Bubble Gum Crisis

Bubble Gum Crisis
Premiere date	July 1, 2021
Music composed by	Dan Blessinger Jim Covell Itamar Ben Zimra
Writer(s)	Will Finn
Storyboard artist(s)	Tod Carter Bret Conner Jr. (revisionist)
Director(s)	Darrell Van Citters Edwin Poon (assistant)
Animation director(s)	Patrick Dufresne Andy Tougas
Art director(s)	Dean Burke
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"Bubble Gum Crisis" is the first episode (part three) 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.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	Unavailable
Boy	N/A
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Gumball guy	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • The Royal Gate Hotel

Objects

• Gumballs

Vehicles

• Hot air balloons

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2021.

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 music was composed by Blessinger, Covell, and Itamar Ben Zimra.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 1, 2021 on HBO Max
• Canada: September 18, 2021 on Teletoon
• United Kingdom and Ireland: November 1, 2021 at 4:30 pm on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• This is the first animated appearance of the Royal Gate Hotel.
• William Hanna did the scream for Tom, but it's unknown who did the screech at the beginning of the episode.
• The little boy had also appeared in The Tom and Jerry Show.

Home availability

• Not available. 😢