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Buddies Thicker Than Water is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on November 1, 1962. It was the 12th cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. The name is a pun on the phrase "Blood is thicker than water".

Plot

On a snowy night in New York City, Jerry is comfortably asleep inside a penthouse. Tom, meanwhile, is freezing in the alley below, after being evicted by his owner. He writes a note, slips it into a bottle, and throws it up to the penthouse window. Jerry, awakened by the noise, goes out to the balcony and finds both this note and a second one sent up by Tom. Rushing outside, Jerry rescues a frozen Tom and brings him inside, then thaws him out with an electric blanket.

Tom and Jerry lounge about the penthouse, listening to music and drinking everything in the owner's liquor cabinet. However, Tom's owner returns and startles the inebriated pair. Jerry dives into his hole as she grabs Tom and prepares to throw him out again. Tom grabs Jerry and shows him to the woman, throwing her into a panic until he throws Jerry off the balcony into the alley, whilst Tom is being stroked and pampered by the owner. Jerry is furious at the cat's betrayal and wants revenge.

Upon entering the house, Jerry sneaks past Tom and goes over to the woman's make-up table, where he applies face powder on his body to resemble a ghost. Putting on a record of spooky sound effects, Jerry chases the terrified Tom outside, but some of the powder washes off as Jerry advances through the snow. Tom is furious and angrily unsheathes his claws, but as he charges towards Jerry, he accidentally melts the snow and falls back down to the alley below. Tom desperately sends Jerry another note, but Jerry responds by throwing a pair of ice skates and an ice hockey stick down to him, then happily returns to his hole and goes to sleep.

See also

• List of American films of 1962

References

1. Maltin, Leonard (1980). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.

External links

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• Buddies Thicker Than Water at IMDb

• 1962 films
• 1960s comedy films
• American films
• English-language films
• Films directed by Gene Deitch
• Films set in New York City
• Tom and Jerry short films
• 1960s American animated films