The House That Cat Built

The House That Cat Built
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	WarnerMedia Direct Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release date	February 20, 2021
Run time	5:39
Starring	William Hanna
Executive producer(s)	Peter Browngardt Sam Register
Producer(s)	Alex Kirwan Rebecca Palatnik
Music composed by	Carl Johnson
Screenplay by	Ryan Khatam Mike Ruocco David Gemmill Johnny Ryan Jacob Fleisher
Storyboard artists	Ryan Khatam Mike Ruocco
Director(s)	David Gemmill
Animation director(s)	Joey Capps Tom Jolliffe
Art director(s)	Aaron Spurgeon Keika Yamaguchi
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The House That Cat Built is the hundred and sixty-fifth animated short in the Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts series, although presented as the first second and final in the anthology series Tom and Jerry Special Shorts. It aired on February 20, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Ryan Khatam, Michael Ruocco, David Gemmill, Johnny Ryan, and Jacob Fleisher, and directed by Gemmill.

Tom's luxury new cat house is invaded by Jerry.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Jerry Mouse	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • House

Objects

• Spence's Dee-Lux Cat Condo

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music

The music was composed by Carl Johnson, adapted from Scott Bradley's composition for the original MGM theatrical shorts.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 20, 2021

Behind the scenes

• The short's title is a play on the phrase, "The house that Jack built."
• It was released the same day as the previous short, "On a Roll."
• Spence's Dee-Lux Cat Condo is named after animator Irv Spence.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning