The title refers to the novel "The Brothers Karamazov" by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880.
The only Tom & Jerry short directed by Jim Pabian.
The automated style Jerry uses to close his pool idyll setting was also seen in the TV cartoon series "The Jetsons" (1962).
The sight of a small cat bringing up the rear of the chase was seen in the 1955 short "Ready, Set, Zoom"...with coyotes.