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Downhearted Duckling
Tom and Jerry (Classic) - S1950 - E41
A depressed baby duck thinks he is ugly after reading "The Ugly Duckling" and wants Tom to eat him but Jerry keeps preventing that.
Tom and Jerry (Classic): Season 1950 - 68 Episode s
1950x1 - Little Quacker
January 7, 1950
Tom steals an egg from a mother's nest, cracks it over a frying pan and then discovers he can have roast duck. But the uncooperative hatchling runs away from the cat and into a mouse hole, where he finds an able protector in Jerry.
1950x2 - Saturday Evening Puss
January 14, 1950
While Mammy Two-Shoes enjoys her evening with the Lucky Seven Saturday Night Bridge Club, Tom and his friends have a party in the house. Jerry, unable to sleep, emerges from his mouse hole to stop it.
1950x3 - Texas Tom
March 11, 1950
Toots arrives at the ranch where Tom is tormenting Jerry, and Tom puts on all his best moves, though Jerry does his best to sabotage Tom.
1950x4 - Jerry and the Lion
April 8, 1950
Jerry agrees to help an escaped circus lion, whose first need is food. But first they'll have to evade Tom, who heard the news bulletin and is armed with a shotgun.
1950x5 - Safety Second
July 1, 1950
Jerry forbids young Nibbles from lighting fireworks on the Fourth of July, but both mice find these dangerous toys to be useful weapons when their cat-nemesis, Tom, starts trouble.
1950x6 - Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
September 16, 1950
Tom is conducting a symphony at the Hollywood Bowl when Jerry comes out to "help" him.
1950x7 - The Framed Cat
October 21, 1950
Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken.
1950x8 - Cue Ball Cat
November 25, 1950
Tom is in a pool hall after hours; as he soon discovers, Jerry is sleeping in the corner pocket. Tom chases Jerry around the table and the rest of the pool hall.
1950x9 - Casanova Cat
January 6, 1951
Tom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry.
1950x10 - Jerry and the Goldfish
March 3, 1951
Tom, whose appetite was whetted by a radio cooking program, wants to make a meal out of the pet goldfish. Jerry, who is friends with the fish, does what he can to thwart their feline foe.
1950x11 - Jerry's Cousin
April 7, 1951
When Tom's harassment gets out of hand, Jerry writes to his Cousin Muscles, a tough inner city mouse, and asks for his help.
1950x12 - Sleepy-Time Tom
May 26, 1951
Tom is desperate for sleep after a night of revelry with his friends, but Mammy Two-Shoes demands that he stay awake to keep the mouse out of the refrigerator. Jerry, being a clever mouse, sees his opportunity to get rid of the cat.
1950x13 - His Mouse Friday
July 7, 1951
Tom is shipwrecked on an island, which is inhabited by at least one mouse - Jerry. To thwart the hungry cat, Jerry disguises himself as a cannibal.
1950x14 - Slicked-up Pup
September 8, 1951
Spike has just washed his pup. Tom and Jerry's chase knocks him into a mud puddle. Spike makes Tom clean him up again and promise to keep him clean which of course is Jerry's opening to get Tom in trouble.
1950x15 - Nit-Witty Kitty
October 6, 1951
Tom has amnesia and believes he's a mouse. Jerry, finding him more obnoxious as a fellow rodent than as a cat, seeks to cure him with a blow to the head.
1950x16 - Cat Napping
December 8, 1951
Tom's getting ready to settle into the hammock, but Jerry has beat him to it and the battle begins.
1950x17 - The Flying Cat
January 12, 1952
When Jerry befriends a canary, Tom finds it necessary to construct a makeshift pair of wings.
1950x18 - The Duck Doctor
February 16, 1952
Tom is duck hunting, and he wings a little duckling that can't quite keep up with the flock. Jerry gets to the fallen duck before Tom, bandages his wing, and shelters him from Tom as he keeps running out to join his flock.
1950x19 - The Two Mouseketeers
March 15, 1952
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 17th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in the King's castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers," make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.
1950x20 - Smitten Kitten
April 12, 1952
Tom's in love again, and Jerry's devil conscience reminds him of times this has happened in the past (which, of course, we see, in the form of clips from earlier shorts), and how that's been nothing but trouble for Jerry.
1950x21 - Triplet Trouble
April 19, 1952
Mammy Two-Shoes agrees to babysit three seemingly innocent kittens. But while she is away buying cream, the trio of brats torment Tom and Jerry.
1950x22 - Little Runaway
June 14, 1952
A baby seal escapes from the circus and ends up in Jerry's backyard pond. Tom finds out soon enough when Jerry grabs a fish from Tom's plate, and when the circus offers a ,000 reward, his goal is clear.
1950x23 - Fit to Be Tied
July 26, 1952
Jerry removes a tack from Spike's paw. In gratitude, Spike gives Jerry a bell to ring when he's in trouble.
1950x24 - Push-Button Kitty
September 6, 1952
Tom's being especially lazy, which makes it even easier for Mammy to toss him out when her new mouse-catching robot cat, Mechano, arrives.
1950x25 - Cruise Cat
October 18, 1952
Tom is the official cat on the cruise ship S.S. Aloha, but he'll be kicked off if the captain finds even one mouse. That one, of course, is Jerry, who sneaks on board just before sailing and is pursued relentlessly by Tom until they both run into the ship's theatre showing Texas Tom (1950), which they pause to watch part of.
1950x26 - The Dog House
November 29, 1952
Spike is building his dream house when Tom crashes into it mid-chase. Of course, Jerry then takes every opportunity to route the chases through the construction project.
1950x27 - The Missing Mouse
January 10, 1953
Upon hearing about a white mouse that could explode is on the loose, Jerry decides to impersonate it to torment Tom.
1950x28 - Jerry and Jumbo
February 21, 1953
A baby elephant rolls off the circus train and right into Tom's bed. He quickly allies himself with Jerry, and with a rolled-up trunk and some paint, passes himself off as a giant mouse. The two then keep trading places to the bafflement of Tom.
1950x29 - Johann Mouse
March 21, 1953
Tom attempts to catch Jerry by playing music he dances to.
1950x30 - That's My Pup!
April 25, 1953
Spike explains to his son the rules of being a dog: 1: be man's best friend (begging, lying at feet); 2: bury bones; 3: chase cats.
1950x31 - Just Ducky
September 5, 1953
Jerry Mouse befriends a newly hatched duck who can't swim and ends up protecting him against his feline nemesis, Tom.
1950x32 - Two Little Indians
October 17, 1953
The Bide-a-wee Mouse Home sends two orphans over for a hike with Scoutmaster Jerry. Trouble is, the orphans, dressed as Indians, want to shoot arrows and tomahawk-chop everything in sight, and especially Tom.
1950x33 - Life with Tom
November 21, 1953
Tom reads Jerry's best selling book, "Life with Tom" and experiences some flashbacks.
1950x34 - Puppy Tale
January 23, 1954
Jerry rescues a bag of puppies from the river. Most of them run away as soon as Jerry releases them, but one stays behind.
1950x35 - Posse Cat
January 30, 1954
Tom and Jerry are in a cabin in the Wild West. Jerry's rustling food, so Tom's owner won't let him eat until he's gotten rid of Jerry.
1950x36 - Hic-cup Pup
April 17, 1954
Spike has just put Tyke to bed for his nap when Tom and Jerry chase out the door to Tyke's crib, waking him up. This gives Tyke an attack of hiccups.
1950x37 - Little School Mouse
May 29, 1954
Professor Jerry teaches a course in how to outwit cats, but his pupil seems to know more than Jerry.
1950x38 - Baby Butch
March 14, 1954
An alley cat disguises himself as an abandoned baby in order to con his way inside the house of Tom and Jerry.
1950x39 - Mice Follies
September 4, 1954
Jerry and his friends flood the kitchen, then use the freezer to turn it into a skating rink. Even though Tom finds a pair of ice skates, the mice have no problem out maneuvering him.
1950x40 - Neapolitan Mouse
October 2, 1954
Tom chases Jerry through the streets of Naples; they meet a local mouse who recognizes them from their cartoons and shows them around. Meanwhile, some local dogs are shadowing them.
1950x41 - Downhearted Duckling
November 13, 1954
A depressed baby duck thinks he is ugly after reading "The Ugly Duckling" and wants Tom to eat him but Jerry keeps preventing that.
1950x42 - Pet Peeve
November 20, 1954
Tom and Spike, whose cat food and dog food is getting too expensive, are forced to compete as mousers. The one who catches Jerry gets to stay.
1950x43 - Touché, Pussy Cat!
December 18, 1954
Mouseketeer Jerry's old friend, François Mouse, sends his son for training. But when Jerry has to save the tyke from a run-in with Tom, the little one is sent packing until he manages to save Jerry.
1950x44 - Southbound Duckling
March 12, 1955
Jerry's little duckling friend has packed his bag and is all set to fly south for the winter despite the book Jerry keeps showing him that points out that domestic ducks do not fly south, and despite his obvious inability to fly at all. But that doesn't stop him from ending up in Tom's frying pan, at least briefly.
1950x45 - Pup on a Picnic
April 30, 1955
Spike is taking his son on a picnic. Jerry keeps hiding in the basket, so Tom keeps disrupting the picnic while chasing him.
1950x46 - Mouse for Sale
May 21, 1955
Tom sells Jerry to a local pet store that's buying white mice. Yes, Jerry's brown, but a little paint fixes that.
1950x47 - Designs on Jerry
September 2, 1955
Tom designs a better mousetrap that would have made Rube Goldberg jealous. While he sleeps, the mouse that Tom drew wakes Jerry and they get chased by the cat Tom drew. As Tom awakes, they make a strategic alteration to the design.
1950x48 - Tom and Chérie
September 9, 1955
Mousketeer Jerry has a love letter to deliver to darling Lilli. He gives it to his young pupil, who has a hard time getting past Tom to deliver it, but he does. They send a few more letters back and forth, at great pain to the youngster.
1950x49 - Smarty Cat
October 14, 1955
Nobody's home, so Tom invites his alley cat friends in to look at home movies (clips from earlier cartoons where Tom gets the drop on Spike). While they're showing them, Spike sneaks in.
1950x50 - Pecos Pest
November 11, 1955
Jerry's eccentric uncle, Pecos, a Texas mouse, comes to spend the night with him before his musical performance on television the next day. He decides to rehearse with his guitar for the performance but each time he plays, one of his guitar strings snaps off. Fortunately, he is able to replace them by plucking off one of Tom's whiskers each time.
1950x51 - That's My Mommy
November 19, 1955
When a duck hatches from the egg underneath Tom, he is convinced he is his mother. Tom thinks that he would like to eat the newborn duck, but Jerry shows him the truth while saving him from being eaten.
1950x52 - The Flying Sorceress
January 27, 1956
Tom steals a witch's flying broom so he can scare the wits out of Jerry.
1950x53 - The Egg and Jerry
March 23, 1956
A baby woodpecker mistakes Jerry for his mother. The mouse rejects the newly hatched bird but soon finds himself protecting it against his feline nemesis, Tom.
1950x54 - Busy Buddies
May 4, 1956
Tom and Jerry are forced to take care of a baby because the babysitter is more interested in talking on the phone.
1950x55 - Muscle Beach Tom
September 7, 1956
Tom settles in for a day at the beach with his sweety, accidentally ruining Jerry's day. Meanwhile, Tom's girl is paying more attention to the bodybuilders than to Tom.
1950x56 - Down Beat Bear
October 21, 1956
A dancing bear, who has escaped from a carnival, uses Tom as his reluctant dance partner.
1950x57 - Blue Cat Blues
November 6, 1956
As Tom prepares to commit suicide, Jerry recounts the cat's hopeless lover's pursuit of the opportunistic lady that led to this.
1950x58 - Barbecue Brawl
December 14, 1956
Spike is showing his son Tyke how to barbecue when his cooking is disrupted by a typical Tom-and-Jerry chase.
1950x59 - Tops with Pops
February 22, 1957
Spike the bulldog warns Tom to keep away from his son, Tyke. Jerry realizes that sticking close to the boy is the best way to repel his feline tormentor, but Tom is not about to let the mouse evade him so easily.
1950x60 - Timid Tabby
April 19, 1957
Tom's fraidy cat cousin comes for a visit and Jerry takes advantage of the cowardly feline.
1950x61 - Feedin' the Kiddie
June 7, 1957
Jerry and Tuffy lead a quest to the dinner. So, Tom, Jerry and Tuffy had a fight over thanksgiving. In the end, Tom, Jerry and Tuffy agree to eat the turkey but Tuffy ate the whole turkey.
1950x62 - Mucho Mouse
September 6, 1957
Tom, an award-winning mouse catcher, arrives in Spain to catch the flamenco dancing El Magnifico, (Jerry).
1950x63 - Tom's Photo Finish
November 1, 1957
Tom has a chunk of the leftover chicken just before his owner George goes to look at the fridge. He threatens to take care of whichever animal did it. Tom frames Spike the dog, but Jerry snaps a photo of him in the act, prints up dozens of copies, and then battles Tom to get George to see one of them.
1950x64 - Happy Go Ducky
January 3, 1958
Little Quacker hatches out of an Easter egg to spread positive messages to everyone and everything he sees, but keeping him from harm turns out to be a full-time job for Tom and Jerry.
1950x65 - Royal Cat Nap
March 7, 1958
Tom must oppose The Two Mouseketeers without disturbing the King's sleep.
1950x66 - The Vanishing Duck
May 2, 1958
George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck but his plans are thwarted when the duck (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing cream and uses it to well, vanish, and get even with Tom (for a while, at least).
1950x67 - Robin Hoodwinked
June 6, 1958
Tom Cat guards Robin Hood's prison cell; Jerry Mouse and his diaper-wearing friend intend to be Robin's rescuers.
1950x68 - Tot Watchers
August 1, 1958
The lady of the house has gone out for a few hours, leaving her baby in the care of a stereotypical 1950s teenager, who immediately begins calling her friends. Tom and Jerry must call a truce to their constant chases as the baby, unsupervised, continually gets loose.