That's My Pup!

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = That's My Pup!
series = Tom and Jerry


caption = The title card of "That's My Pup!"
director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
story_artist = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
animator = Kenneth Muse
Ray Patterson
Ed Barge Irven Spence
background_artist = Robert Gentle
voice_actor = Daws Butler as Spike (uncredited)
musician = Scott Bradley
producer = Fred Quimby
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = April 25, 1953
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 minutes 23 seconds
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0046417
preceded_by = "Johann Mouse"
followed_by = "Just Ducky"

"That's My Pup!" is the 76th one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short, created in 1952 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The short was animated by animators Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. This cartoon features the third pairing of Spike with his son Tyke. It was released on April 25, 1953 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Spike is teaching Tyke the three important rules of being a dog:

1) Being man's best friend;

2) Burying bones;

3) Third, and most importantly, how to chase cats, which Spike reveals is his speciality.

Observing Tom chasing Jerry and waiting by Jerry's mouse hole, Spike has the perfect cat to chase in Tom. He sneaks up behind Tom and barks ferociously. Tom is frightened out of his skin. Spike accosts Tom and gives him a stern, but more friendly than usual, warning.

"Listen, pussycat. my boy's loining to chase cats, and I don't want him to have any trouble. Understand?. When he starts barkin', you start climbin'. Is that clear?"

Thus, Tom's instructions are to start climbing the nearest tree once Tyke starts barking, in order to give the little pup some self esteem. Jerry, however, is eavesdropping on the conversation, and both Jerry and Tyke take it in turns to bark at Tom. When Jerry barks at Tom, Tom gets angry and stops Jerry from barking. Fed up of the constant frights and barking irritation, Tom traps Tyke up the top of a flagpole.Tyke yelps for help until Spike arrives. Spike calls on Tyke to check if he is all right. When Tyke barks for help, he falls down on top of Spike, who he comes to the (obvious) conclusion that Tom is responsible. Spike paints the flagpole with grease and barks at Tom who begins climbing up the flagpole. However, the grease slows him down, causing him to struggle. Spike then allows Tyke to bark in his place while Tom continues trying to climb the flagpole. By the cartoon's end, it is night time and Tyke is still barking away and Tom is still climbing in fear while Spike says,"that's my boy doin' that".