History WesternAnimation / HatchUpYourTroubles

* DamselOutOfDistress: A gender-swapped example; Tom ties up a woodpecker chick, but he manages to get free himself.

* FluffyDryCat: [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible Feather-equivalent]]. When Tom pours lemonade on a baby woodpecker, the latter dries himself up, which greatly puffs up his feathers.
* ForcedToWatch: Tom tries making a baby woodpecker watch him axe Jerry (who he thought was his mother), as he ties the chick up to a pole that was in the vicinity of the event.

* {{Imprinting}}: After seeing Jerry, a baby woodpecker calls Jerry "mama". He starts following him everywhere and refuses to go back to his nest. Finally at the end when the mama woodpecker shows up, the baby changes his allegiance.

* {{Pun}}: We first see Tom (who's a cat) [[VillainsOutShopping while he's reading a magazine]] called "Saturday Evening Puss".

* {{Pun}}: We first see [[VillainsOutShopping Tom while he's reading a magazine]] called "Saturday Evening Puss".

It's a Franchise/TomAndJerry short. This one starts out with neither the cat nor the mouse but instead a mama woodpecker sitting on her egg. The mother leaves the nest to get food and naturally that is the precise moment where the egg hatches. The egg falls out of the nest and through some impressive good luck rolls right into Jerry's MouseHole. Jerry pulls the egg shell off and out comes a baby woodpecker with pecking skills that would put WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker to shame, [[{{Imprinting}} calling him "mama!"]]. Jerry finds the presence of the phenomenally destructive woodpecker chick inconvenient, but the woodpecker won't leave him. Eventually Tom notices the woodpecker chick and then both Jerry and the woodpecker have to save each other.

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. This one starts out with neither the cat nor the mouse but instead a mama woodpecker sitting on her egg. The mother leaves the nest to get food and naturally that is the precise moment where the egg hatches. The egg falls out of the nest and through some impressive good luck rolls right into Jerry's MouseHole. Jerry pulls the egg shell off and out comes a baby woodpecker with pecking skills that would put WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker to shame, [[{{Imprinting}} calling him "mama!"]]. Jerry finds the presence of the phenomenally destructive woodpecker chick inconvenient, but the woodpecker won't leave him. Eventually Tom notices the woodpecker chick and then both Jerry and the woodpecker have to save each other.

* VillainsOutShopping: Here, we first see [[CatsAreMean Tom]] as he's reading a magazine.

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. This one starts out with neither the cat nor the mouse but instead a mama woodpecker sitting on her egg. The mother leaves the nest to get food and naturally that is the precise moment where the egg hatches. The egg falls out of the nest and through some impressive good luck rolls right into Jerry's MouseHole. Jerry pulls the egg shell off and out comes a baby woodpecker with pecking skills that would put WesternAnimation/Woody Woodpecker to shame, [[{{Imprinting}} calling him "mama!"]]. Jerry finds the presence of the phenomenally destructive woodpecker chick inconvenient, but the woodpecker won't leave him. Eventually Tom notices the woodpecker chick and then both Jerry and the woodpecker have to save each other.

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. This one starts out with neither the cat nor the mouse but instead a mama woodpecker sitting on her egg. The mother leaves the nest to get food and naturally that is the precise moment where the egg hatches. The egg falls out of the nest and through some impressive good luck rolls right into Jerry's MouseHole. Jerry pulls the egg shell off and the baby woodpecker [[{{Imprinting}} calls him "mama!"]]. Jerry finds the presence of the phenomenally destructive woodpecker chick inconvenient, but the woodpecker won't leave him. Eventually Tom notices the woodpecker chick and then both Jerry and the woodpecker have to save each other.

* HaveAGayOldTime: We first see [[VillainsOutShopping Tom while he's reading a magazine]] called "Saturday Evening Puss".

* NearVillainVictory: Towards the short's ending, Tom nearly axes [[ArchEnemy Jerry]]... but he's stopped due to a [[HammeredIntoTheGround telephone poll falling on him]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. This one starts out with neither the cat nor the mouse but instead a mama woodpecker sitting on her egg. The mother leaves the nest to get food and naturally that is the precise moment where the egg hatches. The egg falls out of the nest and through some impressive good luck rolls right into Jerry's mouse hole. Jerry pulls the egg shell off and the baby woodpecker calls him "mama!" Jerry finds the presence of the phenomenally destructive woodpecker chick inconvenient, but the woodpecker won't leave him. Eventually Tom notices the woodpecker chick and then both Jerry and the woodpecker have to save each other.

Received a near-identical remake in 1955 named "The Egg and Jerry".

!!Tropes:

* DoorstopBaby: The egg rolls right through the door and in to Jerry's bed. Jerry is quite surprised to wake up and find a hatching egg under his covers.
* {{Expy}}: The baby woodpecker appears to be one of WesternAnimation/{{Woody Woodpecker}}.
* EyePop: Jerry does this when, after thinking he has returned the baby to its nest, finds it right behind him inside the mouse hole.
* HammeredIntoTheGround: Tom gets defeated in this manner.
* HaveAGayOldTime: Tom reads a newspaper called the "Saturday Evening Puss".

* {{Imprinting}}: The baby woodpecker calls Jerry "mama", follows him everywhere, and refuses to go back to his nest. Finally at the end when the mama woodpecker shows up, the baby is able to change his allegiance.
* LowClearance: As Tom is chasing after the baby woodpecker at top speed, Jerry sets out a rake at his neck level and Tom crashes right into it.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: You wouldn't think the mama woodpecker would need any since she was sitting on an egg, but she still has an apron.

Received a near-identical remake in 1955 as "The Egg and Jerry".

* EfficientDisplacement: When Jerry shuts the door on the woodpecker, it simply drills a woodpecker-shaped hole in the door and comes back in.

* {{Expy}}: The baby woodpecker appears to be one of WesternAnimation/{{WoodyWoodpecker}}.