# When Tom & Jerry go to the beach, why do they wear bathing suits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758 "2016-04-10T00:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/21 "2016-04-11T06:15:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I once heard that Disney comics were banned from Finnish libraries because (a) Donald _et al._ habitually went around with their naughty bits exposed and (b) the parentage of Louie, Dewey, and Huey (and, one would assume, April, May, June, Morty, Ferdie, Millie, and Tilly) was ambiguous. > > Whether this was true or someone was just having me on, I don’t know. Everyone else’s parentage is ambiguous, too. It it is really rare to see a parent/child relationship in that part of Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/22 "2016-04-11T13:45:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Good thing they drew a bathing suit on her. A cat with a female figure. huh. > [http://data.whicdn.com/images/56899237/original.jpg](http://data.whicdn.com/images/56899237/original.jpg) Which means the [purple-eyelidded cat](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-miE2Bo9gn0s/USGxxErMQYI/AAAAAAAAi_U/LC4vWWIqYJ8/s1600/CAS+CAT+4.png) [Edit: Toodles Galore, per Wiki] from other episodes was lounging around naked (aside from her bow). No wonder she attracted so much attention. I also just noticed, looking at Google images of her, that she’s drawn with no tail. Which is sort of creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/23 "2016-04-11T13:54:39Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I also just noticed, looking at Google images of her, that she’s drawn with no tail. Which is sort of creepy. A Manx minx? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/24 "2016-04-11T13:56:42Z")
I pointed out to my son’s early interventionist that in her Elmo book (shudder) she was using with him, Elmo wakes up in pajamas but then changes into… nothing for the day. Weirded her a bit out, it did. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/25 "2016-04-11T13:58:42Z")
Perhaps she’s a [Manx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/26 "2016-04-11T14:05:11Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There’s reason after reason here why it all makes sense. Real cartoon animals wear swim suits at the beach, that’s just the way life is. And that’s why Mickey Mouse wears a bathing suit at the beach, and Pluto (usually) doesn’t: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=2&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themouseforless.com%2Fblog\_world%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FMickeys-Wildlife-Count-Along-7.png&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=2&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themouseforless.com%2Fblog_world%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FMickeys-Wildlife-Count-Along-7.png&action=click) [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=155&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-wide-art.com%2Fimages%2FSteve-Barton%2FMickey-Mouse-Beach-Daze-Wave-Gallery-Wrapped.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=155&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-wide-art.com%2Fimages%2FSteve-Barton%2FMickey-Mouse-Beach-Daze-Wave-Gallery-Wrapped.jpg&action=click) [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=1&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F58%2F71%2F41%2F58714119631ccfd11469998dfe93497b.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=1&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F58%2F71%2F41%2F58714119631ccfd11469998dfe93497b.jpg&action=click) [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=221&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv004o.popscreen.com%2FeDhlb2pkMTI%253D\_o\_mickey-mouse-the-beach-party.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=221&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv004o.popscreen.com%2FeDhlb2pkMTI%253D_o_mickey-mouse-the-beach-party.jpg&action=click) Although Pluto HAS been known to wear a bathing suit: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=15&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjosh.wilsdon.ca%2Fimages%2Fpluto-mickey-beach.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=15&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjosh.wilsdon.ca%2Fimages%2Fpluto-mickey-beach.jpg&action=click) But Mickey ALWAYS does ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/27 "2016-04-11T14:26:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Although Pluto HAS been known to wear a bathing suit: > > [Mickey Mouse at the Beach - Yahoo Image Search Results](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0j5rQtX1XcA1vJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Mickey+Mouse+at+the+Beach&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=15&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjosh.wilsdon.ca%2Fimages%2Fpluto-mickey-beach.jpg&action=click) Obviously, Mickey put it on him so he’d look “cute,” and Pluto hates it! Reminds me of when I used to take my dog to the seashore. I never dressed her up (though my daughter loved to do it), but she was scared of the open water and didn’t like being near it AT ALL. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/28 "2016-04-11T14:28:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I once heard that Disney comics were banned from Finnish libraries because (a) Donald _et al._ habitually went around with their naughty bits exposed and (b) the parentage of Louie, Dewey, and Huey (and, one would assume, April, May, June, Morty, Ferdie, Millie, and Tilly) was ambiguous. > > Whether this was true or someone was just having me on, I don’t know. I remember reading about that years ago. I don’t know if it was revealed as inaccurate back then, but [Snopes says it isn’t so](http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/finland.asp). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/29 "2016-04-11T14:34:15Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > I remember reading about that years ago. I don’t know if it was revealed as inaccurate back then, but [Snopes says it isn’t so](http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/finland.asp). Damn! Another myth busted! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/30 "2016-04-11T16:35:40Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > A Manx minx? with many mammaries. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/31 "2016-04-11T16:43:40Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Which means the [purple-eyelidded cat](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-miE2Bo9gn0s/USGxxErMQYI/AAAAAAAAi_U/LC4vWWIqYJ8/s1600/CAS+CAT+4.png) [Edit: Toodles Galore, per Wiki] from other episodes was lounging around naked (aside from her bow). No wonder she attracted so much attention. > > I also just noticed, looking at Google images of her, that she’s drawn with no tail. Which is sort of creepy. She’s a cat? She looks more like Jerry than Tom, if you ask me. Look at those mousy ears. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/32 "2016-04-11T16:50:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > And that’s why Mickey Mouse wears a bathing suit at the beach, and Pluto (usually) doesn’t: The important question is how Mickey has a friend that is a dog, Goofy, and a pet that is a dog, Pluto ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/33 "2016-04-11T16:55:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The important question is how Mickey has a friend that is a dog, Goofy, and a pet that is a dog, Pluto [Asked and answered.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/978/if-pluto-is-a-dog-what-is-goofy) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/34 "2016-04-11T16:57:54Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > She’s a cat? She looks more like Jerry than Tom, if you ask me. Look at those mousy ears. You know, I thought the same thing. I mean, I knew she was a cat based on the cartoons and her size relative to Jerry but you’re right about the ears. Googling her (which is where I learned her name) confirms that she is in fact a cat – albeit one who ends the cartoon by kissing Jerry in _Casanova Cat_. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/35 "2016-04-11T17:42:26Z")
The most disturbing Tom & Jerry cartoon is the one which apparently ends with the pair _committing suicide_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lM0JdVobHjQ/hqdefault.jpg "TOM AND JERRY COMMIT SUICIDE!!! (Blue Cat Blues)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0JdVobHjQ) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/36 "2016-04-11T18:24:06Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > [Asked and answered.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/978/if-pluto-is-a-dog-what-is-goofy) I dare not criticize _the Smartest Man on Earth_, but I believe this is much darker and Freudian than Cecil admits to. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/37 "2016-04-11T19:08:07Z")
Because, like wearing an onion on your belt, it was the style at the time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/38 "2016-04-11T19:37:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The important question is how Mickey has a friend that is a dog, Goofy, and a pet that is a dog, Pluto Lots of other examples. Mickey Mouse has had valuable papers eaten…by mice. And Donald Duck famously does a double-take in Fantasia 2000 when a pair of ducks board’s Noah’s Ark. Duckburg and Mouseton also have sapient simian characters…and also wild gorillas. (More hauntingly, Duckburg and Mouseton have sapient porcine characters…and bacon.) (The web comics “[Kevin and Kell](http://www.kevinandkell.com/)” and “[Doc Rat](http://www.docrat.com.au/)” both deal in VAST detail with the problems of provender for multi-species societies. It was addressed, and solved by a convenient deus ex machine, in “Kimba the White Lion.” But Disney publications have largely ignored the matter. We’ll have to presume that bacon comes from the non-sapient variety of pigs.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/39 "2016-04-11T20:07:13Z")
Even among sapient animals, there are still some major size differences. Mickey, a sapient mouse, has appeared with Donald, and is about the same size as him. Donald has appeared with Chip and Dale, and is much larger than them. Chip and Dale have appeared with Gadget Hackwrench, a sapient mouse, and are about the same size as her. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758/40 "2016-04-12T00:41:15Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > . . . We’ll have to presume that bacon comes from the non-sapient variety of pigs.) Or from those machines on the wall in public bathrooms. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tom-jerry-go-to-the-beach-why-do-they-wear-bathing-suits/751758.md?page=3)