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This short sees the return of Nibbles; the grey orphaned mouse who presents a greater threat to Jerry than Tom ever could! As the story begins Jerry looks at the calendar and notices that it is the fourth of July; he points this out to Nibbles and he promptly pulls out a firework! Jerry confiscates it and tries to demonstrate a safer but less fun way of celebrating the holiday... Nibbles is unimpressed and just pulls another firework from his nappy! Jerry takes it off him just as it explodes; he then turns Nibbles upside down and shakes a huge pile of fireworks out of his nappy. He sends Nibbles to bed then goes to relax in a hammock... only to have Tom place a firework underneath him... this leads to the usual shenanigans as the two fight and Tom chases Jerry who is repeatedly saved by Nibbles use of fireworks. In the end it looks as if the two mice are going to be victorious but ultimately only Nibbles is as he plays with his safe devices while Jerry is left with a blackened face after nearly getting blown up again.

The inclusion of Nibbles makes this short more fun than if it had just featured Tom and Jerry; there is a certain innocent charm to the character despite the fact that he is a menace to friend and foe alike. There are plenty of great gags; nearly all of which end up with Tom or Jerry getting blown up... this doesn't include the most painful looking moment though; that is when an angry Jerry punches Tom right in the eye! This might not be a classic episode but it provides plenty of laughs so is definitely worth watching.

. . . of pictures carefully crafted to prove that the only good mouse is one who is totally deceased. SAFETY SECOND illustrates that even the rodents themselves have a built-in Death Wish, as Nibbles carries around dozens of deadly fireworks in his diaper. Personally, I've lost track on how many scores of rodents we've offed in Real Life over the years. Simple mouse traps baited with peanut butter seem to work best--we nabbed two in the basement that way earlier today. These traps are considerably cheaper than the glue hazards we also have spread out around the cellar to keep down the cricket noise. Mice are so dense that they'll run into and expire atop these glue-filled rectangles, even though the sticky parallelograms are not intended to trip up rodents. Earlier this week a pair of mice ruined our last two such insect snares, putting a dent in our extermination budget. So it goes.