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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Muscles and Jerry look exactly alike. This allows Jerry to impersonate Muscles and get the advantage over a terrified Tom.

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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Muscles and Jerry (who are cousins) look exactly alike. This allows Jerry to impersonate Muscles and get the advantage over a terrified Tom.

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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short (7½ minutes), directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Franchise/TomAndJerry short (7½ minutes), directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].



* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Muscles and Jerry look exactly alike. This allows Jerry to impersonate Muscles and get the advantage over a terrified Tom.

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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Muscles and Jerry look exactly alike. This allows Jerry to impersonate Muscles and get the advantage over a terrified Tom.Tom.
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* EliteMooks: Tom recruits a gang of three intimidating tough-guy cats to take care of Muscles. Muscles beats all three of them senseless, after which Tom surrenders.

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* EliteMooks: Tom recruits a gang of three intimidating tough-guy cats to take care of Muscles. Muscles They end up being no match for Muscles, who beats all three of them senseless, after which Tom surrenders.



** This later happens to Muscles himself, though he immediately retalitiates.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who notice that he is heading their way ran for their lives and Butch creates a makeshift grave to hide from him. (A great indication that Tom isn't going to win.)

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** This later happens to Muscles himself, though he immediately retalitiates.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]].sternly leaves]]. The cats who notice that he is heading their way ran for their lives and Butch creates a makeshift grave to hide from him. (A great indication that Tom isn't going to win.)
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* TheDreaded: When Muscles goes back to his mousehole to see the letter he has received, all of the cats run away in fear...except one, who literally digs himself a grave in the sidewalk.

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* TheDreaded: When Muscles goes back to leaves his mousehole mouse hole to see the letter he has received, go help Jerry, all of the cats run away in fear...except one, who literally digs himself a grave in the sidewalk.
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* TemptingFate: Muscles and Jerry are relaxing on Tom’s bed, but the former notices his cousin nervously looking around for any signs of Tom, and airily says, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen." That’s when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon, though.

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* TemptingFate: Muscles and Jerry are relaxing on Tom’s bed, but the former notices his cousin nervously looking around for any signs of Tom, and airily says, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen." That’s when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon, though.however.
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* NiceHat: Muscles and the three tough cats all wear derby hats.

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* NoSell: Downplayed. When a muscly Tom bashes Muscles upside the head, he is briefly seen being almost SquashedFlat, but he quickly gets up and [[InflatingBodyGag retaliates.]]
** Later, when Tom sends three big, intimidating cats to fight Muscles, they initially give Muscles a run for his money, sending him flying across the room. Muscles simply marches back up to them and gives them a brutal offscreen beatdown.

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* NoSell: Downplayed. When a muscly Tom bashes Muscles upside the head, he is briefly seen being almost SquashedFlat, but he quickly gets up and [[InflatingBodyGag retaliates.]]
** Later, when Tom sends three big, intimidating cats to fight Muscles, they initially give Muscles a run for his money, sending him flying across the room. Muscles simply marches back up to them and gives them a brutal offscreen beatdown.
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* NoSell: Downplayed. When a muscly Tom bashes Muscles upside the head, he is briefly seen being almost SquashedFlat, but he quickly gets up and [[InflatingBodyGag retaliates.]]
** Later, when Tom sends three big, intimidating cats to fight Muscles, they initially give Muscles a run for his money, sending him flying across the room. Muscles simply marches back up to them and gives them a brutal offscreen beatdown.
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* TheDreaded: When Muscles goes back to his mousehole to see the letter he has received, all of the cats run away in fear...except one, who literally digs himself a grave in the sidewalk.


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** This later happens to Muscles himself, though he immediately retalitiates.


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* SuperStrength: Muscles, obviously. He breaks a vase by ''spitting on it!''
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* IKissYourFoot: Near the end of the short, Tom kisses Muscle Mouse's foot. In its ending, he also both of Jerry's feet as he was disguised as Muscles.

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* IKissYourFoot: Near the end of the short, Tom kisses Muscle Mouse's foot. In its ending, he also kisses both of Jerry's feet as after he was disguised himself as Muscles.
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* IKissYourFoot: Near the end of the short, Tom kisses Muscle Mouse's foot. In its ending, he also both of Jerry's feet as he was disguised as Muscles.



* TemptingFate: Muscles and Jerry are relaxing on Tom’s bed, but the former notices his cousin nervously looking around for any signs of Tom, and airily says, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen." That’s when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.

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* TemptingFate: Muscles and Jerry are relaxing on Tom’s bed, but the former notices his cousin nervously looking around for any signs of Tom, and airily says, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen." That’s when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.soon, though.
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* BowledOver: Played with; when Muscles knocks Tom off the ground with the bowling ball (which Tom had just earlier dropped on Muscles), Tom falls back to the ground in ten bowling pin-shaped pieces.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being a seemingly ordinary mouse, Muscles is strong enough to give any cat a run for their money.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who notice that he is heading their way run for their lives and Butch creates a makeshift grave to hide from him.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who notice that he is heading their way run ran for their lives and Butch creates a makeshift grave to hide from him.him. (A great indication that Tom isn't going to win.)
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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated short film (7½ minutes) directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouse [[EstablishingCharacterMoment kicking the bejesus out of all the cats]] in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.

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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short film (7½ minutes) minutes), directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouse [[EstablishingCharacterMoment kicking the bejesus out of all the cats]] in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who noticed that he was heading their way ran for their lives and Butch created a makeshift grave to hide from him.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who noticed notice that he was is heading their way ran run for their lives and Butch created creates a makeshift grave to hide from him.
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* ForciblyFormedPhysique: Tom has been punched across the room by Muscles and falls inside a vase. When Muscles spits at the vase and it breaks apart, Tom has been contorted to fit its shape, including having his arms bent like the handles.

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* ForciblyFormedPhysique: Tom has been punched tossed across the room by Muscles and falls inside a vase. When Muscles spits at the vase and it breaks apart, Tom has been contorted to fit its shape, including having his arms bent like the handles.



* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Muscles inflates his hand to monster size and then punches Tom across the room and into a flower vase.

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* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Muscles inflates his hand to monster size and then punches Tom across the room and into a flower vase.cuckoo clock.
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* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen," when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.

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* TemptingFate: Muscles is and Jerry are relaxing on Tom’s bed, but the former notices his cousin nervously looking around for any signs of Tom, and airily saying, says, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen," happen." That’s when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.
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* ForciblyFormedPhysique: Tom has been punched across the room by Muscles and falls inside a vase. When Muscles spits at the vase and it breaks apart, Tom has been contorted to fit its shape, including having his arms bent like the handles.
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* MetronomicManMashing: Muscles is introduced rhythmically slamming cats back and forth by the tail in Hogan's Alley. He later does the same to Tom.

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* MetronomicManMashing: Muscles Mouse is introduced rhythmically slamming cats back and forth by the tail in Hogan's Alley. He later does the same to Tom.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who noticed that he was heading their way ran for their lives and Butch who is notably Tom's rival created a makeshift grave to hide from him.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who noticed that he was heading their way ran for their lives and Butch who is notably Tom's rival created a makeshift grave to hide from him.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Muscles got Jerry's letter for help, he [[OhCrap looks pissed]]. The cats who noticed that he was heading their way ran for their lives and Butch who is notably Tom's rival created a makeshift grave to hide from him.
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It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouse kicking the bejesus out of all the cats in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.

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It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouse [[EstablishingCharacterMoment kicking the bejesus out of all the cats cats]] in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.
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* NiceHat: Muscles and the three tough cats all wear derby hats.
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* MeaningfulName: He's named Muscles for a reason.
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* CurbStompBattle: Every fight between Muscles and any cat in the short ends this way, though the three cat thugs [[CurbStompCushion briefly knock Muscles across the room]] before getting annihilated.


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* OutsideContextProblem: It's obvious why Tom surrenders to Muscles at the end; clearly, he has no idea how to handle a mouse that resists all his tricks and can beat up any cat.
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* TheJuggernaut: Muscles. None of Tom's [[NoSell tactics work]] and no other cat, including Tom or the three thugs, can physically match Muscles.

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* InflatedBodyGag: Muscles blows up his fist to a comically large size in order to punch Tom across the room.

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* InflatedBodyGag: InflatingBodyGag: Muscles blows up his fist to a comically large size in order to punch Tom across the room.
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* EliteMooks: Tom recruits a gang of three intimidating tough-guy cats to take care of Muscles. Muscles beats all three of them senseless, after which Tom surrenders.



* InflatedBodyGag: Muscles blows up his fist to a comically large size in order to punch Tom across the room.
* MetronomicManMashing: Muscles is introduced rhythmically slamming cats back and forth by the tail in Hogan's Alley. He later does the same to Tom.



* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen," when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.

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* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen," when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.soon.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Muscles and Jerry look exactly alike. This allows Jerry to impersonate Muscles and get the advantage over a terrified Tom.
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Muscles Mouse, not Muscles Mouth


''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated short film (7 1/2 minutes) directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouth kicking the bejesus out of all the cats in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.

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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated short film (7 1/2 (7½ minutes) directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouth Mouse kicking the bejesus out of all the cats in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.
Tom.



* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen" when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.

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* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying saying, "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen" happen," when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.
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''Jerry's Cousin'' is a 1950 animated short film (7 1/2 minutes) directed by [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]].

It's a WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short. The film starts with one Muscles Mouth kicking the bejesus out of all the cats in "Hogan's Alley". Muscles gets a letter in the mail from his cousin Jerry, pleading for help. Muscles arrives to find Jerry cowering behind his dinner table as Tom chucks dynamite stick after dynamite stick into the mouse hole. The tables are rapidly turned as Muscles the super-mouse goes after Tom.

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* AsideGlance: Jerry's triumphant smile at the camera at the end, after Tom, who thinks that Jerry is Muscles, meekly kisses Jerry's feet.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Tom gets in a lot of trouble as soon as Muscles shows up.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Muscles inflates his hand to monster size and then punches Tom across the room and into a flower vase.
* TemptingFate: Muscles is airily saying "Relax, cousin, nothing's gonna happen" when Tom drops a bowling ball on him from the attic. He comes back soon.

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