In the opening, Jerry runs in a pool hall and enters into a can that Tom holds out. Tom starts shaking the can and laughs, then he tips Jerry out against the wall, turning the mouse into a cube. Jerry turns back to normal quickly and then runs along near one of the tables, inadvertently running up a pool cue placed by Tom, and then onto a cue ball on one of the tables. Tom shoots and breaks the cue ball into the rack and Jerry gets bopped on the head by the cue ball. Then, the 8 ball lands right next to the mouse, following him around the table and into his hole, where it squishes Jerry flat. Jerry shrugs in misery until his fairy godmother appears ahead him and heals him of his injury.