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Tom and Jerry Special Shorts was a 2021 web series based on Tom and Jerry. The show made its debut on HBO Max on February 20th, 2021.[1]This show is a revival of the Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts. The series received mostly positive reviews.
Plot
The classic comedic duo of Tom and Jerry is back in brand new shorts that showcase the rambunctious rivalry fans know and love.
This is the first Tom and Jerry series in the United States to be shown on streaming via HBO Max, instead of television channels such as Cartoon Network or Boomerang.
It is also the first where the duration of the episodes is five or four minutes instead of seven or eleven minutes.
Both Tom and Jerry's character designs in this show are based on their appearances from the mid-1940s cartoons, in contrast to previous post-1986 Tom and Jerry shows where the cat and mouse were usually drawn based on their appearances from the late-1940s/early-1950s cartoons. This is noticeable in Tom's character design, drawn with a more rounded face and two whiskers twirled together like a mustache.
On a Roll and The House that Cat Built are the only episodes to be aired before the release of the 2021 film Tom and Jerry.
In August 2022, as part of the upheaval created by David Zaslav, the new head of Warner Bros Discovery, Tom & Jerry Special Shorts were removed from HBO Max, along with numerous other animated content. The two shorts are not currently available on physical media or on VOD.
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