Tom and Jerry Kids Show
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| Tom & Jerry Kids Show | |
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 Tom and Jerry, as seen on the show's opening sequence |
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Running time | 30 minutes (7 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode) |
| Starring | Charlie Adler Brian Cummings Pat Fraley Teresa Ganzel Dick Gautier Phil Hartman Don Messick Frank Welker Patric Zimmerman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | FOX |
| Original run | September 8, 1990–October 2, 1993 |
Tom & Jerry Kids Show, also known as Tom & Jerry Kids is an American animated television series, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Entertainment, featuring the popular cat-and-mouse pair as children. The show debuted on FOX on September 8, 1990 and continued airing until October 2, 1993, producing a total of 65 episodes.
Tom & Jerry Kids is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the Tom & Jerry shorts. In terms of level of violence, they are less violent than their predecessor. Also, they show some tendency of using various tools or weapons in order to attack each other, rather than solely resort to simple chasing. As usual, the feisty feline Tom constantly tries to catch the lovable mouse Jerry, often causing lots of mishaps for the duo.
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[edit] Appearance
Perhaps the notable differences from the classic shorts are Tom and Jerry's appearances. The young Tom wore a red baseball cap on his head, and the young Jerry had a nice clump of hair on his head and sported a red bow tie (a symbol of the 1975 Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons).
[edit] Characters
The show also features a variety of characters, three of them are based from the classic Tex Avery cartoons: The slow-talking hound Droopy, the surreptitious McWolf, and the attractive Miss Vavoom. Two of the show's main characters were actually seen in some of the early Tom and Jerry shorts as well: Spike and his son Tyke. New supporting characters in Tom & Jerry Kids include Droopy's son Dripple, Slowpoke Antonio, Clyde, and Kyle the Cat. It's also worth noting that two lesser known Hanna-Barbera characters, namely Blast Off Buzzard and Crazylegs Snake, had a handful of cartoon shorts dedicated to their antics during the series. The most notable change between the 'Tom & Jerry Kids' shorts and the original episodes that aired during Hanna-Barbera's 'The CB Bears' show, was that both Blast Off and Crazylegs actually had voice overs in the recent installments. The older cartoons had no spoken dialogue or vocal recordings, and instead relied on music and sound effects, akin to Warner Bros. Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner shorts.
[edit] Show Style
The show consists of three seven-minute shorts. The earliest (1990-1991) episodes contained two Tom and Jerry shorts, and one short that either features Droopy or Spike. However, the later episodes that begun airing in 1992 had become more variant in terms of featured characters. Characters that starred in their own segments include Slowpoke Antonio, Kyle the Cat, and Wildmouse. Many times, there was only one Tom and Jerry short featured in the 1992-1993 episodes.
[edit] Airings
After Tom & Jerry Kids went off production in 1993, it moved to the Cartoon Network for reruns. Currently, the show is not airing on Cartoon Network and has recently been seen on Boomerang & Cartoon Network TOO.
[edit] Voice cast
- Charlie Adler - Dripple
- Brian Cummings - Clyde
- Pat Fraley - Kyle the Cat
- Teresa Ganzel - Miss Vavoom
- Dick Gautier - Spike
- Phil Hartman - Calaboose Cal
- Don Messick - Droopy
- Frank Welker - McWolf, Wildmouse
- Patric Zimmerman - Tyke
[edit] Episode list
- Flippin' Fido / Dakota Droopy & the Lost Dutch Boy Mine / Dog Daze Afternoon
- Toys Will Be Toys / Droopy Delivers / My Pal
- Prehistoric Pals / Super Droop & Dripple Boy Meet the Yolker / Marvelous Marvin
- Bat Mouse / Puss n' Pups / Outer Space Rover
- The Vermin / Aerobic Droopy / Mouse Scouts
- Sugar Belle Loves Tom, Sometimes / Super Duper Spike / Mall Mouse
- Cosmic Chaos / Droopy of the Opera / Beach Bummers
- Gator Baiter / Hoodwinked Cat / Medieval Mouse
- Clyde to the Rescue / Droopio & Juliet / Maze Monster Zap Men
- Crash Condor / Yo Ho Ho...Bub / Scrub-a-Dub Tom
- No Biz Like Snow Biz / The Maltese Poodle / Cast Away Tom
- The Little Urfulls / Droopo: First Bloodhound / Indy Mouse 500
- Exterminator Cometh / Foreign Legion Frenzy / Urfo Returns
- Circus Antics / Tres Sheik Poodles / Head Banger Buddy
- Pump 'Em up Pals / Droopyland / The Exterminator Cometh...Again
- Jerry's Mother / Stage Fright / Tom's Terror
- Who Are You, Kitten? / Broadway Droopy / Pussycat Pirates
- Father's Day / Scourge of the Sky / Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel
- Amademouse / Muscle Beach Droopy / Perky the Fish Pinching Penguin
- Slowpoke Antonio / Haunted Droopy / Wildmouse
- Catch That Mouse / Good Knight Droopy / Birthday Surprise
- Cleocatra / McWolfenstein / Chase School
- Zorrito / Deep Sleep Droopy / Hard to Swallow
- The Little Thinker / Rap Rat Is Where It's At / My Pet
- The Calaboose Cal 495 / Return of the Chubby Man / Chumpy Chums
- Jerry Hood & Merry Meeces / Eradicator Droopy / Tyke on a Hike
- The Planet Dogmania / McWolfula / Catawumpus Cat
- Pest in the West / Double 'O' Droopy / Tom, the Babysitter
- Gas Blaster Puss / Fear of Flying / Mess Hall Mouser
- Toliver's Twist / Boomer Beaver / Pony Express Droopy
- Krazy Klaws / Tyke on a Bike / Tarmutt of the Apes
- Tom's Mermouse Mess-Up / Here's Sand in Your Face / Deep Space Droopy
- Termi-Maid / The Fish That Shoulda Got Away / Droopy's Rhino
- The Break n' Entry Boyz / Love Me, Love My Zebra / Dakota Droopy Returns
- Doom Manor / Barbeque Bust-Up / The Fabulous Droopy & Dripple
- S.O.S. Ninja / The Pink Powder Puff Racer / Car Wash Droopy
- Go-Pher Help / Downhill Droopy / Down in the Dumps
- Catastrophe Cat / Droopy & the Dragon / Wildmouse II
- Tom's Double Trouble / High Seas Hijinks / Just Rambling Along
- The Watchcat / Go with the Floe / Pooches in Peril
- Catch as Cat Can / I Dream of Cheezy / Fraidy Cat
- Sing Along with Slowpoke / Dakota Droopy & the Great Train Robbery / Droopy Law
- Stunt Cat / See No Evil / This Is No Picnic
- Scrapheap Symphony / Circus Cat / Cajun Gumbo
- Hunter Pierre / Battered Up / Conquest of the Planet Irwin
- Big Top Droopy / Jerry & the Beanstalk / High Speed Hounds
- Penthouse Mouse / Twelve Angry Sheep / The Ant Attack
- Mouse with a Message / It's the Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Dr. McWolf / Wild World of Bowling
- Star Wrek / Droop & Deliver / Swallow the Swallow
- Lightning Bolt-The Super Squirrel-Strikes Again / Surely You Joust / Rootin' Tootin' Slowpoke
- Firehouse Mouse / The Wrath of Dark Wolf / Pound Hound
- The Ghost of Castle McLochjaw / A Thousand Clones / Roughing It
- As the Cheese Turns / McWerewolf of London / Grab That Bird
- Cave Mouse / McWolfenstein Returns / Destructive Construction
- Alien Mouse / Droopy Man / Abusement Park
- Martian Mouse / Dark Wolf Strikes Back / Knockout Pig
- Musketeer Jr. / Galaxy Droopy / Return of the Ants
- Droopy Man Returns / Tom Thumped / Droopnet
- Right Brother Droopy / Cheap Skates / Hollywood Droopy
- Fallen Archers / When Knights Were Cold / The Mouth Is Quicker Than the Eye
- Mutton for Punishment / Cat Counselor Cal / Termite Terminator
- Bride of McWolfenstein / Hillbilly Hootenanny / El Smoocho
- Droopy Hockey / Hawkeye Tom / No Tom Like the Present
- Dirty Droopy / Two Stepping Tom / Disc Temper
- Order in Volleyball Court / King Wildmouse / Space Chase
