The penultimate Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry cartoon sees Tom exposed to the bitter cold of winter while Jerry is warm, safe and cosy in a penthouse mouse hole. Desperate, Tom writes Jerry a note for help and the kindhearted mouse obliges, dragging the frozen cat indoors to thaw him out. Tom betrays Jerry's kindness, however, when the owner of the apartment arrives home and sees the mouse: Tom grabs Jerry and throws him outside. To get revenge, Jerry sneaks back indoors, powders himself white, and pretends to be a ghost to scare the cat.
Buddies... Thicker Than Water features the same diabolical standard of animation and bizarre electronic sound effects that blighted all of Deitch's T&J shorts; that said, it is one of the least painful, the story and character dynamics coming fairly close to capturing the essence of the earlier Hanna-Barbera/Fred Quimby cartoons, if not the quality.
Buddies... Thicker Than Water features the same diabolical standard of animation and bizarre electronic sound effects that blighted all of Deitch's T&J shorts; that said, it is one of the least painful, the story and character dynamics coming fairly close to capturing the essence of the earlier Hanna-Barbera/Fred Quimby cartoons, if not the quality.