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* JustSoStory: Provides the origins of Tom Bawcock's Eve, a festival held in Mousehole on December 23rd.
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* MoreExpendableThanYou: Tom's justification for going out for a catch, since he's a widower and their children have moved on.
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* SettingUpdate: Appears to be set in the 1800s, although Tom's inspiration, Tom Bawcock, is said to have lived in the 16th century.
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The short was commissioned by Channel 4 and narrated by Siân Phillips.
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The short was commissioned by Channel 4 and narrated by Siân Phillips.
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* BadassGrandpa: Old Tom goes out fishing in one of the worst storms ever seen so the people in his town will have food again.
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''The Mousehole Cat'' is a 1994 animated short film based on the children's book of the same name by Antonia Barber. It is based on the legend of Cornish fisherman [[CoolOldGuy Tom Bawcock]] and tells the tale of his cat, Mowzer, who goes with her owner on a fishing expedition in rough seas to save their town from starvation.
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T'was Mousehole 'pon Tom Bawcock's Eve\\
To be there then, who wouldn't wish\\
To sup on seven sorts o' fish''
-->-- '''"Tom Bawcock's Eve"''' (1927), by Robert Morton Nance
''The Mousehole Cat'' is a 1994 animated short film based on the children's book of the same name by Antonia Barber.
The story is based on the
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'''''The Mousehole Cat''''' is a 1994 animated short film based on the children's book of the same name by Antonia Barber. It is based on the legend of Cornish fisherman [[CoolOldGuy Tom Bawcock]] and tells the tale of his cat, Mowzer, who goes with her owner on a fishing expedition in rough seas to save their town from starvation.
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* TrueCompanions: Mowzer and Old Tom.
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* TrueCompanions: Mowzer and Old Tom.Tom.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted with Mowzer and played straight with the Great Storm Cat.
* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.
* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.
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* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.
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* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.HeroicSacrifice: Old Tom, and by extension Mowzer, are prepared to make one if they have to. Tom even says they'll either get the fish or die trying.
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* MakingASplash: The Great Storm Cat controls the sea.
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: Mowzer's singing tames the Great Storm Cat.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Mowzer comes to pity they Great Storm Cat when she realises how lonely he must be.
* ToServeMan: The Great Storm Cat likes to eat the "mice-men".
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: Mowzer's singing tames the Great Storm Cat.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Mowzer comes to pity they Great Storm Cat when she realises how lonely he must be.
* ToServeMan: The Great Storm Cat likes to eat the "mice-men".
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* LimitedAnimation: A stylistic choice. The short feels more like an illustrated book with a few frames of animation per page than a traditional cartoon.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Old Tom is one and his cat loves him dearly.
* LimitedAnimation: A stylistic choice. The short feels more like an illustrated book with a few frames of animation per page than a traditionalcartoon.cartoon.
* TrueCompanions: Mowzer and Old Tom.
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* TrueCompanions: Mowzer and Old Tom.
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'''''The Mousehole Cat''''' is a 1994 animated short film based on the children's book of the same name by Antonia Barber. It is based on the legend of Cornish fisherman [[CoolOldGuy Tom Bawcock]] and tells the tale of his cat, Mowzer, who goes with her owner on a fishing expedition in rough seas to save their town from starvation.
The short was commissioned by Channel 4 and narrated by Siân Phillips.
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!!''The Mousehole Cat'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the children's book of the same name.
* BadassGrandpa: Old Tom goes out fishing in one of the worst storms ever seen so the people in his town will have food again.
* FoodPorn: The various beautifully painted fish dishes.
* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.
* LimitedAnimation: A stylistic choice. The short feels more like an illustrated book with a few frames of animation per page than a traditional cartoon.
The short was commissioned by Channel 4 and narrated by Siân Phillips.
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!!''The Mousehole Cat'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the children's book of the same name.
* BadassGrandpa: Old Tom goes out fishing in one of the worst storms ever seen so the people in his town will have food again.
* FoodPorn: The various beautifully painted fish dishes.
* CoolOldLady: Mowzer is a cat version.
* LimitedAnimation: A stylistic choice. The short feels more like an illustrated book with a few frames of animation per page than a traditional cartoon.
