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In what was then an unusual setting for a ''Tom and Jerry'' short (this coming before the influx of [[Recycled in Space
Also of note is that a nearly identical [[Bugs Bunny]] short,
Despite its title, it has nothing at all to do with the similarly-named trope [[Cat Concerto]].
▲Also of note is that a nearly identical [[Bugs Bunny]] short, "Rabbit Rhapsody," was released at the exact same time, complete with Bugs playing "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" and going up against a mouse living inside the piano. To this day no one knows who copied from whom or whether it was a complete coincidence. [[Friz Freleng]], the director of Rabbit Rhapsody, frequently insisted that it was a complete coincidence that his short was so similar to the Tom and Jerry one. At any rate, "The Cat Concerto" was the one that received the Oscar, although ''Rhapsody Rabbit'' still made it as a runner-up on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list, and is part of ''[[The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]]'' list.
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* [[Urban Legend]]: There exists a rumor that the script for ''Rabbit Rhapsody'' was accidentally sent to MGM instead of Warner and that MGM more or less copied the idea before sending it to Warner. This has never been confirmed. Other versions say it was the other way around, or that instead the animation cels got mixed up and sent to the wrong place. It's hard to tell one way or another, as strange as it is to see Tom at a piano recital, it's also strange having Bugs Bunny be antagonized by a mouse.
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