
In the Multiple Milestones short, he set his watch three whole months behind the current time, to which he figures why his Christmas party didn't go so well.

He's had two oversights in one challenge, being that from "Get a Grip" (first from not taking into account the flying contestants being able to.well, fly, and then Safe's size compared to the smaller claw). Almighty Idiot: Even though he's a powerful demigod, he can be pretty forgetful and stupid.A Lizard Named "Liz": His name is a play on the word "doodle.".The Ace: Is capable of taking on a variety of professions, including (but not limited to) a game show host, a lifeguard, an ophthalmologist, a mechanic, and a baker.While he may be a bit timid, he's a Nice Guy who wants to make everyone happy. I give it a thumbs-up.Voiced by: Robert JohnstonA white inter-dimensional demigod triangle drawing with a green outline who hosts the competition. It's probably not my favorite cartoon about the world's most famous cat-and-mouse duo, but it is a decently entertaining watch for lovers of old cartoons. Oh yeah, I guess the Oscars pretty much liked the patriotic note at the very end and as they have always been kinda big on Tom and Jerry, they gave them another Academy Award here picking this one over works by some other greats from that era. To me, the film needed a bit to get going, but the middle part is where it is at its best and funniest and the ending is solid too. There are no other cats, other mice or dogs in here - pure Tom vs. For example, they are pretty much always about explosions and Jerry keeps being in a somewhat hopeless situation, but he keeps prevailing and eventually triumphing with Tom being the loser, sometimes through bad luck, at other times through his own incompetence. They may not have much of a connection, but they have certain things in common. Actually is is really many very short films put together here. And as it was made by Hanna Barbera, it is a Tom & Jerry cartoon, one of their more, maybe even most, known and liked. "The Yankee Doodle Mouse" is an American 7.5-minute cartoon from 1943, which means that this one will have its 75th anniversary next year and that it was from the days of World War II. Heck, I can only remember one time where Tom ended up the victor in all their many films. While me saying this is a bit of a spoiler, it probably comes as no surprise to anyone that Jerry is the winner. As usual, Tom tries to kill Jerry and by the end Jerry wins the day-no huge surprises here. However, this isn't exactly new stuff-most Tom and Jerry cartoons are very, very similar to each other. Additionally, it's fun watching these characters beat the snot out of each other. Of the big three animation studios of the day, Disney, Warner Brothers and MGM, MGM probably had the best quality animation from a purely technical standpoint. The animation quality of these earlier Tom and Jerry cartoons were he best of the series-with amazingly beautiful story boards. Regardless of why it won, it was a superior product. This is all very typical of a WWII era cartoon and perhaps this wasn't the main reason the cartoon won the Oscar for Best Animated Short-we'll never know. Unlike a typical Tom and Jerry cartoon, this one had several allusions to WWII-such as Jerry sending dispatches to the war office that he's taken car of the enemy, the cat.


This cartoon appears, at least to me, to possibly be an effort by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS-the Oscar people) to announce that they were squarely behind the war effort-though THE YANKEE DOODLE MOUSE was an excellent film.
