The Tom and Jerry Show
1975The New Tom & Jerry Show is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters Tom and Jerry.
Seasons & Episode
Weirdbeard has Tom and Jerry as stowaways on his pirate ship. When he finds them, he orders them to walk the plank. But since he has no real crew, he changes his mind, and makes Tom and Jerry compete for the job of cabin boy. Because whoever doesn't get the job has to walk the plank.
A ski bunny that Tom is completely infatuated with, and a rough, mean bulldog make Tom and Jerry's stay at the Alps an exciting one.
Tom is working at the circus, and they really overwork him. He is so tired that he keeps falling asleep on the job. The owner says to him that if he falls asleep one more time, he's fired. Tom can't keep himself awake, so it's Jerry to the rescue to help keep his pal's eyes open.
For their new job, Tom and Jerry are on a quest to find a missing toe bone from one of the most expensive dinosaurs in their museum. They find a bulldog with the same-looking bone they're looking for, and they try to lure the dog in to snatch the bone away from him as fast as they can.
A dehydrated man asks for some sort of drink from Tom and Jerry. After quenching his thirst, the man gives them a map that leads to treasure. The only problem is that a pirate named Black Barby is after it to, which makes instant problems for the duo.
A relaxing day at the beach has turned otherwise, when a muscular, self-obsessed cat arrives ruining Tom and Jerry's enjoyment. The cat makes fun of, and treats the two like dirt, until their good friend, Spike comes along to save the day.
After hearing from the TV, Tom and Jerry set out on, yet, another quest. This time they're searching for the last wooly mammoth on the face of the earth. If they capture and seize the mammoth, they will collect a great reward.. but what they think is going to be easy, turns out to be very hard.
Tom is used as a very competitive sports player. He is up against Jerry in, basically, all of the Olympic sports. A lot of the rules don't apply to Tom and Jerry, as they fight their way to the top to get the gold!
Much like one of the original 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons, this episode shows Tom and Jerry alongside of Robin Hood. Together, they fight the bad guys, steal from the rich/give to the needy, and of course get the damsel in distress.
Tom and Jerry's new job is to deliver a safe to a house on a steep hill. This episode is much like one of the 'Laurel and Hardy' episodes. They try the best they can, using all their strength, to push the safe all the way up the hill, without it managing to slip from their fingers and roll back down. Unfortunately for them that's what happens.
Their new finished garden that they worked their hardest on is terrorized by a pesky gopher that keeps coming out of his hole to bother them. Together, Tom and Jerry try to keep the gopher away from the garden, and make him go back in his hole.
In a bowling tournament, Tom and Jerry compete against each other to get the gold trophy. Knowing that Jerry is a better bowler; Tom designs an electronic bowling ball. When Tom whistles, the bowling ball moves and does a strike. But problems come up when Tom accidentally swallows his whistle!
Fishing doesn't come easy in Tom and Jerry's case after sitting out in a boat all day, not catching one single fish. But after Jerry snags one, the rest of the fish in the entire lake follow!
Tom and Jerry compete in a tennis tournament. Once Tom sees he's losing, Tom tries a ton of tricks on Jerry to make him lose. Once he sees he's unsuccessful, Jerry turns the tables on him by hitting tons of balls on Tom's side of the court, making Tom scatter all over the court.
Spike says to Tom and Jerry that he wants complete silence in the house so he can sleep, so that means they can't watch their absolute favorite show, Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse. They decide to dress up in costume, and act like they favorite heroes. What they don't know is that their heroes are coming to their house to see them!
After being assigned as park rangers, Tom and Jerry have to make sure that no harm comes to a bear cub and its mother. Also, they have to make sure not to set it off, or there will be hell to pay. Tom and Jerry to keep a close eye on the cubs, as well, because they are very devious. Once Tom and Jerry turn their back for one second, the cubs go in a motor home full of people that causes lots of mayhem.
An old, bitter witch asks Tom and Jerry to be the mascots of her own private jet airline. What they don't know is that she's a witch, and that Tom and Jerry are in a lot of danger, when they're up in the sky on the jet.. alone with the witch.
Kitten sitting doesn't come all that easy, once Tom and Jerry find out they are adored by them. Tom and Jerry have to make sure that Spike doesn't see them. If he does, who knows WHAT he'll do to them!
What began as a minor inconvenience turns into a gigantic problem, when Tom and Jerry's house becomes infested with termites! Not only can't they get them out of their house, the termites turn out to be a very wise-talking, rough motorcycle gang that turn Tom and Jerry's house into a prison.
After being sent to Earth, a very troublesome alien causes mischief for Tom, Jerry, and Spike. The laughs start when the alien can change form by anything it touches. Tom, Jerry, and Spike have to figure out who's real, and who's not, then send the alien back to where it belongs -- NOT HERE!
Tom and Jerry are veterinarians in this episode. After a popular lion at the zoo gets a splinter in his paw, it's up to the new doctors to fix the problem before it worsens. The lion is afraid of the tweezers that Tom and Jerry are going to use to get the splinter out. He's afraid of everything else they use, and that's when they find out that he's not exactly the bravest one in his family. This is a patient that Tom and Jerry will have some trouble curing.
In another sports episode, Tom and Jerry compete against the Purple Baron in the cross-country air race. To make sure he wins, the Purple Baron uses tricks and gadgetry to make Tom and Jerry fall behind and eventually lose the race.
Confusion begins as a baby hawk falls out of a tree, falling in Tom and Jerry's arms. The baby hawk thinks that Tom is its mother, and Tom comforts the hawk like the care of a mother. The mother hawk returns to its nest, and she doesn't see her baby. Jerry is mistaken for the hawk's baby, and she treats him like her own. Tom and Jerry have to think of a way to tell the two hawks that they're not who the hawks say they are.
Spike is hired to watch a department store overnight, being the great watchdog he is praised as. Snooping Tom and Jerry come to make Spike's new job hard, as he chases them all around the mall, trying to get them to leave.
Tom and Jerry compete in a motorcycle race that is full of pranks and tricks. The race seems to be going well, until it take a turn for the worst when they get closer to the finish line.
Policemen are Tom and Jerry's new job. They respect the law, and sustain it as they chase the bad guys. Everything is fine, until a very plain police kitten joins the duo in their crime-fighting adventures.
In order to get free food and shelter, a devious fox makes out like he's a hypochondriac to Tom and Jerry. After the fox tricks the two in giving him whatever he wants, Tom and Jerry start to suspect that he's putting on an act.. and they, of course, have to get him back.
Stuck with walking a dog, Tom and Jerry try to not make him mad, and they distance themselves from him. Despite their efforts to make nice with the dog, he decides to make Tom and Jerry's stay with him very hectic.
It's migration season, and a cute little duck runs into Tom and Jerry. The duck seems to be much slower than the rest of his flock, so Tom and Jerry want to help it out, before the rest of the ducks leave without him.
Tom and Jerry become poor. With no food, drink, and anything else they need, a beanstalk appears and lifts the house to the heavens. There, a castle resides, and in it is a mean giant, with his food, riches, and his dog. The dog is sick and tired of living with the giant, and his mean and petty comments about him. So, he decides to recruit Tom and Jerry to help rid of the giant, and bring peace and harmony to the castle.
A new movie is being made called 'Catman'. Tom and Jerry decide to watch the movie in making. The two are mistakenly hired as stuntmen, which puts both of them in grave danger.
The pesky gopher is back to put more damage in Tom and Jerry's garden. Noticing that the gopher doesn't give up easily, Tom and Jerry apply for jobs as groundskeeper. Together they use all the tools and machines they can get their hands on to get rid of that annoying gopher once and for all.
A sorcerer recruits Tom and Jerry as his new apprentices. They have fun for a while, using the magic that has been given to them. But the fun stops when a past apprentice of the sorcerer comes back, and is jealous that the sorcerer replaced him. He uses his old magic to try and get rid of his replacements, while Tom and Jerry try to fight back. Since Tom and Jerry are new at this, it's not going to be easy to return the favor.
Three evil criminals are out to harm a city full of innocent people. The Supercape Caper can't do anything to stop them, because he's afraid. Tom and Jerry are fans of the Supercape Caper, and together they help to put the courage back into the Supercape Caper, before the criminals can terrorize again. But it's not easy to change someone that fast, so they take desperate measures.
After reading the classic story, Tom and Jerry fall asleep and dream that they take part in it as the pets of the wicked witches and Cinderella.
Tom and Jerry are farmers for their new job. Everything goes smoothly after they plant their vegetables, and harvest them, until a crow comes and eats some of the vegetables. Tom and Jerry get rid of the bird in a hurry, but as time passes by, it comes back again for another meal. This happens again and again, until Tom and Jerry figure out that the crow has a family of cousins that look exactly the same.
We meet Jerry's nephew, who gets into a lot of trouble upon arrival. He mixes in with the wrong crowd, breaks a lot of things, and does even more stuff that causes mischief. Tom and Jerry have to either stop the nephew from doing all this, or he's on his way back home!
Tom and Jerry are the hired help of Dr. Jackal, which follows the Robert Stevenson story quite well. They do crazy experiments that involves changing dogs into cats, and eventually an experiment gone wrong when Dr. Jackal turns into Mr. Hyde.
Spike chases Tom and Jerry right into a rocket that's about to take off. They all end up in space together, and board a planet that's inhabited by dogs. The dogs tell them that cat and mice used to live with them, but we're sent to Earth, because the dogs were the sworn enemy this creates even more trouble for Tom, Jerry, and Spike.
A peaceful and relaxing campout turns into crazy havoc when a mosquito keeps bothering Tom and Jerry. Tom uses anything he can find to hit the mosquito with, but it blocks all of his attempted shots. Angered by almost getting squashed, the mosquito calls the rest of his troops, and together they all attack Tom and Jerry.
Tom and Jerry start to chop down a tree to use to make a cabin, when a squirrel intervenes and stops them from chopping it down. After continuously trying to stop from cutting it down, Tom grabs the squirrel, which makes the squirrel beg to not cut it down. He convinces Tom and Jerry to not do it, but just when they decide that, Spike and another dog come in to chop it down with their bulldozer.
A bull is saved by Tom and Jerry from falling off a pier in Spain. With gratitude, the bull gives the two tickets to a bullfight. The bullfight gets out of hand in an instant, and it's up to Tom and Jerry to save the day once again, before someone gets hurt.
Disaster occurs at an insect laboratory when an ant gets a hold of a growing serum. The ant breaks out of the lab and goes on an eating rampage. It runs into Tom and Jerry who are having a pleasant picnic. After panicking they calm down and think of numerous ways to get the ant back to its original size before the ant causes anymore damage to the town.
In the last short episode of the series, Tom and Jerry are this time together as a team that competes in a motorboat race. They challenge a man with an 18.000 horsepower boat, and others that have bigger boats then the duo. But they use that to their advantage, and after an exciting race, they cross the finish line first, winning the gold cup. The series ends on a high note.
The New Tom & Jerry Show is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters Tom and Jerry.