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Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry is a 2005 animated made-for-video film featuring the cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Bill Kopp wrote and directed the film, which was based on a bunch of short films by Joe Barbera. The subtitle is a parody of the hit Universal film The Fast and The Furious. It was released theatrically in select cites of the US by Kidtoon Films.
Plot
After being kicked out of their old house for causing major damage, the lovable Tom and Jerry enter a race to win a mansion.
The race is initially from California to Mexico, but due to public ratings of the event, the finish line is continually pushed further away, going to places such as the Amazon, Antarctica, Australia, Borneo, and across the world until they arrive back at California.
Fabulous Super Race Contestants
This table tells the characters, their cars, biography, finishing place, cause of elimination and how long they lasted in the race.
| Character | Car/s driven | Description | Finishing Place | Elimination | Race Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | Orange Muscle-Sedan Hybrid (Left behind in Borneo)
Orange Jet-Car (Left in shambles in L.A due to overheated engine, Jerry was given a similar car also) |
He is a house cat, guarded with the task of getting rid of Jerry. | 1st place (Tied with Jerry) | Winner (Survived elimination in Antarctic-Australia leg) | Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic-Australia-Borneo-Finish (Hollywood) |
| Jerry | Blue Mini Supercar, resembles (Not actually made by the British Motor Company of the same
name, Left in Borneo)
Blue Jet-Car (Tom was given a bigger version, Died due to overheated engine) |
He is a mouse, always makes Tom's day complete. (with a chase) | 1st place (Tied with Tom) | Winner | Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic-Australia-Borneo-Finish (Hollywood) |
| Steed Dirkly | 1980's Light Blue Convertible Coupe Race Car, resembles a 1993 Camaro (A lightning bolt struck an umbrella in Steed's car, causing it to sink to Davy Jones' Locker) | He is a self-obsessed playboy who wants to donate the mansion to a charity: Himself! | 5th place | After his car sank, Steed spotted a mermaid and fell in love, but the mermaid was a mer-monster and fed Steed to her young kinds. | Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Elimination (Antarctic, he was eliminated in the ocean) |
| Grammy | 1940s Pink Hotrod (Tom shot Grammy's hot air balloon in her flight to Borneo, causing Grammy and her pet Squirty to abandon the car. It fell to Borneo and smashed Grammy and Squirty) | She entered this race with her dog Squirty to feel the adrenaline of a race and to win a house. | 3rd place | She was a victim of 2 of Tom's elimination attempts and she never came back after the 2nd attempt. (She was crushed (with Squirty) by her car in Borneo) | Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-1st Elimination (Antarctic)-Revival (Australia)-2nd Elimination (Borneo) |
| Gorthan, Destroyer of Light | Converted 4-wheeled motorbike (Shipped alongside Gorthan in the Antarctic) | He is the Destroyer of Light from the pits of Niltor and owns a Greeting card and Flower shop. | 4th place | When the commentators, Buzz and Biff qustioned Gorthan on the old "Your-Tongue-Will-Stick-To-A-Frozen-Metal-Pole" trick. Gorthan thought it was a lie and Buzz and Biff dared Gorthan to do it on the South Pole. His tongue got stuck and the ice on Gorthan's side was cracking. Buzz and Biff were safe while Gorthan and his car wandered aimlessly in the Antarctic. | Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Elimination (Antarctic) |
| Mallory Macdoogle | Red Minivan (The van sank in a Quicksand pit) | She is a caring mother and enjoys playing soccer (Hence the nickname "Soccer Mom") | 6th place | Tom switched a sign in the Amazon and that led Soccer Mom into a Quicksand Pit, she called the assistance of extermination company Gonestar but the computer took too long and Soccer Mom escaped before she was a goner. She helped Jerry to the right way and gave him an Orange. | Hollywood-Mexico-Elimination (Amazon) |
| Dr. Professor | Anti-Matter powered car (This car uses the most powerful and explosive substance known to man, the engine exploded because of Biff.) | He has developed many inventions that has changed the world and more. | Disqualification | A switch in the Anti-Matter engine was triggred by Biff and it was the Self-Destruction switch. Dr. Professor tried to save it but he, his car and his pit tent flashed and there was nothing left of him. | Eliminated before the race. |
Trivia
- This was the second Tom and Jerry film to be filmed in widescreen (the first being Tom and Jerry: The Movie, due to it's theatrical release back in 1993) and the only one to be filmed in the high-definition format, although the Region 1 DVD was in full screen (cropping the left and right of the image), though not pan and scan as the camera stays directly in the center of the image. Like other television shows filmed in high-definition (such as American Idol, Father of the Pride, Curious George, and Out of Jimmy's Head) and other films filmed in high-definition (such as The Proud Family Movie, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?, High School Musical, and The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers), the monitor the animation team would have worked from would have 16:9 and 4:3 safe areas so that the full screen version would not crop off too much of any important visual elements (such as characters). The only time the widescreen version was seen until its Cartoon Network HD airing (as the HD channel starts appearing in the late 2007) was in select theaters.
External links
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| Tom & Jerry main characters |
| Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat • Gerald "Jerry" Mouse |
| Tom & Jerry supporting characters |
| Mammy Two Shoes • Quacker • Spike and Tyke • Tuffy/Nibbles • Meathead • Toodles • Butch |
| Tom & Jerry theatrical shorts |
| The original Tom and Jerry shorts (1940-2005) |
| Tom & Jerry television shows |
| The Tom and Jerry Show (ABC, 1975-1977) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (CBS, 1980-1982) Tom and Jerry Kids (FOX, 1990-1993) Tom and Jerry Tales (The WB/The CW, 2006-Present) |
| Tom & Jerry television specials |
| Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat (Cartoon Network, 2000) |
| Tom & Jerry theatrical films |
| Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993) |
| Tom & Jerry direct-to-video films |
| Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2001) Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005) Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) (2007) |
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