''Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry'' is a 2005 American

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featuring the

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-and-

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duo

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series c ...

. Produced by

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and

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, it is the third made-for-video ''Tom and Jerry'' film. Alongside '' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' (also written and directed by

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), the release of the film coincided with the 65th anniversary of the cat-and-mouse team's debut in 1940. ''The Fast and the Furry'' was first released theatrically in selected cities of the

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on September 3, 2005. The film was then released on both VHS (making it the final Tom and Jerry film to be released in that format) and

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on October 11, 2005, and on

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on April 5, 2011.

Plot

Tom Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

and

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are

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from their house by Tom's owner after they destroy it during one of their usual chases. Upon seeing an ad for a

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titled the "Fabulous Super Race" (which offers the winner a luxurious

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), Tom and Jerry build their customized vehicles from a nearby junkyard before heading to "Globwobbler Studios" in

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, to enter themselves in the race. The other racers include elderly Grammy and her ferocious pet dog Squirty;

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and

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Gorthan the Destroyer of Light;

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Steed Dirkly; single mother of four children Malory "Soccer Mom" McDoogle; and

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Dr. Professor, eliminated before the race after

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accidentally vaporizes him and his vehicle, leaving Tom and Jerry room to race. The race begins in Hollywood, where Grammy takes an early lead, but Steed overtakes her late in the leg. Upon the racers arriving at the finish line in

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, the head of Globwobbler Studios, J.W., decides to extend the race to the Amazonian jungle due to high public ratings. While racing in the Amazonian jungle, Tom cheats by switching a sign indicating the road the racers should take to deceive Jerry, eliminating Soccer Mom as her

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sinks into

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. However, Jerry avoids the same fate with her help. Steed wins again with Grammy following in second, but J.W. still wants to continue due to the high ratings. Hosts Biff Buzzard and Buzz Blister announce that the next leg of the race will begin in

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and that the racers will have to modify their vehicles for ocean travel. On the way to Antarctica, Steed's vehicle sinks, causing his elimination and death when he encounters a

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on a small island, who proceeds to feed him to her ravenous offspring. The first contestant to reach Antarctica is Gorthan, also eliminated after Biff and Buzz goaded him into licking a metal pole. He and his vehicle drifted away on an

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as he attempted to free his tongue. As Tom, Jerry, and Grammy arrive, Grammy is eliminated when a

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accidentally swallows her and Squirty, thanks to Tom's machinations. J.W. then notifies the hosts that the racers will have to modify their vehicles again for underwater travel to Australia. While racing underwater, Tom faces several problems.

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take over his car, and his fish juice spray attracts

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s, ultimately eliminating him when he crashes into a large

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block and an

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crushes him. Upon arriving in Australia, Jerry then continues racing across Australia to

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, where the finish line got reassigned. Grammy and Squirty return to the race when the whale spits them out. Tom also returns after Irving rescues him under J.W.'s orders and saws Australia in half to get in the lead. The next leg of the race involves the racers modifying their vehicles with

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s for air travel to Borneo. While floating in the air, Tom inadvertently pops Grammy's balloons to attack Jerry, resulting in Grammy's elimination once again when she and Squirty fall to their deaths upon bickering over what they thought was a parachute. J.W. then announces that the true final leg of the race is back to Hollywood, which will involve them traveling back to the finishing point with high-speed

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s in only five minutes due to the race taking too long. Tom and Jerry proceed anyway and race through several prominent locations in Asia, Europe, the Atlantic, and the U.S., causing massive yet comedic destruction to numerous monuments. Their jets crumble and shatter at the finish line, with the two racers now tied. Although they both win because of the tie, J.W. claims that, according to the contract, tiebreakers will have to race again. Not wanting to go through the entire ordeal again, Tom and Jerry viciously attack him and seize the mansion's keys before walking away. An angry and disoriented J.W. then declares that Hollywood stands for family entertainment. The

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-like President of Hollywood appears to incinerate J.W. for his inappropriate change of heart, while Irving becomes the new head of Globwobbler Studios. Tom and Jerry share their new mansion peacefully for a brief moment until Tom's owner shows up and orders Tom to chase Jerry, reigniting their rivalry.

Voice Cast

Tom Cat Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat Sr. is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and J ...

& Frank *

John DiMaggio John William DiMaggio (; born September 4, 1968) is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on ''Futurama'', Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Marcus Fenix in the '' Gears of War'' series, Dr. Drakken on '' Kim Possible'', ...

as J.W. Globwobbler &

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the Bulldog *

Charlie Adler Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...

as Grammy *

Jeff Bennett Jeffrey Glenn Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor who voiced Johnny Bravo in the Johnny Bravo, eponymous television series, Dexter's Dad in ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Brooklyn in ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'' and List o ...

as Steed Dirkly & TV Announcer *

Jess Harnell Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer. His notable roles include Captain Hero in the animated TV series ''Drawn Together'', Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films ...

as Buzz Blister & Film Director *

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as Gorthan the Destroyer of Light & Whale *

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as Malory "Soccer Mom" McDoogle, Tour Girl, Tom's Owner & Mermaid Monster *

Rob Paulsen Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...

as Irving & Dave *

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as Seals & Sharks *

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as Biff Buzzard, President of Hollywood & Squirty *

J. Grant Albrecht John Grant Albrecht (born May 22, 1966) is an American actor. He has performed on Broadway, film, and television. As a voice actor, he can be heard in animation, commercials, and video games. Albrecht also has worked as a motivational speaker and ...

as Clown-O & Security Guard * Thom Pinto as Computer Voice & Guard *

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as Dr. Professor & Director

Additional Voices (uncredited)

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Charlie Schlatter Charles Thomas "Charlie" Schlatter (born May 1, 1966) is an American actor who has appeared in several films and television series. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Jesse Travis, the resident student of Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van ...

* Renna Nightingale *

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Jerry Mouse Gerald Jinx "Jerry" Mouse is a fictional character and one of the two titular characters in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical animated short films and other animated media, usually acting as the protagonist opposite his ...

Production

According to Bill Kopp, the film's director and writer (and voice of Tom), the film was conceived and scripted in 2003 alongside '' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'', with work on the film's animation taking place between November 2003 and March 2005.

Widescreen

This was the second ''Tom and Jerry'' film to be filmed in widescreen and the first one to be filmed in the high-definition format, although the Region 1 DVD and the U.S. version of

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were in full screen (cropping the left and right of the image), though not

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as the camera stays directly in the center of the image. Like other films and television series filmed in high-definition, the monitor the animation team would have worked from would have 16:9 and 4:3 safe areas so that the full screen version would not crop off too much of any of the important visual elements (such as characters). However, the film is broadcast in widescreen on

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in the United States and released in widescreen on the Region A Blu-ray.

Reception

Renee Schonfeld of

Common Sense Media Common Sense Media (CSM) is an organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children.

gave the film two stars out of four, saying "Unlike some of the wittier spoofs Tom & Jerry have starred in, this one is less clever and more straightforwardly devoted to thrills and spills."

Follow-up film

'' Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers'' was released on August 22, 2006.

References

External links

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