The Zoot Cat

The Zoot Cat (also referred to as simply Zoot Cat) is a 1943 American one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on December 23 1943 Or February 26, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.

Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Produced by Fred Quimby.

Tom: [imitating Charles Boyer] Ah, I love you. When I'm with you, I am what you call, uh, a hip cat. I am hip to the jive. I'm in the groove, darling.

Toots: Now you're REALLY sendin' me, Jackson. [Tom winks at the audience]

Tom: Now, you set my soul on fire. It is not just a little, uh, spark. It is a flame; a big roaring flame. Ah, I can feel it now. It is burning... burning... BURNING-- [Tom starts noticing smoke] Say, [to the audience, in a Groucho Marx voice] something is burning around here!

[Tom then realizes what is burning and leaps about screaming. He sees his burned foot]

• Sara Berner as Toots (uncredited)
• William Hanna as Tom (uncredited)
• Jerry Mann as the Radio Announcer (uncredited)

• Candi Milo as Toots (uncredited)
• Jeff Bennett as Tom Cat (uncredited)
• Corey Burton as the Radio Announcer (uncredited)

• The Zoot Cat quotes at the Internet Movie Database

Creators	William Hanna · Joseph Barbera
Characters	Tom Cat · Jerry Mouse
Feature films	Animated films	Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
	Live action films	Tom & Jerry (2021)
Television series	Tom and Jerry
Short films	Tom and Jerry