Jerry agrees to help an escaped circus lion, whose first need is food. But first they'll have to evade Tom, who heard the news bulletin and is armed with a shotgun.Jerry agrees to help an escaped circus lion, whose first need is food. But first they'll have to evade Tom, who heard the news bulletin and is armed with a shotgun.Jerry agrees to help an escaped circus lion, whose first need is food. But first they'll have to evade Tom, who heard the news bulletin and is armed with a shotgun.
- Tom Laughing
- (uncredited)
- Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
- Lion
- (uncredited)
- …
- Tom
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title is based on the Aesop Fable about Androcles and the Lion. George Bernard Shaw also wrote a play based on the same story of the man who helps a lion and who's kindness later saves him.
- Quotes
[Jerry, having overheard the warning, now comes out from hiding from in a teapot, but when he sees the lion's eyes hiding in the shadows, he just has time to scream, just before the lion catches Jerry, just to ask him for favors, not threaten or scare him]
Lion: Shh! Don't give me away, pal. Don't let 'em catch me. If they take me back to that circus, I'll go crazy. I can't stand that corny music. Or that "crackle, crackle crackle" of them popcorn bags. Say you'll help me get back to the jungle. Please?
[Lion says please with bright white teeth, almost as if posing for a smile]
Lion: .
[Jerry then nods his head, meaning yes]
Lion: Gee. Thanks, pal. Thanks. Uh, there's just one more little thing.
[Lion opens and closes his mouth, after closing mouth]
Lion: I'm hungry.
Jerry: Shh. Shh. Shh.
[Jerry and the lion then go toward the refrigerator. Jerry stops the lion, from being seen, then goes to refrigerator and get an extra-large leg-quarter, of a drumstick and thigh. Tom sees Jerry as he is bringing the meat's leg-quarter to the lion. Tom takes it away, from Jerry, and raises it to where the hidden lion is, behind a curtain, then the lion sniffs the meat and quietly bites off 90% of the piece and starts munching. Tom starts to try to eat it, not knowing that is almost already consumed, by the hidden lion. Tom and Jerry then hear the lion's gulp, as he swallows the meat. Tom gets immediately scared and is starting to aim the rifle toward the curtain until Jerry quickly grabs onto the base of the rifle before it goes off, through the roof of the house, Jerry then pretends to be severely injured and die. As Jerry is opossum, pretending to be dead, Tom goes to an emergency aid kit to patch up any wounds, that he thinks the shot has fallen on Jerry, but while Tom is gone, Jerry and the lion hide, again]
- ConnectionsEdited into Nostalgia Critic: Batman and Robin (2008)
The Short is about Tom after resting and having a little fight with Jerry, Tom returns to the armchair and begins to listen to the news on the radio in which they announce the escape of a Lion from the Circus and warn about how dangerous the Leon so Tom is scared and decides to close all the Doors and barricade himself behind a Table with a Rifle, but what he doesn't know is that the Leon was faster than Tom...
Jerry, the Lion and Tom are nice Characters but the one who gets all the attention is the Lion who is a memorable Character who has his Moments, the three of them do a lot of mischief which made me laugh out loud and I hope you do too!.
The Animation in this Short is Fabulous, it is too fluid and Beautiful as in any short of those years, the Design of the Lion reminds me a lot of the style of Disney and Disney is also one of the Best Animation companies!, the Lion is too well drawn and in addition to being similar to Disney, it is very faithful to the Real Lions, Tom and Jerry Design is great as always.
Tom and Jerry are still great Characters who continue to have fun with their Pranks, the scene where the Lion eats the Piece of Meat and then Tom tries to eat it and ends up chewing air is too funny and one of the best gags in the short.
The Music is Glorious as always, it is Too lively and Energetic as always and it looks great in all the scenes.
Voice Acting is Decent, the Radio man has Quite Realistic Narration and resembles Real Radio Broadcasts, Sound Effects are Normal as usual and fit well in the environment.
The Short has touching scenes like the scene where the Lion Begs Jerry not to tell on him or the Beautiful End of the Short with Jerry helping the Lion Return to Africa by putting him on a Boat.
In itself, it is not the Best of Tom and Jerry but it is one of the Most Moving and Beautiful of the Series, it has Memorable Scenes and Ingenious Gags that make watching the Short quite funny and at the same time Memorable.
For everything I said before, I rate this short with a 9.
- Kalashnikovin
- Jul 20, 2022
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Details
- Runtime7 minutes
- Sound mix
- Mono(Western Electric Sound System, original release)
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1