Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (film)

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Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
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Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Home Video
Release date	January 18, 2005
Starring	Bill Kopp Brad Garrett Jeff Bennett Billy West Jess Harnell Kathryn Fiore Tom Kenny
Executive producer(s)	Sander Schwartz Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Tom Minton
Music composed by	Steve Bernstein and Julie Bernstein
Screenplay by	Bill Kopp
Director(s)	Bill Kopp
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Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars is an American animated comic science fiction 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 through the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on January 18, 2005. It was written and directed by Bill Kopp. The film is the second in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film series.

Tom and Jerry both accidentally board a shuttle heading for Mars, where they anger the Martian population, igniting a full-scale invasion on Earth.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	N/A
Tom Cat	Bill Kopp
Spike	Frank Welker
Gardener #1	Tom Kenny
Gardener #2	Billy West
Commander Bristle	Brad Garrett
Professor Gluckman	Jeff Glen Bennett
Press guy #1	Bill Kopp
Major Buzz Blister	Jess Harnell
Major Biff Buzzard	Billy West
Commander Bristle's mother
Worker #1	Rob Paulsen
Earl, worker #2	Rob Paulsen
Worker #3	Jess Harnell
Computer	Rob Paulsen
Peep	Kathryn Fiore
Ubu	Frank Welker
Grob	Tom Kenny
Martian guard #1	Jeff Glen Bennett
Martian guard #2	Tom Kenny
Pootsnarful	Unavailable
Eyes at gate	Corey Burton
Court attendant	Corey Burton
King Thingg	Billy West
Martian guard #3	Brad Garrett
Ted	N/A
Martian scientist	Corey Burton
Martian general	Jess Harnell
Press girl	Kathryn Fiore
Press guy #2	Unavailable
President of the United States	Jeff Glen Bennett

Organizations

• Space program

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Tom and Jerry's residence, apparently
    • Spike's doghouse
    • International Space Place
• Mars
  • Toledo
• Planus Ninef (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Dehydrated food
• Invince-a-tron

Vehicles

• Blister and Buzzard's rocket
• Lunar rover
• Martian saucers

Production

Development

In a behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD, Bill Kopp said he had written the film two years before its release.

Filming

The film was copyrighted in 2004.

Music

The music was composed by the husband and wife team, Steve and Julie Bernstein.

1. "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" - Jerry runs across the full sink, and Tom trifles through the washing machine
2. "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" - Jerry uses the fan's handle, Tom loses his balance on his rocket
3. "Fountain in the Park" - gardeners working, and the beginning and end of Tom and Jerry destroying their work
4. "Jingle Bells" - Jerry knocks sand on Tom's head, which forms a sandcastle
5. "Pop Goes the Weasel" - Commander Bristle picks out Tom after impacting the top of his head
6. "Waltz of the Flowers" - when gravity is first turned off
7. "Three Blind Mice" - Tom tries to whack Jerry, who's hiding the craters
8. "Aloha 'Oe" - Jerry relaxing in makeshift kiddie pool
9. "Der Deitcher's Dog" - Jerry, Peep, and Tom watch Spike climb, attack the Invince-a-tron, and successfully go back to his doghouse with his bone

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 18, 2005 on VHS and DVD; October 16, 2012 on Blu-ray Disc

Behind the scenes

• Spike is brown, instead of gray.
• The International Space Place is a non-committal parody of NASA.
• The names of Buzz Blister and Biff Buzzard are references to real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
• Commander Bristle is caught watching the opening theme music to The Jetsons.
• The first martian guard's voice is an imitation of Don Knotts.
• The President is a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Errors

• As worker #3 spots Jerry, his nose becomes highlighted in red.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 18, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars on VHS.
  • January 18, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars on DVD.
  • October 16, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • March 14, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars on DVD.
  • February 15, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (new line packaging) on DVD.

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