''The Tom and Jerry Show'' is an American flash animated
television series
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Turner Entertainment
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and animated by
Renegade Animation
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. It is based on the ''
Tom and Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American 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 centers on the ...
'' characters and theatrical cartoon series created by
William Hanna
William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the anim ...
and
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera.
Born to Italian ...
. The series first premiered in Canada on
Teletoon
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on March 1, 2014, and began airing on
Cartoon Network
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in the United States on April 9, 2014, but also aired on
Boomerang
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in the U.S.
Beginning in 2017, the series moved to
Boomerang
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in the U.S. The fourth season was released on February 1, 2021, on Boomerang SVOD and on the Cartoon Network app. The fifth and final season was released on the Cartoon Network app, also on February 1, and on February 2, but the season has been removed from the app and has not been added back. The fifth season also aired on Boomerang on February 15, 2021.
The show was followed by a
HBO Max
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series named ''
Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
''Tom and Jerry Special Shorts'' is a short-lived American animated television series based on ''Tom and Jerry'' that premiered and ended on HBO Max on February 20, 2021, making it the shortest lived of any ''Tom and Jerry'' related shows. The ...
'', which are by the same crew as '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'' and are in the vein of the classic shorts. Another series, '' Tom and Jerry in New York'', was also released on HBO Max on July 1, 2021, which is done by the same production team as ''The Tom and Jerry Show.''
Plot
The series follows the antics of Tom in his pursuit to catch Jerry. Each episode consists of two 11-minute segments (in the first season) and three 7-minute segments (starting from the second season) into a full-length 22-minute episode.
Each scenario was introduced, used, or discontinued in each season. The series can follow one of these scenarios:
# Tom and Jerry's typical antics in a modern-day urban setting being pets of Rick and Ginger, a married couple.
# Tom and Jerry being pets to two witches named Beatie and Hildie in a medieval setting. It was used only in the first two seasons.
# Tom and Jerry working together as detectives in Tolucaville, by operating a detective agency called "The Cat & Mouse Detectives", complete with a narrator.
# Jerry living in Dr. Bigby's laboratory, with a rat named Napoleon, and a very smart hamster, with Tom being an alley cat. It was used only in the first season.
# Tom working as a butler in a
Downton Abbey
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property. (introduced in the third season)
# Tom and Jerry living in a scary
Transylvania
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n environment in a parody of Van Helsing. Used only in the third and fourth seasons.
# Tom working at a farm run by a farmer named Maude. Introduced in the fourth season.
# Tom and Jerry starring in spoofs of classic fairy tales, narrated by an older mouse to other small mice around a campfire. Introduced in the fifth season.
tuxedo cat
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who is always trying to catch Jerry and kick him out of his house. However, he seems to be less antagonistic towards Jerry in this series, showing a love-hate relationship with him.
* Jerry Mouse – A young clever
mouse
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who always outsmarts Tom, although they are seen working together sometimes.
Recurring
*
Spike Bulldog
Spike and Tyke are fictional characters from the ''Tom and Jerry'' animated film series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike (who goes by different names in a few episodes - Killer for four episodes, Butch for two episodes, and ...
– An adult bad-tempered
bulldog
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Tuffy Mouse – A young mouse who wears a nappy and is Jerry's ward.
* Butch Cat – An adult
black cat
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that lives on the street who is the frenemy of Tom.
* Meathead Cat – A alley cat who is friends with Butch.
* Toots (credited as "Toodles Galore") – An adult female cat with a blue bow on her head who is Tom's girlfriend.
* Chérie – A young female mouse with a blue bow around her neck who is Jerry's girlfriend.
*
Little Quacker
This is a complete list of the 164 shorts in the ''Tom and Jerry'' series produced and released between 1940 and 2014. Of these, 162 are theatrical shorts, one is a made-for-TV short, and one is a 2-minute sketch shown as part of a telethon.
...
– A young duckling, who is the best friend of Jerry.
Characters tied to specific scenarios consist of:
* Rick and Ginger – The owners of Tom and Spike, who are a married couple. Rick favors Spike while Ginger favors Tom.
* Hildie and Beatie – Two
witch
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es living with Tom and Jerry, in a haunted house.
* Newt – An orange
Triton
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* Triton (mythology), a Greek god
* Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune
Triton may also refer to:
Biology
* Triton cockatoo, a parrot
* Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails
* ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus'' ...
which uses an eyepatch. He also lives in the house of the two witches.
* Napoleon – A
gray
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rat who is a friend of Jerry. He lives in the scientific laboratory of Dr. Bigby.
* Hamster – A clever, yet unnamed hamster who also lives in Bigby's laboratory.
* Dr. Bigby – A
scientist
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In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosop ...
working in a peculiar
laboratory
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.
* Rutger, Rolph, Rudy – A trio of loud
German
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**Ge ...
mice introduced in season 3, who live in Catsylvania.
* Cates – The top
butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantry ...
and boss of tom in the Downton Abbey manor.
* Maude – A farmer.
Voice cast
Production
''The Tom and Jerry Show'' was initially announced to consist of 26 episodes divided into 52 11-minute segments to air on Cartoon Network, with the intention to remain faithful to the original theatrical short series. The show was originally intended to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2013 before being pushed back to April 9, 2014.
From the second season onward, the art style of the show was retooled and the series running time for the segments is now 7 minutes to more closely resemble the original MGM shorts. Because of the running time switch, the half-hour episodes contain 3 segments instead of 2.
The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and
Renegade Animation
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, with Renegade handling the actual production work under the supervision of Darrell Van Citters and
Ashley Postelwaite
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, both of whom used to work for Warner Bros. before leaving to form Renegade in 1992. Renegade Animation is also known for producing ''
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' is an American animated television series created by Sam Register for Cartoon Network. Produced by Renegade Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, the series stars fictionalized and animated versions of the Japanese pop ...
'' and '' The Mr. Men Show''. It is the second ''Tom and Jerry'' television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and the first to be animated in
Adobe Flash
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. It is also the second made-for-television iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts and the fifth made-for-television ''Tom and Jerry'' production. It was also the longest–running ''Tom and Jerry'' series, overtaking '' Tom & Jerry Kids''.
Broadcast
''The Tom and Jerry Show'' premiered on March 1, 2014 on
Teletoon
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in Canada. The series premiered on April 9, 2014 on
Cartoon Network
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in the United States. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it began airing on April 12, 2014 on
Boomerang
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, and also on
CITV
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in 2016 (including all episodes following "Say Uncle"). It premiered on April 21, 2014 on
Cartoon Network
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in India. In Australia,
Cartoon Network
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premiered it on May 5, 2014. The series began airing on
Boomerang
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in the United States on January 5, 2015. In Indonesia, it is currently broadcast on GTV since February 13, 2017 and on
RCTI
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since August 13, 2017. In China, it is broadcast on
China Central Television
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. In Japan from September 23, 2014 NHK BS Premium broadcast it with the title ''New Tom and Jerry Show'' on December 15, 2015. In India, the show retelecasted on 14 November 2020 with new
Hindi
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dialogues in
Cartoon Network
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India.
Home media
Region 1 DVDs
Main series
Region 2 DVDs
Main series
Reception
The series has received generally mixed to favorable reviews, with criticism primarily directed at the switch from traditional hand-drawn animation to flash animation since the previous ''Tom and Jerry'' TV series, '' Tom and Jerry Tales''.