Of Feline Bondage is a Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...

 cartoon released in 1965

1965 in film

The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...

, directed and produced by Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...

, with animation by Ben Washam, Don Towsley, Ken Harris, Tom Ray and Dick Thompson. In some ways, the cartoon is reminiscent of the 1948 short, The Invisible Mouse

The Invisible Mouse

The Invisible Mouse is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 33rd Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was released on September 27, 1947.-Plot:...

which was directed by William Hanna

William Hanna

William Denby Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by...

 and Joseph Barbera

Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland Barbera was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....

. The title of the cartoon alludes to the novel Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." Maugham, who had...

by Somerset Maugham, and the better-known 1964 film of the same name.

Plot

Jerry is running though a pool hall and runs into a can that Tom holds out. Tom begins shaking the can and laughs then he tips Jerry out against the wall.

Jerry is then running along near one of the tables and runs up a pool cue placed by Tom and onto a cue ball on one of the tables. Tom breaks by shooting the cue ball into the rack and Jerry gets bopped on the head by the cue ball. Then, the 8-ball lands right next to the mouse and it follows Jerry off the table and into his hole, where it squishes Jerry flat. Jerry shrugs in misery until his fairy godmother visits him. Jerry acts out the situation with Tom and she gives Jerry a bottle of potion that keeps him invisible for a period of time. Jerry thanks her and pokes his head out of his hole, where he sees cheese attached to a fishing line held by Tom. Jerry drinks the potion and turns invisible. He steals the cheese and gets Tom to twist his face in wonder. Jerry swipes the fishing line and pulls Tom's nose and ears backwards, ties Tom's tail, and generally keeps the cat prisoner while the invisible mouse procures some scissors. Tom panics and runs up the steps at the speed of a race car, but still nearly loses his tail.

Tom hides behind a trunk, panting hard. He then pokes his head out and gets his whiskers cut off. Jerry then steps with the scissors and cuts off some of Tom's head hair. Tom flees down the steps at even greater speed and falls into a vase. Jerry then clips his tail and makes it assume the shape of a fir tree. He then cuts off all of Tom's chest fur. The vase breaks and reveals Tom's horrid appearance - Tom has shorts and vest. Jerry laughs, holding the scissors, but soon reappears. Tom holds out a mirror, and Jerry slows his laughing. Then Tom cuts Jerry's fur to leave him with only a brassiere

Brassiere

A brassiere is an undergarment that covers, supports, and elevates the breasts. Since the late 19th century, it has replaced the corset as the most widely accepted method for supporting breasts....

 and knickers.

Tom laughs at Jerry at his look and Jerry laughs at Tom at his look.