History WesternAnimation / PussGetsTheBoot

* AllThereInTheManual: As mentioned above, Jerry is not yet named in this short, though [[https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/02/metro-myths.html?spref=fb&m=1 MGM's press gave him the name of Jinx.]]

The only screen credit on this film was "a Rudolf Ising Production." The short is notable for featuring the first appearances of the characters who would later be christened "Tom and Jerry" and would go on to appear in over 110 more short cartoons, seven of which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Short Subject. As such, Puss Gets the Boot gave the animated duo their first Oscar nomination, though the short [[AwardSnub lost out to another Rudolf Ising MGM cartoon]], ''The Milky Way''. In the short, Tom's name is Jasper and Jerry is not given a name[[note]]Bill Hanna gave an apocryphal statement that the mouse was named Jinx, but Joe Barbera claimed the mouse straight-up didnt have a name. Muddling things further is that MGM's press for the cartoon gave the mouse the name Pee-Wee[[/note]]. The plot set up the basic formula for Tom and Jerry cartoons for years to come, and as such, established many of the tropes commonly found in their shorts.

* AllThereInTheManual: As mentioned above, Jerry is not yet named in this short, though [[https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/02/metro-myths.html?spref=fb&m=1 MGM's press gave him the name of Pee-Wee.]]

** Another noticeable difference from later shorts is that the characters' names are completely different, the cat being named Jasper and the mouse being unnamed but possibly being called Pee-Wee. The very next short would switch to naming them Tom and Jerry, respectively, and Hanna & Barbera never looked back.

The short begins with the mouse, possibly named Pee-Wee but later known as Jerry, being tormented by Jasper, the cat later known as Tom (we'll refer to them by their finalized names from here on, for convenience's sake). Jerry struggles to stay alive, being chased by Tom until he unwittingly knocks over a houseplant, raising the ire of Mammy Two-Shoes, his owner. She delivers Tom an ultimatum; if he knocks down one more thing, she'll throw him out. Jerry uses this ultimatum to his advantage, and manages to turn the tables on Tom by threatening to knock fragile things over for the rest of the short, and of course, HilarityEnsues.

** The maid was also unaware of Jinx's presence.

** While Jerry looks slightly different from his more famous incarnation, Tom is completely unrecognizable, looking and sounding more like a real cat. It's rumored that his heavy retool came mostly from the directors realizing that the more realistic he looked, the less funny it would be when he got hurt.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: UK airings keep the Maid's voice the same and only fix her spelling of "out".

The only screen credit on this film was "a Rudolf Ising Production." The short is notable for featuring the first appearances of the characters who would later be christened "Tom and Jerry" and would go on to appear in over 110 more short cartoons, seven of which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Short Subject. As such, Puss Gets the Boot gave the animated duo their first Oscar nomination, though the short [[AwardSnub lost out to another Rudolf Ising MGM cartoon]], ''The Milky Way''. In the short, Tom's name is Jasper and Jerry is not given a name[[note]]Bill Hanna gave an apocryphal statement that the mouse was named Jinx, but Joe Barbera claimed the mouse straight-up didnt have a name. Muddling things further is that MGM's press for the cartoon gave the mouse the name Pee-Wee[[/note]] [[/note)). The plot set up the basic formula for Tom and Jerry cartoons for years to come, and as such, established many of the tropes commonly found in their shorts.

The only screen credit on this film was "a Rudolf Ising Production." The short is notable for featuring the first appearances of the characters who would later be christened "Tom and Jerry" and would go on to appear in over 110 more short cartoons, seven of which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Short Subject. As such, Puss Gets the Boot gave the animated duo their first Oscar nomination, though the short [[AwardSnub lost out to another Rudolf Ising MGM cartoon]], ''The Milky Way''. In the short, Tom's name is Jasper and Jerry is not given a name, but was known among the animators via model sheets as "Jinx". The plot set up the basic formula for Tom and Jerry cartoons for years to come, and as such, established many of the tropes commonly found in their shorts.

The short begins with Jinx, the mouse later known as Jerry, being tormented by Jasper, the cat later known as Tom (we'll refer to them by their finalized names from here on, for convenience's sake). Jerry struggles to stay alive, being chased by Tom until he unwittingly knocks over a houseplant, raising the ire of Mammy Two-Shoes, his owner. She delivers Tom an ultimatum; if he knocks down one more thing, she'll throw him out. Jerry uses this ultimatum to his advantage, and manages to turn the tables on Tom by threatening to knock fragile things over for the rest of the short, and of course, HilarityEnsues.

* AllThereInTheManual: As mentioned above, Jerry is not yet named in this short, though the model sheets gave him the prototype name of Jinx.

* AsideGlance: Jinx/Jerry winks at the 4th wall.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: UK airings keep Mammy's voice the same and only fix her spelling of "out".

* DishDash: Jinx/Jerry piles dozens of dishes into Jasper's/Tom's paws near the end of the episode, [[spoiler: and then causes him to drop them, getting Tom kicked out.]]

** Another noticeable difference from later shorts is that the characters' names are completely different, the cat being named Jasper and the mouse Jinx. The very next short would switch to naming them Tom and Jerry, respectively, and Hanna & Barbera never looked back.
** Mammy Two-Shoes was also unaware of Jinx's presence.

* TheFaceless: Mammy Two-Shoes.

* GracefulLoser: As Mammy drags him outside by the tail, Jasper just calmly grimaces and taps his paw.

* JustToyingWithThem: Jasper is content to simply play around with Jinx, and while tormenting him, has no intentions to harm him beyond slapstick. That is, until Jinx ''[[NoNonsenseNemesis punches him right in the eye]]''. Jasper becomes determined to [[JustEatHim eat Jinx]] for the rest of the cartoon.
* KarmicTrickster: Jerry/Jinx

* MisspellingOutLoud: Mammy misspells "out" twice in this short (first as "o-w-t," then as "o-u-w-t"). More recent version use the less racist re-dub which does away with this unflattering character trait, although it did pop up in [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones a different cartoon from the same creators a few times]].
* NoNameGiven: For Jerry/Jinx, and Mammy Two-Shoes.
* NowILayMeDownToSleep: Jinx says it when he's caught by Jasper, though it's sped up in a chipmunk-like voice and hard to distinguish.
* OneShotCharacter: Jasper and Jinx originally were destined to be this, but positive reaction to this short caused the executives to decide that more should be made, and the ''Tom and Jerry'' series was born.

* SassyBlackWoman: Mammy of course.
* SayYourPrayers: Jerry/Jinx does this in a high-pitched chipmunk voice when Jasper/Tom catches him by the tail.
* TheSpeechless: Mammy is the only one with spoken dialog, besides the aforementioned SayYourPrayers scene, which is unintelligible anyway.

''Puss Gets the Boot'' is an {{WesternAnimation/MGM Oneshot Cartoon|s}}, and is the first WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer. It was produced by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]] ([[InNameOnly who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production]]) and directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]], their first collaboration (which would turn into a partnership lasting for more than half a century), with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.

* JustToyingWithThem: Jasper is content to simply play around with Jinx, and while tormenting him, has no intentions to harm him. That is, until Jinx ''[[NoNonsenseNemesis punches him right in the eye]]''. Jasper becomes determined to [[JustEatHim eat Jinx]] for the rest of the cartoon.

* TheFaceless: Mammy Two-Shoes

* TheThirties: As it was released in early 1940, it gives a glimpse into the cultural 30's/Depression Era. Downplaed a bit, however, because except for in America, the 30's ended in 1939 with the start of WWII.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: While Jerry looks slightly different from his more famous incarnation, Tom is completely unrecognizable, looking and sounding more like a real cat. It's rumored that his heavy retool came mostly from the directors realizing that the more realistic he looked, the less funny it would be when he got hurt.

The short begins with the mouse later known as Jerry being tormented by the cat later known as Tom (we'll refer to them as such from here on, for convenience's sake). Jerry struggles to stay alive, being chased by Tom until he unwittingly knocks over a houseplant, raising the ire of Mammy Two-Shoes, his owner. She delivers Tom an ultimatum; if he knocks down one more thing, she'll throw him out. Jerry uses this ultimatum to his advantage, and manages to turn the tables on Tom by threatening to knock fragile things over for the rest of the short, and of course, HilarityEnsues.

** This episode has been portrayed as another Tom and Jerry episode for decades, so viewers are generally expected to see that as a more of TheDogBitesBack rather than KickTheDog.

* MisspellingOutLoud: Mammy misspells "out" twice in this short (first as "o-w-t," then as "o-u-w-t") -- in the uncut version. In the redubbed version, the joke is lost in favor of PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad (Mammy's voice was redubbed with one that didn't sound "stereotypically black" and had proper grammar and spelling).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Tom looks nearly completely different from his later form, much more like a real cat. Jerry looks a little strange as well, but not so much as Tom.

* LIsForDyslexia: Mammy misspells "out" twice in this short (first as "o-w-t," then as "o-u-w-t") -- in the uncut version. In the redubbed version, the joke is lost in favor of PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad (Mammy's voice was redubbed with one that didn't sound "stereotypically black" and had proper grammar and spelling).

''Puss Gets the Boot'' is an {{WesternAnimation/MGM Oneshot Cartoon|s}}, and is the first WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer. It was produced by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]] ([[InNameOnly who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production]]) and directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]], their first collaboration (which would turn into a partnership lasting for more than half a century), with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.

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'''''Puss Gets the Boot''''' is an MGMOneshotCartoon, and is the first WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] by MetroGoldwynMayer. It was produced by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]] ([[InNameOnly who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production]]) and directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]], their first collaboration (which would turn into a partnership lasting for more than half a century), with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.

''Puss Gets The Boot'' is an MGMOneshotCartoon, and is the first WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] by MetroGoldwynMayer. It was produced by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]] ([[InNameOnly who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production]]) and directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]], their first collaboration (which would turn into a partnership lasting for more than half a century), with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.

The only screen credit on this film was "a Rudolf Ising Production." The short is notable for featuring the first appearances of the characters who would later be christened "Tom and Jerry" and would go on to appear in over 110 more short cartoons, seven of which won the AcademyAward for Best Short Subject. As such, Puss Gets the Boot gave the animated duo their first Oscar nomination, though the short [[AwardSnub lost out to another Rudolf Ising MGM cartoon]], ''The Milky Way''. In the short, Tom's name is Jasper and Jerry is not given a name, but was known among the animators via model sheets as "Jinx". The plot set up the basic formula for Tom and Jerry cartoons for years to come, and as such, established many of the tropes commonly found in their shorts.

''Puss Gets The Boot'' is an MGMOneshotCartoon, and is the first WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] by MetroGoldwynMayer. It was produced by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]] ([[InNameOnly who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production]]) and directed by [[HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]], their first collaboration (which would turn into a partnership lasting for more than half a century), with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.