Mouse into Space

Mouse into Space
Tom and Jerry series
Directed by	Gene Deitch
Produced by	William L. Snyder
Story by	Tod Dockstader
Voices by	Allen Swift
Music by	Steven Konicek (uncredited)
Studio	Rembrandt Films
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	United States February 1962
Color process	Metrocolor
Language	English
Preceded by	High Steaks
Followed by	Landing Stripling

Mouse into Space is a 1962 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder. It is the fifth of the thirteen cartoons made in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Plot

Jerry, tired of Tom's repeated attempts to kill him, leaves the house to join a space program. Tom tries to convince Jerry to stay, but to no avail.

While Jerry is tested for the space program, Tom becomes so distraught that he becomes an alcoholic. However, he falls asleep in a large hose that then gets used to fill a rocket Jerry is in with rocket fuel. Miraculously, he survives, and climbs the outside of the rocket to find Jerry in the nose capsule. He proceeds to torment Jerry, but success is short-lived as he accidentally steps on a button that ejects him into outer space. After brief encounters with a Soviet rocket (with a dog inside) and an asteroid field, Tom returns to Earth, soon followed by Jerry. The two then return to the house where the cartoon began, with Jerry now wearing a rocket-shaped badge. Tom places a lighter to the rocket, and it takes flight. Jerry then uses the rocket-shaped badge as a jet pack to chase after Tom. Tom packs his things and leaves as Jerry waves good-bye to him.

External links

• Mouse into Space at the Big Cartoon DataBase