The Zoot Cat


The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short. It was released to theatres on February 10, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated.
After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.

Voice cast

Note: All voice actors are uncredited
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    Censorship

Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Jerry smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.