Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! is an American 2022 animated direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is scheduled to be released on DVD and digital on January 25, 2022.
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The Old West Isn't Ready For These Whiskers:[]
The Wild, Wild West just got wilder with Tom and Jerry on the ranch! This time, the rivals team up to help a cowgirl and her brother save their homestead from a greedy land-grabber, and they’re going to need some help! Jerry’s three precocious nephews are all ready for action, and Tom is rounding up a posse of prairie dogs. But can a ragtag band of varmints defeat a deceitful desperado determined to deceive a damsel in distress? No matter what happens with Tom and Jerry in the saddle, it’ll be a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
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The movie begins with the scene of a typical Old Western town. In the outskirts, an elderly prairie dog is narrating a story. He is disturbed by a slovenly and obese man named Clem, who admits to hate prairie dogs and attempts to harass the spotted one, without success. One of the attempts results in Clem getting kicked by a horse, which causes him to land on a cactus. When Clem gets stuck into a hole, prairie dogs loot him and take his possessions into their town, then they hold a party.
Shortly afterwards, a landscape of a ranch is shown. Cows are grazing until a red bird damages the corral fence, setting the cattle free. Jerry and his nephews are sleeping inside leather knife scabbards, prepared with wool. Jerry wakes up first and notices a cow's eye peeking through the mousehole. He forcibly shuts the eye, walks outdoors and mounts himself on the cow, which dared to disturb him. Using his mount as a bulldozer, Jerry rounds up the bovine back to their corral. At the same time, Bumpy and a grayish she-cat walk by. When the old man complains about the corral being damaged by the cattle, Jerry yells in fear and runs away, but the she-cat grabs him. It turns out to be a play, as Jerry and the cat cuddle each other. The old man comes back to the house for breakfast, where the female owner of the ranch is making the meals for Bumpy and the animals. Jerry's nephews are shown to have an exceptional appetite, as they break the wall and take over most of the egg-and-bacon muffins Betty has cooked. Despite very little is left to eat for non-mice, nobody complains. Even Betty isn't upset that Jerry's nephews jump into her coffee mug.
It turns out that Betty, the ranch owner, is awating her brother Bentley to come to the family site. At the same time, August Critchley is planning to take over the ranch as he's expanding his zone of control in the area. So far, only Betty's and Bentley's ranch (The Double B Ranch) are the sole enclave outside his power and Critchley openly desires the land for himself. Clem turns out to be Critchley's henchman, who carries out the plan to undermine the ranch with prairie dogs digging tunnels beneath it. Multiple scarecrows planted around the prairie dog tunnels are to scare the animals off and move them towards the Double B ranch, so it could be bought for lowered price.
Later on, Bentley arrives on a horse cart with his cat Tom, who seems bored by the trip. While Bumpy is admiring Bentley's smart-looking outfit, Tom wakes up and spots the ranch she-cat. He immiediately falls in love with her, despite the female ignores Tom.
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- William Hanna (archival audio recordings) as Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse (uncredited)
- George Ackles as The Marshal
- Sean Burgos as Bumpy
- Trevor Devall as Duke
- Chris Edgerly as August Critchley
- Georgie Kidder as Scruffy
- Justin Michael as Bentley
- Kaitlyn Robrock as Betty
- Isaac Robinson Smith as Zeb
- Kath Soucie as Tuffy
- Stephen Stanton as Virgil
- Fred Tatasciore as Clem
- Kari Wahlgren as Duffy, Jane
Follow-up film:[]
Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land was released on November 15, 2022.
Sequels:[]
- Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! 2
- Tom and Jerry: Uncle Pecos Returns
Trivia:[]
- Rated G (General Audience Suggested): mild slapstick violence, very mild threat, language.
- Suggested Running Times: 75 Minutes (NTSC), 72 Minutes (PAL).
- This is the second direct-to-video movie to have the same animation used in The Tom and Jerry Show (2014), the first was Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers.
- However, Santa's Little Helpers used the animation from the 1st season, while this movie uses animation from the 2nd & later seasons. Therefore, this is the first direct-to-video movie to use the same animation as the second season-onwards of The Tom and Jerry Show.
- This is the first Tom and Jerry movie for several things:
- The first Tom and Jerry movie to be directly released on DVD and digital since Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in 2017, five years before this movie.
- The first movie in which Spike Bulldog does not appear.
- The first movie in which Butch, Meathead, Lightning, and Topsy appear in the new animation style introduced in the season season of The Tom and Jerry Show.
- The first direct-to-video movie to be directed by Darrell Van Citters since Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers.
- The first movie to not include the classic cartoon intro and outro sequence and not to include the Tom and Jerry theme.
- This movie centers during the American Frontier (Also known as the Wild West) a couple of years after the Civil War.
- And this might also take place in Texas a couple of years after the Reconstruction Era.
- The DVD box art of the film, as seen in the film's trailer below, is loosely inspired by the rare 1943-1946 Tom and Jerry opening title card as seen from "Baby Puss" (1943) up until "Trap Happy" (1946), which is said to be lost over time from theatrical re-releases as well as the loss of their original negatives from the 1965 MGM vault fire.
- this its the First Tom And Jerry Direct To Video film series to be involved with Warner Bros Animation's Present President and Founder Sam Register.
- And Also its the First Tom And Jerry Direct To Video film series to be Produced without any involved with Warner Bros animation's founder Hal Geer who died on January 26 2017 respectively.
- Butch, Meathead, Lightning, and Topsy also appear in this movie, but have no speaking lines. Topsy is also referred to by the name of Shorty.
- Uncle Pecos makes a brief cameo in a stamp seen on the wall in the mouse-hole where Jerry and his nephews live.
- The DVD doesn't have any Special Features, but the digital release does have a Bonus Feature available on Movies Anywhere. It's a Gallery of 35 images taken from the movie.
- Bumpy and August Critchley are the only new characters in this movie who don't have Southern or American accents. In this case, Bumpy speaks with a Mexican accent while Critchley speaks with a British accent.
- There is no Special Episodes, although some wanted Texas Tom, Tall in the Trap or Posse Cat.
- Clem's voice sounds very much like Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam, given his deep voice and Southern accent. Coincidentally, both characters are voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
- Duke, the name of one of the characters in this film, is a very likely reference to the nickname of the late John Wayne, who has starred in many classic Western films, such as West of the Divide, The Desert Trail, The Dawn Rider, Paradise Canyon, and The Searchers.
- Coincidentally, Wayne was mentioned in the song "Cowboy Up," along with the late Gary Cooper, who has also starred in classic Westerns, such as The Last Outlaw, The Virginian, and The Westerner.
External links:[]
- Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! at IMDb