Heavenly Puss

Heavenly Puss is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 42nd Tom and Jerry short, created in 1948, and released to theaters on July 9, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon's music was composed by Scott Bradley and the animation was credited to Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge.

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

Dialogue

Conductor: Name, Butch. [A bandaged up Butch nods his head] Cause of decease, lost fight with bulldog. [Butch nods his head] Pass granted.

[As Butch walks away, the conductor notices his tail carrying the dog's teeth following him. Frankie then appears in front of him]

Conductor: Frankie. [Frankie nods his head] Stuck with a flat iron while singing on a backyard fence. [Frankie takes off his hat and shows the conductor a bump on his head] Pass.

[Frankie walks away as another cat similar to Topsy appears flattened]

Conductor: Aloysius. Hmm, so you didn't see the steam roller coming, huh? [Aloysius shakes his head] Go ahead. Fluff, Muff and Puff.

[As he calls out their names, a wet bag appears and the three kittens appear, meowing happily as he lets them pass]

Conductor [clicks his tongue and shakes his head] What some people won't do.

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[The conductor catches Tom from trying to sneak past him]

Conductor: Thomas. Just a minute.

[Tom stands in line as the conductor looks through his biography. He is disappointed when he learns that Tom's death wasn't attributed from the accidental crushing of the piano. While he was still alive, Tom spent it by persecuting Jerry an innocent little mouse and not on other things a cat should be doing]

Conductor: Hmm, apparently, your whole life was spent persecuting an innocent little mouse. With a record like that, I can't let you through. I'm sorry, Tom. However, the Heavenly Express doesn't leave for an hour. [hands Tom a certificate of forgiveness] If, within that time, you can obtain the signature of that little mouse on this certificate of forgiveness, you will be permitted to pass. But if you fail, it's this...

[The conductor pushes a button, a television screen turns on, showing an image of Hell, and in it, Spike is personified as the devil, to Tom's alarm]

Devil Dog: [after a diabolical laugh] Let me have him! Send him down! Give him to me now!

Conductor: Remember, you have only an hour.

[Tom then gets teleported back to Earth into his own body and wakes up, thinking it was all a dream. However, he is holding the Certificate of Forgiveness in his left hand. A golden clock appears on the wall counting the time until the Heavenly Express departs]

Conductor: Hurry, Tom! Hurry!

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[Tom arrives at Jerry's mousehole with a cake labeled, "To my pal". Jerry asks if the cake is for him, and Tom nods his head yes. Jerry devours the cake like a machine, leaving nothing but the candles. Tom then forces Jerry to sign the Certificate of Forgiveness, but Jerry squirts Tom's face with ink. Tom notices that there is only half an hour until the Heavenly Express' departure, so he decides to hide behind a couch and forge Jerry's signature. However, a light shines on him from Heaven]

Conductor: Nuh, uh-uh-uh-uh!

---

[Tom then decides to bribe Jerry with cheese to sign the Certificate of Forgiveness. However, this was the last straw; Jerry tore the certificate into pieces. Angry, Tom tries to hit Jerry with a shovel, but then the devil dog appears]

Devil Dog: Attaboy, Tom! Hit him and let's go (to Hell)! Come on!

[Tom horrifically shakes his head with a "no" as the devil dog disappears into thin air]

Voice cast

• Billy Bletcher as Devil Dog. (uncredited)
• Daws Butler as Conductor. (uncredited)

External links

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