Tom and Jerry Tales

Tom and Jerry Tales
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	20 (60 sub-episode)
Production
Running time	22 minutes during Kids' WB
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	February 27, 2006 (UK), September 23, 2006 (USA) – present

Tom and Jerry Tales is an animated television series which began production in 2005, currently airing on The CW's Kids' WB block. As the title suggests, this series stars the well-known title characters from the classic Tom and Jerry shorts, and also is the first made for TV iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts. It grew from the direct-to-video movies, The Magic Ring (2001), Blast Off to Mars, The Fast and the Furry (2005), Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) and A Nutcracker Tale (2007) as well as the theatrical short The KarateGuard (2005), the first Tom & Jerry cartoon co-directed by the characters' co-creator Joe Barbera since the original classic shorts.

Barbera also served as an Executive Producer before his death, as well as receiving story credit on some short cartoons, of the "Tom and Jerry Tales" show's first season, produced by Warner Brothers in 2005. The series had its international premiere on Boomerang in the UK on February 27, 2006, and premiered in the US on Kids' WB on The CW on September 23, 2006. Each episode consists of three short cartoons with approximately the same runtime as the original theatrical shorts. Also, each of the three shows that air in a 30 minute episode have some type of theme. For example, episode 1 (Tiger Cat/Feeding Time/Polar Peril) would have a theme of animals.

A second season, consisting of 13 new half-hour episodes (39 sub-episodes), began airing on September 22, 2007.

Voice cast

• Don Brown as Tom cat
• Sam Vincent as Jerry Mouse
• Michael Donovan as Spike

Episode list

Season 1: 2006-2007

No.	Title	Theme	Air Date	Production Code
1	Tiger Cat Feeding Time Polar Peril	Animals	September 23, 2006	110
2	Joy Riding Jokers Cat Got Your Luggage? City Dump Chumps	Urban Settings	September 30, 2006	109
3	Way Off Broadway Egg Beats Cry Uncle	Music	October 7, 2006	108
4	Bats What I Like About the South Fraidy Cat Scat Tomb it May Concern	Halloween	October 28, 2006	102
5	Dino-Sores Freaky Tiki Prehisterics	Past	November 4, 2006	111
6	Digital Dilemma Hi, Robot Tomcat Jetpack	Electronics and Technology	November 11, 2006	104
7	Fire Breathing Tom Cat Medieval Menace The Itch	Middle-Ages	February 3, 2007	103
8	Ho, Ho Horror Dog-Gone Hill Hog Northern Light Fish Fight	Winter	February 10, 2007	101
9	Cat Nebula Martian Mice Spaced Out Cat	Space Science Fiction	February 17, 2007	106
10	Octo Suave Beach Bully Bingo Treasure Map Scrap	Beach Ocean Settings	February 24, 2007	107
11	Destruction Junction Battle of the Power Tools Jackhammered Cat	Building Sites	March 3, 2007	112
12	Tin Cat of Tomorrow Beef Cat Tom Tom Cat, Superstar	Tom	April 28, 2007	113
13	Piranha Be Loved (by You) Spook House Mouse Abracadumb	Boardwalk	May 5, 2007	105

Season 2: 2007-2008

No.	Title	Theme	Air Date	Production Code
14	More Powers to You Catch Me Though You Can't Power Tom	Superheroes Superpowers	September 22, 2007	202
15	Zent Out of Shape I Dream of Meanie Which Witch	Halloween	September 29, 2007	201
16	Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day Cat Show Catastrophe The Cat Whisperer	Pets	October 6, 2007	203
17	Adventures in Penguin-sitting Cat of Prey Jungle Love	Animals	October 13, 2007	204
18	Invasion of the Body Slammers Monster Con Over the River	Halloween	October 27, 2007	205
19	Xtreme Trouble A Life Less Guarded Sasquached		November 3, 2007	206
20	Summer Squashing League of Cats Little Big Mouse		November 10, 2007	207

Video Game

In November 2006, a video game based on the show was released for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. You play as Jerry to get Tom in trouble. Many cameos from the show make appearances in the game such as the female robotic mouse from the short Hi, Robot.

DVD Releases

"Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume One" was released on October 3, 2006. The episodes include: Ho, Ho Horror / Dog-Gone Hill Hog / Northern Light Fish Fight, Way Off Broadway / Egg Beats / Cry Uncle, Joy Riding Jokers / Cat Got Your Luggage? / City Dump Chumps and Tiger Cat / Feeding Time / Polar Peril.

"Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Two" was released on May 15, 2007. 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, and Piranha Be Loved (by You) / Spook House Mouse / Abracadumb. This was then released later as Volume One in the UK!

"Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Three" will be released on December 4, 2007. The episodes are expected to include: Bats What I Like About the South / Fraidy Cat Scat / Tomb it May Concern, Cat Nebula / Martian Mice / Spaced Out Cat, Dino-Sores / Freaky Tiki / Prehisterics, Destruction Junction / Battle of the Power Tools / Jackhammered Cat, and Tin Cat of Tomorrow / Beef Cat Tom / Tom Cat, Superstar.

"Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Four" will be released in early 2008. [1]

Trivia

• Tex Avery's character Droopy makes a cameo appearance as a doctor in Cat Nebula, and in Tomcat Jetpack. He is a main character in A Life Less Guarded.
• Wolfie, a character from Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood and Droopy cartoon shorts, appears as a ghost in Spook House Mouse.
• The very first part of the opening sequence homages the short Designs on Jerry.
• Jerry's Uncle Pecos, who appeared in the original Tom and Jerry short "Pecos Pest", is in Cry Uncle.
• So far, there are 25 shorts where Jerry triumphs, 1 where Tom wins, 19 where they both win, and 9 where they both lose. All together make approximately 54 shorts.
• In Dog-Gone Hill Hog, Spike makes a reference to King of the Hill.
• Tuffy (Nibbles) makes an appearance in Cat Nebula as Jerry's space cadet sidekick, teams up with Jerry in Cat Show Catastrophe, and makes a cameo appearance in Cat of Prey and Sasquashed.
• Despite the frequent violence, the series is only rated TV-Y on Kid's WB.

External link

• Official website on Kids' WB!