Ho, Ho Horror
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"Ho-Ho-Horrors" is the twenty-second sub-episode of Tom and Jerry Tales.
[edit] Episode Summary
When Mammy Two-Shoes goes to bed on Christmas Eve, Tom lies in his basket and dreams of chasing after Jerry. Jerry, not liking this, enters the dream and turns it into a nightmare. The two wake up and find they've trashed the entire house in their sleep. Mammy, woken by the ruckus, is not happy. She tosses the pair into the cold. The narrator suggests that this is the time of year where enemies put aside their differences--though Jerry seems to have other ideas. The two continue chasing each other through the snow.
[edit] Notes
- Mammy is shown as a white woman, and called "Mrs. Two-Shoes". This may be a reference to a rotoscope print of a classic short with her redesigned and her voice dubbed over in an Irish accent. She is also a bit less free with her broom, giving Tom (and Jerry) only a light swat on the bottom rather than a blow to the head.
- Second appearance of the classic "Tom scream".
- When preparing to cook, Tom smooths his whiskers into a long, pointed vaudevillain mustache. This refers to the look the H-B artists were giving Tom back in the late forties, in pictures like "The Zoot Cat" and "Mouse Trouble".
