Feedin' the Kiddie

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Feedin' the Kiddie
series = Tom and Jerry

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caption = The title card of "Feedin' the Kiddie".
director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
story_artist = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
animator = Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Ray Patterson
layout_artist = Richard Bickenbach
background_artist = Don Driscoll
musician = Scott Bradley
producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = June 7, 1957
color_process = Technicolor CinemaScope Perspecta Stereo
runtime = 7 minutes 40 seconds
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0050384
preceded_by = "Timid Tabby"
followed_by = "Mucho Mouse"

"Feedin' the Kiddie" is is the 107th one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short, created in 1956, directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It is a CinemaScope remake of 1948's Academy Award winning cartoon, "The Little Orphan". In other words, it is essentially the same cartoon, but shot in Widescreen, with stylised backgrounds and thicker inklines around the characters. Additionally, a few elements of the original cartoon are missing, notably a few seconds trimmed from the beginning of the cartoon where Jerry raids his cupboards for food, and also, Mammy Two Shoes' brief cameo is missing. It was released on June 7, 1957 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Jerry has been asked to take care of Tuffy over the Thanksgiving holiday. However, Tuffy, as the note pinned to his scarf says, "loves to eat!"

In the next scene, Tuffy follows Jerry into the living room, where Tom is sleeping besides a bowl of cream. Jerry allows Tuffy to drink the cream from the bowl, before spotting a feast on the table in the dining room. Tuffy proceeds to eat certain foods from the table, while Jerry dresses himself and Tuffy as pilgrims, but the trouble begins when Tuffy swallows an orange whole. Jerry hits Tuffy with a knife to remove the orange. It shoots straight out of Tuffy's mouth and right into the sleeping Tom, waking him up.

After Tom's rude awakening, he spies on the two mice, and, wearing a feather duster as an Indian headdress, catches Tuffy. War begins. Jerry pops a champagne cork into Tom's face. Tom returns, grabbing Jerry. Tuffy takes a fork, and, propelled by a plate of jell-o, launches the fork into Tom's rear end. Tom picks up the offending fork and hurls it towards Tuffy, catching him by the diaper. As Tom catches Tuffy, Jerry runs up a nearby candlestick and whacks Tom in the face with a spoon.

Tom launches flaming pussy willows, melting Jerry and Tuffy's hiding places. As they flee, Jerry runs into a knife thrown by Tom, and is knocked out cold. Tom grabs Jerry once again. Tuffy catapults a pie into Tom's face, knocking the cat off the table. In a scene that is often cut from television, Tuffy catapults a candle onto Tom's tail, burning the cat, such that he appears in blackface. Finally, Tuffy launches a champagne bottle like a missile, which hits Tom and shoots him into a cabinet. Tom surrenders, waving the white flag.

In the final scene, Tom, Jerry and Tuffy say grace at the table. Tuffy finishes his prayers and proceeds to devour the entire turkey before Tom and Jerry are able to pick up their cutlery, leaving Jerry's nephew with a large belly that he pats in delight.

Trivia

*In the original version, Mammy Two Shoes is seen bringing a turkey to the table. This part is now omitted.
*In this cartoon, Nibbles is renamed Tuffy.
*When Tuffy rang Jerry's doorbell and came in, it was daytime in The Little Orphan. In this cartoon, it is nighttime.
*This is a re-animated version of 1948's "The Little Orphan".
*Last short animated by Irvine Spence before he went into retirement.
*The last of the Tom and Jerry CinemaScope recreations.
*The note Jerry receives in the beginning is different.
**In "The Little Orphan", the note is:
***"This is Nibbles, the little orphan you agreed to have as your guest for dinner on Thanksgiving Day."
"Thank you,"
"Bide A Wee Mouse Home"
"P.S. He's always hungry."
**In this cartoon, it's:
***"Dear Jerry:"
"Thanks for inviting your little nephew Tuffy to have Thanksgiving dinner with you."
"Cousin George"
"P.S. He loves to eat!"