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Standard feature-length experiences.

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Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

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Dog Trouble
7.1

Dog Trouble

1942

Tom's chasing Jerry when he runs right into a sleeping dog and the two of them must work together to fend him off.

Mouse Cleaning
6.9

Mouse Cleaning

1948

Mammy Two-Shoes threatens to throw Tom out of the house if he makes a mess. Jerry sees an opportunity to rid himself of his feline nemesis.

Puss n' Toots
6.9

Puss n' Toots

1942

Tom is playing with Jerry when a cute lady cat is delivered to Mammy for her to take care of. Tom is smitten at first sight.

Love That Pup
7.3

Love That Pup

1949

When a bulldog threatens Tom to keep away from his puppy, Jerry realizes that sticking close to the boy is the best way to keep away his feline tormentor. But Tom is not about to let the mouse evade him so easily.

Chip an' Dale
6.7

Chip an' Dale

1947

Donald needs a log for his fire. Unfortunately, the one he picks is occupied by a couple of chipmunks and their stash of acorns. When he cuts it down, Chip and Dale fall out, but their acorns stay behind, so they work at putting out Donald's fire and retrieving their stash. Donald, of course, takes this as calmly and cheerfully as you would expect.

Springtime for Thomas
7.2

Springtime for Thomas

1946

It's spring, and Tom is much more interested in the female cat next door than in Jerry.

Donald's Vacation
6.4

Donald's Vacation

1940

Donald takes a kayak trip. When he gets to his campsite, he unloads the kayak, fights with his folding chair, and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the chipmunks of the forest (precursors of Chip 'n Dale), attracted by his squawking, make off with the huge pile of food he carelessly unloaded. They get the attention of a bear, who Donald is soon battling.

Royal Cat Nap
6.3

Royal Cat Nap

1958

Jerry and his little French mouse friend are raiding while the king sleeps. They awaken him and he calls for Tom to give him an ultimatum: One more sound from the mice and it's off with Tom's head. The mice hear this and team up to torment Tom.

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Old Rockin' Chair Tom
6.8

Old Rockin' Chair Tom

1948

Mammy Two-Shoes replaces Tom with a younger cat who is a lightning-quick mouser. Tom and Jerry form an alliance in order to get rid of this dangerous newcomer.

Good Scouts
6.2

Good Scouts

1938

Donald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is, much to the amusement of the boys. In a bid for sympathy, he douses himself in catsup and fakes injury; the boys bandage him so thoroughly he can't see, and he stumbles into a pot of honey, and is soon getting all too much attention from a bear.

Flirty Birdy
7.0

Flirty Birdy

1945

Tom is all set to eat Jerry when a hawk swoops down and grabs Jerry. To get Jerry back, Tom poses as a female hawk and quickly finds his new lover to be more than he bargained for.

Jerry and the Goldfish
6.9

Jerry and the Goldfish

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.

Sea Scouts
6.3

Sea Scouts

1939

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

Jerry's Cousin
7.1

Jerry's Cousin

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.

The Midnight Snack
7.4

The Midnight Snack

1941

Jerry takes a midnight snack from the fridge unaware that Tom is watching him.

Gone Fishing
6.5

Gone Fishing

2017

On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.

Kitty Foiled
7.1

Kitty Foiled

1948

Tom subjects Jerry to his usual harassment; but the cat finds a new enemy, and the mouse finds a new friend, in the canary of the house.

Chips Ahoy
6.6

Chips Ahoy

1956

Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald, however, doesn't appreciate them stealing his ship and makes several attempts to get it back and thwart their scheme to get to their acorn paradise. Chip and Dale are, of course, always one step ahead of Donald.

Winter Storage
6.8

Winter Storage

1949

It's October 7th and Chip is working industriously to store enough acorns in the tree for the winter. Dale would rather sleep in his matchbox, but an angry kick from Chip gets him working furiously. But there's only so much they can do. Their tree is nearly out of acorns. Luckily, the two semi-intelligible chipmunks happen to see the half-unintelligible Donald Duck, a park ranger, planting acorns. They immediately set to steal his bag of the precious nuts. Donald soon realizes what they are up to, and sets out a box propped up with a stick. It's a crude trap, with an acorn as bait; but it's not too crude to fool Dale, who upsets it and traps Chip. Soon, Donald finds he can have fun instigating a fight between these two quarrelsome chipmunks, but he underestimates their friendship and their ability to work as a team against a common enemy: in this case, a bad-tempered duck.

A Mouse in the House
7.0

A Mouse in the House

1947

Mammy Two-Shoes tells Tom and Butch that the cat who gets rid of the icebox-raiding, breadbox-invading mouse (Jerry) is the one who can stay.

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