Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat is an animated seven minute TV short produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Turner Entertainment and first aired on April 8, 2001 on the Boomerang channel starring, Tom and Jerry. It is notable for being the first and only Tom & Jerry short made especially for Boomerang. Even though it does attempt to recapture the format of the original cartoon theatricals, fans have criticized this outing for dumbing down the Tom and Jerry series to simply robotic violence and fighting, whereas the famous classic shorts always had a story as a trigger for the... duo's rivalry, and generally characterized them in a much much more nuanced way. Tom and Jerry creator Joseph Barbera provided the voice of Tom's owner for this production. The buckle on his shoes are a clue to his being there because they are his initials. This was one of the last cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions before its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. The episode begins with a circle showing Jerry running. But as the circle grows, it is realized that Jerry is going nowhere; Tom has captured his tail.
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