The Karate Guard

The KarateGuard
Tom and Jerry series
Title Card
Directed by	Joseph Barbera Spike Brandt^[1]
Produced by	Joseph Barbera Sam Register Sander Schwartz Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
Story by	Joseph Barbera Iwao Takamoto
Voices by	Spike Brandt Keone Young Tony Cervone
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Animation by	Spike Brandt Dave Brewster Tony Cervone Michael Nickelson Barry O'Donahue Wendy Perdue Jeff Siergey
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)^[1]
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8:00
Language	English
Preceded by	Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat
Followed by	Tom and Jerry Tales

The Karate Guard is a 2005 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Joseph Barbera and Spike Brandt.^[1] It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to be written, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced by the characters' co-creator Joseph Barbera before his death on December 18, 2006. This is also, to date, the last theatrical cartoon to feature or star Tom and Jerry. It had a limited theatrical run in Los Angeles cinemas from September 27, 2005; then saw its television premiere on Cartoon Network on January 27, 2006 (2006-01-27).

Plot

The short starts at the outside of the house and then goes to Tom, who was taking a nap but was woken up by Jerry. Tom peeks through the mouse hole to see what the noise was and sees Jerry smacking a punching bag that mimics Tom. After Jerry finishes with the punching bag, his spiritual mentor appears and asks him if he's ready to take on Tom; Jerry agrees. After Jerry walks out of his home he sees Tom at the end of a hallway and becomes afraid of him, until Tom starts to mock Jerry, and laughs at the thought of Jerry defeating him. Jerry then decides to go and fight Tom until Tom pulls out a flyswatter and hits Jerry with it multiple times, then he slingshots Jerry with the flyswatter back into his home where he runs into one of his walls. Jerry's spiritual mentor appears again and gives Jerry a gong to ring that summons a "Karate Guard" named Momo-sumo (played by Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help.

The short deals with Tom's attempts to catch Jerry but does not know about Spike first. As soon as Jerry rings the gong, Spike sticks out his arm as Tom yelps and spins. He is then tied to a lawnmower and is launched into a garbage can. Tom moans in pain from hitting the garbage truck wall. The garbage truck door then closes on Tom. In the next scene, Jerry is eating cheese and Tom tries again. He grabs Jerry. Jerry struggles to free his hands. Spike comes and chops his backside. Tom yelps quickly and puts Jerry back, and falls to the ground. Then Tom puts pillow-like earmuffs on Spike. Tom dings to show Jerry that his guard can't hear his gong. Tom dings the gong close to Spike's ear. He wakes and shoots Tom into the air. Tom yells in fear and claws the roof he landed on. it doesn't work and he is teetering on the gutter's edge. Tom does a quick salute and falls. Then Tom takes a giant leap and land on the roof. Tom, who was shaking in fear heaves a sigh of relief. Jerry does everything he can to anger Tom, including making funny faces, showing him his underwear, etc. It works and the chase is off again. They chase into a toy store where Jerry hides in an airplane. Jerry turns it on and scalps Tom's head and then shaves Tom's body. As soon as Tom's fur comes back the chase stars again. He gets an airplane and is shredding Jerry's. Jerry gongs for Spike and Tom hits Spike's chest, causing him (Tom) to disintegrate. Spike sweeps him up and throws him in a trash can. A panicked Tom calls an exterminator, Butch, along with three more cats to remove Spike from the household. They do nothing more than fire paint-balls at Spike, who is thrown by the force into the swimming pool; Tom then breaks out laughing. However, Spike then grabs Tom and squashes him into a bowling ball which he uses to, literally, strike the cats out of the garden.

In the final scene, Jerry and dog Spike are watching TV (which is showing the battered exterminator cats with Butch cat opening his mouth and catching all his fallen teeth with his right hand) and eating popcorn, leading to Spike eating the whole popcorn and making Jerry ring the gong, but instead of a man, there is Tom, who arrives to bring more popcorn to Jerry and Spike and to kiss Spike's feet. The short draws to a close with a happy Jerry diving in the popcorn and munching it happily.

Availability

The Karate Guard is available as a bonus short on Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection volume 3 and the Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection.

Voice cast

Keone Young as Ancient Wise One
Spike Brandt as Tom
Tony Cervone as Butch

References

1 2 3 "The Big Cartoon Database". The KarateGuard.

External links

The Karate Guard at The Big Cartoon DataBase
The Karate Guard at the Internet Movie Database

Hanna–Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–58; 2001; 2005)

1940	Puss Gets the Boot

1941	The Midnight Snack The Night Before Christmas

1942	Fraidy Cat Dog Trouble Puss n' Toots The Bowling Alley Cat Fine Feathered Friend

1943	Sufferin' Cats! The Lonesome Mouse The Yankee Doodle Mouse Baby Puss

1944	The Zoot Cat The Million Dollar Cat The Bodyguard Puttin' on the Dog Mouse Trouble

1945	The Mouse Comes to Dinner Mouse in Manhattan Tee for Two Flirty Birdy Quiet Please!

1946	Springtime for Thomas The Milky Waif Trap Happy Solid Serenade

1947	Cat Fishin' Part Time Pal The Cat Concerto Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse Salt Water Tabby A Mouse in the House The Invisible Mouse

1948	Kitty Foiled The Truce Hurts Old Rockin' Chair Tom Professor Tom Mouse Cleaning

1949	Polka-Dot Puss The Little Orphan Hatch Up Your Troubles Heavenly Puss The Cat and the Mermouse Love That Pup Jerry's Diary Tennis Chumps

1950	Little Quacker Saturday Evening Puss Texas Tom Jerry and the Lion Safety Second Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl The Framed Cat Cue Ball Cat

1951	Casanova Cat Jerry and the Goldfish Jerry's Cousin Sleepy-Time Tom His Mouse Friday Slicked-up Pup Nit-Witty Kitty Cat Napping

1952	The Flying Cat The Duck Doctor The Two Mouseketeers Smitten Kitten Triplet Trouble Little Runaway Fit to Be Tied Push-Button Kitty Cruise Cat The Dog House

1953	The Missing Mouse Jerry and Jumbo Johann Mouse That's My Pup! Just Ducky Two Little Indians Life with Tom

1954	Puppy Tale Posse Cat Hic-cup Pup Little School Mouse Baby Butch Mice Follies Neapolitan Mouse Downhearted Duckling Pet Peeve Touché, Pussy Cat!

1955	Southbound Duckling Pup on a Picnic Mouse for Sale Designs on Jerry Tom and Chérie Smarty Cat Pecos Pest That's My Mommy

1956	The Flying Sorceress The Egg and Jerry Busy Buddies Muscle Beach Tom Down Beat Bear Blue Cat Blues Barbecue Brawl

1957	Tops with Pops Give and Tyke (Spin off #1) Timid Tabby Feedin' the Kiddie Scat Cats (Spin off #2) Mucho Mouse Tom's Photo Finish

1958	Happy Go Ducky Royal Cat Nap The Vanishing Duck Robin Hoodwinked Tot Watchers

2001	Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat (TV)

2005	The Karate Guard

See also: Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–62) and Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–67)

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