This just your typical Tom and Jerry cartoon ultra violent and also ultra unfunny.

But if I wanted an epic I wouldnt be watching this would I.

The animation was fine with bright colours to I dont know to brighten up peoples lives during the war.

I especially liked the the cheese grater Jeep.

When I started writing the profile for this short, my initial reaction was how I was going to write a synopsis for a short with virtually no plot… Finding an image was also tricky; eventually I used what to my knowledge is the pretty much iconic picture that now bears this profile’s main page.

In some ways this is the definitive Tom and Jerry and the first of the truly fast paced ones. If you look at the TJ shorts that came before (and since the PAL DVD sets run in chronological order I can), they are generally slower by comparison. Much of this transition comes from a (then) friendly rivalry between Hanna and Barbara and new arrival Tex Avery. As the two tried to outdo each other with the glorious facilities of MGM (the only studio outside Disney that allowed pencil tests and re-shots on a general level) to make the greatest shorts they could.

This short marks the turning point of the Tom and Jerry shorts, yet in some ways it also marks an apex. Where later cartoons would introduce a secondary character like Spike or Jerry’s nephew/orphan Nibbles (a.k.a. Tuffy) or another one-shot character, here it is pure, cat and mouse action. And it starts as it means to go on, relentless, fast paced and manic.

Yet it feels a little wrong at times because it is entirely controlled by Jerry throughout, Tom never really gets the ball in his corner, an oversight to many who note that this is not the general way of things. Even in the rudimentary of Tom and Jerry’s, Tom does sometimes get the upper hand, heck on some (albeit very rare) occasions even manages to obtain a win, or at the least a draw of sorts.

One has to acknowledge that this short is going to be one that divides opinion, but I still very much enjoy watching it. Of course if you really wanted to watch a near one-sided, immensely violent cat and mouse cartoon where the mouse always wins, you could try a Herman and Katnip short.

Not that I’ve recommend that in earnest.

Oh boy - no mucking about with plot here. Just unremitting violence that starts about 2 seconds in to the cartoon. Produced in 1943, the year when everyone released a short called 'Yankee Doodle (something)' (unless they were German I suppose), this one is crammed full of wartime references - even an acknowledgment of wartime paranoia in the parodic poster in Jerry's hole, which reads something like "That friendly rat may tell the cat".

Jerry is cast as an officer in some mouse army (I assume we should read 'The USA' here) and Tom I suppose represents the Axis powers. In any case this is a pretty superficial excuse for a cartoon of frantic, non-stop violence, explosions and general mayhem as Tom and Jerry do their usual thing - though perhaps with a little extra abandom here. Household items are cleverly conscripted as weapons by the mouse, who generally outsmarts Tom at every turn.

The animation is excellant, though it lacks the artful timing that Warner was starting to master . But Tom and Jerry isn't really about timing or even characterisation. Certainly in this case anyway, it's basically an excuse for two characters to try and kill each other for 7 minutes.

I think I would like this a bit more, and Tom and Jerry cartoons more in general, if Jerry didn't inevitably come out on top all the time. I know this is the code that Warner adhered to in all of their X versus Y cartoons as well, but I prefer the ones where Jerry doesn't get everything his own way.

Won an Oscar. Did it deserve it? Well, I haven't seen every cartoon from 1943, but OTTOMH I can't think of anything obviously better. This was probably the ticket at the time.

For me, it's enjoyable, but if you like frenetic chase-style mayhem, this will be close to nirvana.

This is the Tom and Jerry I love, the ultra violent and funny ones.For some reason, most likely angry parents,these types of Tom and Jerry cartoons I don't see anymore and have been gone for decades.Anyways,"The Yankee Doodle Mouse" was an excellent feature beause we see Jerry at his best devilish best, beating the lving hell out of Tom. I loved the fact that Jerry cleverly used common house hold items and turned them into ammarments, such as turning a egg carton into glider and using lightbulbs as bombs.Overall,an excellent Tom and Jerry short with the theme of patriotism making it grand.