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The Duck Doctor is a 1952 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 64th Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It stars a Quacker as a little wild duck, rather than the yellow duckling, [edit] Plot This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (February 2010)

A flock of wild ducks is flying south, and Tom sees them. He fires several shots at them and shoots a duckling in the arm. The duckling cries out in pain and tries to catch up with his family on one wing, but this does not succeed. The duckling slowly falls to earth as Tom prepares to catch him. The duckling ends up sliding across the ground, hits a rock, and bounces down, where he is knocked out.

Jerry hears the racket, opens his door, and is terrified to discover the cat chasing after the duck. Jerry just manages to hide the duckling in a tree before Tom shows up; then the cat runs away. Jerry listens for a pulse and discovers that the duckling is alive. Jerry splashes the duck with a bucket of water and the duckling wakes up with a start. He begs not to be shot, but when he sees that Jerry has saved him, he explains his situation and clutches his arm. Jerry straightens out the duckling's arm and makes a makeshift sling for it. The duckling cries out in excruciating pain for a few seconds, but soon sees the sling and compliments the mouse on his abilities as a doctor.

Jerry shushes the duck because he sees Tom outside of the tree. The ducks are then heard quacking; Tom perks up when he sees the opportunity to shoot a duck down. This sound also attracts the duckling, who bids Jerry goodbye and tries to join his flock, knocking over Tom in the process. The duckling cannot get off the ground and soon Tom starts to shoot at him. Tom corners the duck, and just before he plants a bullet in his feathers, Jerry sticks a reed up Tom's gun such that it backfires and leaves Tom in blackface.

Jerry carries the duckling back to his hole, but soon the duckling hears the ducks again and runs out, only to meet Tom's gun again. Tom's shots barely graze the duckling's rear and Jerry is forced to patch it up after hearing the duck's explanation. Tom imitates a duck sound by blowing through a thin tube. The duckling mows over the door and Jerry in order to get out of the hole, but then doesn't see anything. Tom puts the gun to the duckling's head and the duckling barely dodges the point-blank bullet. After a few more shots, Tom follows the duck into a tree stump, and he fires a shot into the stump, hitting the duck again. Tom then pursues the duckling with the gun again, but accidentally shoots a pig's bottom. The pig shrieks in pain and leaps into the air. Tom looks up, and before he can react, the massive pig has flattened him into the shape of her backside. She then runs away in terror.

The duckling passes by Jerry's hole and Jerry pulls him in in order to patch up the duck even more. Less than a third of the duck's body is now visible. Jerry ties the duck to a large anvil to keep him from running away.

Tom stealthily crawls on his belly over to Jerry's hole and uses his caller again. The duckling obligingly comes out, taking the anvil with him. When the duck runs past Tom, the anvil flattens him. Tom fires shots at the duckling as the anvil drags across the ground. the duckling grips onto a tree and the anvil swings around and hits Tom, molding him into a stool shape. The duckling suddenly stops when the anvil gets stuck between two small trees, and Tom is ready to kill the duck when the anvil bursts free and knocks Tom backwards into a water pump.

The duckling then succeeds in getting in the air, but is held down by the weight of the anvil. Since the duckling cannot go anywhere, Tom shoots at the duck, but instead breaks the rope. The anvil plummets down directly where Tom is standing; Tom panics and runs back and forth but the anvil follows him. He realizes there is no way out so he digs his grave and smokes his last cigarette, it squishes him and kills him and falls over the grave and the anvil becomes Tom's "tombstone".

The duckling shakes off his bandages and flies away with the rest of the ducks, bidding farewell to Jerry, who holds Tom's duck whistle. [edit] Voice cast

* Red Coffee as The Duckling (uncredited)

[hide]v · d · eThe Hanna–Barbera's Tom and Jerry shorts 1940 	Puss Gets the Boot (001) 1941 	The Midnight Snack (002) · The Night Before Christmas (003) 1942 	Fraidy Cat (004) · Dog Trouble (005) · Puss n' Toots (006) · The Bowling Alley Cat (007) · Fine Feathered Friend (008) 1943 	Sufferin' Cats! (009) · The Lonesome Mouse (010) · The Yankee Doodle Mouse (011) · Baby Puss (012) 1944 	The Zoot Cat (013) · The Million Dollar Cat (014) · The Bodyguard (015) · Puttin' on the Dog (016) · Mouse Trouble (017) 1945 	The Mouse Comes to Dinner (018) · Mouse in Manhattan (019) · Tee for Two (020) · Flirty Birdy (021) · Quiet Please! (022) 1946 	Springtime for Thomas (023) · The Milky Waif (024) · Trap Happy (025) · Solid Serenade (026) 1947 	Cat Fishin' (027) · Part Time Pal (028) · The Cat Concerto (029) · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (030) · Salt Water Tabby (031) · A Mouse in the House (032) · The Invisible Mouse (033) 1948 	Kitty Foiled (034) · The Truce Hurts (035) · Old Rockin' Chair Tom (036) · Professor Tom (037) · Mouse Cleaning (038) 1949 	Polka-Dot Puss (039) · The Little Orphan (040) · Hatch Up Your Troubles (041) · Heavenly Puss (042) · The Cat and the Mermouse (043) · Love That Pup (044) · Jerry's Diary (045) · Tennis Chumps (046) 1950 	Little Quacker (047) · Saturday Evening Puss (048) · Texas Tom (049) · Jerry and the Lion (050) · Safety Second (051) · Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (052) · The Framed Cat (053) · Cue Ball Cat (054) 1951 	Casanova Cat (055) · Jerry and the Goldfish (056) · Jerry's Cousin (057) · Sleepy-Time Tom (058) · His Mouse Friday (059) · Slicked-up Pup (060) · Nit-Witty Kitty (061) · Cat Napping (062) 1952 	The Flying Cat (063) · The Duck Doctor (064) · The Two Mouseketeers (065) · Smitten Kitten (066) · Triplet Trouble (067) · Little Runaway (068) · Fit to Be Tied (069) · Push-Button Kitty (070) · Cruise Cat (071) · The Dog House (072) 1953 	The Missing Mouse (073) · Jerry and Jumbo (074) · Johann Mouse (075) · That's My Pup! (076) · Just Ducky (077) · Two Little Indians (078) · Life with Tom (079) 1954 	Puppy Tale (080) · Posse Cat (081) · Hic-cup Pup (082) · Little School Mouse (083) · Baby Butch (084) · Mice Follies (085) · Neapolitan Mouse (086) · Downhearted Duckling (087) · Pet Peeve (088) · Touché, Pussy Cat! (089) 1955 	Southbound Duckling (090) · Pup on a Picnic (091) · Mouse for Sale (092) · Designs on Jerry (093) · Tom and Chérie (094) · Smarty Cat (095) · Pecos Pest (096) · That's My Mommy (097) 1956 	The Flying Sorceress (098) · The Egg and Jerry (099) · Busy Buddies (100) · Muscle Beach Tom (101) · Down Beat Bear (102) · Blue Cat Blues (103) · Barbecue Brawl (104) 1957 	Tops with Pops (105) · Timid Tabby (106) · Feedin' the Kiddie (107) · Mucho Mouse (108) · Tom's Photo Finish (109) 1958 	Happy Go Ducky (110) · Royal Cat Nap (111) · The Vanishing Duck (112) · Robin Hoodwinked (113) · Tot Watchers (114) 2005 The Karate Guard (162) Spin-off Give and Tyke (Spike and Tyke) · Scat Cats (Spike and Tyke) See also: The Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–1962) and The Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–1967) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duck_Doctor" Categories: 1952 films | Tom and Jerry cartoons Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from May 2008 | All articles lacking sources | Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from February 2010 | All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention Personal tools

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