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Cannery Rodent is a 1967 Tom and Jerry short produced by Chuck Jones, and was the final written and directed by Jones (however, based on production, the final written and directed by Jones was Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary). The title's a parody of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row.

Plot

Tom chases Jerry onto a dock, and they soon both end up in a can factory and get put into cans during the opening credits. After they come out of the can machine (one can reads "Tom" and the other "Jerry"), Tom cuts his can open and releases himself. When Jerry sees Tom, he jumps and runs outside of the can factory, with Tom chasing him, making the fish cans spill everywhere.

As Jerry (who is still in a can) rolls out of the way, Tom is carried out by the rolling fish cans and off the pier, until he glides through the air and stops as his tail, then his arm, and then his body register that gravity is imminent. Tom dangles in midair, has his face stretched, and finally falls into the sea. Tom soon jumps out, white with fear, followed by a hungry shark. The cat grabs onto an offshoot of the pier and pulls himself down so as to flip himself just out of the way of the attacking shark below him. The cat then gets splattered with a drop of water and jumps back onto the pier as the shark laughs. Tom responds by throwing an anchor onto the shark's head, causing him to badmouth Tom as he taunts him.

Tom returns to chasing Jerry when he hears his can across the floor. Jerry stops at Tom's foot, and attempts to leap away, but is then caught and opened. The cat repeatedly shakes the can to get the mouse out of it with no luck, and sticks a finger inside to get painfully bitten by Jerry. He finally pulls Jerry out of the can, and as both of them realize the situation, Jerry releases his death grip, shows a smile to the camera, and kicks Tom's face as he starts the chase. The two chase through the huts and across the pier until Jerry stops at the end of the pier while Tom goes off the end. Tom looks back to see Jerry waving at him and can barely turn back around before he slams into a porthole, taking on its shape, and then falling into the sea to meet the shark again.

Tom swims out of the way with the shark snapping at him. He climbs a ladder while the shark eats the wood columns under the pier. The shark swims back and takes a leap toward Tom on top of the pier and gets smacked on the head with an oar before falling back down. He emerges and glares at Tom as he taunts him once again, only this time, the shark leaps out of the water and chomps Tom (and part of the pier decking). Jerry peers through the resulting hole at the terrifying situation below: Tom is hanging onto the oar, which braces the shark's mouth open. It breaks this brace, until Tom his legs to brace instead, staving off doom for a little longer. Fortunately, Jerry saves him by dumping a canister of pepper into the shark's mouth, causing him to sneeze and launch himself around the water and into the canning machine, where he is stuffed into a big can with his frowning picture.

As Jerry relaxes and obtains a halo for his good deed, an ungrateful Tom grabs him and pops Jerry's halo with devil horns, chuckling evilly. Jerry chuckles innocently and sneezes himself out of Tom's paw and horns, into the water, while Tom follows him. Tom's searching for Jerry, only to become terrified when he sees another shark fin coming towards him, while he swims away with lightning speed. However, it is revealed that the fin is actually by Jerry, who is now shown swimming underneath the water. Jerry turns his head towards the camera with a devilish smile on his face and grows his own devil horns while he continues to chase after Tom into the sunset.

Crew

• Co-Director & Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Story: Chuck Jones
• Animation: Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Don Towsley, Tom Ray, Dick Thompson, O.B. Barkley & Bob Kirk
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
• Camera Planning: Buf Nerbovig
• Vocal Effects: Mel Blanc, June Foray & William Hanna
• Production Manager: Earl Jonas
• Music: Dean Elliott
• Co-ordinator: Sam Pal
• Production Supervised by Les Goldman
• Produced & Directed by Chuck Jones

External links

• Template:Bcdb title
• Cannery Rodent at IMDb

1. https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3105-Jerry-Jerry-Quite-Contrary
2. https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3185-Cannery-Rodent
3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwhd1huk2bY

• 1967 films
• 1967 short films
• Tom and Jerry short films
• 1967 animated films
• Short films directed by Chuck Jones
• Films without speech
• 1960s American animated films
• American films
• 1960s comedy films
• Films scored by Dean Elliott
• Films directed by Maurice Noble
• American animated short films
• American comedy films
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films
• Films about sharks