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The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)

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This article is about the 2014 series. For the 1975 series, see The Tom and Jerry Show (1975). It is also not to be confused with The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show.

The Tom and Jerry Show is a 2014 television series based on Tom and Jerry. The show made its worldwide debut on Teletoon on March 1st, 2014, and aired on April 9th, 2014 on Cartoon Network in the U.S. It also premiered April 7, 2014 on Cartoon Network Latin America. For the United States, new episodes of the show were released on the Boomerang streaming service.[1][2] [3]

On September 3, 2019 reruns of the show began airing on Cartoon Network along with New Looney Tunes.

Plot

This reboot of the Tom and Jerry franchise follows the antics of Tom in his pursuit to catch Jerry.

Scenarios
Main article: List of The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) scenarios

Each episode of the series follows either one of these scenarios:

  • Tom and Jerry's typical antics in a modern-day urban setting.
  • Tom and Jerry being pets to two witches named Beatie and Hildie. (This scenario is only used 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. (This scenario is only used in Season 1)
  • Tom working as a butler in a Downton Abbey property named Postlewaite Manor (presumably named after the show's producer Ashley Postlewaite). (This scenario is first used beginning with Season 3, and is teased in season 2.)
  • Tom and Jerry living in a scary Transylvanian environment in a parody of Van Helsing. (This scenario is only used in Seasons 3 and 4)
  • Tom working at a farm run by a farmer named Maude. (This scenario is first used beginning with Season 4)
  • Tom and Jerry starring in spoofs of classic fairy tales, narrated by Papa to Rutger, Rolf, and Rudy around a campfire. (This scenario is first used beginning with Season 5)
Episodes
Main article: List of The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) episodes
Season Segments Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 52 26 April 9, 2014 (Cartoon Network) November 25, 2014 (Cartoon Network)
2 78 26 February 6, 2016 (Cartoon Network)
September 21, 2017 (Boomerang SVOD) 		November 29, 2018 (Boomerang SVOD)
3 78 26 February 1, 2019 (Boomerang SVOD) December 2, 2019 (Boomerang SVOD)
4 78 26 November 8, 2019 (Cartoon Network)
February 2, 2021 (Boomerang SVOD) 		February 2, 2021 (Cartoon Network)
February 15, 2021 (Boomerang SVOD)
5 39 13 February 2, 2021 (Cartoon Network)
February 15, 2021 (Boomerang TV) 		July 1, 2021 (Cartoon Network)
July 1, 2021 (Boomerang TV)

Initially, Season 1 had two 11-minute segments in each episode. However beginning with Season 2, each episode had three 7-minute segments much like the original shorts.

Characters
Cast
Reception

This incarnation is given an overall score of 7.1/10 on IMDb as it received mixed to positive reviews. It was praised for the use of slapstick violence and humor, but its use of flash adobe animation can be seen as mediocre but has improved in the second season to present.

Trivia
  • The show shares its name with The Tom and Jerry Show from 1975.
  • This show brings back the classic chase formula and violence, unlike the 1975 series where there are cartoon regulations at the time during the 1970s which banned the use of violence in children's television.
  • Tom's screams and the sound effects of Tom and sometimes Jerry in the episodes are archive voice clips from William Hanna's recordings that were first used in the original Tom and Jerry cartoons.
  • This is the second Tom and Jerry television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio after Tom and Jerry Tales and the first to be animated in Adobe Flash (now known as Adobe Animate).
  • In this show, Jerry is shown to no longer be trusted by Spike as much because he finally notices that it was Jerry who was really responsible for bothering his son, stealing his bones, and him getting bothered and injured (as shown in episodes such as "Birthday Bashed"). Despite this, they are still sometimes shown to be getting along.
  • In this show, Tom is still enemies with Jerry, Spike, Tyke, Tuffy, and Quacker, albeit with some exceptions.
  • In this show, Tom and Butch are sometimes enemies.
  • In this show, Tyke is still friends with Jerry.
  • In this show, Tom is sometimes shown to be good friends with Spike, and Jerry, and sometimes likes/tolerates Tyke, and Tuffy.
  • This is the first Tom and Jerry TV series to receive a TV-PG rating in the United States. Starting in 2010, the majority of shows on Cartoon Network, such as Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Looney Tunes Show, and Teen Titans Go!, received that rating.
  • Like most Tom and Jerry TV series and movies, Tex Avery characters such as Droopy occasionally make guest appearances. Although no Tex Avery characters appeared in Season 1, they have appeared beginning in Season 2 onward. Other characters such as Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior, The Wolf, and Butch the Irish Bulldog also made guest appearances.
  • Toodles Galore is explicitly altered in this show, as her attitude and appearance are equal to that of Toots.
  • Beginning with Season 2, not only do the episodes now have three 7-minute segments instead of two 11-minute segments as for Season 1, yet the art style of the show was retooled to more closely resemble the style of the original MGM shorts, and the Flash animation used in this show appears to be much looser and more fluid like the original MGM shorts.
  • Rick and Ginger's house in this show, both interior and exterior, seem to be designed and colored with almost the exact same designs and colors as the house which most of the Chuck Jones-era Tom and Jerry shorts are usually set in, such as the use of red walls and green carpeted floors for its indoor design, the purplish colors used in Jerry's mouse-hole, the blue-tiled, yellow-walled kitchen with white furniture, and the backyard fenced up with blue hedges.
  • The modern-day urban setting and detective scenarios are the only scenarios to appear in every season.
  • The fifth season is the only season that only has 13 episodes (39 segments).
  • This series and the Bunnicula television series were planned to have been added on HBO Max in August 2022. This show was going to be added on the 1st, while Bunnicula was going to be added two days later, but due to unknown reasons, they never were. On August 23, 2024, it had been announced that this series would added on Max. However, it stills remain unknown whether or not Bunnicula will be added to the service. On September 14, 2024, The Tom & Jerry Show has been added on Max.
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References
  1. ↑ https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNx4ImNxAg5Z4lcy3mwYGxtgsRNjia0Mgigea2-1zzD1hMe0mtsIWCYborWLT1-lw/photo/AF1QipOB56tJ76isHYISaMayN1nYgjTRDs_xDz0pwGg4?key=S3FWNWNEU1RVOC1NSFZwUVZIUnVNY21EWjhUUFNn
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmst562fALOY2cKb4IFgqEg/videos?disable_polymer=1
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Z6ttYZJTaPGsh8JDlBBF58GC6j5efWU

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