Tom and Jerry in House Trap is an action video game released in 2000 for PlayStation.
The game is a split-screen trap-em-up style game, similar to the plot of the cartoon series. Player 1 is Jerry, and Player 2 is Tom. The rules of the game is about the player setting up traps and collecting weapons around the house to attack their opponent. Every fifth level is different from the others; in these levels, the player has to find certain objects and take them to their base. In Level 14, Tom is replaced by the Mechano, but Tom is still used in multiplayer mode of this level. Each of the weapons and levels are based on shorts from the orginal Hanna-Barbara era.
Levels[]
- Mouse Cleaning (Maus reinigen): The First Level of the game. The Player starts in the living room and you have to drain Tom's Health to win. Weapons and Throwables are scattered all over the house. Be Careful not to touch the TV, The Radio, The Fridge, The Vacuum Cleaner, or the Ironing board. if you tip toe towards a Blob of Jello, A Banana Peel, or a Mousetrap. You can place them into a location. They serve as traps and will take away health if touched.
- Bowling Brawl (Bowlingschlägerei): This Level unlocks the Pool Room. the New Items that appear are: some glue (which can be picked up by tip-toeing), a Bowling Ball, a Pool Stick, and a Baseball Bat.
- Tacks for the Memories (Reißnägel für die Katzeerinnerungen): This Level unlocks the Book Gallery. The New items that appear are: A Fish, A Book, and Some Tacks (which can carefully be picked up and placed into a random location since they serve as traps).
- Con-fused Kitty (Bombe!): This level unlocks the Backyard. The new items are: A Garden Shovel, A Very Long Mallet, and Dynamite (Which can be used as an explosive trap).
- Garden of Eaten (Essengarten): The first Objective Level of the game. Jerry's Objective is to find a Duckling and take him to a pond in the backyard while Tom's objective is the same except he has to take the Duckling to the kitchen. Jerry can't let that happen Make sure to whack Tom with a weapon to make him drop the duckling. The player has to bring the duckling to the backyard 3 times to win.
- Pop Goes the Cider (Pop geht die Most): This Level Unlocks the Cellar and the front yard. The New Items are: a Hammer, An Anvil, A Teacup, a Vase, A 2x4, A Fishing pole, A Spring (which will launch players upwards) and a Firework (which serves as an explosive trap). There are also 2 new Traps: If the player interacts with the Wine Rack, their opponent will get hit by the bottle cap of a champagne bottle. and If the Player interacts with the oven, it will open up and burn their opponent into Ashes.
- Night Falls (Nachtfällt): This Level unlocks the 2nd floor of the house. This level has new items: which are a Fireplace Poker, An Alarm Clock, a Tennis Racket, a Rolling Pin, and a Toilet Plunger. The Tacks are now in the Laundry Room instead of the Gallery. And the dynamite from the "Con-fused Kitty" level is now in the Bathroom instead of the Backyard. The Cellar, The Backyard and Several rooms are closed off due to the level taking place at night. If the player interacts with Tom's Owner's fold-up Mattress, it will fall directly onto your opponent.
- Pumping Iron (Muskeln Aufbauen): This Level Unlocks the Nursery. The New Items are: A Building Block, An Iron, and A Baby Rattle. Ironically, The Nursery Room also has the Jello from the Dining Room. This is the final level with the original items before they were replaced with later items.
- Cheap Skates (Rollschuhe): This Level unlocks the Attic. There's also some changes: The Goldfish Bowl has been replaced with An Apple. The Mousetrap has been replaced with Marbles and The Fireplace Poker now replaces the Coal Shovel. Several new items are also present including a Bar of Soap which can be placed anywhere for your opponent to slip on. This is the final level to feature the Dining Room as it is permanently closed off for the rest of the game.
- Our Man Spike (Spike der Hund): The player's objective is to find a set of musical instruments and bring them to the living room to wake up a sleeping Spike. But make sure you don't let Tom get them first because his objective is to find the Instruments and throw them in the trash.
- Kid Gloves (Kinderhandschuhe): Nothing much changes in this level except there is a new trap in the Nursery Room. If the player interacts with the Jack in the box, A Boxing glove will appear and send your opponent upward. There is also a Bomb in the bedroom that the player can tip-toe, pick it up and set it as a trap. The Dining Room is permanently closed off as of the level "Our Man Spike".
- For Butter or Worse (Es könnte schlimmer kommen): No Changes have been made so far in this level except there's a new trap item: A Stick of Butter. and a new weapon: A Fly Swatter.
- Lawn and Order (Gehorche dem Rasen): The Final Normal Health Based Battle against Tom. There's been changes in the Backyard. Instead of the Long Mallet and the Shovel, There's 3 new Items there: A Croquet Mallet, A Beach Ball, and a Tree Branch. There's also a Lawn Mower in front of the Hammock. It serves as a trap and will take away the player's health if it touches them.
- Mechani-cat (Die Roboterkatze): This is a boss level where Jerry has to fight Mechano. There are toy Wind-up Mice scattered all over the house which distract Mechano. Don't let Mechano get too close to you or he'll bite the player. He will also shoot bowling balls out of his mouth. when Mechano takes enough damage, he'll malfunction and explode. The throwables like the Teacup, Milk Bottle, Alarm Clock and others won't work on Mechano. and the traps are completely ineffective. the player has to use the two handed weapons to defeat Mechano. (Note: Mechano is only present in Single Player as if the 2nd player joins, he will play as Tom instead.)
- Oodles for Toodles (Letzte Herausforderung): The Last Level of the game. Jerry has to find some items and throw them into the nearest trash can there is. Tom's objective is to find those same items and give them to Toodles. Make sure not to let him get to the items.
Characters[]
Playable[]
Non-playable[]
- Quacker - Appears in Garden of Eaten
- Spike Bulldog - Appears in Our Man Spike
- Mechano - Appears in Mechani-cat
- Toodles Galore - Appears in Oodles for Toodles.
In other languages[]
Tom agus Jerry i: Cogadh Tí (Tom and Jerry in House War)
| Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
| German | Tom and Jerry Allein zu Haus | Tom and Jerry Home Alone |
| French | Tom & Jerry : Sauve qui peut ! | Tom & Jerry: Save who can! |
| Italian | Tom and Jerry in Casa dolce casa | Tom and Jerry in There's No Place Like Home |
| Spanish | Tom & Jerry en Porrazos a Diestro y Siniestro | Tom & Jerry in Strikes to Right and Sinister |
Trivia[]
- The game cannot be saved when playing on the PlayStation 3 because the game is not able to access memory cards.
Playing tom and jerry house trap in 2019