Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry is a 2005 animated made-for-video film featuring the cat and mouse duo, Tom & Jerry. While produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Bill Kopp wrote and directed the film, which was based on the classic shorts by co-creator, Joseph Barbera. The subtitle is a parody of the hit Universal film, The Fast and The Furious. It was released theatrically in select cites of the U.S. by Kidtoon Films.

Plot

After being kicked out of their old house for causing major damage, the lovable Tom and Jerry enter a race to win a mansion. This race is supposed to have occurred in Fall 1995.

The race is initially from California to Mexico, but due to public ratings of the event, the finish line is continually pushed further away, going to places such as the Amazon, Antarctica, Australia, Borneo, and across the world until they arrive back at California.

Tom and Jerry win the race in a tie, but the producer says according to their contract, since they tied, they have to do the race all over again. Enraged, the duo maul the producer and get the key. The producer decides to make family programming. The main boss then zaps him into dust for having a family friendly attitude.

Tom gives the mansion to his owner to repay the destruction of the house at the beginning of the film. She spots Jerry and orders Tom to chase him. It may be hinted they will destroy their home again.

Fabulous Super Race Contestants

This table tells the characters, their cars, biography, finishing place, cause of elimination and how long they lasted in the race.

Character	Car/s driven	Description	Finishing Place	Elimination	Race Duration
Tom	Orange Muscle-Sedan Nissan Skyline R32 (Left behind in Borneo) Orange Jet-Car (Left in shambles in L.A due to overheated engine, Jerry was given a similar car also)	He is a house cat, guarded with the task of getting rid of Jerry.	1st place (Tied with Jerry)	Winner (Survived elimination in Antarctic-Australia leg)	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic-Australia-Borneo-Hollywood (Finish)
Jerry	Blue Mini Supercar, resembles (Not actually made by the British Motor Company of the same name, Left in Borneo) Blue Jet-Car (Tom was given a bigger version)	He is a mouse, always makes Tom's day complete. (with a chase)	1st place (Tied with Tom)	Winner	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic-Australia-Borneo-Hollywood (Finish)
Grammy	1940s Pink Hotrod (Tom shot Grammy's hot air balloon in her flight to Borneo, causing Grammy and her pet Squirty to abandon the car. It fell to Borneo and smashed Grammy and Squirty)	She entered this race with her dog Squirty to feel the adrenaline of a race and to win a mansion.	3rd place	She was a victim of 2 of Tom's elimination attempts and she never came back after the 2nd attempt. (She was crushed with Squirty by her car in Borneo)	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic (1st Elimination)-Australia (Revival)-Borneo (Eliminated)
Gorthan, Destroyer of Light	Converted 4-wheeled motorbike (Shipped alongside Gorthan in the Antarctic)	He is the Destroyer of Light from the pits of Niltor and owns a Greeting card and Flower shop.	4th place	When the commentators, Buzz and Biff qustioned Gorthan on the old "Your Tongue Will Stick to a Frozen Metal Pole" trick. Gorthan thought it was a lie and Buzz and Biff dared Gorthan to do it on the South Pole. His tongue got stuck and the ice on Gorthan's side was cracking. Buzz and Biff were safe while Gorthan and his car wandered aimlessly in the Antarctic, but not before literally cursing Biff and Buzz. He was the only loser who didn't die or have a hinted death.	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic (Eliminated)
Steed Dirkly	1980's Light Blue Convertible Coupe Race Car, resembles a 1993 Camaro (A lightning bolt struck an umbrella in Steed's car, causing it to sink to Davy Jones' Locker)	He is a self-obsessed playboy who wants to donate the mansion to a charity (himself).	5th place	After his car sank, Steed spotted a mermaid and fell in love, but the mermaid was a mer-monster and fed Steed to her young kids.	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon-Antarctic (Eliminated)
Mallory Macdoogle	Red Minivan Resembles a 1993 Ford Aerostar. (The van sank in a Quicksand pit)	She is a caring mother and enjoys playing soccer (Hence the nickname "Soccer Mom")	6th place	Tom switched a sign in the Amazon and that led Soccer Mom into a Quicksand Pit, she called the assistance of extermination company Gonestar but the computer took too long and Soccer Mom escaped before she was a goner. She helped Jerry to the right way and gave him an Orange. She is then thought to have been eaten by insects.	Hollywood-Mexico-Amazon (Eliminated)
Dr. Professor	Anti-Matter powered car (This car uses the most powerful and explosive substance known to man, the engine exploded because of Biff.)	He has developed many inventions that has changed the world and more.	Disqualified(7th place)	A switch in the Anti-Matter engine was triggered by Biff and it was the Self-Destruction switch. Dr. Professor tried to save it but he, his car and his pit tent flashed and there was nothing left of him.	Eliminated before the race.

Widescreen

This was the third Tom and Jerry film to be filmed in widescreen (the first two being Tom and Jerry: The Movie, due to its theatrical release back in 1993, and Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars) and the second one to be filmed in the high-definition format (the first being Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars), although the Region 1 DVD was in full screen (cropping the left and right of the image), though not pan and scan as the camera stays directly in the center of the image. Like other television shows filmed in high-definition (such as American Idol, Father of the Pride, Curious George, and Out of Jimmy's Head) and other films filmed in high-definition (such as The Proud Family Movie, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?, High School Musical, and The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers), the monitor the animation team would have worked from would have 16:9 and 4:3 safe areas so that the full screen version would not crop off too much of any important visual elements (such as characters). However, the film is broadcast in widescreen on Cartoon Network HD.

Worldwide changes

During the last five minutes of the race, Tom and Jerry changed, affected, or destroyed parts of earth, including the New 7 Wonders of the World. This happened because they were moving too fast. Tom submerged part of Australia. They burned the island of Borneo. They destroyed the Taj Mahal and The Great Wall of China. They cut Mt. Everest to a mere meter. They turned the St. Basil's Cathedral into a pinball machine and destroyed it. They straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They turned a castle into a trailer park. They dismantled the Eiffel tower into a pretzel knot. Destroyed the Roman Coliseum. Turned Big Ben into a coo-coo clock and destroyed Stonehenge. They flushed the Atlantic Ocean like a toilet, sinking a ship resembling the Titanic. They stripped the Statue of Liberty and moved the earth's surface and closed up the Grand Canyon.

Trivia

• A poster for Tom and Jerry Blast Off To Mars can be seen.
• Other titles include a Japanese title; it is known in Japan as .
• This movie has a very high bodycount for a direct to video animated comedy: four racers are killed during the race and the Manager is vaporized by the President of Hollywood's staff.
• During the end of the race, the Leaning tower of Pisa gets straight again by Tom and jerry

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