Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry

Tom and Jerry: Fists of Furry
Release date	November 12, 2000
Genre	Fighting
MSRP	$59.99 (USD)
Publisher	Mattel Interactive, NewKidCo
Developer	Vis Entertainment

Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry is a 3D fighting video game released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 and Windows. The game is based on Tom and Jerry with gameplay similar to Capcom's Power Stone and Super Smash Bros.

Summary

Meet the first-ever fighting game for the whole family! Everyone's favorite cat-and-mouse team stars in this unique arena fighting title. The attacks and weaponry are straight from the classic cartoon series, arming the characters with shovels, tennis rackets, red-hot pokers, fruit, scat, bombs, furniture, and more. All of the action takes place in environments that are modeled after those in old episodes of the cartoon series, and there are nine arenas in which to do battle. As you might expect, all of the animation is perfectly re-created from the show, right down to the tiniest details. The lineup of familiar faces includes the likes of Tom, Jerry, Spike, Tyke, Butch, Quacker and Tuffy. Packed with wicked surprises, deadly traps, and hilarious tricks, the game never runs out of steam, jokes, or action for that matter. There are tons of power ups and combos, making the experience very much like a traditional fighting game substitute slapstick humor for blood.

Characters

When the Player first starts the game, the only characters unlocked are Tom and Jerry.

• Tom Cat
• Jerry Mouse
• Spike Bulldog
• Tyke Bulldog
• Butch Cat
• Quacker
• Tuffy Mouse

Stages

• Catchin' in the Kitchen: the first map in the game, taking place in the kitchen. the players choices to throw are: 2 chairs, 2 Tomatoes and a watermelon. the Weapons include: A Frying Pan, A Piece of Ham, A fork, and a rolling pin. there's also 2 traps: if the wall next to the stove is destroyed, a Cabinet will fall onto the Player and if the wall by the sink is destroyed, a clock will fall onto the player. and watch out, touching the flames on the stove will take away the player's health.
• Cooking up a Storm: same location as Catchin' in the Kitchen, except it takes place at night, The Throwables in this map are: 2 stools, Eggs, an iron, and a Pumpkin. the Traps are the same as Catchin' in the Kitchen. The Weapons are: A Saucepan, A Wooden spoon, A Fork, and a Broom.
• Guard in the Garden: Taking place in the Garden. The throwables in this map are: a bench, a birdbath, 2 flowerpots and 2 Milk bottles. the Weapons are: a newspaper, a cement spreader and a metal shovel. there's also a Beehive which will fall onto the player if the window below it is destroyed.
• Backyard Bash: Same as Guard in the Garden except taking place at night. The Throwables are: 2 balls, a Flower Pot, a Bird Bath, and A Bench. the weapons are: a Tennis Racket, an Umbrella, and a Wooden Mallet. The same beehive remains above the destroyable window.
• Duck-Duck Loose: Taking place in the farm. The Throwables are: a Jug of Milk, 2 Bales of Hay, a Horseshoe, Eggs, and a Pumpkin. the weapons are: A Hammer, a Cattle prod, a 2x4 plank of wood and a Broom. If the Player throws an Object at the Barn Door, A Crate will fall onto your Opponent.
• Bomb Voyage: Taking place on a ship. the throwables are: 2 deck chairs, a life preserver, and a wine bottle. the weapons are: a Fish, A Bomb, a Tennis racket, a Swordfish, A Wooden Mallet, and a Guitar. if the little door next to the pipe is destroyed, a bell will fall onto the player. stay away from the steam coming out of the Ship's whistle and the pipe.
• Alley- Alley- Action Free: Taking place in the Alley. the throwables are: A Milk Bottle, 2 Trash Cans, and 2 Crates. the Weapons are: A Newspaper, An Umbrella, A 2x4 Plank of Wood, A Baseball Bat, and a Bomb. there's also 2 flower pots on the window sills, but this time, they act as traps. and stay away from the steam coming out of that manhole.
• The Mice Before Christmas: Taking place in a mansion during Xmas, The Throwables are: 3 Presents, 2 lounge chairs, and Some Chicken. the weapons are: a Candy Cane, a Toy Wand and a Wooden Horse on a stick. there's a Moose trap which can stun your opponent. but stay away from the fireplace.
• Laboratory Retriever: Serving as the final level for Tom, Spike, Tyke and Tuffy. Taking place in Tom's Laboratory, the Throwables are: A Skull, a Table, a Flask, and a Jug. there's also another Jug serving as a trap. The Weapons are: A Bone, a Piece of Pylon, and a Broom. The player has to be careful not to touch the yellow lasers rising from the electrical panel.
• Floor Bored: Serving as the last level for Jerry, Duckling, and Butch. taking place in the basement. The Throwables are: 2 Paint cans, A Washing Machine, and a Tire. The Weapons are: a stick of Dynamite, A Wrench, A Hammer, A 2x4, and a Paintbrush. There's also a trap where Opponents can get squashed by a falling anvil. and Watch out for the steam coming out of that boiler.

Powerups

A Yellow question mark will appear throughout the battle, touching it will grant the player the following power ups:

• Shield: Protects the player from getting damaged.
• Power: A Red Halo will appear for a few seconds. but it does not protect the player.
• Poison: Drains health.
• Invisible power: this turns players invisible which will confuse your opponents.

List of Singleplayer fights

Tom:

1. Catchin' in the Kitchen: Opponent: Jerry
2. Duck, Duck Loose: Opponent: Quacker and Jerry
3. Guard in the Garden: Opponent: Tyke and Spike
4. The Mice Before Christmas: Opponent: Tuffy and Jerry
5. Laboratory Retriever: Opponent: Spike, Tom's Clone, Monster Jerry

Jerry:

1. Backyard Bash: Opponent: Tom
2. Alley Alley Action: Opponent: Butch and Tom
3. Cookin' up a Storm: Opponent: Spike and Butch
4. Bomb Voyage: Opponent: Tyke and Tom
5. Floor Bored: Opponent: Spike, Jerry's Clone, Tom (invisible)

Spike:

1. Backyard Bash: Opponent: Butch
2. Cookin' Up a Storm: Opponents: Jerry and Tom
3. The Mice before Christmas: Opponent: Tuffy and Quacker
4. Alley Alley Action Free: Opponent: Tom and Butch
5. Laboratory Retriever: Opponent: Tom, Spike's Clone, Monster Jerry

Tyke:

1. Duck Duck Loose: Opponent: Tom
2. Guard in the Garden: Opponent: Tuffy and Jerry
3. Catchin' in the Kitchen: Opponent: Tom and Jerry
4. The Mice before Christmas: Opponent: Butch and Tom
5. Laboratory Retriever: Opponent: Jerry, Tyke's clone, Tom (Invisible)

Butch:

1. The Mice Before Christmas: Opponent: Quacker
2. Bomb Voyage: Opponent: Tuffy and Jerry
3. Catchin' in the Kitchen: Opponent: Tom and Jerry
4. Guard in the Garden: Opponent: Tyke and Spike
5. Floor Bored: Opponent: Tom, Butch's Clone, Monster Jerry

Quacker:

1. Bomb Voyage: Opponent: Spike
2. Laboratory Retriever: Opponent: Butch and Tom
3. Alley Alley Action Free: Opponent: Tyke and Butch
4. Cookin' up a Storm: Opponent: Spike and Tom
5. Floor Bored: Opponent: Butch, A Green Wild Quacker, Tom (invisible)

Tuffy:

1. Alley Alley Action Free: Opponent: Butch
2. Duck Duck Loose: Opponent: Spike and Tyke
3. Floor Bored: Opponent: Tom and Butch
4. Backyard Bash: Opponent: Spike and Tom
5. Laboratory Retriever: Opponent: Tyke, Tuffy's Clone, Tom (invisible)

Effects

There are 3 different ways that Opponent get when hit with a weapon on Full Power:

1. When hit with a one handed weapon, Opponents will be stunned for a few seconds
2. When hit with a pointy weapon, it sends your Opponents up in the air while they scream
3. When hit with a two handed weapon, Your Opponent will be flattened into a pancake sized version of themselves.

Trivia

• Butch's orange palette seems to resembles Lightning Cat.
• In the final levels, The Bosses are Basically Tom and Jerry using moves that are unavailable for the player. in Jerry, Tyke, Quacker, and Tuffy's boss fights, The Boss is Tom turning invisible which the only way to defeat him is to use a well timed punch attack or by punching an object into him. this will cause Tom to be visible. In Tom, Spike, and Butch's Boss Fight, The Boss is Monster Jerry. Monster Jerry will chase the player around the arena until he is punched. When Punched, Jerry will turn back to normal. however, Tom and Jerry run fast and throw things fast and are hard to punch while near them. and the timer is replaced with an infinity symbol during those battles. best way to defeat the bosses, is to couch to dodge the objects they throw at you. the good thing is they cannot punch the player if they are protected by the Shield powerup. the bosses will also turn to normal if they are hit with a weapon in Full Power.
• There's a trick to make the 2 bosses appear in Versus mode and Teamplay mode. to do it, the player must exit a boss battle while it is still session. when It happens, the bosses will appear for all the other characters to fight, replacing the original Tom and Jerry as Ai characters. however, Doing this replaces the Timer with an infinity symbol. With this, You can add a Boss Battle to Teamplay Mode since when a Player's character is defeated, Another Character will take their place.
• There's a PC Version of this game, developed by Mattel Interactive once again. although, there are no sound effects for the Throwables Traps, or the Weapons. and Duckling, Tuffy, Butch, or the Clones never change their facial emotes, Opponents punch the player easily, The names of the characters are shown except Tyke's name incorrectly has an "I" instead of a "Y",
• The clones of the characters also appear in Versus mode and Teamplay mode. they are different colored versions of the same character. they are: a blue Tom, a dark brown Jerry, a brown Spike, a brown Tyke, a green Quacker, a white Tuffy, and an orange Butch. they are the main antagonists in Singleplayer mode as they act as mini-bosses before the actual boss battle.
• when the player loses in singleplayer, The characters start crying while showing their losing animations. this does not occur in Versus mode or Team Mode which only show the winning animations.
• In Catchin in the kitchen, sometimes Opponents will accidentally set themselves on fire after grabbing a weapon.
• In Duck Duck Loose during Single Player, when the players throw the jug of milk at opponent and they duck, the object will hit the barn door and your opponent will then get squashed by a falling crate.
• In The Mice before Christmas, if you throw an object at an opponent but miss, a Reindeer trophy will fall onto your opponent's head, stunning them.
• Butch's Singleplayer fight is the only time Monster Jerry is in a different arena as Butch's final fight is in Floor Bored instead of Laboratory Retriever.
• In Laboratory Retriever, when Battling Invisible Tom, Tyke and Tuffy can punch the green jug into Tom, causing a lot of damage. but Invisible Tom is capable of catching things.
• When battling Monster Jerry in Floor Bored, Monster Jerry seems to be prone to hurt himself a lot. (Walking into Steam and setting himself on fire with the dynamite)
• Spike is the only character with a unique punch pattern. his 3rd punch instead flattens opponents instead of sending them flying across the stage.
• Tuffy and Butch have the same animations as Tom and Jerry, except Butch punches faster than Tom. the other difference between Tuffy and Jerry is that Tuffy's final fight is in Laboratory Retriever while Jerry's final fight is in Floor Bored. The Same Difference happens to the cats because Tom's final fight is in Laboratory Retriever While Butch's Final Fight is in Floor Bored although, Tom is also the opponent in the same map.
• Tyke's Final Battle is the only final Single Player battle where Jerry does not appear in his Monster Form. Instead, Jerry is the first character Tyke fights during Laboratory Retriever.
• During Butch's fight in Catchin in the Kitchen, He battles Tom during the 1st half. But after Tom is defeated, He is replaced with Jerry. Butch also battles Tom in his last fighting stage, Floor Bored.
• When Battling the 2 bosses as the same character, there is a rare version of the 2 bosses that is only seen in Teamplay mode and Versus mode. these versions take the appearance of Tom and Jerry's clones but otherwise behave the same.
• In Teamplay Mode if player battles the 2 bosses. Butch and Spike are the more effective characters against Invisible Tom because Butch punches faster than him and Spike's 3rd punch pattern not only flattens the invisible cat. it also turns him visible. When Battling Monster Jerry while playing as the little characters. Tuffy and Tyke are more effective against the gigantic mouse because Tuffy, being a little mouse, punches him faster and Tyke, being a bulldog pup, also punches the Monster Mouse very quickly.
• Even though, Tom was Butch's Opponent in Catchin in the Kitchen and Floor Bored, Tom only battles Butch as a CPU in Versus mode and Teamplay mode.

CD-ROM system requirements (Windows version)

• CPU: Pentium II 233 MHz
• Operating System: Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP
• Memory: 128MB RAM
• Video: 3D Accelerated video card (DirectX 8 Compatible) with 4MB RAM
• Audio: Sound Card (DirectX 8 Compatible)
• Hard Drive: 160MB Free hard disk space

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Video

Tom & Jerry Fists of Fury 2000