The Flying Cat

The Flying Cat is a 1952 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 63rd Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon's music was composed by Scott Bradley (with use of Grande valse brillante by Chopin), and the animation was by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ed Barge and Ray Patterson.

Plot

Tom tries to capture a sleeping canary, but Jerry trips him up and the cage rolls into a tree, waking the canary up. As Tom chases Jerry, the canary helps Jerry by pulling a drying line, which tangles Tom. Tom then chases the canary, but misses and chops down a tree, which hits Tom on the head repeatedly. The canary motions for Jerry to join him in the birdhouse; Tom follows, but the canary gives him a 2,000 lb weight to send him plummeting. The two shake hands, but Tom uses a ladder to climb up again. The canary sets the ladder on fire to send Tom falling again.

Tom uses a swing, but Jerry and the canary jump onto his hands. Tom then tries to pole vault to the birdhouse, but the canary uses a rollerskate to send Tom crashing into a nearby house, where he is hung up by a girdle. However, Tom then discovers he can use the girdle to fly, much to his delight, but crashes into a mailbox.