Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball
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Premiere date	July 1, 2021
Music composed by	Dan Blessinger & Jim Covell
Writer(s)	Will Finn
Storyboard artist(s)	TJ House
Director(s)	Darrell Van Citters
Animation director(s)	Patrick Dufresne Andy Tougas
Art director(s)	Matthew Girardi Dean Burke
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"Wrecking Ball" is the fifth episode (part four) of Tom and Jerry in New York season one. It aired on July 1, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Will Finn, and directed by Darrell Van Citters.

Tom and Jerry try to outsmart each other at a demolition zone.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	William Hanna
Tom Cat	Unavailable
Hot dog vendor	N/A
Hot dog vendor	N/A
Dog owner	N/A
Demolition guy	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Demolition zone

Music

The theme music was performed by Dan Blessinger and Jim Covell, adapted from lyrics written by Scott Bradley, who worked on the original MGM theatrical shorts. The main music was composed by Blessinger and Covell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 1, 2021 on HBO Max
• Canada: October 16, 2021 on Teletoon
• United Kingdom & Ireland: February 10, 2022 at 5:30 pm on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• The scream of Jerry was by William Hanna, although someone else did the coughing and laughing.
• There is a cameo of the dog owner from "Scents and Sensibility," only he is without the dog and not wearing his glasses.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢