The Midnight Snack takes place in a kitchen, with a refrigerator at the centre of the action. Jerry emerges from the refrigerator, carrying a large piece of cheese on his back. A malevolent Tom creeps up behind an unsuspecting Jerry and does his best to trip up the mouse.
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Jerry runs back to the refrigerator to put the cheese back, overseen by Tom. Tom notices the abundance of food, and just can’t help himself. He pins Jerry down to the kitchen counter by placing an iron on Jerry’s tail. Tom devours plenty of food, but picks up a rather smelly piece of cheese and tosses it away. Unfortunately, the piece of cheese he tossed away smashes some crockery. Mammy Two Shoes hears this, and charges downstairs to confront the cat. Tom acts quickly, and shoves Jerry into the refrigerator and hides, effectively framing Jerry. The housemaid screams, and Tom emerges from his hiding place to pursue Jerry. In the midst of the chase, he gets tied up around the stool that Mammy is standing on to escape the mouse, knocking the stool over in the process.
Tom corners Jerry behind a pedal bin, but Jerry jumps on the pedal, sending the bin crashing into Tom’s face. Jerry hides in the toaster to escape from Tom, but Tom calmly pushes the button on the toaster. Jerry pops up, his bottom on smoke, and places his rear end in a sinkful of water, only to be chased again by Tom. He climbs up a blind but at the last minute is cornered again. Tom pounces onto Jerry but loses his grip and gets his tail caught up in an ironing board, facing the refrigerator. Jerry gets a fork and stabs it into Tom’s backside. The cat meows in pain, then is sent down the ironing board, into the sink, breaking the clean/dirty dishes, onto a grater, and straight into the fridge. The door closes on Tom. Mammy re-enters the room, on the mistaken assumption that Tom has caught and disposed of Jerry. She opens the refrigerator door to get Tom a nice big bowl of delicious cream, only to find Tom in the refrigerator, covered in food. We cut to Jerry overhearing Mammy screaming at Tom and kicking
