The Mansion Cat

The Mansion Cat is the hundredth and sixty-second animated short in the Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts series. It aired on April 8, 2001 on Boomerang. It was written and directed by Karl Toerge, and voice directed by Andrea Romano.

When Tom's owner goes out for a while, he leaves explicit instructions to Tom to keep the house in perfect condition, but also not to blame the mouse again if any damages do occur.

Memorable quotes
Tom's owner: Well, Thomas, you make a better hood ornament than you do a house cat.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joseph Barbera
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| William Hanna (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joseph Barbera (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joseph Barbera (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Barbera residence
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Econo Jelly
 * Cuppa Joe

Vehicles

 * Joseph's car
 * Lawnmower

Development
Joseph Barbera served as a story consultant.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music
The music was composed by J. Eric Schmidt.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 8, 2001 on Boomerang; May 28, 2001 on Cartoon Network; May 25, 2002 on The WB
 * United Kingdom & Ireland:

Behind the scenes

 * The shoes on the owner's feet say "JB," and there are real life photos of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, indicating that the owner of Tom and Jerry is indeed Joseph Barbera.
 * Tom watches Muscle Beach Tom on TV, a theatrical short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1956. Through this, Butch makes a cameo, although only his arms are shown.