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The featured clips that Tom watches and studies in this cartoon is by far the best asset here, and are actually better than the cartoon itself. Shutter Bugged Cat, although it was really nice to see those Tom and Jerry gems and it moves swiftly, was just another unnecessary "best-of" tribute. The animation is not that great really, it is in the clips not in the cartoon itself, the backgrounds are flat and lifeless and Tom looks odd. The music is lacking and not dynamic enough, and the cartoon itself just isn't funny. The funniest it actually came to was the ending, though I had the sense I had seen it elsewhere. Tom is given little to do, while Jerry is equally underused. Overall, a disappointment, not the worst Tom and Jerry cartoon, but unnecessary and a long way from the best. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Most of the Short Films of the Chuck Jones era are complete Masterpieces, among several of his Best shorts are, O Solar Meow, The Cat Above and The Mouse Below and Snowbody Loves me, this one falls into the category of Misfortunes, it does not present anything original, It's about Tom watching a compilation of scenes (Obviously Stock Footage) from his old adventures in the Hanna Barbera era (Even the scene where he dies in The Heavenling Puss, isn't that supposed to be a dream?) While making notes , and ends with a recycled "Tom Designs" ending.

It's not the best we can say, but at best it's better than the "Clip-Shows" made by Depatie-Freleng Enterprises in the mid-70s, The scenes feature revamped Music and Filters applied, Dean's music Elliot (which is pretty decent) doesn't really fit because Bradley's Orchestral Tone was the Original in those scenes and Bill Lava's Jazz Style doesn't fit.

It's really not very good, but compared to the Awful Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Filmation in the 80s, this is a masterpiece.

Why do they make a kind of "the best of"-collection, with Tom watching old movies of himself and Jerry. And the ending in this film is the same as the classic "Designs on Jerry" (1955). Have they finally run out of ideas?

Tom is watching home movies of his past encounters with Jerry, noting down exactly where he went wrong in order to help him design the perfect mousetrap.

Shutter Bugged Cat deserves the lowest possible rating for trying to pass off a scene from Designs On Jerry (1955) as something new, as if Tom and Jerry fans wouldn't notice. Even those not familiar with the '50s classic will surely notice the vast difference in quality between the pilfered footage and the less detailed newer animation.

1/10.

I don't know why this short was even made , it's simply a reworking of the far superior short "Designs on Jerry" from 1955 and even shamelessly borrows clips from that short. i mean, it's really stupid and adds nothing . Just a really dumb ending with Tom tearing up his work instead of cussing. Total garbage.