Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz

***Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz*** is a 2011 American animated musical slapstick comedy film adaptation of the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film _The Wizard of Oz_ (which in turn is based on the 1900 novel _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ by L. Frank Baum), with the addition of Tom and Jerry as characters and told through their point of view. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 23, 2011, by Warner Home Video. _Common Sense Media_ rated the film 3 out of 5 stars.

## Plot

A long time ago, in what's now present-day Kansas, a young girl named Dorothy lived with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry; their three farm workers are Zeke, Hickory, and Hunk. She had two pet animals. They were a cartoon cat named Tom and a cartoon mouse named Jerry. Tom and Jerry's rivalry, however, often got in the way of their work. But the duo prove to be useful when they managed to save Dorothy from falling into a pig pen. Aunt Em persuaded them to put their rivalry aside and work on protecting Dorothy from harm.

When another neighbor, Almira Gulch, is bitten by Toto, Dorothy's other pet; she gets a sheriff's order and takes him away to be put down. Tom and Jerry give chase on an old bicycle. Jerry manages to free Toto, who runs back home, but Tom and Jerry end up in a scuffle with Almira, which culminates in the three of them crashing into a pit. Tom and Jerry return home without helping Almira, just as a twister reaches Dorothy's farm. Dorothy, Toto, Tom and Jerry are too late to join Dorothy's family in the storm cellar, and Tom and Jerry are knocked out as they try to get inside the house.

Once they awaken, they find themselves in a strange village. As they wander around it, they encounter Tuffy, the young grey Munchkin mouse, who tries to protect Jerry from Tom, assuming he wanted to eat him for food, but Jerry clears up the misunderstanding. Tuffy informs them that a few hours ago, the house they arrived in landed on the Wicked Witch of the East and crushed her, and as gratitude, Glinda gave Dorothy the witch's ruby slippers, but the Wicked Witch of the West appeared and swore to claim the slippers for herself. Glinda sent Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road to reach the Emerald City and find the famed Wizard of Oz in order to get back home. Though Tuffy advises them not to follow Dorothy, Jerry and Tom remember their promise to protect her and insist on finding her. Tuffy decides to accompany them so that he can wish to become big.

Eventually, they come to some crossroads in a cornfield, where two crows point them in the direction. Dorothy went with a scarecrow that was previously perched there. Unfortunately, it turns out that the crows pointed them in the wrong direction by accident. Tom, Jerry and Tuffy come to a particularly worn and dangerous part of the road by a mountain and across an old bridge, where Tom more than once nearly falls to his demise. Along the way, they come across another witch and hide in a giant dandelion while the witch observes Dorothy and her three friends; Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Man.

Tom, frightened by the witch's resemblance to Almira, accidentally sneezes, which prompts the witch to turn the dandelions into an avalanche. Tom, Jerry and Tuffy attempt to get the wand from the witch and end up in a scuffle with her. Jerry manages to turn the boulders back into dandelions, saving Dorothy and her friends from death, and sends the witch away, but the wand disintegrates into sand. Vowing revenge, the witch flies towards an emerald city. Tom and Jerry reunite with Dorothy and meet up with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, who respectively claim that they want to wish for a brain, a heart and courage from the Wizard.

They finally reach the city, where they are looked after to recover. Tom comically tries to eat a baby animal, but Jerry and Tuffy stop him by submitting him to a painful massaging machine. The witch then appears and demands that she must surrender Dorothy, Tom and Jerry. Tom tries to hide, but Jerry and Tuffy find him and remind him of the promise they made. Reluctantly, Tom remains with them, but they are refused entry to the Wizard's chamber, where the Wizard is speaking with Dorothy. They come outside and tell them that the Wizard will not grant them anything unless they bring him the Witch's broomstick.

On their way to the Witch's castle, Dorothy, Toto, and Tom and Jerry are captured by flying monkeys, but Tom and Jerry manage to get free before they reach the castle. They climb up the castle to the tower, where they see the Witch threatening Dorothy over the ruby slippers and placing Toto inside a basket. Jerry valiantly manages to free Toto, who runs off to get help, but is seen by the Witch and thrown through the window with Tom. They land on a lower level and encounter the Witch's two top guards, Droopy and Butch, who casually mention the witch's one weakness being water. A long chase ensues until Tom and Jerry manage to knock Droopy and Butch out, and they reunite with Tuffy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, disguised as guards and led there by Toto. As the others find and rescue Dorothy, Tom and Jerry fill a bucket of water to use on the Witch, but their attempts to get it back into the castle fail due to comical circumstances. Eventually, Tom and Jerry manage to get hold of a rogue rain cloud and use it to fill the bucket. Finally, the Witch and her men corner Dorothy and her friends inside the vestibule, and the Witch sets Scarecrow on fire. Jerry rushes to their aid with the bucket of water, but trips over and drops it, although it doesn't spill. Dorothy frantically uses the water to put out the fire, and splashes the villainous Witch in the process, causing her to melt and die. To their relief, the soldiers celebrate her death and allow Dorothy to take the broom.

They return to Emerald City and present the broom to the Wizard. Although the Wizard turns out to be an ordinary man behind an illusion, he nevertheless promises to grant their wishes and take Dorothy, Tom and Jerry back to Kansas on his hot air balloon. But as the balloon takes off, Tom spots the animal again and sneaks out to eat her, prompting Jerry and Toto to follow Tom to stop him. Dorothy runs after them and they are unable to get back to the balloon before it takes off. Glinda then appears and tells her another way to get back home. Dorothy, Tom and Jerry bid farewell to their friends and follow Glinda's instructions.

Dorothy, Tom and Jerry awaken in Dorothy's bedroom back in Kansas, surrounded by family and friends. Dorothy tells them of her adventures, but they insist it was all a dream, Tom and Jerry are the only ones who believe her. As Dorothy promises never to run away again, Tom and Jerry take their rivalry outside the house, much to Dorothy and the others' amusement.

## Voice cast

- Spike Brandt as Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse (uncredited)
- Grey DeLisle as Dorothy Gale <small>(Nikki Yanofsky provides Dorothy's singing voice)</small>
- Joe Alaskey as Professor Marvel / The Wizard <small>(the former having only a cameo at the end of the film)</small>, Butch and Droopy
- Michael Gough as Hunk / Scarecrow
- Rob Paulsen as Hickory / Tin Man
- Todd Stashwick as Zeke / Cowardly Lion
- Frances Conroy as Aunt Em and Glinda
- Laraine Newman as Almira Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West
- Stephen Root as Uncle Henry and Crows
- Kath Soucie as Tuffy the Munchkin Mouse / Tuffy the Country Mouse