Tom and Jerry Cartoons under this category
The plot centres on a formal Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2 by Franz Liszt. Jerry, who has been asleep inside the piano, is rudely awakened by the hammers and angrily sits on top of the grand piano to mock the cat by “conducting” him. Tom cannot abide this, and flicks Jerry off the piano. All the while, Tom continues playing without any interruptions.Now Jerry arises from under one of the keys. Tom hammers down on the key, while Jerry runs back and forth underneath. As Tom lifts his paws from the keys, the piano continues playing.
He looks over the edge of the piano and spots Jerry playing the felts from inside. Tom knocks the rodent out with a tuning tool. Jerry gets revenge by slamming the piano lid onto Tom’s fingers, flattening them. But he resumes playing, as Jerry attempts to chop off the cat’s fingers with a pair of scissors. When this fails, he substitutes a mousetrap for some of the keys. Now Tom’s finger does get caught and swells to ballooning proportions.
Tom and Jerry at odds in The Cat Concerto.Jerry prances up and down on the piano, upon which Tom climbs and proceeds to play - with his feet. As Tom gets back down to play with his fingers, Jerry dances around on the felts, changing the tune from the Rhapsody to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe”. Tom snatches Jerry in his fist and throws him into the piano stool. Jerry crawls out of an opening and manipulates the seat’s controls, cranking it up, and then sending it crashing down.
Still playing, Tom stuffs Jerry into the felts. The felts take on a life of their own, bashing Jerry about, spanking him, and squashing him to and fro. Jerry manages to break off some felts and plays them on the strings, faster and faster, so that Tom simply cannot keep up. No longer in control of the piano, Tom tries to keep up appearances but collapses in exhaustion after finishing the tune.And of course, Jerry takes all the applause and credit for himself.
