This episode is definitely not the best episode for me, but I still found moderate enjoyment here because the jokes gave me a few chuckles, and Jerry, who was the reason those cats tortured Tom, did not really win in the end as he had to deal with the bad liquid in which I do not remember its name. If it had not been for that little human girl in this episode, I probably would have enjoyed it a significant amount more, but all in all, I like this episode.
20 Reviews
Baby 🍼 Tom
paudieconnolly24 October 2020
Just brilliant I can sit and watch these with my kids and enjoy them like when I was a kid . I introduced my son to them a few years ago. Today my daughters turn loving dolls this was a great episode for her to start with. She loved the episode
¡Mamãe eu Quero!
Kalashnikovin9 September 2022
The first Tom and Jerry cartoons always caught my attention because of the Character Designs and obviously because it was the beginning, there were excellent shorts and my favorite was "The Night Before Christmas", Baby Puss although a little more Cruel and Sadistic than normal, I loved it both Visually and Musically.
Here we see an Evil Girl named Nancy who Forces her Cat (Tom) to dress up as Bebe, Jerry provokes Tom but the Girl threatens the Cat that she will give him Castor Oil if he moves from there.
That Part of the Cartoon is Favored by the First appearances of the Alley Cats which, although they give Tom the Suffering, is the funniest Part of the cartoon.
Of course, it was the beginning, the Character Designs are strange, especially the Stray Cats, but even so, the Animation is Phenomenal and Even to the degree of Disney, I liked the backgrounds, they are quite colorful and quite well drawn.
The Music is at its Maximum Splendor, obviously it is fun and Frenetic but the Part where the Alley Cats sing "Mamãe eu Quero" is the Funniest Part and at the same time, one of the best musical scenes of the Entire Series, It is Accompanied by scenes Funny and the Musical Brilliance is at its Maximum Potential.
Baby Puss can be Sadistic, petty and Annoying but it really is a Good Cartoon of Tom and Jerry, it has a Funny Setting and the Alley Cats steal the Spotlight from Tom and Jerry, the Musical scene of the Cats is Incredible and the Cartoon looks Benefited from quite a few funny gags.
In itself, it's not the Best Tom and Jerry Cartoon, but it's not the Worst either, it's fun and has excellent animation and music, it has memorable scenes like Jerry Bathing in the Dollhouse and the Stray Cats singing "¡Mamãe eu Quero!" it's just fascinating, a little sadistic but Jerry ends up getting what he deserves when he swallows castor oil and is forced to Vomit it out the window with Tom, the Cats, although they didn't get their Deserved, they contributed a lot to the Cartoon and this is Tom and Jerry in Pure state!.
For everything I said above, Baby Puss gets an 8.
Here we see an Evil Girl named Nancy who Forces her Cat (Tom) to dress up as Bebe, Jerry provokes Tom but the Girl threatens the Cat that she will give him Castor Oil if he moves from there.
That Part of the Cartoon is Favored by the First appearances of the Alley Cats which, although they give Tom the Suffering, is the funniest Part of the cartoon.
Of course, it was the beginning, the Character Designs are strange, especially the Stray Cats, but even so, the Animation is Phenomenal and Even to the degree of Disney, I liked the backgrounds, they are quite colorful and quite well drawn.
The Music is at its Maximum Splendor, obviously it is fun and Frenetic but the Part where the Alley Cats sing "Mamãe eu Quero" is the Funniest Part and at the same time, one of the best musical scenes of the Entire Series, It is Accompanied by scenes Funny and the Musical Brilliance is at its Maximum Potential.
Baby Puss can be Sadistic, petty and Annoying but it really is a Good Cartoon of Tom and Jerry, it has a Funny Setting and the Alley Cats steal the Spotlight from Tom and Jerry, the Musical scene of the Cats is Incredible and the Cartoon looks Benefited from quite a few funny gags.
In itself, it's not the Best Tom and Jerry Cartoon, but it's not the Worst either, it's fun and has excellent animation and music, it has memorable scenes like Jerry Bathing in the Dollhouse and the Stray Cats singing "¡Mamãe eu Quero!" it's just fascinating, a little sadistic but Jerry ends up getting what he deserves when he swallows castor oil and is forced to Vomit it out the window with Tom, the Cats, although they didn't get their Deserved, they contributed a lot to the Cartoon and this is Tom and Jerry in Pure state!.
For everything I said above, Baby Puss gets an 8.
Unusual Tom and Jerry short marred by being overly sadistic
world_of_weird10 December 2004
Even by Tom and Jerry's own violent standards, Baby Puss is disturbingly callous. It begins with an unusual premise - the usual 'owner', the plump black maid, is nowhere to be seen, and Tom appears to have been catnapped by an annoying little girl who wants to play mummy-and-baby with him. Tom puts up with this nonsense because he loves the bottled milk she feeds him, but this cosseted life comes to an end when Jerry invites Tom's alley cat friends to see how their leader is being humiliated. This leads to a lengthy slapstick sequence in which Tom is bullied relentlessly, and maybe it's because he's dressed as a toddler that I found this quite hard to take, especially the part where his head is blown up like a balloon and later stamped on repeatedly. I'm no wimp and I usually love violent cartoons, but this seemed too close to child abuse for comfort. Having said that, there are plenty of laughs and even - unusually for a 1940s cartoon - a couple of jokes about vomiting!
Once again, very enjoyable
TheLittleSongbird30 September 2010
There may be the odd joke that I agree could be perhaps a little on the mean-spirited side of things, but this is occasionally. Overall, Baby Puss is very well animated and very funny, well to me it is. Tom is great here and takes his humiliations well, while Jerry is as cunning as usual, and the girl and alley cats are good support. Even more impressive than the characters is the animation and music. For me, Baby Puss in terms of animation is one of the best-looking Tom and Jerry cartoons, with the backgrounds and colours stunning. The music has a lot of energy and beauty, while the cartoon goes at a cracking pace and while there is the odd sadistic gag(though none of them are as sadistic as the Gene Dietch cartoons) Baby Puss is very funny and makes the most of a somewhat unoriginal but never predictable story. So overall, very enjoyable, well animated and funny. 9/10 Bethany Cox
puss in booties
movieman_kev30 May 2005
An annoying prepubescent white girl dresses Tom the cat up as a baby, a bonnet, little booties, a diaper, the whole nine yards. Tom only puts up with it to get the delicious milk and is having a good time until Jerry the mouse sees him which enrages him while the mouse mocks him. Later Jerry gets Tom's feline friends over and embarrass's him further. I hear some people say this one is too sadistic. Hello.. this is a Tom and Jerry cartoon people. If you think it's too sadistic go watch the ultra-liberal crap-fest that is "Captain Planet" This hilarious cartoon can be found on disc one of the Spotlight collection DVD of "Tom & Jerry".
My Grade: A
My Grade: A
Tom the Baby
ja_kitty_7119 September 2010
This short is one of my favourite Tom & Jerry shorts from 1943. In this short, Tom was forced to play "baby" for the little girl of the house, and he did not like it one bit! Except for the milk from the bottle. Then, when the child leaves the room, Jerry peeks from behind a doll house and sees Tom, who is enjoying the bottle (for the milk) and mocks him by playing "Rock-a-Bye Baby" on the turntable and pretending to be a baby himself-I love that part. Tom is furious and chases Jerry into the dollhouse. Just when it seems that Tom has Jerry cornered, Nancy returns and scolds Tom again. Tucking Tom back in bed, Nancy threatens to feed him castor oil if he gets out again.
Jerry emerges from the doll house and runs to the window to get the attention of Meathead (from the short Sufferin' Cats! ), Butch, and Topsy, Tom's three alley cat friends, who are outside. When the trio sees Tom, they begin to make fun of him. When Tom confronts the other cats, they continue to tease and humiliate him. Poor Tom. Overall, I love this cartoon.
Jerry emerges from the doll house and runs to the window to get the attention of Meathead (from the short Sufferin' Cats! ), Butch, and Topsy, Tom's three alley cat friends, who are outside. When the trio sees Tom, they begin to make fun of him. When Tom confronts the other cats, they continue to tease and humiliate him. Poor Tom. Overall, I love this cartoon.
This episode is a little more sadistic than usual.
BA_Harrison21 March 2008
After he is forced to dress up and act like a baby by a sadistic little girl, poor old Tom becomes the victim of bullying by Jerry and a group of nasty alley cats.
Tom is physically and verbally attacked for the entire duration of this cartoon by every other character, and, although the level of violence is not particularly any higher than in other episodes, Baby Puss seems more mean spirited than your average T&J adventure. The result just isn't as enjoyable as usual.
There is also an overlong musical number which feels rather incongruous, and an unsatisfying ending which sees both Tom and Jerry getting a dose of Castor oil that makes them violently sick (I wanted Tom to turn the tables on his tormentors).
Tom is physically and verbally attacked for the entire duration of this cartoon by every other character, and, although the level of violence is not particularly any higher than in other episodes, Baby Puss seems more mean spirited than your average T&J adventure. The result just isn't as enjoyable as usual.
There is also an overlong musical number which feels rather incongruous, and an unsatisfying ending which sees both Tom and Jerry getting a dose of Castor oil that makes them violently sick (I wanted Tom to turn the tables on his tormentors).
one of the cutest cartoons ever made!
Mary-1820 September 2002
This is one of my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons. There isn't much plot, but everything that happens is just so delightful, funny, and beautifully animated, it's hard not to love. Tom's bratty alleycat friends are always fun to watch, and Tom is definitely at his most helpless and adorable. For old music fans, Baby Puss features a dozen great old standards brilliantly orchestrated.
best one ... should have been awarded
phgaynor123 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers
One of the best Tom and Jerry cartoons ever made, enforced by the tribute to Carmen Miranda (who's she? Answer: a Latin American singer with a fruit bowl on her head and with amazing teeth....search her on the internet!!!) All our family get a laugh out of this cartoon and any time we watch it I say it's definitely the best episode out of them all. The facial expressions really set out who the characters are. The singing and dancing lighten the violence with the small cat being done just like the famous singer (Carmen Miranda; see above). Watch it and enjoy. it is a tonic!!!! If I was a teacher, I'd grade it A+++++++!!! (Just to tell you, I'm not a teacher).
Too Mean-Spirited To Enjoy
ccthemovieman-110 July 2007
This is one of the few Tom and Jerry cartoons I would never watch again. You know, there are many times when I watch these entertaining Tom and Jerry cartoons I root for Tom, just out of compassion. Many times he gets brutalized by Jerry but usually there's a decent reason. Tom is usually chasing him. But in this cartoon, Tom gets literally tortured by other cats and takes a lot abuse physically and verbally for no reason, except incredible meanness.
In the house he resides in, at least in this cartoon, some idiot little girl dresses him up as a baby complete with bonnet and diapers, puts him in a little crib, scolds him and then - thankfully - leaves. At Tom enjoys the bottle of milk she left him. In fact, he loves the milk so much he doesn't mind acting like a baby while he's enjoying the drink. Jerry is watching him go goo-goo over the milk and makes fun of him. In no time, the usual chase is on, but only until the brat comes back.
Once again Tom has to endure this obnoxious girl. In all, it happens three times. Between the second and third, Jerry summons the neighborhood cats in to tease Tom about his outfit and baby acting. It becomes more than teasing and the cartoon becomes almost shocking in its sadism
There were some funny scenes but not enough to overcome the mean spirit in this animated short.
In the house he resides in, at least in this cartoon, some idiot little girl dresses him up as a baby complete with bonnet and diapers, puts him in a little crib, scolds him and then - thankfully - leaves. At Tom enjoys the bottle of milk she left him. In fact, he loves the milk so much he doesn't mind acting like a baby while he's enjoying the drink. Jerry is watching him go goo-goo over the milk and makes fun of him. In no time, the usual chase is on, but only until the brat comes back.
Once again Tom has to endure this obnoxious girl. In all, it happens three times. Between the second and third, Jerry summons the neighborhood cats in to tease Tom about his outfit and baby acting. It becomes more than teasing and the cartoon becomes almost shocking in its sadism
There were some funny scenes but not enough to overcome the mean spirit in this animated short.
too brutal
javior-7268023 June 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Tom and Jerry was my childhood. I've watched it several times, each time it still brought me joy and relaxation. There is a certain level of violence but it usually adds fun. But this episode... Tom did nothing wrong to deserve the abuse. These street cats abused him physically and mentally for the whole episode, only because Tom looks funny. Tom is a house cat, too gentle and vulnerable against the other cats. It reminds me of my elementary school days being bullied by some classmates because I was quiet and timid. Tom was so helpless, even Jerry felt nothing and even helped those bullies. I was shocked. I thought Jerry and Tom are rivals and friends.
Rock-a-bye bully.
Pjtaylor-96-1380447 August 2019
'Baby Puss (1943)' is just as well-animated as its similarly-aged peers. The issue is that it's actually rather mean-spirited. It sees Tom getting brutally bullied for being unwillingly treated as a baby by his owner, painting the rather disturbing experience as 'funny'. For this reason, the piece isn't very enjoyable. Of course, it has a few nice sight-gags and, like I mentioned, it's very pleasing to the eye. However, it's just not fun. 5/10
SNUFF FILM!!!
erezz2233 May 2018
It felt like watching a snuff film.
The cruelty for the sake of sadism was unbearable.
Poor Tom did nothing to deserve this physical and verbal sadistic abuse.
Even films such as "Hostel" and "Saw" weren't so disturbing as this short cartoon.
I would never even dream to let my children watch this abomination!
A different approach, and a forgettable outcome
Horst_In_Translation29 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
"Baby Puss" is an American 8minute cartoon from 1943, so this one will have its 75th anniversary next year and it is from the dark days of World War II. However, Tom and Jerry were always really unpolitical back then, so you will not see or hear any references about the global political climate during these 8 minutes. They were perhaps also there to have people laugh and distract them from the more important events for a little while. Barbera, Hanna, Berner and Bletcher are all household names when it comes to (MGM) animation from back then, so the premise is there for a good film. But the eventual outcome just wasn't convincing enough. It hardly felt like a Tom & Jerry movie at times because in the center of it all were some alley cats and Tom was just there. Jerry even disappeared for almost the entire second half. And these cats also do not possess the same level of quality like other supporting characters in this universe, like Jerry's nephew. And even if this is still among T&J's most known films today, I can see why it did not receive any recognition from the Oscars like so many other cartoons starring the world's most famous cat and mouse duo. I myself also did not enjoy it too much. The best thing about it was perhaps the music, a whole lot this time, but the comedy simply was not good enough in here. Thumbs-down from me. Not recommended.
Like a baby.
blanbrn11 February 2021
This "Tom and Jerry" short from 1943 called "Baby Puss" is entertaining as Tom plays like a baby for attention! Milk and a little child figure into this episode too and the chases are fun and far out with a doll house and Tom is jumped on and scolded. It's the bad tasting castor oil that he must swallow! Also alley cats are featured in this short! Overall not the greatest still entertaining and fun one from the early 40's!
Poor Tom...
maxschoby12 October 2023
Tom is absolutely humiliated in this short, and none of it feels deserved. Tom is forcibly dressed up like a baby and made to be the plaything of an annoying child. His cat friends, Butch, Meathead, and Topsy all come into his house and make fun of, torture, and humiliate him. He is constantly thrown around and messed with for no good reason. In the end, he is also given castor oil, and I feel bad for him. The only redeeming qualities of this cartoon include the famous Jerry in the shower scene, the song the cats sing, with Topsy even dressing like Carmen Maranda, and the diaper change scene, while sad for Tom, is funny, such as the surgical nature, and Tom getting hit by a hammer. The bulk of this cartoon, however, is an unpleasant short that just makes you feel bad for Tom.
Baby Puss
Michael_Elliott29 December 2015
Baby Puss (1943)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
One of the best in the series has Tom being dressed up as a baby by the little girl who lives with him. This leads to Tom being picked on by Jerry but things get even worse for the poor cat when a group of alley cats show up to continue the abuse. BABY PUSS is without question the best film in the series up to this point and it manages to feature one great laugh after another. For starters, the voice of the little girl is just so perfectly annoying that you really can't feel Tom's pain. The comedy aspect is extremely high and especially with the various abuses that Tom receives at the hands of the other cats. The diaper changing sequence is just a classic as is the scene where Jerry does some cross-dressing. Fans of the series will certainly love this one.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
One of the best in the series has Tom being dressed up as a baby by the little girl who lives with him. This leads to Tom being picked on by Jerry but things get even worse for the poor cat when a group of alley cats show up to continue the abuse. BABY PUSS is without question the best film in the series up to this point and it manages to feature one great laugh after another. For starters, the voice of the little girl is just so perfectly annoying that you really can't feel Tom's pain. The comedy aspect is extremely high and especially with the various abuses that Tom receives at the hands of the other cats. The diaper changing sequence is just a classic as is the scene where Jerry does some cross-dressing. Fans of the series will certainly love this one.
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