Kangadoofus is the 74th episode of the 2nd season of Tom and Jerry Tales. It was directed and written by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.
Synopsis[]
In Australia, Jerry takes refuge from Tom by blending in with a kangaroo and her joeys. (the joeys all look almost identical to Jerry, except for the tails; a reminiscent to Hippety Hopper).
Plot[]
In Australia, Jerry climbs the rock mountain all the way to the top of the rock mountain. The Koala is eating eucalyptus leaves and a flying fox jumps off the tree and flies and lands onto the other tree. Two duck-billed platypuses come out of the water. Then one of the platypuses dive down. Then the platypus spit water to the other platypus. Jerry giggles. Suddenly, Tom appears on top of the rock mountain while he is standing on Emu Nest. Then, the Emu pecks him on its head. Jerry turns and looks at him.
Jerry began to run away. The Emu tries to peck Tom but it misses while her neck tangles herself. Then, Tom blows an emu, and he giggles. Suddenly the four baby emu chicks come out of their eggs and bite the cat's tail. Tom chases Jerry into the Hub, Jerry climbs into the didgeridoo, Tom look through the the didgeridoo and blows into the didgeridoo to make Jerry comes out and blows him out of the hut and crashes into the totem pole and land onto the rock and into the pot. Tom is running, but Jerry runs away again, but he goes into Huber, the female kangaroo's pouch. Suddenly, Huber wakes up and realizes Jerry is in her pouch.
Huber the kangaroo takes her joeys and Jerry out of her pouch. Huber's children looked at him. So Huber looks at Jerry and her joeys who both look almost identical to him (with the exception of their tails and feet). But, The Joeys hops and Jerry is acting just like a kangaroo. Huber introduced a new friend to Jerry as her adoptive son. And then Huber puts them back into her pouch. Just then, Tom comes to Huber and finds Jerry. So he puts his right hand in her pouch and takes out the baby items from her pouch. He looks at Huber very angry, and he puts them in her pouch and Huber smacks him with her tail and punches him and kicks him crashing into the tree. Causing the koala to land onto Tom's paws.
At the Rock, Tom appears and looks at Jerry and the joey. Then, he spotted Jerry hopping as a kangaroo. Huber followed her joeys and Jerry. Tom is about to throw the boomerang at Huber, but she ducks down and talks to Jerry and her joeys. Tom is about to catch the boomerang, and it crashes through the tree causing the koala to land onto Tom's legs. Tom tries to throw the boomerang at Huber again, but she jumps. Tom, who wears an umpire's mask, and baseball glove is about to catch it. Suddenly it crashes through the tree again causing the koala to land onto and looks at Tom crashes into the rocks, which crushes him into a turtle. Huber the kangaroo teaching her Joeys and Jerry hops. Tom tries to throw the boomerang at Huber once again, but she stops the boomerang and scolds it to avoid biting Jerry and Joeys. Now, Huber tells it to go back to where they came from, Tom looks at a boomerang coming to hit him, but the boomerang chases Tom and dives into and hides underwater with a snorkel. So, the boomerang looks at bamboo straw. Tom is sitting on the rock underwater, until the boomerang dives down into the bamboo straw and goes into Tom's mouth and his head into the shape of the boomerang.
Huber tells Jerry and joeys for nap time, so the joeys go into their mother's pouch, Jerry yawns, and Huber puts him in her pouch. When Huber is fast asleep, Tom appears to find Jerry, but he accidentally grabs a wrong Jerry, thinking that one of them might be him, and he runs off. When he opens his paws to reveal the male joey, who smack Tom with his tail, punch and kick him, but the male joey lifts Tom's head, but he covers him with his paws and puts him back in Huber's pouch, Tom covers her with the blanket and tiptoes away. Huber the kangaroo calls her Joeys and Jerry using a triangle, preparing for dinner, but Jerry and Joeys hops by. Like most grazing animals, All Kangaroos are herbivores. The Male Joey is eating a twig and the Female Joey pulls the grass and she eats it, then she gives the rest of her grass to her adoptive brother Jerry, and he eats it. Tom is about to catch Jerry, so he disguises himself as a Male Kangaroo.
Then he tries a knot and uses a pair of scissors to cut a hole to make the kangaroo costume, and puts the springs onto his feet and Tom hops like an adult kangaroo. Oh dear, Jerry is feeling very sick and his face looks green as a leaf, because mice don't eat grass. Tom in disguise is now falling in love with Huber, but he kisses her on her hand. But then, Jerry spits out the bits of grass and goes to Tom. He waves his arms to Tom and Huber. Then, he shakes Huber on her knee. He is catching Jerry with his foot, he grabs him and sits on him. Tom is about to kiss Huber. Suddenly, Monster, the real male Kangaroo, interrupted, but Tom looked at him. The Monster grabs him on his lips and he throws him to the ground, which Tom extended like a platypus beak. But he tries to run away until Monster grabs him on his tail and he uses his foot to trap him by his tail, until the springs stretch by the log and Monster punches him, but the disguise comes off and sends Tom flying away and lands onto the tree and falls into the river.
Suddenly, the Mother Platypus looks at Tom as a baby platypus, Just as Tom was trying to run away from her. But she grabs Tom and drags him. Now the defeated Tom ends up in the baby high chair, but Mother platypus ties the bib onto Tom and is forced to have a spoon of worms. Tom resists and he takes the worms. And so, when the episode ends, Huber the kangaroo leads the Joeys and Jerry hopping just like a kangaroo, as he winks at the audience. He is a clever boy.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Supporting Characters[]
Minor Characters[]
- Platypus
- Emu
- Koala
- Flying Fox
Voice actors[]
- Don Brown as Tom
- Samuel Vincent as Jerry
- Ashleigh Ball as Huber the Kangaroo
- Michael Dobson as Monster Kangaroo
- Saffron Henderson as Platypus
Notes[]
- The title is a portmanteau of "kangaroo" & "Doofus".
- The scene where Tom hides underwater with a straw is reference to Tee for Two.
Errors[]
- When the emu pokes Tom's head multiple times, His eyes are red instead of green.
In Other Languages[]
Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Cangu-Rato | Kanga-Mouse |
Gallery[]
Main articles: Kangadoofus/Gallery