Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz is an American animated comic fantasy 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 on June 21, 2016. It was written by Paul Dini, and directed by Tony Cervone and Spike Brandt. The film is the twelfth in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film series.

For whatever the sad reason is, this is a direct sequel to the seventh direct-to-video film, Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz, which was released in 2011.

In the wake of the Wicked Witch's demise, the Nome King threatens to take back the Emerald City, which he feels belongs to his kind, while Dorothy and her family are about to lose their farm. And Tom and Jerry are there, too. See, it makes perfect sense.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dorothy Gale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scarecrow
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Gough
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tin Man
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cowardly Lion
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Todd Stashwick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wizard of Oz
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wicked Witch of the West
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Laraine Newman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Man Behind the Curtain
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Glinda
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frances Conroy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Em Gale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frances Conroy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Gale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Root
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hunk
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Gough
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zeke
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Todd Stashwick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hickory
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Droopy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lucius Bibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jason Alexander
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tuffy, the Munchkin Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kath Soucie
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ruggedo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jason Alexander
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tractor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calvin Carney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Monroe Igelhart
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toodles Galore
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor Green
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nome guard Butch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nome guard Droopy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jitterbug
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Monroe Igelhart
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mouse Queen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amy Pemberton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hungry Tiger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Andrea Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barney Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Brandt
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tyke
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toodles Galore
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor Green
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nome guard Butch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nome guard Droopy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Alaskey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jitterbug
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Monroe Igelhart
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mouse Queen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amy Pemberton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hungry Tiger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Andrea Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barney Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Brandt
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tyke
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hungry Tiger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Andrea Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barney Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Brandt
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tyke
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tyke
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * The Topeka Times (mentioned)
 * Wash & Brush Up Co.

Locations

 * Earth
 * Oz
 * Wicked Witch of the West's castle
 * Emerald City
 * Nome
 * Pit of Nome Return
 * Munchkin Land
 * Munchkin Forest
 * Munchkin River
 * United States
 * Omaha (mentioned)
 * Kansas
 * Gale Farms
 * Topeka
 * State fair
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Ruby slippers
 * Reverse Cyclonotron
 * The Topeka Times newspaper
 * Dorothy statue
 * Glinda's potion
 * Emerald City emeralds
 * Luscious Lucius Bibb's BBQ Sauce
 * Magical Stick-um Stuff
 * Yellow Brick Road

Vehicles

 * Wizard of Oz's hot air balloon
 * Tractor

Music
The music was composed by Michael Tavera, who worked on the last film.

Songs

 * "Over the Rainbow" - Amy Pemberton
 * "No Place Like Home" - Amy Pemberton, Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, and Todd Stashwick
 * "We're Off to See the Wizard" - Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, Amy Pemberton, and Todd Stashwick
 * "A Mighty Fine Fair" - James Monroe Igelhart, Amy Pemberton, Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, and Todd Stashwick
 * "What's Mine is Mine" - Jason Alexander, Spike Brandt, Frances Conroy, Jye Frasca, Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, Sean Schimmel, Kath Soucie, and Todd Stashwick
 * "The Jitterburg" - James Monroe Igelhart, Amy Pemberton, Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, Todd Stashwick
 * "Oh My, Oh My, Oh My" - Andrea Martin, Todd Stashwick, Michael J. Gough, James Monroe Igelhart, and Rob Paulsen
 * "What's Mine is Mine" (reprise) - Jason Alexander, Michael J. Gough, Jye Frasca, Rob Paulsen, Sean Schimmel, and Todd Stashwick
 * "No Place Like Home" (reprise) - Amy Pemberton, Michael J. Gough, Rob Paulsen, and Todd Stashwick

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: June 21, 2016 on DVD

Behind the scenes

 * This film picks up directly where the first one ended.
 * Laraine Newman is giving credit at the beginning of the film, despite only a small piece of archived audio from the last film being used.
 * Dorothy is 14-years-old, and she will turn 15 in April.
 * This movie reveals that Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz are the same person.
 * A second time Grey Griffin has been denied to sing as Dorothy, despite being a professional singer. Amy Pemberton, who replaces Nikki Yanoksy from the last film, is the singing voice of Dorothy.
 * As the songs play during the end credits, animatics of them are also shown.
 * The film is dedicated to Joe Alaskey, who died in February earlier in the same year it was released.

Errors

 * The first Wizard of Oz crossover ended with Tom chasing Jerry out of the farm, but the film opens up like that never happened.
 * Farmhand Tuffy is heard in Dorothy's bedroom, although isn't seen.
 * What is it with African Americans in Tom and Jerry? Rarely do they appear, but when they do, they are depicted as a stereotype. Here, we have several African Americans, but why do they only appear together in one scene?

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * June 21, 2016: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz on DVD.
 * February 2, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz/Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * September 12, 2016: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz on DVD.
 * February 15, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (new line packaging) on DVD.