Tom and Jerry Tales | |
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Genre | Comedy Slapstick |
Based on | Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera |
Developed by | Joseph Barbera Rob LaDuca Jeff Davison |
Written by | Joseph Barbera Charles Schneider Spike Brandt Tony Cervone Christopher Painter Tom Minton Mark Turosz Bradley Zweig Richard Pursel Matt Wayne Eric Shaw |
Directed by | Neal Sternecky Douglas McCarthy Tim Maltby |
Voices of | Don Brown Samuel Vincent Michael Donovan Colin Murdock Reece Thompson Chantal Strand Nicole Oliver Janyse Jaud Scott McNeil Ellen Kennedy David Kaye Ashleigh Ball |
Composer(s) | Tom Erba |
Country of origin | United States Canada (voice acting) |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Sander Schwartz Joseph Barbera (season 1) Rob LaDuca |
Producer(s) | Frank Molieri[1] Bobbie Page Tom Minton[1] |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Animation[1] Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Turner Entertainment Co. |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Kids' WB |
Picture format | HDTV 16:9(Cropped to 4:3 in most television broadcasts) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | September 23, 2006 – March 22, 2008 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Tom & Jerry Kids(1990–1993) |
Followed by | The Tom and Jerry Show(2014–present) |
External links | |
Website |
Tom and Jerry Tales is a Canadian-Americananimated television series starring the seven-time Academy Award-winning cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., It is the seventh made-for-television incarnation of the Tom and Jerry franchise as well as the first Tom and Jerry television series to emulate the original theatrical shorts created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006[1] to March 22, 2008 on Kids' WB.
Joseph Barbera served as executive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006, and received story credit on some episodes of the first season. The series consists of two seasons and 26 episodes, each consisting of three shorts (some of them—like The Karate Guard—were produced and completed in 2003 as part of a 30-plus theatrical cartoon schedule aborted after the financial fiasco of Looney Tunes: Back in Action) with approximately the same running time as the original theatrical shorts and focusing on a shared theme between them.
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Voice cast[edit]
- Don Brown as Tom, Droopy (season 1)
- Samuel Vincent as Jerry, Kid
- Michael Donovan as Spike, Droopy, Topsy (season 2)
- Colin Murdock as Butch, Lightning
- Reece Thompson (season 1) and Chantal Strand (seasons 1-2) as Nibbles
- Nicole Oliver as Mrs. Two Shoes
Series overview[edit]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 13 | September 23, 2006 | May 5, 2007 | ||
2 | 13 | September 22, 2007 | March 22, 2008 |
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Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (2006–07)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1a | 1a | 'Tiger Cat' | September 23, 2006 | 110a |
At a zoo, an artistic monkey paints Tom to look like a tiger after he accidentally wrecks his art during a chase against Jerry. As a result, Tom manages to scare Jerry as well as everyone and every animal across the zoo with his tiger look. (This episode was preceded by The Karate Guard in 2005.) | ||||
1b | 1b | 'Feeding Time' | September 23, 2006 | 110b |
Tom, who works at a zoo run by Spike, is ordered by Spike to never feed the zoo's animals (only Spike can) or else he will confiscate his badge. However, Tom inadvertently and constantly frames himself for doing so while attempting to prevent Jerry from feeding them. | ||||
1c | 1c | 'Polar Peril' | September 23, 2006 | 110c |
At the South Pole, an overprotective polar bear defends Jerry from Tom and Butch. | ||||
2a | 2a | 'Joy Riding Jokers' | September 30, 2006 | 109a |
Spike and Toodles mistake Tom and Jerry for valets to which upon leaving their car to be parked while checking themselves in a hotel, Tom and Jerry unwillingly go on a wild and elaborate joyride across town. | ||||
2b | 2b | 'Cat Got Your Luggage?' | September 30, 2006 | 109b |
After accidentally trashing a fancy hotel lobby during a chase against Jerry, Tom is hired as a bellboy by the hotel's manager in order to pay for the damages. However, Jerry makes Tom's assignments difficult. | ||||
2c | 2c | 'City Dump Chumps' | September 30, 2006 | 109c |
Tom and Butch fight over Jerry at a junkyard. | ||||
3a | 3a | 'Way-Off Broadway' | October 7, 2006 | 108a |
In town, Tom and Jerry become buskers in order to get money. | ||||
3b | 3b | 'Egg Beats' | October 7, 2006 | 108b |
While listening to his favorite hip hop music, Jerry gets disrupted by the noise of the city, so he moves out of town to a farm owned by Tom. As a result, his music causes Tom's hen to lay eggs quickly. | ||||
3c | 3c | 'Cry Uncle' | October 7, 2006 | 108c |
A sequel to Pecos Pest (1955), Jerry's uncle, Pecos Pest, returns to Tom and Jerry's home for a visit where he constantly sings and plays on his guitar, keeping both Tom and Jerry awake. | ||||
4a | 4a | 'Bats What I Like About the South' | October 28, 2006 | 102a |
At a cemetery and later a creepy-looking mansion, Jerry disguises himself as a bat in order to scare Tom. | ||||
4b | 4b | 'Fraidy Cat Scat' | October 28, 2006 | 102b |
Jerry pretends to be a skull by hiding inside of it and scaring Tom. | ||||
4c | 4c | 'Tomb It May Concern' | October 28, 2006 | 102c |
Tom and Jerry find gold inside a pyramid. | ||||
5a | 5a | 'Din-O-Sores' | November 4, 2006 | 111a |
Tom and Jerry discover that their world is full of dinosaur eggs. | ||||
5b | 5b | 'Freaky Tiki' | November 4, 2006 | 111b |
A mystical tiki casts a spell into Tom and Jerry. | ||||
5c | 5c | 'Prehisterics' | November 4, 2006 | 111c |
In prehistoric times, Tom and Jerry's ancestors outwit each other. | ||||
6a | 6a | 'Digital Dilemma' | November 11, 2006 | 104a |
Tom's makeshift computer traps him and Jerry in a virtual world. | ||||
6b | 6b | 'Hi, Robot' | November 11, 2006 | 104b |
Tom makes a robotic girl mouse in order to catch Jerry. | ||||
6c | 6c | 'Tomcat Jetpack' | November 11, 2006 | 104c |
Tom dons an experimental flying suit. | ||||
7a | 7a | 'Fire Breathing Tom Cat' | February 3, 2007 | 103a |
A king sends Tom to slay a dragon. | ||||
7b | 7b | 'Medieval Menace' | February 3, 2007 | 103b |
Tom chases Jerry throughout a castle. | ||||
7c | 7c | 'The Itch' | February 3, 2007 | 103c |
Jerry wants to join a band of rats, whose music causes everyone to itch. | ||||
8a | 8a | 'Ho, Ho Horrors' | February 10, 2007 | 101a |
On Christmas Eve, Jerry enters Tom's dream and turns it into a nightmare, resulting in both of them trashing their entire house in their sleep. | ||||
8b | 8b | 'Doggone Hill Hog' | February 10, 2007 | 101b |
Spike tackles Tom and Jerry in the snow. | ||||
8c | 8c | 'Northern Light Fish Fight' | February 10, 2007 | 101c |
Tom and Jerry fight over a fish. | ||||
9a | 9a | 'Cat Nebula' | February 17, 2007 | 106a |
Set in outer space sometime in the future, Jerry is captain of a mouse-run freighter (Nibbles) while Tom is a green-skinned alien. | ||||
9b | 9b | 'Martian Mice' | February 17, 2007 | 106b |
At a farm, giant-sized mice from Mars mistakenly abduct Tom and Jerry. | ||||
9c | 9c | 'Spaced Out Cat' | February 17, 2007 | 106c |
Tom tries to win Toodles back from Spike by building a spaceship and being the first one to get to the moon. | ||||
10a | 10a | 'Octo Suave' | February 24, 2007 | 107a |
An octopus mistakenly tries to woo Tom. | ||||
10b | 10b | 'Beach Bully Bingo' | February 24, 2007 | 107b |
While Tom and Jerry are relaxing at the beach Bingo, Spike and Butch surf-fight. | ||||
10c | 10c | 'Treasure Map Scrap' | February 24, 2007 | 107c |
Jerry attempts to find treasure under the sea. | ||||
11a | 11a | 'Destruction Junction' | March 3, 2007 | 112a |
Spike is put in charge of the rest of a building's construction while the crew are hospitalized after suffering an extreme case of splinters. | ||||
11b | 11b | 'Battle of the Power Tools' | March 3, 2007 | 112b |
Formerly poor, Tom and Jerry become rich overnight shortly after their numbers come in, so they split their millions and each set out to build a mansion across from each other. | ||||
11c | 11c | 'Jackhammered Cat' | March 3, 2007 | 112c |
Tom and Jerry stumble into a feast guarded by Spike, at a construction site to which nether the two of them are invited. | ||||
12a | 12a | 'Tin Cat of Tomorrow' | April 28, 2007 | 113a |
Inspired by Push-Button Kitty (1952), Mrs. Two-Shoes, after being fed up with Tom failing to catch Jerry, orders a robotic cat to replace Tom. | ||||
12b | 12b | 'Beefcake Tom' | April 28, 2007 | 113b |
Tom enrolls at a gym. | ||||
12c | 12c | 'Tomcat Superstar' | April 28, 2007 | 113c |
Tom quits show business and retires to a farm. | ||||
13a | 13a | 'Piranha Be Loved By You' | May 5, 2007 | 105a |
At an amusement park, a piranha makes it hard for Tom to win Toodles' affection. | ||||
13b | 13b | 'Spook House Mouse' | May 5, 2007 | 105b |
At an amusement park, Tom and Jerry's antics lead them into a horror house where they get real scared white as ghosts. | ||||
13c | 13c | 'Abracadumb' | May 5, 2007 | 105c |
Tom and Jerry engage in a magic duel. |
Season 2 (2007–08)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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14a | 1a | 'More Powers to You' | September 22, 2007 | 202a |
Tom must guard the power rings owned by a team of superheroes from supervillain Doom Dog (Spike). | ||||
14b | 1b | 'Catch Me Though You Can't' | September 22, 2007 | 202b |
Jerry is zapped by a speed ray, making him faster than ever and as a result, Tom can't catch him. | ||||
14c | 1c | 'Power Tom' | September 22, 2007 | 202c |
Tom and Jerry fall into a garden hole where they find the basement headquarters of a female superheroine. | ||||
15a | 2a | 'Zent Out of Shape' | September 29, 2007 | 201a |
Buddhistmonk Tom attempts to achieve inner peace. | ||||
15b | 2b | 'I Dream of Meanie' | September 29, 2007 | 201b |
As a genie, Spike must grant wishes. | ||||
15c | 2c | 'Which Witch!' | September 29, 2007 | 201c |
Tom must obtain Jerry for a witch's potion. | ||||
16a | 3a | 'Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day' | October 6, 2007 | 203a |
Nancy, Tom's owner from Baby Puss (1943), brings Tom to her elementary school for show-and-tell in which she wants Tom to win the gold star for best pet. | ||||
16b | 3b | 'Cat Show Catastrophe' | October 6, 2007 | 203b |
Jerry and Tuffy try to ruin Tom's chances at a cat show. | ||||
16c | 3c | 'The Cat Whisperer with Casper Lombardo' | October 6, 2007 | 203c |
Tom's owner hires a trainer to make him behave well. | ||||
17a | 4a | 'Adventures in Penguin Sitting' | October 13, 2007 | 204a |
Jerry and an escaped penguin become friends. | ||||
17b | 4b | 'Cat of Prey' | October 13, 2007 | 204b |
Tom seeks to catch and eat Jerry, the star of the show at a local ocean theme park along with a bald eagle, but he is then thwarted by an eagle, a seal and an octopus. | ||||
17c | 4c | 'Jungle Love' | October 13, 2007 | 204c |
Jerry makes friends with a baby rhinoceros. | ||||
18a | 5a | 'Invasion of the Body Slammers' | October 27, 2007 | 205a |
A green shapeshifter emerges from an alien spaceship that lands near Tom and Jerry's home. | ||||
18b | 5b | 'Monster Con' | October 27, 2007 | 205b |
Tom uses some of Abraham Van Helsing's equipment to catch Jerry, but catches a few ghosts instead. | ||||
18c | 5c | 'Over the River and Boo the Woods' | October 27, 2007 | 205c |
While on a fishing trip, Tom and Jerry end up in a haunted forest. | ||||
19a | 6a | 'Xtreme Trouble' | November 3, 2007 | 206a |
Tom and Jerry begin their usual chases using extreme sports equipment – from skateboarding to rollerskating. | ||||
19b | 6b | 'A Life Less Guarded' | November 3, 2007 | 206b |
Tom competes against Droopy for the role of a lifeguard at the local pool. | ||||
19c | 6c | 'Sasquashed' | November 3, 2007 | 206c |
While on a camping trip, Tom, Jerry and Tuffy encounter Bigfoot. | ||||
20a | 7a | 'Summer Squashing' | November 10, 2007 | 207a |
Tom is assigned to guard his owner's garden of squashes against pests, including Jerry and a clan of harvest mice who all resemble him (albeit with different-colored bandanas). | ||||
20b | 7b | 'League of Cats' | November 10, 2007 | 207b |
Butch recruits Tom to join the League of Cats, a secret organization of cats who work together to catch mice. | ||||
20c | 7c | 'Little Big Mouse' | November 10, 2007 | 207c |
While Tom and Mrs. Two-Shoes are sleeping by the refrigerator during an intensive heatwave, Jerry steals all the food for a picnic in the backyard to which Tom takes the blame for the thefts and gets kicked out into the backyard. | ||||
21a | 8a | 'Bend It Like Thomas' | December 1, 2007 | 208a |
Tom torments Jerry, Spike and Eagle with his soccer skills. | ||||
21b | 8b | 'Endless Bummer' | December 1, 2007 | 208b |
Tom, Jerry and Droopy compete in a surfing competition. | ||||
21c | 8c | 'Game Set Match' | December 1, 2007 | 208c |
In the backyard, Spike forces an unwilling Tom to teach his son Tyke how to play tennis, with disastrous results. | ||||
22a | 9a | 'The Declaration of Independunce' | December 8, 2007 | 209a |
Tom loses his Declaration of Independence when he makes it into a paper airplane, and thus sets out to retrieve it. | ||||
22b | 9b | 'Kitty Hawked' | December 8, 2007 | 209b |
Now an elderly museum tour guide, Jerry talks about his part in the Wright brothers' aerial experiments. | ||||
22c | 9c | '24 Karat Kat' | December 8, 2007 | 209c |
Tom and Butch are claim jumpers in the 19th century at a Sutter's Mill, scheming to steal gold from Jerry's claim. | ||||
23a | 10a | 'Hockey Schtick' | February 2, 2008 | 210a |
Jerry decides to freeze the pond and go figure skating, only to be thwarted by Tom playing hockey. | ||||
23b | 10b | 'Snow Brawl' | February 2, 2008 | 210b |
Jerry engages Tom in a snowball fight that gets out of control. | ||||
23c | 10c | 'Snow Mouse' | February 2, 2008 | 210c |
During a chase in a forest, Tom and Jerry encounter a giant abominable snowmouse. | ||||
24a | 11a | 'DJ Jerry' | February 9, 2008 | 211a |
Tom is in charge of guarding his owner's record store, but has trouble doing so thanks to a rap club for rodents run by Jerry. | ||||
24b | 11b | 'Kitty Cat Blues' | February 9, 2008 | 211b |
Tom tries to woo a potential girlfriend Sherkie, from The Zoot Cat (1944), by giving Jerry to her as a gift. Note: Sylvester the Cat from Looney Tunes briefly makes a cameo in a poster in Sherkie's room. | ||||
24c | 11c | 'Flamenco Fiasco' | February 9, 2008 | 211c |
Jerry and his girlfriend enter a flamenco dance contest against Tom and Toodles. | ||||
25a | 12a | 'You're Lion' | March 8, 2008 | 212a |
Tom visits the African veldt to see and give his lion relatives Jerry as a present, but they would rather eat both of them. | ||||
25b | 12b | 'Kangadoofus' | March 8, 2008 | 212b |
In the AustralianOutback, Jerry is adopted by an overprotective momma kangaroo who defends him from Tom. | ||||
25c | 12c | 'Monkey Chow' | March 8, 2008 | 212c |
While Tom and his owner are touring an exotic monkey garden in Malaysia, Jerry lets loose a monkey. | ||||
26a | 13a | 'Game of Mouse & Cat' | March 22, 2008 | 213a |
At a laboratory, Jerry, using a virtual reality setup, plays a game in which Tom is hated by Mrs. Two-Shoes (while she likes Jerry) and is scared of Jerry. When Tom arrives at the laboratory, he plays a game in which Spike is scared of him. | ||||
26b | 13b | 'Babysitting Blues' | March 22, 2008 | 213b |
Tom and Jerry babysit their nephews. | ||||
26c | 13c | 'Catfish Follies' | March 22, 2008 | 213c |
While on a fishing trip, Tom and Jerry discover Butch, a catfish who wants to eat Jerry while Tom wants to eat Butch. |
Video game[edit]
On October 31, 2006, a video game based on the show was released for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.[2] Developed by Sensory Sweep Studios, it was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and distributed by Eidos Interactive.[2] The player plays as Jerry in order to get Tom in trouble. Many minor characters from the show make cameo appearances in the game such as the female robotic mouse from the short 'Hi, Robot.'
Home media[edit]
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume One was released on October 3, 2006.[3] The episodes include: Ho Ho Horrors / Doggone Hill Hog / Northern Light Fish Fight / Way-Off Broadway / Egg Beats / Cry Uncle / Joy Riding Jokers / Cat Got Your Luggage? / City Dump Chumps / Tiger Cat / Feeding Time / Polar Peril.[3] Released in the UK as Volume Four.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Two was released on May 15, 2007.[4] The episodes include: Octo Suave / Beach Bully Bingo / Treasure Map Scrap / Fire Breathing Tom Cat / Medieval Menace / The Itch / Digital Dilemma / Hi, Robot / Tomcat Jetpack / Piranha Be Loved By You / Spook House Mouse / Abracadumb.[4] Released in the UK as Volume One.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Three was released on December 4, 2007.[5] The episodes include: Bats What I Like About the South / Fraidy Cat Scat / Tomb it May Concern / Cat Nebula / Martian Mice / Spaced Out Cat / Din-O-Sores / Freaky Tiki / Prehisterics / Destruction Junction / Battle of the Power Tools / Jackhammered Cat / Tin Cat of Tomorrow / Beefcake Tom / Tomcat Superstar. Released in the UK as Volume Two.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Four was released on March 11, 2008.[6] The episodes include: Zent Out of Shape / I Dream of Meanie / Which Witch / More Powers to You / Catch Me Though You Can't / Power Tom / Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day / Cat Show Catastrophe / The Cat Whisperer with Casper Lombardo / Adventures in Penguin Sitting / Cat of Prey / Jungle Love.[6] Released in the UK as Volume Three.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Five was released on August 12, 2008.[7] The episodes include: Invasion of the Body Slammers / Monster Con / Over the River and Boo the Woods / Xtreme Trouble / A Life Less Guarded / Sasquashed / Summer Squashing / League of Cats / Little Big Mouse / Bend it Like Thomas / Endless Bummer / Game Set Match.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Six was released on February 3, 2009.[8] The episodes include: The Declaration of Independunce / Kitty Hawked / 24 Karat Kat / Hockey Schtick / Snow Brawl / Snow Mouse / DJ Jerry / Kitty Cat Blues / Flamenco Fiasco / You're Lion / Kangadoofus / Monkey Chow / Game of Mouse & Cat / Babysitting Blues / Catfish Follies.[8]
- Tom and Jerry Tales: Volumes 1-3 was released on September 15, 2009. This collection includes the first three volumes.
- Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season, a two-disc set with the first thirteen episodes, was released on April 13, 2010.[9] It was re-released on July 24, 2012 as part of Cartoon Network's 20th Anniversary.
- Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection, a two-disc set (Game of Mouse & Cat only on disc 2), was released on June 22, 2010.
- Tom and Jerry Fun Pack, a three-disc set (Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume One on disc 3), was released on June 28, 2011.
- Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures: Volume 2 was released on July 5, 2011. Four episodes include: Monster Con / The Declaration of Independunce / Kitty Hawked / Which Witch! It was re-released on October 7, 2014 as Tom and Jerry and Friends: Volume 2.
- Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures: Volume 3 was released on October 4, 2011. Eight episodes include: Beach Bully Bingo / A Life Less Guarded / Northern Light Fish Fight / Doggone Hill Dog / Sasquashed / Snow Mouse / Spook House Mouse / Don't Bring Your Pet to School.
- Tom and Jerry: In a Dog House was released on March 6, 2012. Nine episodes include: 24 Karat Kat / Destruction Junction / Beefcake Tom / Bend It Like Thomas / Game Set Match / Feeding Time / DJ Jerry / Beach Bully Bingo / A Life Less Guarded.
- Tom and Jerry: Summer Holidays was released on March 6, 2012. Two episodes include: Beach Bully Bingo / A Life Less Guarded.
All six volumes were later released in 2-packs.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ abWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. (October 31, 2006). 'Tom and Jerry Tales Videogame Hits Stores Today, October 31' (Press release). Business Wire. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ abSimon, Ben (July 15, 2007). 'Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 1'. Animated Views. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ abSimon, Ben (July 15, 2007). 'Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 2'. Animated Views. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^DeMott, Rick (December 4, 2007). 'Tom & Jerry Tales 3 Crashes Onto DVD'. Animation World Network. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
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External links[edit]
- Tom and Jerry Tales on IMDb
- Tom and Jerry Tales at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Youtube Tom And Jerry Opera
Tom and Jerry: The Movie | |
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Directed by | Phil Roman |
Produced by | Phil Roman |
Screenplay by | Dennis Marks |
Based on | Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera |
Starring | |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
Turner Pictures Film Roman LIVE Entertainment WMG Film GmbH Telefilm Essen GmbH | |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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84 minutes | |
Country | United States Germany |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.5 million |
Box office | $3.6 million[1] |
Tom and Jerry: The Movie is an American 1992 animatedmusicalbuddycomedy film starring the seven-time Academy Award-winning cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced and directed by Phil Roman, the film stars the voices of Richard Kind, Dana Hill (in her final film role before her death on July 15, 1996), Anndi McAfee, Tony Jay, Rip Taylor, Henry Gibson, Michael Bell, Ed Gilbert, David L. Lander, Howard Morris and Charlotte Rae. Produced by Turner Pictures and Roman's Film Roman, it is the first theatrical feature-length animated film featuring the cat-and-mouse pair[2] as well as their return to the big screen after 25 years. Although largely mute in the original cartoons, the duo talked extensively in this film. Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera and co-creator of Tom and Jerry, served as creative consultant for the film.[2] The film tells the story about Tom and Jerry, who become homeless after their home was wrecked; they meet and help a little girl escape from her child-hating and abusive aunt in order to find her lost (and presumed dead) father.
After having its world premiere in Germany on October 1, 1992, Tom and Jerry: The Movie was released theatrically by Miramax Films and LIVE Entertainment on July 30, 1993 in the United States. The film was a box office bomb, earning only $3.6 million worldwide against a budget of $3.5 million, and received predominantly negative reviews from fans and film critics for the film's use of dialogue for the characters, musical numbers, sub-par voice acting, dark content, lack of focus on the title characters and slapstick and similarities to Disney's The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers, although the animation was praised.
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Plot[edit]
While moving to a new house with their owners, Tom and Jerry get into a chase as usual, resulting in Tom nailing Jerry inside his mouse hole with floorboards. Unfortunately, he misses the moving van and is forced to stay in the house after angering a nearby bulldog. The house is then demolished the next morning with Tom going back inside to rescue Jerry, leaving them both homeless.
Wandering through the city for shelter, the duo meet a dog named Puggsy and his flea friend named Frankie, and upon introducing themselves, speak normally for the first time. After a brief argument, Puggsy and Frankie persuade the duo to be friends. While finding food from some nearby bins for a feast, Puggsy and Frankie are captured by two dogcatchers while Tom ends up in a tussle with some mean singing alley cats, until Jerry saves Tom by opening a sewer pipe and tricking the alley cats into it. Later, the duo cross paths with an 8-year-old girl named Robyn Starling, who has run away from home since her mother died when she was still a baby and her father was killed in a recent avalanche while on a mountain-climbing expedition; she has been living with her evil guardian 'Aunt' Pristine Figg, (who has proceeded to steal the family fortune), her sleazy and scheming lawyer and boyfriend Lickboot and her overweight pet dog Ferdinand, the latter requiring a skateboard to move around. Despite Robyn's misgivings, Tom and Jerry persuade her to return home. After Tom and Jerry end up in a massive food fight with Ferdinand and stumble across a telegram confirming that Robyn's father is still alive which Figg hides from Robyn, Figg sends them to an animal shelter run by Dr. Applecheek, who turns out to be a cruel animal kidnapper and the true employer of the two dogcatchers who caught Puggsy and Frankie.
Reuniting with Puggsy and Frankie in the cells, Tom and Jerry plan an escape, free all of Applecheek's captured animals (among them Droopy) and rush to tell Robyn the news. Elated, Robyn becomes determined to find her father in Tibet and they escape the city on a raft in the river but the raft is suddenly struck by a ship and they end up separated. Figg places a $1 million bounty on Robyn (which she has no intent on paying), while Robyn's father meanwhile is alerted of his daughter's situation and flies back to America to find her.
Robyn is then found by Captain Kiddie, the owner of a failing amusement park to which he houses her until seeing an advertisement for the reward on a milk cardboard with the help of his parrot puppet Squawk, whereupon he traps Robyn on a ferris wheel and contacts Figg. Tom and Jerry then find Robyn and they flee in a paddle steamer as Figg, Lickboot, Applecheek and the dogcatchers arrive, resulting in a long chase that ends with the dogcatchers ending up trapped in the ferris wheel and Kiddie and Applecheek being left stranded in the river.
Tom, Jerry and Robyn arrive at Robyn's summer cabin built by her father, but Figg, Lickboot and Ferdinand have arrived there first. In the ensuing scuffle, a lantern is accidentally knocked over, starting a fire that engulfs the whole cabin. Figg, Lickboot and Ferdinand flee the burning cabin with Figg knocking the door down, but Lickboot inadvertently stumbles on Ferdinand's skateboard to which they fall on Kiddie's paddle steamer that goes out of control after Ferdinand inadvertently moves the ship's rudder, sailing the trio away. Tom and Jerry manage to get Robyn to the roof just as her father arrives in his helicopter. Robyn is rescued, but her father is unable to reach Tom and Jerry in time before the cabin collapses. Fortunately, the duo barely survive.
In the aftermath, Robyn is finally reunited with her father and takes Tom and Jerry in as her pets. Just when it appears that they have found friendship however, Tom and Jerry resume their antics once Robyn and her father are out of sight, to which the film ends as the duo chase each other once again.
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Voice cast[edit]
- Richard Kind as Tom
- Dana Hill as Jerry
- Anndi McAfee as Robyn Starling
- Charlotte Rae as Aunt Pristine Figg
- Tony Jay as Lickboot
- Michael Bell as Ferdinand, Straycatcher #1
- Henry Gibson as Dr. J. Sweetface Applecheek
- Ed Gilbert as Puggsy, Robyn's Father
- David Lander as Frankie Da Flea
- Rip Taylor as Captain Kiddie
- Howard Morris as Squawk
- Sydney Lassick as Straycatcher #2
- Don Messick as Droopy
- Tino Insana as The Patrolman
- B. J. Ward as Tom's Owner
- Greg Burson as Moving Man
- Raymond McLeod as Bulldog, Alleycat #1
- Mitchell D. Moore as Alleycat #2
- Scott Wojahn as Alleycat #3
Music[edit]
Musical numbers[edit]
- 'Friends to the End' – Pugsy, Frankie, Tom, Jerry
- 'What Do We Care? (The Alley Cats' Song)' – The Alley Cats
- 'Money Is Such a Beautiful Word' – Aunt Figg, Lickboot
- 'God's Little Creatures' – Dr. Applecheek
- 'I Miss You (Robyn's Song)' – Robyn
- 'I've Done It All' – Captain Kiddie, Squawk
- 'Finale (Friends to the End)'
- 'I Miss You' (End Title) – Stephanie Mills
- 'All in How Much We Give' – Stephanie Mills
Soundtrack[edit]
Tom and Jerry: The Movie – An Original Movie Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | July 20, 1993 2005 (reissued) |
Recorded | 1991 |
Genre | Film soundtrack |
Label | MCA Records (1993) Geffen Records (2005) |
Producer | Henry Mancini Leslie Bricusse |
A soundtrack album was released by MCA Records in 1992 and included both the songs (music written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse) and score from the film, composed by Henry Mancini.[3] The end credits pop song All in How Much We Give was written by Jody Davidson.
All tracks written by Henry Mancini.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'All in How Much We Give' (Stephanie Mills) | |
2. | 'Friends to the End' (Ed Gilbert, David Lander, Richard Kind, Dana Hill) | |
3. | 'What Do We Care? (The Alley Cats' song)' (Raymond McLeod, Michael D. Moore, Scott Wojahn) | |
4. | 'God's Little Creatures' (Henry Gibson) | |
5. | '(Money is Such) A Beautiful Word' (Charlotte Rae, Tony Jay) | |
6. | 'I Miss You (Robyn's Song)' (Anndi McAfee) | |
7. | 'I've Done It All' (Rip Taylor, Howard Morris) | |
8. | 'Theme from Tom and Jerry (Main title)' | |
9. | 'Homeless' | |
10. | 'We Meet Robyn' | |
11. | 'Food Fight Polka' | |
12. | 'Meet Dr. Applecheek' | |
13. | 'Chase' | |
14. | 'Escape from the Fire' | |
15. | 'Finale (Friends to the End)' | |
16. | 'Tom and Jerry Theme (Pop Version)' |
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 17% approval rating based on 12 reviews with an average rating of 3/10.[4]
Joseph McBride of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying that 'Tom and Jerry Talk won't go down in film history as a slogan to rival Garbo Talks.'[5] Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times panned the film's songs and Phil Roman's direction.[6] Hal Hinson of The Washington Post criticized the dialogue between the cat and mouse and said that the voices 'don't fit the characters'. Hinson also complained that the musical numbers are 'as forgettable as they are intolerably bouncy and upbeat'.[7]
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert awarded the film 'Two Thumbs Down' on their show Siskel & Ebert. Although they praised the animation, look and the truthful art design of the animated shorts, they neither thought that it was a good idea to give dialogue to the two characters, giving lack of more slapstick action from past cartoons and that the story was silly, even considering that the character of Robyn Starling takes most of the attention than the cat and mouse themselves. Conversely, Vincent Canby of The New York Times was more positive in his review, praising Mancini's score and the musical numbers to which he later went on to say that '[the characters of] Tom and Jerry have charm.'[8]
Box office[edit]
Tom and Jerry: The Movie opened theatrically on July 30, 1993 in the United States and Canada alongside Rising Sun, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and So I Married an Axe Murderer.[1] Ranking number fourteen at the North American box office, the film grossed $3,560,469 worldwide, making it financially unsuccessful.[1][9]
Video games[edit]
- A video game based on the film was released for the Sega Master System in 1992 and Sega Game Gear in 1993, followed by a handheld game by Tiger Electronics released the same year.
- A video game based on the film of same name titled Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics was released for Game Boy and Sega Genesis on 1993 by Hi-Tech Expressions and Altron.
Home media[edit]
The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc on October 26, 1993 by Family Home Entertainment.[10] The VHS release of the film was reissued on March 2, 1999 and was released on DVD on March 26, 2002 by Warner Home Video although despite receiving a UK VHS release from First Independent Films, no Region 2 DVD release is as of yet currently available.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Tom and Jerry: The Movie'. Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ abBarbera, Joe (1992). My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing. pp. 234–239. ISBN1-57036-042-1.
- ^'Tom and Jerry: The Movie [Original Soundtrack] - Henry Mancini - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic'. AllMusic.
- ^'Tom and Jerry – The Movie'. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^McBride, Joseph (October 1, 1992). 'Review of Tom and Jerry: The Movie'. Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^Solomon, Charles (July 30, 1993). 'Movie Review: Tom and Jerry': A Bland Cat-and-Mouse Chase : The formulaic story feels like a rerun and borrows characters from many other classics'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^Hinson, Hal (July 30, 1993). 'Tom and Jerry'. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^Canby, Vincent (July 30, 1993). 'Movie Review – Tom & Jerry: The Movie'. The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^'It's Tough to Stay Afloat in the Film-Cartoon Biz : Movies: Disney's hits prove that it can be done, but other firms lack marketing savvy and a competitive product, animators say'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^'Tom and Jerry the Movie [VHS] (1993)'. amazon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^'Tom and Jerry – The Movie (1992)'. amazon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
Sources[edit]
- Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN1-55652-591-5. pp. 284–285.
External links[edit]
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