Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (film)

Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars is a 2005 American animated comic science fiction adventure direct-to-video film based on the Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM. It was released by Warner Home Video through the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on January 18, 2005. It was written and directed by Bill Kopp. The film is the second in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film series.

Tom and Jerry both accidentally board a shuttle heading for Mars, where they anger the Martian population, igniting a full scale invasion on Earth.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Jerry Mouse
 * Tom Cat (Bill Kopp)
 * Spike (Frank Welker)
 * Gardeners (Tom Kenny, Billy West)
 * Commander Bristle (Brad Garrett)
 * Professor Gluckman (Jeff Glen Bennett)
 * Press guy 1 (Bill Kopp)
 * Major Buzz Blister (Jess Harnell)
 * Major Biff Buzzard (Billy West)
 * Commander Bristle's mother
 * Worker 1 (Rob Paulsen)
 * Earl, worker 2 (Rob Paulsen)
 * Worker 3 (Jess Harnell)
 * Computer (Rob Paulsen)
 * Peep (Kathryn Fiore)
 * Ubu (Frank Welker)
 * Grob (Tom Kenny)
 * Martian guard 1 (Jeff Glen Bennett)
 * Martian guard 2 (Tom Kenny)
 * Pootsnarful
 * Eyes at gate (Corey Burton)
 * Court attendant (Corey Burton)
 * King Thingg (Billy West)
 * Martian guard 3 (Brad Garrett)
 * Ted
 * Martian scientist (Corey Burton)
 * Martian general (Jess Harnell)
 * Invince-a-tron
 * Press girl (Kathryn Fiore)
 * Press guy 2
 * President of the United States (Jeff Glen Bennett)

Organizations

 * Space program

Locations

 * Earth
 * Tom and Jerry's house
 * Spike's doghouse
 * International Space Place
 * Mars
 * Toledo
 * Planus Ninef
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Dehydrated food

Vehicles

 * Blister and Buzzard's rocket
 * Lunar rover
 * Martian saucers

Development
The film is credited to both Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Animation, although the former is merely for superficial purposes. It has a copyright of 2004, while in a behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD, Kopp said he had wrote it two years before the film's release.

Music
The film's score was composed by husband and wife team, Steve and Julie Bernstein.


 * "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" - Jerry runs across the full sink, and Tom trifles through the washing machine
 * "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" - Jerry uses the fan's handle, Tom loses his balance on his rocket
 * "Fountain in the Park" - gardeners working, and the beginning and end of Tom and Jerry destroying their work
 * "Jingle Bells" - Jerry knocks sand on Tom's head, which forms a sandcastle
 * "Pop Goes the Weasel" - Commander Bristle picks out Tom after impacting the top of his head
 * "Waltz of the Flowers" - when gravity is first turned off
 * "Three Blind Mice" - Tom tries to whack Jerry, who's hiding the craters
 * "Aloha 'Oe" - Jerry relaxing in makeshift kiddie pool
 * "Der Deitcher's Dog", Jerry, Peep, and Tom watch Spike climb, attack the Invince-a-tron, and successfully go back to his doghouse with his bone

Release
The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 18, 2005. It was released onto Blu-ray on October 16, 2012.

Behind the scenes

 * Spike is brown, instead of gray.
 * The International Space Place is a non-committal parody of NASA.
 * The names of Buzz Blister and Biff Buzzard are references to real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
 * Commander Bristle is caught watching the opening theme music to The Jetsons.
 * The first martian guard's voice is an imitation of Don Knotts.
 * The President is a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Errors

 * As worker #3 spots Jerry, his nose becomes highlighted in red.