A Mouse in the House

A Mouse in the House is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 32nd Tom and Jerry cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on August 30, 1947 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, and re-released for reissue on May 7, 1955.

Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Produced by Fred Quimby.

Dialogue

Mammy-Two-Shoes: [first lines] Land sakes, that pesky mouse has been having a jam session right here in my bread box! And look at the raided refrigerator! And the nibblets on the chocolate cake! Boy, what is this? A holiday for mice? And me with two cats in the house! [begins a search for the cats Tom and Butch] Boy, when I lay my hands those two good-for-nothing lazy... [finds Tom and Butch resting] Well, gentlemen! I'm glad to see you is enjoying your little fiesta! [Tom and Butch nod in confirmation] You is comfortable ain't you? [both confirm] And is you both getting plenty of nice fresh cream? [both confirm] Well, I'm glad youse is satisfied... [enters a state of anger] 'CAUSE I AIN'T! [Tom and Butch gasp before holding on to one another in fear] There's a mouse in the house, and there's two cats! But there's only gonna be one cat in this house in the morning, and that's the cat that catches that mouse! Now get going!

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[Last lines; after Tom and Butch accidentally smacked Mammy Two-Shoe's butt with the frying pan and the coal shovel, which they thought they were in disguise to catch Jerry]

Mammy-Two-Shoes: [angrily grabs Tom and Butch by their tails] Hold on there you crazy cats! [viciously attacks the cats off-screen] Take this! Good-for-nothing, reckless low-down! Here, take that! [throws Butch onto the wall] And this and that! [throws Tom, which pushes Butch, out of the house]

[Jerry dusts his hands, thinking he has won, but then sees Mammy tapping her foot, causing the mouse to slowly exit the house himself. The cartoon begins to iris out, but not before Jerry waves goodbye at Mammy before closing the door and dashes away]

Voice cast

• Lillian Randolph as Mammy Two Shoes (1947 original version) (uncredited)
• Thea Vidale as Mammy Two Shoes (1990 dubbed version) (uncredited)
• William Hanna as Tom's and Butch's Screams (uncredited)
• Frank Graham as Butch Cat (uncredited)

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Creators	William Hanna · Joseph Barbera
Characters	Tom Cat · Jerry Mouse
Feature films	Animated films	Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
	Live action films	Tom & Jerry (2021)
Television series	Tom and Jerry
Short films	Tom and Jerry shorts