AWESOME-tober-fest 2015: The Invisible Mouse (1947)
The Invisible Mouse was an episode of Tom and Jerry directed by Hanna and Barbera and was released in 1947.
It was a parody of the Invisible Man concept from both the HG Wells novel and the Universal Studios movie (which was released 14 years prior to the cartoon).
As usual the cartoon starts with the rampant chasing and violence between Tom and Jerry. They chase each other up a flight of stairs, jump on the banister and start sliding down. Then Jerry shifts to a second banister to avoid….wait, WHAT?! I don’t think banisters work that way. What the hell is going on there?
Jerry jumps on the counter, finds a “chemo set” and jumps in a random bottle to evade Tom. However, it seems that Jerry accidentally jumped into a bottle of “invisible ink”. And it’s turning him invisible.
Interesting. Jerry’s invisibility is not hampered by seeing your food through your stomach. Whatever he eats seems to immediately turn invisible.
But he still apparently casts a shadow. Wait, what?! What is the light reflecting around to cause that shadow?!
Jerry has lots of fun with his new invisibility. He gives Tom the classic “hot foot” and tees off on Tom’s backside with what looks like a 3 Wood.
The short ends with Jerry banishing Tom from the house by getting Spike the dog to chase after him and then laying on Tom’s pillow drinking his chocolate milk. Which seems to restore Jerry back to visible?! Okay.
Well, this particular version of invisible has some goofy rules but what can you expect from a Tom and Jerry cartoon? It’s still a fairly enjoyable watch for fans of the show.
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