tdaugherty2005 While everyone seems to praise this one I am one of the few minorities who cannot enjoy this. I like to judge these cartoons based on who initiates the conflict first. In this case it's Jerry. All Tom wants to do is enjoy his milk in peace but Jerry can't leave him alone no matter what he does to keep his milk away from him. Then he poisons it Jerry becomes strong and just hurts Tom constantly. I found myself calling Jerry a jerk, wishing he'd just leave him alone and quit hurting him. And then when Tom gets a chance to get even he drinks the spiked milk and instead of making him strong it reduces him to an insignificant size where Jerry can go from bothering him, hurting him to just torturing him.Second worst T&J episode I've ever seen. Right next to the Mouseketeer which ends with Tom being decapitated.

Tweekums This 'Tom and Jerry' short opens with the milkman delivering a couple of bottle of milk to a house; Tom's arm them emerges from the basement window and grabs a bottle. He pours it into a bowl and starts to drink... then sees Jerry opposite him also lapping up milk. He chases Jerry back into his mouse hole a pushes a chest of drawers in front of it but Jerry just comes out of one of the drawers and returns to the milk. Tom tries many things to keep it from Jerry but whatever he does Jerry gets to his milk. Eventually he heads back to the basement and starts adding a variety of poisons to the milk creating a substance so noxious that it dissolves the spoon he stirs it with. When Jerry drinks it he appears to keel over and die but moments later he springs back to life; he is far more muscular though. Tom tries to swat him with a large book but Jerry just rips it apart and sets about beating up Tom. Eventually he returns to normal and tries mixing the potion himself; Tom swipes it before he can drink it though... the effect it has on Tom is very different though.This short is a fun take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 'Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'; it has a much darker feel than most 'Tom and Jerry' shorts with the characters casting ominous shadows and sinister music, Tom also looks more maniacal than usual as he plots to defeat Jerry. The violence is up to the usual level and much of it is as creative as it is amusing; the highlight being when Tom hides in a safe and the muscular Jerry punches a hole through it and drags Tom through the tiny hole! The ending where Tom drinks Jerry's concoction was rather good; I had to feel a bit sorry for Tom though! The only slight disappointment was that the fly that drank Tom's potion didn't come back in a muscular state later on... I was sure that was how the short would end!

BA_Harrison Annoyed that Jerry keeps on 'half-inching' his milk, Tom the cat mixes up a noxious and potentially deadly concoction, puts it in his bowl and waits for the rodent to strike. However, rather than causing Jerry to pop his clogs, the foul mixture of milk and household chemicals turns the meek mouse into a muscle-bound hulk...This one might not be the greatest of Tom and Jerry's escapades (despite being Oscar nominated), but it packs enough laughs to make it worth a go. The animation is above average, with the scenes in which Tom mixes his potion being particularly well rendered (the coloured lighting and shadows cast by the cat are very effective).Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Mouse is silly fun and gets a respectable rating of 7/10 from me.

Robert Reynolds The fact that this was nominated for an Oscar puzzles me somewhat, as it wasn't one of the better Tom and Jerry cartoons. It wasn't even the best one that year (Invisible Mouse was much better). The ending, which is creative, makes this worth watching, but that's the most memorable part of the short.