Smarty Cat

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Smarty Cat
series = Tom and Jerry


caption =
director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
story_artist = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
animator = Irven Spence
Kenneth Muse
Ed Barge
Michael Lah
background_artist = Vera Ohman
layout_artist = Richard Bickenbach
voice_actor =
musician = Scott Bradley
producer = Fred Quimby
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = flagicon|US October 14, 1955
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 6' 50"
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0048633
preceded_by = "Tom and Chérie"
followed_by = "Pecos Pest"

"Smarty Cat" is the 95th one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short, created in 1954, and released on October 14 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoon was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. Smarty Cat was animated by Kenneth Muse, Michael Lah, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with backgrounds by Vera Ohman and the layouts by Richard Bickenbach.

Plot

Tom's feline friends (Butch, Topsy and Meathead) bring over their home movies featuring moments from Tom's past where he humiliates Spike the bulldog ("Tom the Terrific Cat"). Jerry innocently wants to view the home movies as well, but the cats kick him out of the house several times. Frustrated and at the end of his tether, Jerry brings Spike over to peek at the home movies through the window. Spike sees himself being depicted as a bumbling fool and breaks into the screening, running off after the cats. Jerry films the ensuing action with his own movie camera.

Notes

*The cartoons featured in the flashbacks are:
**"Solid Serenade" ("Lover Boy")
**"Cat Fishin'" ("Dumb Dog")
**"Fit to be Tied" ("New Leash on Life")
*The closing titles do not display the usual "An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" caption that usually end a Tom and Jerry cartoon, but rather the standard blue "A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Cartoon" card.
*"Smarty Cat" was the last of the Hanna and Barbera-directed "wrap-around" cartoons in which the plot is based on flashbacks to earlier cartoons. It marks the final appearance of kitten and Meathead. [How to distinguish among Butch, Meathead and Lightning: Butch is black. Meathead is orange with a toupee over his head. Lightning is orange without a toupee over his head. ]

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