Castle Wiz

Castle Wiz is an episode of The Tom & Jerry Show. It first aired October 11, 1975 on ABC.
== Summary ==
Responding to an ad in the newspaper, Tom and Jerry arrive at Castle Scarealotti, where they must spend the night in an attempt to win the $20 prize money. Count Scarealotti, a wizard, makes things hauntingly hectic for Tom and Jerry by conjuring up a ghost, which hinders T&J throughout the night, chasing them through a suit of armor, a dresser drawer, an upside-down room, and a trompe-l'œil painting.
Tom and Jerry eventually entrap the ghost in a piano and torture it with Jerry tap-dancing on the keys, producing discordant notes. Morning arrives, the ghost gives up and vanishes, and Scarealotti gives Tom and Jerry the $20 for helping him test out his haunted house tourist attraction! Tom and Jerry then strike back with a little ectoplasmic surprise of their own.
== Trivia ==
* This was most likely inspired by similar creepy capers in 1942's Fraidy Cat.
* Count Scarealtti, voiced by John Stephenson, appears to be a caricature of Bud Abbott.
* The scene of Jerry in this cartoon dancing up and down the piano's keys can be seen in this show's opening titles. The syndication opening sequence also boasts a scene of Tom and Jerry being chased by a ghost.
* The ghost changes color in "Castle Wiz". He makes his first appearance in green, but shows up throughout the remainder of the cartoon in lavender. The color of the ghost which chases Tom and Jerry in the syndicated main titles is bone-white.
* Some chase sequences use portions of the underscore of Scooby Doo Where Are You! Interestingly, Scooby voice Don Messick voices the ghost here in "Castle Wiz", and the ghost materializing from the cover of the chair Tom and Jerry use to hide under (the same one the cat and mouse use to exact revenge at the count) resembles The Phantom Shadow, the prime antagonist of the 10 January 1970 episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, "A Night of Fright Is No Delight".
* Finale music from the underscore of Cattanooga Cats is heard at the end.
Category:TV Episodes
Category:Tom and Jerry
Category:The Funtastic Index