Tom and Jerry: Tricks and Treats, is available today on DVD from WHV

 

My granddaughter, Kristen, and I, watched our favorite animated cat and mouse duo to get in the Halloween spirit. We had a ghoulishly good time with, Tom and Jerry, and you can, too, as they scared up some family fun this Halloween. Tom and Jerry: Tricks and Treats, is available today on DVD from Warner Home Video (WHV). This “spooktacular” collection showcases 20 Tom and Jerry cartoons plus two bonus cartoons. Tom and Jerry: Tricks and Treats retails for a suggested retail price of $19.97.

Tom and Jerry shared spooks galore in this monster collection. With 22 eerie cartoons, our goodie-bags were overflowing with fun. There were tricks and treats at every turn, from ancient Egypt to Transylvania, from creepy houses to haunted forests, the hair-raising fun is non-stop. Tom and Jerry  mingle with ghosts, mummies, werewolves and witches. They have a bounty of tricks up their sleeves to entertain you. It’s a “scare-iffic” good time your whole family will enjoy.

 

We were a little surprised at something we felt was missing in the collection of movies. We kept searching for a fun trick-or-treating movie, but never found one, which was disappointing.

In Over the River and Boo! The Woods, Tom and Jerry get lost in a haunted forest. Tom leaves home to become a witch’s companion in The Flying Sorceress. In Haunted Mouse, Tom is put under a spell by Jerry’s magician uncle. Jerry meets a bat who looks just like him and together, they trick Tom into believing the bat is Jerry’s flying ghost in Bats What I Like About the South.

 

Legendary monster hunter, Van Helsing, chases after Tom when he’s transformed into a werewolf in Monster Con. In Which Witch, Tom is a servant to a witch who needs a mouse to complete her magic potion. Jerry discovers the secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian cat in Tomb it May Concern. In Spook House Mouse, Tom and Jerry find themselves in an abandoned fun house where they embark on a rickety ride featuring lots of spooky attractions. These and several other “fang-stastic” shorts are featured in the collection.

Featured Episodes:

1. More Powers to You
2. Over the River and Boo! The Woods
3. Fire Breathing Tom Cat
4. Touché, Pussy Cat!
5. The Flying Sorceress
6. Tiger Cat
7. Robin Hoodwinked
8. Jerry’s Cousin
9. Invasion of the Body Slammers
10. Haunted Mouse
11. Trap Happy
12. Spook House Mouse
13. Bats What I Like About the South
14. Fraidy Cat Scat
15. Which Witch
16. Monster Con
17. Tomb It May Concern
18. Power Tom
19. The Itch
20. Hi, Robot

Bonus Cartoons:

1. Ho Ho Horrors
2. Doggone Hill Hog

“With over two hours of hilarious cartoons, Tom and Jerry: Tricks and Treats is the perfect seasonal DVD title to inspire the spirit of Halloween in the whole family,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President of Family and Animation Marketing and Partner Brands. She added, “Tom and Jerry cartoons are timeless and appeal to a broad audience, especially to kids. This collection consists of Halloween-inspired themes and celebrates everything that is fun, playful and whimsical about the holiday. It’s a great mix of classic theatrical shorts and newer cartoons too and a must-have for Tom and Jerry fans.”

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About Warner Bros. Animation

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development.

 

For TV, WBA produces series such as Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, MAD, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, ThunderCats and Young Justice, for Cartoon Network. WBA will also produce series and additional original content for Cartoon Network’s multiplatform branded DC Nation programming block, which debuts in 2012.

 

In addition to TV series, WBA produces theatrically released CG cartoon shorts featuring iconic Looney Tunes characters, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. The first three shorts premiered in 2010, the most recent short — I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat — was released in November 2011, and two additional cartoons will debut in 2012.

 

WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio’s rich cartoon heritage.

 

It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

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Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Video and New Line Cinema.

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WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.

Disclosure: We received a copy of this DVD to facilitate this review.