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Heavenly Puss
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Poster
Directed byWilliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Layouts byVale Gracey
Backgrounds byArt Riley
Color processTechnicolor
Perspecta (reissue)
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Running time
7:48

Heavenly Puss is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 42nd Tom and Jerry short, created in 1948, and released on 9 July 1949. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon's music was composed by Scott Bradley and the animation was credited to Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge.

Plot

Tom is sleeping near the fireplace, but sees Jerry sneaking past him. Jerry goes up onto the dinner table and tries to reach for the food, but Tom whacks him with a knife and Jerry retreats, running up the staircase. Tom pulls the carpet off the staircase to catch Jerry, but also pulls down a large upright piano, which squashes Tom to death while Jerry dodges. Tom's spirit ascends to the "Heavenly Express", a train that sends dead cats to Heaven.

Several cats are waiting to enter, including Butch, who has lost a fight with a bulldog, Frankie, who was struck with a flat iron while singing on a backyard fence, Aloysius, who was run over and flattened by a steamroller, and a sack stuffed with three kittens (Fluff, Muff and Puff from "Triplet Trouble"), who were thrown into a river and drowned ("What some people won't do"). The gatekeeper allows them all through as their deaths were untimely, but refuses Tom because he has persecuted "an innocent little mouse" (Jerry) all his life. Tom is given a certificate of forgiveness for Jerry to sign to board the train, which leaves in one hour. If he fails, Tom will be banished to hell, where the devil (Spike) awaits.

Tom pleads Jerry to sign, bringing cake, but Jerry eats the cake quick and sprays the pen's ink into Tom's face. Tom then tries to forge Jerry's signature, but the gatekeeper stops him. Tom then brings cheese, but Jerry tears up the certificate, causing an angry Tom to grab Jerry and attempt to smash him. Spike then pops in and reminds Tom of the consequence of doing so, tempting him to finish the job. Tom reattaches the ripped certificate and Jerry signs it, but Tom misses the deadline and falls down a hole that directly leads to Hell, where he gets tortured by the devil. But it is then revealed that Tom was actually dreaming and he finally wakes up when a piece of hot coal burns his tail, much to his relief. Tom hugs and kisses Jerry with joy, much to Jerry's confusion.

Voice cast

Notes

Part of the film was reused in the 1967 cartoon Shutter Bugged Cat (Most notably the part where Tom is pulling the curtains from the stairway). However, like the H-B T&J cartoons featured in Chuck Jones T&J cartoons, the music was re-dubbed to match the score of Eugene Poddany

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