The Truce Hurts
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| The Truce Hurts | |
| Tom and Jerry series | |
 The title card of The Truce Hurts |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation by | Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Ray Patterson Irven Spence |
| Voices by | Billy Bletcher (as Spike the bulldog, uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | July 17, 1948 |
| Format | Technicolor, 7 min 59 secs. |
| Language | English |
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The Truce Hurts is an animated cartoon short subject, starring Tom & Jerry. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on July 17, 1948 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was directed by Tom and Jerry's co-creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, and animated by the usual team of animators, namely Irven Spence, Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse and Ray Patterson, all of whom animated most of the cartoons from 1940 to 1957.
[edit] Plot
The cartoon opens with sounds of a fight breaking out from a house. Jerry is thrown from the house with Tom following who has also been thrown from the house. Tom is followed by Spike. Jerry stops by the garage who grabs a pipe. Tom has grabbed a frying pan and Spike has a baseball bat. They start swinging at each other but Spike stops the fight. Spike looks at them and says, “Why are we fighting? It ain’t getting us nowhere. Dogs can get along with cats, can’t they?” Tom nods his head. He looks at Jerry and says, “And cats can get along with mice, can’t they?” Jerry shakes his head, but then nods. They then make a truce and become friends.
The next scene shows all three of them asleep. Tom wakes up to cover up Jerry, and Jerry closes Spike’s mouth to stop him from snoring. Then the alarm clock goes off but Spike quickly turns it off. He then props up Tom’s head with a pipe and goes into the kitchen to make breakfast. He pours three glasses of milk and Tom helps Jerry brush his teeth. Then Tom helps Jerry sit at the table, Spike helps Tom sit at the table, at they help Spike sit at the table. They drink their milk and each take turns with a toothpick. Jerry then goes outside where a black alley cat, is making a meal for himself out of the garbage cans. He sees Jerry and decides to place Jerry on the plate. Tom walks outside and makes the save by slamming the garbage can lid in his face. Tom then kisses Jerry and sends him on his way. The alley cat can’t believe what he has seen and knocks himself silly with a brick.
Tom is then walking along the sidewalk where a dog is eating a bone. He decides to make a meal out of Tom and Spike makes the save by punching him and knocking out all his teeth. The three friends then walk along the sidewalk where a mud puddle is and Spike takes off his skin to help his friends walk across. But then a meat truck drives by and ends up spilling a giant steak onto the street. They take it home and cook it, but each has their own way of dividing it. A giant disagreement ends up happening and the steak ends up flying out the window and into the gutter. The three look at each other, realize they can no longer be friends, and continue their original fight of beating each other up.
[edit] Trivia
Spike signs the truce with the name "Butch."
While Tom, Jerry, and Spike are walking down the sidewalk, "We're Off To See the Wizard" from The Wizard of Oz is played. Also the score from the dancing sequence in the movie Anchors Aweigh is played as well.
After the meat truck splashes mud on Tom, Jerry, and Spike they are shown in blackface. This scene has been deleted from some versions of the cartoon.
