The Truce Hurts (Tom and Jerry)

The Truce Hurts is an American 1948 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 35th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on July 17, 1948 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.

Plot
Tom, Jerry, and Spike (here called Butch) are fed up of fighting each other and call a truce, but the peace falls apart when they fight over a steak.

Why It Deserves A Peaceful Truce

 * 1) Tom, Jerry, and Spike become friends develops there relationships more than usual.
 * 2) The message in this episode, It's shows that enemies can be friends.
 * 3) The iconic scene with Jerry hitting a pipe on Tom's foot, Tom's hitting Jerry with frying pan, and hitting Spike on the process and Spike swinging his a bat, all which plays on a loop.
 * 4) Voice acting is top-notch as well as the animation.
 * 5) Many funny gags and moments such as Butch screaming and hitting himself with a brick when seeing Tom saving Jerry.
 * 6) They have save each other, when Tom saves Jerry from Butch and Spike saves Tom from a unnamed dog,
 * 7) Funny & hilarious ending with them going back to being enemies, they get there weapons and Jerry hitting a pipe on Tom's foot, Tom's hitting Jerry with frying pan, and hitting Spike on the process and Spike swinging his a bat.

Reception

 * It holds a rating of 8 out of 10 on IMDB.

Trivia

 * When signing the peace treaty, Spike's name is written as "Butch", which can be confusing because Butch the Cat, is also briefly present in this episode.