Baby Puss

One of the funniest Tom & Jerry cartoons ever made. Tom getting dressed up as a baby by a little girl is priceless in itself. Add Jerry, and a few alley cats to the mix, and you got one funny cartoon. Not to be missed!

The first Tom and Jerry cartoons always caught my attention because of the Character Designs and obviously because it was the beginning, there were excellent shorts and my favorite was "The Night Before Christmas", Baby Puss although a little more Cruel and Sadistic than normal, I loved it both Visually and Musically.

Here we see an Evil Girl named Nancy who Forces her Cat (Tom) to dress up as Bebe, Jerry provokes Tom but the Girl threatens the Cat that she will give him Castor Oil if he moves from there.

That Part of the Cartoon is Favored by the First appearances of the Alley Cats which, although they give Tom the Suffering, is the funniest Part of the cartoon.

Of course, it was the beginning, the Character Designs are strange, especially the Stray Cats, but even so, the Animation is Phenomenal and Even to the degree of Disney, I liked the backgrounds, they are quite colorful and quite well drawn.

The Music is at its Maximum Splendor, obviously it is fun and Frenetic but the Part where the Alley Cats sing "Mamãe eu Quero" is the Funniest Part and at the same time, one of the best musical scenes of the Entire Series, It is Accompanied by scenes Funny and the Musical Brilliance is at its Maximum Potential.

Baby Puss can be Sadistic, petty and Annoying but it really is a Good Cartoon of Tom and Jerry, it has a Funny Setting and the Alley Cats steal the Spotlight from Tom and Jerry, the Musical scene of the Cats is Incredible and the Cartoon looks Benefited from quite a few funny gags.

In itself, it's not the Best Tom and Jerry Cartoon, but it's not the Worst either, it's fun and has excellent animation and music, it has memorable scenes like Jerry Bathing in the Dollhouse and the Stray Cats singing "¡Mamãe eu Quero!" it's just fascinating, a little sadistic but Jerry ends up getting what he deserves when he swallows castor oil and is forced to Vomit it out the window with Tom, the Cats, although they didn't get their Deserved, they contributed a lot to the Cartoon and this is Tom and Jerry in Pure state!.

For everything I said above, Baby Puss gets an 8.

An annoying prepubescent white girl dresses Tom the cat up as a baby, a bonnet, little booties, a diaper, the whole nine yards. Tom only puts up with it to get the delicious milk and is having a good time until Jerry the mouse sees him which enrages him while the mouse mocks him. Later Jerry gets Tom's feline friends over and embarrass's him further. I hear some people say this one is too sadistic. Hello.. this is a Tom and Jerry cartoon people. If you think it's too sadistic go watch the ultra-liberal crap-fest that is "Captain Planet" This hilarious cartoon can be found on disc one of the Spotlight collection DVD of "Tom & Jerry".

My Grade: A

Even by Tom and Jerry's own violent standards, Baby Puss is disturbingly callous. It begins with an unusual premise - the usual 'owner', 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 Tom'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 it's because he'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. I'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!

This is one of my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons. There isn't much plot, but everything that happens is just so delightful, funny, and beautifully animated, it's hard not to love. Tom's bratty alleycat friends are always fun to watch, and Tom is definitely at his most helpless and adorable. For old music fans, Baby Puss features a dozen great old standards brilliantly orchestrated.