Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

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Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
Tom and Jerry The Lost Dragon.jpg
DVD cover
Directed by Spike Brandt
Tony Cervone
Written byBrian Swenlin [1]
Based on Tom and Jerry by
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Produced bySpike Brandt
Tony Cervone
Starring
Edited byKyle Stafford
Music by Michael Tavera
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release dates
  • July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)(SDCC International)
  • August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)(Digital)
  • September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)(DVD)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon is a 2014 animated fantasy comedy direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. [2] Directed and produced by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone, it premiered on July 27, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con. [3] It is the first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in Japan. It was originally released digitally on August 19, 2014, followed by a DVD release on September 2, 2014. [3]

Contents

Plot

Wizard Kaldorf expels a powerful witch named Drizelda from a village for multiple crimes. Kaldorf allows Drizelda's mistreated niece Athena to stay. The elf villagers fear she will turn out like her aunt because she keeps vermin (Jerry) and has an affection for cats (Tom). The cat and mouse in this timeline are babies and become frenemies to each other but friends with Athena, who is only a teenage barefoot girl.

The film fast forwards to Tom and Jerry chasing each other, as they usually do, and Athena caring for hurt animals, until the three happen to come across a mysterious glowing egg. What neither of them know is that this egg was stolen from a very large, fire-breathing dragon. In a short time, a baby dragon named Puffy hatches from this egg and believes that Tom is his mother, and the three take good care of him.

However, Puffy's real mother is angered that her baby is missing and wants him back, but before Tom, Jerry and Athena can even try to find her, Drizelda returns and captures Puffy, intending to use him for her own wicked plans — to steal his heat to become a super-dragon herself and destroy everything in the village. With the help of powerful allies and animal friends, Tom, Jerry, and Athena work together and fight tooth and claw to stop the evil witch and get Puffy back to his mother, eventually, Drizelda is turned into a statue, and the villagers, Jerry, Kaldorf, and even Athena are having a happy singing party, while Tom is chased by Athena's pet crocodile.

In a post-credits scene, Drizelda is shown to still be alive, despite being turned into a statue.

Voice cast

Reception

Renee Schonfeld of Common Sense Media gave the episode a 3 out of 5 stating "the engaging story [...] has more emotional impact than most". [4]

Follow-up film

Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest was released on June 23, 2015.

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  2. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (June 26, 2014). "'Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon' Hits Shelves Sept. 2". Animation World Network. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Gallagher, Brian (July 13, 2014). "Comic-Con 2014 Schedule for Sunday, July 27th". MovieWeb. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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