History Fridge / TomAndJerry

** Tom's very blatant feelings for Toodles do a lot to explain why his actions in this short. He doesn't go after Jerry despite continual antagonism not just because Toodles is protecting him but because Tom genuinely cares about Toodles enough that he doesn't want to upset her. Tom finally has enough and tries to kill Jerry after the mouse laughs about him getting thrown out because not only is Jerry now dealing real damage to their relationship because he's utterly exploiting Toots' goodwill but is openly [[KickTheDog enjoying the misery it cause for Tom]]. And Tom cheers at the end not just for Jerry getting his comeuppance but also for Toots getting back at someone who was manipulating her the whole time.

* It seems a little like a left field turn in "Love Me, Love My Mouse" that Toots turns on Jerry so quickly when she finds out how he tastes after spending the whole short falling to CutenessProximity but it's less improbable when you see it as Jerry getting his KarmaHoudiniWarranty. Most of the trouble in the short was from Jerry constantly setting it up to look like Tom is trying to eat him. Tom wasn't happy about the whole mess but in a rare show of restraint he didn't actually try to get back at Jerry for it. Meanwhile Jerry kept giving him grief, in excess to anything Tom actually did manage to do him this time.

** Also Tom doesn't actually retaliate until Jerry laughs at him getting tossed out on his rear. Tom didn't respond to his troublemaking up to that point likely because he saw it as just more of their usual dynamic or at least felt actively antagonizing Toots wasn't a worthwhile tradeoff just to try and get at Jerry. Jerry outright mocking him for being thrown out by his LoveInterest though? That's the line.
** Tom's very blatant feelings for Toots do a lot to explain why his actions in this short. He doesn't go after Jerry despite continual antagonism not just because Toots is protecting him but because Tom genuinely cares about Toots enough that he doesn't want to upset her. Tom finally has enough and tries to kill Jerry after the mouse laughs about him getting thrown out because not only is Jerry now dealing real damage to their relationship because he's utterly exploiting Toots' goodwill but is openly [[KickTheDog enjoying the misery it cause for Tom]]. And Tom cheers at the end not just for Jerry getting his comeuppance but also for Toots getting back at someone who was manipulating her the whole time.

* In the Sherlock Holmes movie, Red being so into the wolf seems odd. Then you realize she's most likely not intended to be the Red of the original WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood... but [[DirtyOldWoman her Grandma]] in her youth, who is crazy for Wolfie.

* Cartoon physics aside, one might wonder how Tom is able to endure so much physical abuse from Jerry. Then you remember the saying that cats have nine lives.

** Tom's very blatant feelings for Toots do a lot to explain why his actions in this short. He doesn't go after Jerry despite continual antagonism not just because Toots is protecting him but because Tom genuinely cares about Toots enough that he doesn't want to upset her. Tom finally has enough and tries to kill Jerry after mouse laughs about him getting thrown out because not only is Jerry now dealing real damage to their relationship because he's utterly exploiting Toots' goodwill but is openly [[KickTheDog enjoying the misery it cause for Tom]]. And Tom cheers at the end not just for Jerry getting his comeuppance but also for Toots getting back at someone who was manipulating her the whole time.

* So, did the white mouse die at the end of "The Missing Mouse", where the entire neighborhood gets obliterated from a detonation of explosives that were pretty much kept ''inside its body''?

* "Baby Puss" has a subtle one, and it's easier to pick up on when you're an adult. The cartoon begins with a little girl, the daughter of the household, playing "mommy and baby" with Tom, dressing him up in baby clothes. Under any other circumstances, it'd be cute...but this kid is using some borderline-verbally-abusive language with Tom, calling him "bad" over and over again, threatening to spank him with her hairbrush, grumbling, "It ain't the work, it's the worry." By the time she says she's going shopping for a girdle downtown, you realize...this very small child is only repeating the kind of language she's heard every day. This borderline-abusive language. And it's not hard to realize where she's getting it from. What kind of upbringing does this poor kid have?

** In the time period this cartoon was made in, he unfortunately would have. It was common practice in those days, especially rural communities, to drown unwanted animal offspring.