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''Tom and Jerry Tales'' was a modern [[Revival]] of the ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' franchise which began production in 2005 and ran in the United States from [[The Millennium Age of Animation|September 23, 2006 to March 22, 2008]] on [[Kids WB]] It is the fourth television show in the ''Tom & Jerry'' franchise and probably the most well-received.
 
Episodes used a [[Three Shorts]] format, mirroring the length and format of the original theatrical shorts. Secondary characters from the original series returned, many for the first time since the 1950s. [[Droopy]] even starred in a few shorts alongside Tom and Jerry. It may have lacked some of the madcap [[Slapstick]] violence of the original shorts, and towards the end relied too heavily on [[Recycled in Space|Recycled IN SPACE]]-styled plots, but it tends to be viewed as better in comparison to past ''Tom & Jerry'' adaptations, as well as other cartoons on at the time.
 
The [[Direct to Video]] ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' movies made since the series ended are somewhat of a [[Spiritual Successor]], having the same animation and writing style. It is currently being re-run on [[Cartoon Network]].
 
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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: It wouldn't be ''Tom & Jerry'' otherwise.
* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: Tom in "Bats What I Like About the South" creates a tombstone of Jerry and crying for him, not aware that Jerry is alive and scaring him with a bat who looks like him.
* [[Animation Bump]]: In the opening sequence and the first few episodes. Sadly, this didn't really last.
** One later short, "Game of Mouse & Cat", features the duo as they looked in their early 1940s shorts.
* [[Badly -Battered Babysitter]]: In "Babysitting Blues" both Tom and Jerry babysit their respective nephews.
* [[Beach Episode]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N55Euk-zOqg Beach Bully Bingo.]
* [[The Cameo]]: Wolfie, from Tex Avery's ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'' and numerous Droopy shorts, appears as a ghost in "Spook House Mouse". [[EverythingsEverything's Worse Withwith Bears|Joe Bear]], an [[No Indoor Voice|extremely loud bear]] who hates noise from Tex Avery's ''Rock-a-bye Bear'', makes a cameo in the episode "Sasquashed".
* [[Construction Zone Calamity]]: "Deconstruction Junction" and "Jackhammered Cat".
* [[Continuity Nod]]: At the end of "Babysitting Blues" Tom and Jerry both leave (after not wanting to watch their sisters kids any longer) to go fishing. Guess what they're doing in "Catfish Follies?"
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: At the end of "Hi Robot!" when the [[Fem BotFemBot]] suddenly becomes a sentient living being at the last minute despite being completely emotionless and mechanical up until then.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: In a few shorts. For example, in "Cry Uncle" the duo teams up to get rid of Jerry's annoying Uncle Pecos (who first appeared in 1953's "Pecos Pest").
* [[The Faceless]]: Mrs. Two-Shoes and most other human characters in the series.
* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]: Tom's taste in cat-women hasn't changed.
* [[Mime -and -Music -Only Cartoon]]: Most episodes.
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: When a tennis ball harmlessly bounces off of Tyke's nose in "Game, Set, Match" Spike proceeds to beat on Tom for being "Too rough" with him.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: "Beefcake Tom" has Jerry successfully making Tom strong. What does he get next? Tom uses him for a dumbbell.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Tex Avery's cameo in "A Life Less Guarded".
* [[Pun -Based Title]]: These got [[Incredibly Lame Pun|a little painful sometimes]].
* [[Race Lift]]: Mammy Two-Shoes was brought back for the series, only she was recolored white and had a voice that sounded like a Southern accent (much like the actual Mammy Two Shoes, only her grammar isn't broken). Mammy was a controversial character because she portrayed [[Uncle Tomfoolery|several black stereotypes]] that were widespread in the 1940s, so the decision to make her white was to make the modern-day shorts politically correct.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: The duo is in the Middle Ages, prehistoric times, the US Revolutionary War...and even, indeed, IN SPACE!!
* [[Robosexual]]: In "Hi Robot!", Tom builds a mouse [[Fem BotFemBot]] in order to trick Jerry into falling in love with it (which he does), but in the end the robot develops emotions and falls in love with Jerry, giving Tom a [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]] for wanting to hurt Jerry.
* [[Screwed Byby the Network]]: It was lucky to even last as long as it did after [[Four Kids4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] took over [[Kids WB]].
* [[Shout -Out]]: To a lot of [[Tex Avery]] shorts; in "A Life Less Guarded", the man auditioning Tom and Droopy for a lifeguard job is a caricature of Avery, and one of the few human characters whose face is fully visible in the series. His assistant [[Ms. Fanservice|Miss Shapely]] is a comely blonde, referring to Avery's penchant for gorgeous women in his pictures.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Nibbles in a few shorts.
* [[Three Shorts]]
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[[Category:Western Animation]]
[[Category:Tom Andand Jerry Tales]]
[[Category:Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
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