Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Series, 1990, The early '90s, Set in Tom and Jerry as kids
Tom & Jerry Kids Show is #3 of 22 in release order and #3 of 22 in chronological order in the Fox Kids Classics.
The story
Tom and Jerry in their childhood days, playing cat-and-mouse games even then.
Tom & Jerry Kids Show recap
Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990) recasts the cat and mouse as a kitten and a baby mouse, chasing each other through gentler versions of the classic cartoons. It was the first program on Fox Kids when the block launched on September 8, 1990, and ran for four seasons and 65 half hours, each made of three segments, until December 1993. Hanna-Barbera, the studio of the characters' creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced it with Turner Entertainment, which had bought the Tom and Jerry library in 1986. Tom and Jerry stay silent, with Frank Welker supplying their sounds, and many gags are reworked from the old shorts with the violence toned down. Other segments star the bulldog Spike (Dick Gautier) and his son Tyke (Patric Zimmerman), who can now talk, and Droopy (Don Messick) with his tiny son Dripple (Charlie Adler), forever competing with McWolf for jobs, prizes and the attention of Miss Vavoom (Teresa Ganzel). Smaller characters such as Jerry's cousin Slowpoke Antonio, the exterminator Calaboose Cal (Phil Hartman) and Wild Mouse get cartoons of their own, and season 4 adds a talking Blast-Off Buzzard chasing Crazylegs. The title drops "Show" after the first season, and Droopy's detective segments later spin off into Droopy, Master Detective.
Tom & Jerry Kids Show ending explained
Tom & Jerry Kids ends with its last fourth-season episode on December 4, 1993, made up of "Order in Volleyball Court," "King Wildmouse, 10th Wonder of the World" and "Space Chase," in which Tom and Jerry are sent into space to test whether they can live in peace and keep fooling around instead. There is no finale; the kitten and the mouse are still feuding. Fox ran repeats until September 4, 1994, and Cartoon Network and later Boomerang carried the show for years. The pair returned in Tom and Jerry Tales in 2006.
Where to watch Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Tom & Jerry Kids Show isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 6.3/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Bobby's World, before Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
- Chronological order: after Bobby's World, before Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
Cast
- Frank Welker as Tom / Jerry / McWolf (voice)
- Don Messick as Droopy (voice)
- Charlie Adler as Dripple (voice)
- Richard Gautier as Spike (voice)
- Patric Zimmerman as Tyke (voice)
- Phil Hartman as Calaboose Cal (voice)
- Teresa Ganzel as Miss Vavoom (voice)
- Pat Fraley as Kyle (voice)
- Brian Cummings as El Gordo Gato (voice)
- Jim Cummings as Mugger (voice)
- William Callaway as Slowpoke Antonio (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Snookie (voice)
Created by Carl Urbano, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer.