The Zoot Cat

1944
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7m

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"Square" Tom becomes the coolest cat of all when he puts on homemade green and orange zoot suit,"Square" Tom becomes the coolest cat of all when he puts on homemade green and orange zoot suit,"Square" Tom becomes the coolest cat of all when he puts on homemade green and orange zoot suit,

Directors
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
Writer
- Jerry Mann
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7.4/10

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Directors
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
Writer
- Jerry Mann
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Sara Berner

Jerry Mouse
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Billy Bletcher

Bit Part
(uncredited)

William Hanna

Tom Cat
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jerry Mann

Tom Cat
(uncredited)
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Directors
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
Writer
- Jerry Mann
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Featured review

6/10

Look who's talking

Tom is trying to impress a female cat by grooming his whiskers, offering Jerry as a gift and trying his damnedest to be smooth. But it doesn't work and the girl tells him to take a hike.

Not discouraged, Tom fabricates a sophisticated-looking suit out of an old hammock and tries once more. This time she falls for him and they start to play around. Obviously Jerry is going to ruin it for him and end up with the gal himself.

What's weird about this cartoon is that Tom and Jerry actually talk, which is not something I thought they ever did until that awful movie in 1992. Either way, it's still a rather funny short.

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Trivia
The title and plot point refers to the zoot suit, a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing was popularized by Mexican-Americans, African Americans, and Italian Americans during the late 1930s and 1940s.

Quotes
Tom Cat: [Imitating Charles Boyer] Ah, I love you. When I'm with you, I am what you call, uh, a hep cat. I am hip to the jive. I'm in the groove, darling.
Toots: Now you're REALLY sendin' me, Jackson.
Tom Cat: [as he's talking, Jerry sets Tom's foot ablaze] Ah, you set my soul on fire. It is not just a little, uh, spark. It is a flame; a big roaring flame. Ah, I can feel it now. It is burning... burning... burning... hey. Something is burning around here!
[Tom screams in pain from the hot foot]