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Captain Jerry of the Paris Mouseketeers is given a letter which reads, "This is my son whom you promised to make mouseketeer. Thank you, old friend. Signed, Francois Mouse."

The young mousketeer-wannabe is a terrible swordsman, but he's a real gentleman with the ladies. Jerry gives him his walking papers, a note back to papa explaining that his kid will never have what it takes.

However, while he is walking away dejectedly, the youngster hears Jerry in trouble as Tom is out-dueling him nearby. Of course, you know who comes to the rescue and makes good.

Predictable but a nice little short.

Although this cartoon came after "The Two Mousketeers", it takes place before that one. This makes it a prequel, not a sequel. In my opinion, "Touché, Pussy Cat!" is equally very good and solid, but I find the previous one even better. This one has also very stylish artwork, but the first one has more attention to detail.

The concept is similar and the cartoon itself is inspired by the triumphant original one, but the stories are different. Here, Jerry and Tuffy (not Nibbles anymore, I wonder why) don't go to a castle. Tuffy is about to learn to be a mouseketeer, but first he has to go to the King's Mouseketeers Headquarters in Paris, where Jerry (the captain of the mouseketeers) will teach him. However, Tuffy is so young and overexcited that Jerry becomes the victim of some accidents with Tuffy's sword. That is so funny and Jerry makes those funny facial expressions of displeasure. Of course, Jerry does not laugh, but for Tuffy this is every bit as hilarious as it is for me. Jerry is a proud, firm, impatient and serious captain.

Tuffy, a silent mouse in older cartoons, is actually very talkative in these "Mouseketeer" cartoons. His voice is very cute and his french accent is very charming. I love all his lines in french, including him singing the adorable and famous childish song "Frère Jacques". Tuffy is like a parrot here. He talks very quickly and very much, which is too much for Jerry (who hasn't much patience). To keep Tuffy quiet is a real challenge for Jerry. LOL.

Once Tom appears there are some hilarious situations with him and Tuffy (especially the scene when Tuffy paints a simplistic caricature of Tom as if he was mocking of Tom's face, singing "Frère Jacques" and laughing to Tom - who does not laugh); and, of course, the usual fights, chases and some violent gags (Jerry included).

At the end, after Jerry suffering another accident with Tuffy's sword caused by Tuffy's hand, the little mouse says "C'est la guerre!" while Jerry spanks him on the rear over and over.

Tuffy arrives in Paris hoping to join Jerry's band of Mouseketeers. Unfortunately, certain things happen that make Jerry question Tuffy's potential, until Tom, a cardinal's guard, bursts onto the scene... This was the second of four cartoons that featured Tom as a cardinal's guard and Jerry and Tuffy as Mouseketeers, and is very enjoyable -- but isn't it peculiar how this cartoon was made AFTER 'The Two Mouseketeers'? This cartoon was nominated for an Academy Award and was the last of the Tom & Jerry series to achieve such a nomination.

This is one of my personal favourites featuring Jerry as one of the Two Mouseketeers. It is predictable at times, but it is cute and a lot of fun. The animation is detailed, colourful and expressive, and the music is rousing enough for Tom and Jerry, just how I like it. The sight gags are hilarious, and come at a breakneck pace, and the sword play takes me back to the days of Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power and other swashbuckling legends. Tom and Jerry are both great, but Tuffy is absolutely adorable.

Overall, this is a wonderful Tom and Jerry cartoon, predictable it is, but it is entertaining as well. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Jerry the Mouse, Tom the cat, and Nibbles the orphan mouse are back in the times of the three musketeers. Nibbles torture Tom unmercifully and also sings. Pretty funny stuff if you ask me. ( of course you didn't ask, but I told you anyway) This short was nominated for an Oscar for best cartoon short subject in 1955, but sadly didn't win. I don't know why, since this short is simply delightful. One of the first Tom and Jerry shorts to be shown in Cinemascope, This hilarious animated short can be found on disc 2 of Warner Brother's 2-DVD Spotlight Collection set.

My Grade: A

This short was one at least three or four done with a theme of Jerry and Nibbles as "Mouseketeers" and Tom as their principal opponent. They were all good, but this one is the best of them, in my opinion anyway. It plays best with the basic themes of the swashbuckling type of films being parodied with affection here. Nominated for an Oscar, it's an absolute delight. Highly recommended.

I've reached that stage in Tom and Jerry's filmography where every other cartoon seems to have a cute supporting character, whether it be that irritating duckling Quacker, Spike's son Tyke, or, as in the case of Touché, Pussy Cat!, the saccharine Nibbles (or is it Tuffy?). Since I really don't like these characters, I'm finding it tough going…

Here, the little, grey, diaper-wearing mouse hopes to become a mouseketeer and so visits Jerry for training. After several mishaps, Jerry is ready to send his new student packing, but when Nibbles steps in and saves Jerry from swordsman Tom, Jerry has a change of heart and makes the little mouse a fully fledged mouseketeer.

While the brief sword-fighting action between Tom and Jerry is a lot of fun, the over-sweet grey mouse (speaking French) makes it all incredibly cloying.

Tuffy (once known as Nibbles) arrives in Paris in an attempt to become one of the King's Mouseketeers. He calls in at the headquarters, where Jerry, already a Mouseketeer, is.

Fulfilling a promise to Tuffy's father François Mouse, Jerry takes the little grey French-speaking mouse on board. Tuffy attempts the training required to serve the King, making mishap after amusing mishap.

After one too many of said mishaps, one of which almost cost Tuffy his life, Jerry sends Tuffy away with a letter to give to François saying that Tuffy has no

chance of becoming a Mouseketeer. But Jerry is suddenly attacked by

Cardinal's Guard Tom. It's up to Tuffy to see if he can seize this last chance to convince Jerry to give him the accolade...

The above is as much as I dare say without giving away too much about the

cartoon. It's superb fun, and was Oscar-nominated for the best cartoon of 1954 (actually, on a sadder note, this was the last nomination the Tom & Jerry series ever got). One thing that puzzles me is: how come Tuffy's training to become a Mouseketeer here, when in the 1952 cartoon 'The Two Mouseketeers' he

already is one? Never mind, eh?