Baby Puss (Short 1943)

Baby Puss (Short 1943). 8m | Approved

“Even by Tom and Jerryu0026#39;s own violent standards, Baby Puss is disturbingly callous. It begins with an unusual premise – the usual u0026#39;owneru0026#39;, the plump black maid, is nowhere to be seen, and Tom appears to have been catnapped by an annoying little girl who wants to play mummy-and-baby with him. Tom puts up with this nonsense because he loves the bottled milk she feeds him, but this cosseted life comes to an end when Jerry invites Tomu0026#39;s alley cat friends to see how their leader is being humiliated. This leads to a lengthy slapstick sequence in which Tom is bullied relentlessly, and maybe itu0026#39;s because heu0026#39;s dressed as a toddler that I found this quite hard to take, especially the part where his head is blown up like a balloon and later stamped on repeatedly. Iu0026#39;m no wimp and I usually love violent cartoons, but this seemed too close to child abuse for comfort. Having said that, there are plenty of laughs and even – unusually for a 1940s cartoon – a couple of jokes about vomiting!”