Tom and Jerry Tales
2006–2008 animated television series
Tom and Jerry Tales is an American animated television series featuring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the seventh installment in the Tom and Jerry franchise as well as the first Tom and Jerry production to emulate the original theatrical shorts created by Hanna-Barbera founders and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006 to March 22, 2008, on The CW through it's Kids' WB block. This is the first Tom and Jerry television series from Warner Bros. Animation after parent company Time Warner had bought Turner Broadcasting System, then-owners of the franchise, in 1996.
Joseph Barbera served as executive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006, making this the final Tom and Jerry project with his involvement, and received story credit on some episodes of the first season. The series consists of 26 episodes across two seasons, each consisting of three 7-minute segments with a shared theme and approximately the same length as the original theatrical shorts. Some shorts – like The Karate Guard – were produced and completed in September 2005 (explaining the 2005 copyright stamp in the end credits of the first season despite airing during the 2006–2007 season) as part of a 30-plus theatrical cartoon schedule canceled nearly two years after the financial failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).
Voice cast
Don Brown as Tom and Droopy (season 1)
William Hanna as Tom's additional screams (only in archival audio recordings used in several season 1 episodes, albeit uncredited)
Sam Vincent as Jerry, Sniffles, Snow Mouse and Kid
Reece Thompson (season 1) and Chantal Strand (season 2) as Tuffy
Michael Donovan as Spike, Droopy (season 2) and Topsy
Colin Murdock as Butch and Meathead
Nicole Oliver as Mrs. Two-Shoes and Baby Booties
Trevor Devall as Radio Announcer
Carlos Alazraqui as Casper Lombardo
Ben Diskin as Ghost 2
Saffron Henderson as Playtpus Mother
Ted Cole as Monkey
Richard Newman as Narrator
Kelly Sheridan as Miss Shapely
Maryke Hendrikse as Princess Alien Mouse
Ellie Harvie as Rhino Mother
Maxine Miller as Green Witch
Ellen Kennedy as Purple Witch, Blue Witch Geraldine Mouse and Aunt Spinner
Jake D. Smith as Baby Mouse
Cathy Weseluck as Thomasina
Nicole Bouma as Little Girl and Little Princess
Tabitha St.
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