Tom and Jerry Tales#Video game
{{short description|American animated television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Tomandjerrytales.jpg
| genre = {{Plainlist|
}}
| caption = Title card
| runtime = 21–23 minutes (6–8 minutes per segment)
| based_on = {{based on|Characters created|William Hanna and
Joseph Barbera}}
| developer = {{Plainlist|
- Joseph Barbera
- Rob LaDuca
- Jeff Davison
}}
| director =
| writer =
| story =
| voices = {{Plainlist|
- Don Brown
- Sam Vincent
- Michael Donovan
- Colin Murdock
- Reece Thompson
- Chantal Strand
- Nicole Oliver
- Janyse Jaud
- Scott McNeil
- Ellen Kennedy
- David Kaye
- Ashleigh Ball
}}
| theme_music_composer = Tom Erba
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Tom Erba {{small|(season 1)}}
- Gordon Goodwin {{small|(season 2)}}
}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26 (78 segments)
| list_episodes = List of Tom and Jerry Tales episodes
| producer = {{Plainlist|
}}
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Joseph Barbera {{small|(season 1)}}
- Sander Schwartz {{small|(season 1)}}
}}
| editor = {{Plainlist|
- Ken Solomon
- Rob DeSales
}}
| channel = Kids' WB
| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|9|23}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2008|3|22}}
| company = {{Plainlist|
}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
- Tom & Jerry Kids {{small|(1990–93)}}
- The Tom and Jerry Show {{small|(2014–21)}}
}}
}}
Tom and Jerry Tales is an American animated television series featuring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the seventh installment in the Tom and Jerry franchise as well as the first Tom and Jerry production to emulate the original theatrical shorts created by Hanna-Barbera founders and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006{{cite web|last1=Baisley|first1=Sarah|title=Kids' WB! on The CW 2006-2007 Saturday AM Schedule Launches Sept. 23|url=https://www.awn.com/news/kids-wb-cw-2006-2007-saturday-am-schedule-launches-sept-23|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=July 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705124339/http://www.awn.com/news/kids-wb-cw-2006-2007-saturday-am-schedule-launches-sept-23|archive-date=July 5, 2014|url-status=live}} to March 22, 2008, on Kids' WB. This is the first Tom and Jerry television series from Warner Bros. Animation after parent company Time Warner had bought Turner Broadcasting System, then-owners of the franchise, in 1996.
Joseph Barbera served as executive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006, making this the final Tom and Jerry project with his involvement, and received story credit on some episodes of the first season. The series consists of 26 episodes across two seasons, each consisting of three 7-minute segments with a shared theme and approximately the same length as the original theatrical shorts. Some shorts – like The Karate Guard – were produced and completed in 2005 (explaining the 2005 copyright stamp in the end credits of the first season despite airing during the 2006–2007 season) as part of a 30-plus theatrical cartoon schedule canceled nearly two years after the financial failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Voice cast
{{main|List of Tom and Jerry characters}}
- Don Brown as Tom and Droopy (season 1)
- William Hanna as Tom's additional screams (only in archival audio recordings used in several season 1 episodes, albeit uncredited)
- Sam Vincent as Jerry, Sniffles and Kid
- Reece Thompson (season 1) and Chantal Strand (season 2) as Tuffy
- Michael Donovan as Spike, Droopy (season 2) and Topsy
- Colin Murdock as Butch and Meathead
- Nicole Oliver as Mrs. Two-Shoes and Baby Booties
- Trevor Devall as Radio Announcer
- Carlos Alazraqui as Casper Lombardo
- Ben Diskin as Ghost 2
- Saffron Henderson as Playtpus Mother
- Ted Cole as Monkey
- Richard Newman as Narrator
- Kelly Sheridan as Miss Shapely
- Maryke Hendrikse as Princess Alien Mouse
- Ellie Harvie as Rhino Mother
- Maxine Miller as Green Witch
- Ellen Kennedy as Purple Witch and Geraldine Mouse
- Jake D. Smith as Baby Mouse
- Cathy Weseluck as Thomasina
- Nicole Bouma as Little Girl and Little Princess
- Tabitha St. Germain as White Hero
- Ian James Corlett as Bunny
- Scott McNeil as Rocket Shop Owner
- David Kaye as Mauricio the Octopus
- Garry Chalk as Head Lifeguard
- Maurice LaMarche as Frankenstein
- Peter Kelamis as TV Announcer
- Janyse Jaud as Kitty
- Michael Dobson as Male Kangaroo
- John Payne as Buster
- Andrea Libman as Toodles Galore
- Brian Drummond as Joe Bear, Additional voices
- Louis Chirillo as Lion, Additional voices
- Lisa Ann Beley as Lionesses
- Paul Dobson as Drummer Rat
- Matt Hill as Surf Competition Announcer
- Chuck Huber as Bellhop
- Peter New as Tony the Greasy Pizza Guy
- Ashleigh Ball as Kangaroo Mother
- Scott McNeil as Uncle Pecos
- Ellen Kennedy as Aunt Spinner
Episodes
{{Main|List of Tom and Jerry Tales episodes}}
{{:List of Tom and Jerry Tales episodes}}
Overseas animation studios
- Yearim Productions (Seoul, South Korea)
- Lotto Animation (Seoul, South Korea) (season 1)
- Rough Draft Korea (Seoul, South Korea) (season 2)
- Toon City (Manila, Philippines)
Home media
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+ Tom and Jerry Tales home video releases
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Season ! rowspan="2" | Episodes ! rowspan="2" | Years active ! colspan="2" | Release dates |
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| 1 | 26 | 2006–07 |
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All six volumes were later released in 2-packs.
Video game
On October 31, 2006, a video game based on the series was released for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.{{cite press release|author1=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc.|title=Tom and Jerry Tales Videogame Hits Stores Today, October 31|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061031005968/en/Tom-Jerry-Tales-Videogame-Hits-Stores-Today|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=July 5, 2014|date=October 31, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141233/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061031005968/en/Tom-Jerry-Tales-Videogame-Hits-Stores-Today|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Tom and Jerry Tales |url=https://www.ign.com/games/tom-and-jerry-tales |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=IGN |language=en}} Developed by Sensory Sweep Studios, it was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and also published by Eidos Interactive (only in Europe and Australia). Playing as Jerry, the main objective of the game is to help Jerry get Tom into trouble. Many minor characters from the show make cameo appearances in the game, such as the female robotic mouse from the episode "Hi, Robot".
See also
- The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)
- The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
- Tom & Jerry Kids – a spinoff
- The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) – a reboot by Renegade Animation
- Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
- Tom and Jerry in New York – another reboot by Renegade Animation
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://kidswb.warnerbros.com/kids/shows-TomAndJerry}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0780438}}
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