Tom & Jerry Kids
| Tom & Jerry Kids | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card for seasons 2-4. | |
| Network | Fox |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Turner Entertainment Company |
| Distributor | Turner Broadcasting |
| Original release | September 8, 1990—December 4, 1993 |
| Run time | 22 minutes |
| Starring | Frank Welker Don Messick Charlie Adler Dick Gautier Patric Zimmerman Teresa Ganzel Phil Hartman William Callaway David Lander |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Paul Sabella Jack Petrik |
| Producer(s) | Don Jurwich Kay Wright |
| Music composed by | Tom Worrall Gary Lionelli |
| Writer(s) | Neal Barbera Don Jurwich Jim Ryan Patrick A. Ventura Sandy Fries Dennis Marks Fred Kron Barry Blitzer Arthur Alsberg Don Nelson Bruce Morris Stewart St. John |
| Director(s) | Don Lusk Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Paul Sommer Robert Alvarez Jay Sarbry Gordon Hunt (voices) |
| Animation director(s) | Joanna Romersa Sam Nicholson Joan Drake Allen Wilzbach Robert Alvarez Frank Andrina Art Scott Kent Southworth Margaret Nichols |
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Tom & Jerry Kids, also known as Tom & Jerry Kids Show, is an American animated slapstick comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera for Fox's Saturday morning block, Fox Kids. It ran from 1990 to 1993, airing 65 episodes that spanned four seasons. It is the third Tom and Jerry series after The Tom & Jerry Show, itself a spin-off of MGM's Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts. A spin-off, Droopy, Master Detective, was produced in 1993.
The main segments of the show follow the same cat and mouse antics of Tom and Jerry, with the added twist of reimagining the duo as toddlers. Unlike the previous Tom & Jerry Show (which depicted them as a working group of friends), the segments return to the pair's relationship as rivals, with Tom and Jerry pitting against each other in an almost violent battle of wits.
There are two other prominent segments (among several other minor ones), including Spike & Tyke, two supporting characters from the aforementioned shorts, and Droopy & Dripple, a spin-off from MGM's Droopy theatrical shorts.
Out of the minor segments, there were two based on the Blast-Off Buzzard segments in CB Bears in 1977.
Production
Development
Segments
- Tom & Jerry Kids
- Droopy & Dripple
- Spike & Tyke
- Wildmouse (1992)
- Bernie Bird (1992-93)
- Slowpoke Antonio (1992)
- Swampy Fox and Gator Brothers (1992)
- Kyle the Cat (1992)
- Mouse Cats (1993)
- Blast-Off Buzzard (1993)
- Calaboose Cal (1993)
Music
For the first season, the score was composed by Tom Worrall, and then Gary Lionelli joined him for the next three seasons. Bodie Chandler was director of music production.
Opening theme song lyrics
It's the Tom and Jerry Kids!
Gotta be there where all the action is
Tom and Jerry Kids
The Tom and Jerry Kids new show!
Big tail, little tail chasing all around.
The cat and mouse game that never lets you down.
Well there's Spike and Tyke,
Droopy and Dripple.
Come on and have some fun, it's oh so simple.
I'm talking 'bout the Tom and Jerry Kids.
Just come and be where all the action is.
Tom and Jerry Kids.
The Tom and Jerry kids...
The Tom and Jerry Kids new show!
Episodes
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 8, 1990 on Fox
- United Kingdom and Ireland: May 9, 1992 at 5:10 pm on BBC One
Cast
- Frank Welker as Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, McWolf, and Wild Mouse
- Don Messick as Droopy
- Charlie Adler as Dripple, Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel, and Crazylegs
- Dick Gautier as Spike
- Patric Zimmerman as Tyke
- Teresa Ganzel as Miss Vavoom
- Phil Hartman as Calaboose Cal
- William Callaway as Slowpoke Antonio
- David Lander as Bernie Bird
