Scat Cats is a 1957 Spike and Tyke

Spike and Tyke

Spike & Tyke is a short-lived theatrical animated short subject series, based upon the bulldog father-and-son team from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Tom and Jerry cartoons...

 cartoon produced and 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....

. It is the second and final Spike and Tyke spin-off of 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...

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Plot

Joan and George are out and tells Spike to guard the house. Just before they leave, Butch—who is a house cat in this cartoon—calls over his alley cat friends, Lightning, Topsy, and Meathead. They tip toe inside, he sees them and guards the door. They climb up in the tree. Spike pokes his head out, Lightning stops and asks Spike to remove Tyke, who bites his rear and runs.

First plan: Lightning holds a whip to get the antennae touch it, Spike's ear turns into a satellite. Lightning swings to the window until Spike "moves" the chimney and causing Lightning to fail to get in. Topsy is on a slingshot

Slingshot

A slingshot, shanghai, flip, bean shooter or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the off hand, with two rubber strips attached to the uprights. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket which holds the projectile...

, before he enter the window, Spike caught him with a glove and smacks him away.

Second plan: Meathead holds a ladder and jumps, Spike carries the ladder. Meathead holds the roof, causing it to be destroyed.

Third plan: They created a huge paper airplane with Topsy on board, it flies to the house. Spike burns it with fire and the plan thus, fails.

Fourth Plan: They set a big seesaw

Seesaw

A seesaw is a long, narrow board pivoted in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down.-Mechanics:Mechanically a seesaw is a lever and fulcrum....

, Lightning jumps and the cat flies to Butch's net

Net (device)

A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure, and is very infrequently mentioned in discussions of philosophy. It blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass...

and Spike cuts it into a hoop, leading him to the trash. Spike jumps and the trash go to the cat's seesaw and Lightning crash there, too. Anger.

Fifth plan: Butch fixes the window himself, Lightning digs toward the house from underground, before he "touches" Spike (who is in there). Spike bites his arm as he walks out.

Sixth plan: The cats ride on the three-bike, where they enter the house, ended on the ground. Spike picks the dust and puts it in the trash. The cats look, mad.

Seventh plan: "Joan" and "George" arrive at the house. Then, Tyke bites "George". Spike pulls him away and George's entire "body" comes apart; the couple are actually the cats in disguise. Spike chases them up a tree, but not before they've grabbed some sandwiches from the house. Lightning comes down the tree to remove Tyke from his rump, handing him to Spike: "This your kid?"

In the last scene, the cats are eating the sandwiches in the tree and Lightning refers to Spike as a good watchdog—and Tyke as a "chip off the old block." Spike happily says to Tyke: "That's my boy!".