Plane Dumb (Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren))

"Plane Dumb" is a 1932 cartoon from the ' Van Beuren'  short series ' Tom and Jerry' (not to be confused with the more well-known cat and mouse duo of the same name).

Plot
Tom and Jerry decide to go to Africa just so they can become heroes, but they disguise themselves by putting on blackface. Afterwards, their plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf Of Guinea near Africa.

Why It’s Plain Dumb

 * 1) To get the elephant out of the room, Tom and Jerry disguise themselves as African Americans by putting on blackface and talking in an African American lingo and are presented in blackface throughout most of the cartoon until the end.
 * 2) Very mediocre voice acting.
 * 3) The animation is stiff and ugly (very off if you like).
 * 4) The pacing is destitute and slow.
 * 5) Tom and Jerry are barely in Africa on this cartoon and not get there until around the second half.
 * 6) The music is also tedious and monotonous.
 * 7) Not only do Tom and Jerry appear in blackface, but almost everything else on this cartoon appears in blackface (the same) such as the animals, fish, an octopus, sharks, a whale, a bat, and skeletons.
 * 8) Plot Hole: Tom and Jerry go hide in the same cave that a lion hid in, but the lion is nowhere to be seen after that.
 * 9) * Another plot hole is that Tom and Jerry don’t get their blackfaces washed off whenever their plane lands in the water.
 * 10) Most of the jokes are barely even that funny.
 * 11) The scene with the black singing skeletons can be very disturbing to some viewers.
 * 12) The cartoon reuses animation from previous Van Beuren cartoons.
 * 13) The ending is really offensive with Tom and Jerry getting chased by African natives.
 * 14) The title is misleading as Tom and Jerry are barely on their plane.
 * 15) * On top of that, the title isn’t really that creative either, as it feels like a rip-off of one of the first Mickey Mouse cartoons, "Plane Crazy".