Calypso Cat is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, produced in 1961 and released on June 22, 1962.

[1] It was the seventh of the thirteen cartoons in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia.

This is due to its love triangle that harkens back to the Hanna-Barbera era, as well as the background art and the calypso-flavored soundtrack.

While chasing Jerry around a dock Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat.

In scoring the Tom and Jerry series, newcoming composer Steven Konichek "found a way forwards" through "avoiding old-style chase music" and "concentrating on atmospheric underscoring" in the Deitch shorts; his cues in this particular cartoon have been described as "dissonantly jazzy".