behind the charades, Tom sets up a mousetrap sandwich for Jerry, who does take the bait, but does not trigger the trap. When Tom triggers the trap from attempting to bite Jerry, Tom gets his nose caught in the trap and yells in pain and hits himself into the chandelier. When Jerry takes a banana from the refrigerator, Tom grabs the banana and peels the skin. Jerry taunts him by kissing his nose then runs off, but when the effects of the potion wear off, Jerry barely escapes Tom.

Jerry attempts to recreate the superspeed potion, but accidentally creates an enlargement potion, which enlarges its consumer to an unbelievably large size. Tom catches Jerry's tail and somehow manages to pull him through the wall. When Tom can no longer tug the load around, he turns around to see the mega-Jerry sadistically raising his eyebrows and waving at him. Tom begins to laugh at Jerry in disbelief but then begins to cry in fear as the cartoon closes.

Crew[]

• Story: Michael Maltese, Chuck Jones
• Animation: Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Don Towsley, Tom Ray, & Dick Thompson.
• Backgrounds: Robert Gribbroek
• Vocal Effects: Mel Blanc
• In Charge of Production: Les Goldman
• Co-Director & Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Music: Eugene Poddany
• Produced & Directed by Chuck Jones

Production notes[]

The title is a pun on the phrase "Is There a Doctor in the House?"

References[]

External links[]

• Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? at IMDb