Puss Gets the Boot (1940)

Supervision-Rudolf Ising
Animation-Rudy Zamora 
Producer-Fred Quimby
Musical Direction-Scott Bradley
Release Date-February 20, 1940




The cartoon opens with a cat named Jasper messing with a little mouse.  Jasper then lands in front of the mouse and runs in Jasper's mouth. The mouse then quickly runs out. Jasper teases the mouse some more and paints a fake mouse hole. The mouse runs into the wall five times and, supposedly, gets a concussion. The mouse wakes up and looks for Jasper.The mouse is too afraid to look so he pokes Jasper in the eye. Jasper finally has a reason to chase the mouse and runs into a pillar and a flower pot. The owner then smacks Jasper with a broom and warns Jasper if one more thing is broken he has to sleep outside. Jasper then runs off and bumps into a table with a vase on top. The vase falls, but Jasper catches it. The mouse laughs at him and Jasper then comes chasing him on the table. The mouse threatens to drop a drinking cup and Jasper remembers what the owner said. Jasper then walks away and the mouse puts down the cup. Jasper chases the mouse again and once again, the mouse threatens Jasper. Jasper walks away and the mouse drops the cup anyway so Jasper can catch it. Instead of only the cup, the mouse drops the whole set! Jasper has finally had enough and decided to put pillows all over the floor. Jasper pops up in front of the mouse and is worried about nothing when the mouse threatens Jasper and eventually drops the cup. The mouse notices that the cup didn't break and him and Jasper look down at the ground. The mouse then tries to  run away, but Jasper caught his tail. The mouse then says a quick prayer. *put audio track here*. Jasper lets go of the mouse's tail and catches the mouse with his tail (what's the point?) and throws him up in the air. The mouse then grabs a glass plate that lands on Jasper. The mouse tips over all of the glass plates on the shelf for Jasper to catch. After each plate is caught (counting about 20) the mouse then throws a coffee cup on the ground. The owner runs down the stairs and the mouse messes with Jasper until the last step, the mouse kicks Jasper and the dishes break. The mouse runs toward to the mouse hole. The owner then goes and kicks out Jasper.