Tom and Jerry: The Space Giants - Rodak Strikes Back

== Plot ==
=== Nardo and the Space Planets ===
Rodak’s every move is monitored by powerful radar systems at the Space Center in Japan which are zeroing in on Rodak’s spacecraft for a missile attack. The impact of the explosions is felt at the center, leading the Earth forces to believe they are victorious over the space emperor. But Rodak laughs at the missile attack, and orders a fireball horde of alien insects to attack the Space Center. Four army jets discover the insects streaking toward Earth, but are destroyed before the pilots can report what they have seen. In Tokyo, Mikko Mura, Robyn Starling, Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse and Spike Bulldog, Tyke Bulldog, Slats, Jackie and Coffee Kittens, Tanner, George, Leo and Dorothy Mouse are playing baseball with their friends when the swarm of insects lands on the backstop and begins eating the metal. The bugs next attack the Space Center as well as various buildings throughout the area. Jerry's nephew Tuffy and Ambassador Magma's son Gam turns into rockets, and they, Tom, Jerry, Robyn and Mikko attack the bugs. Gam and Tuffy’s Heat Beam Rays seems to stop some of the bugs, while the others fly away. The six friends pursuit the fleeing swarm only to come face to face with the giant beetle monster, Nardo. The beetle flaps its wings, creating a strong wind while throwing out bolts of fire rays. By blowing the supersonic whistle, Mikko calls for Magma, who arrives from Mount Olympian and attacks Nardo. As the two titans fight, Rodak’s spaceship appears overhead and the alien overlord announces that Nardo will keep Magma busy while the insects do their job. Nardo eventually retreats, and the Tom, Jerry, Tuffy, Robyn, Mikko and Gam inform the authorities what has happened. The radar units scan for the bugs, with no luck.
American scientist Dr. Reed is coming from New York City with a plan to stop the bugs by using shock waves. Using a hidden transmitter, Rodak learns of the arrival of the doctor and his plan. Mr. Starling and Ito goes to the pier to greet Dr. Reed who is arriving by boat. Rodak sends Nardo to destroy the ship. However, Dr. Reed is actually travelling by submarine, ruining Rodak’s plan. Silvar is sent by Methusan to find out where the insects are and what sustains them on Earth. She discovers a plant that gives the insects their energy. Moving closer, the plants come alive, catching Silvar. Magma rescues his wife, but finds out that his Gamma Ray does not damage the plants. Silvar and Magma report back to Methusan. He tells them that the space plants must be uprooted, but does not know how best to do that until he studies them more. Meanwhile, Tuffy and Gam meets with Tom, Jerry, Mr. Starling, Robyn, Ito, Mikko and the authorities at a lighthouse to await the arrival of Dr. Reed. As the scientist and the Commander come ashore, Rodak attacks. Dr. Reed and the Commander try to escape, but before they can get away, Nardo sucks their car up into the air. Rodak’s bugs attack everything in sight. Back in Mount Olympian, Methusan tells Magma that he must fight Rodak and rescue Dr. Reed and the Commander. Rodak confronts Magma, but Nardo flies overhead and sends out streams of fire that encircle Rodak’s captives. Magma can not come any closer due to his sensitivity to heat. Rodak appears at Mount Olympian and meets Methusan, Silvar, Gam, Tuffy, Tom and Jerry. He tells them that Magma is trapped and soon the world will be his. Methusan, Tom, Jerry and the robots then fight Rodak with everything they got, but to no avail.
Back with Magma, he abandons his attack on Nardo and saves Dr. Reed and the commander, bringing them back to the United Press International building. Mikko and Robyn informs Goldar that Gam and Tuffy are not responding to his whistle. Magma immediately leaves for Mount Olympian and confronts Rodak, just as he is about to destroy the base. Not wishing to fight Magma, Rodak disappears. He orders the bugs to launch an assault on oil tanks that will fill the air with dangerous vapors. People are instructed not to strike a match or cook as the combustible gases in the air can cause explosions. A cold spell is forecast by the weather bureau. Mikko calls Magma for help, but he cannot respond for fear that this rocket jets may cause an explosion. Rodak issues a demand for mankind to surrender the Earth or Nardo will ignite the atmosphere. Magma places himself in jeopardy and decides to create a jet stream that will clear the atmosphere of the gas vapors. Accomplishing his mission, he attacks Nardo and defeats the creature.
=== Battle with the Orange Order, Claw and Dilas ===
After observing an H-Bomb test, Rodak makes plans to steal one of the bombs and have the countries of the world blame each other for the crime. A jet bomber carrying H-Bombs is hijacked. To Rodak’s surprise, he discovers that his men were not responsible. Central Intelligence discovers that it was Horonda, leader of the underground organization The Orange Order, who stole the plane. Robyn, Tom, Jerry, Tuffy, Gam and Mikko set out to recover the lost plane, but they are forced to retreat when the jet fires on them and Gam’s rudder is damaged. Ito tells his newspaper chief Mizuno that he knows what Horonda looks like, but that he has many disguises. Ito informs Mr. Starling that Horonda will attempt to get into the city by any means. Tom, Jerry, Spike, Tyke, the Starlings and the Muras go to the railroad terminal, where they notice an unusual woman, which Ito recognizes as Horonda in disguise. They follow Horonda to his hideout and overhear the terrorist’s plan to use the bomb to force all the countries of the world to turn over their armies to him. As they are about to be discovered, an assistant of Rodak’s appears. They follow him outside, only to be confronted by Rodak and his Lugo Men. Rodak meets with Horonda and talks him into an agreement to work together on his purpose to destroy Ambassador Magma and conquer the Earth. World leaders hold a conference to sign a treaty banning all nuclear weapons. Suddenly, Rodak’s new monster Claw is sent to Earth to break up the meeting.
On Mikko's three-time supersonic call, Magma come to his friends' aid, but is attacked by Claw. Rodak is furious that his creature has turned its attention away from the meeting of world leaders. Magma stops Claw, and the monster disappears. Returning to Mount Olympian, Magma tells Methusan that Claw is able to send out a red stream of nerve gas from its tail. While Methusan works on a plan to combat the monster’s poison, he instructs Magma that the three H-bombs in which Horonda stole must be found. Elsewhere, the commander decides to attack Horonda’s hideout. His forces close in on the house, but find it empty. Claw flies over a military exercise and incapacitates the troops with nerve gas. Tom, Jerry, Robyn, Mikko, Tuffy and Gam fly in to investigate. They follow the trail of red gas to Horonda’s new hideout, a warehouse where it is believed that the bombs are hidden. The commander and his forces try to get into the house, only to be met by Horonda’s men. A volunteer enters the warehouse and defuses one bomb, but there are still two missing.
Rodak sends another monster to Earth, Dilas, and orders him to destroy Magma. Claw is also reactivated by Rodak, and now the Space Avenger faces two monsters. As Goldar battles Dilas, the creature disappears. Horonda and his men have Tom, Jerry, Spike, Tyke, Robyn, Mikko, Tuffy and Gam and the commander pinned down. Magma comes to Mikko’s assistance, but not before Claw infects Mikko with nerve gas. Horonda escapes and meets with Rodak on his spaceship. The two villains decide to detonate the H-Bombs. They kidnap the daughter of an army H-bomb expert, Yazawa, to force him to set the timing device. But, instead of freeing Yazawa and his daughter, Horonda and Rodak tie them to the bomb. Mikko recovers and calls for Goldar when Dilas attacks. Unaware that Yazawa has cleverly installed a tiny safety mechanism in the H-Bomb, Rodak begins the countdown to the big explosion. There is only a small, sparkling blast in which Yazawa is hurt.
Rodak attacks false images of Magma, Tuffy and Gam, an illusion caused by a special projector. With Rodak distracted, Magma drops the second H-Bomb into the Atlantic Ocean. There is still one more bomb to be located. Rodak plans to explode the third H-Bomb over New York City where Starling Enterprise is located. Rodak also works with Horonda on a new plan to spread poison gas from a factory smokestack. The factory is attacked by troops wearing gas masks. Horonda counterattacks and Magma is called to help. Horonda and his Orange Order terrorists are killed in the battle, and the poison gas is shut off. The last H-Bomb is attached to the back of Dilas. As Magma confronts the creature the bomb is released into the air towards New York. Magma defeats Dilas, and then uses all of his incredible speed to overtake the bomb. Attaching himself to the H-Bomb, he flies it into space and sends it hurtling towards Rodak’s spaceship. Seeing the bomb approaching, Rodak orders the bomb detonated in mid-air. But although he mangage to avoid getting killed, Rodak is beaten again, and his plans have failed again, thanks to Ambassador Magma, Tom and Jerry.
== Characters ==
* Tom Cat (also known as Thomas Cat): A grayish-blue cat.
* Jerry Mouse: A brown mouse.
* Toodles Galore: A white cat, and Tom's wife.
* Toots Mouse: A mouse who resembles Jerry, but with light-brown fur, and her purple scarf. She is Jerry's wife.
* Slats Cat: A purple kitten/ Tom and Toodles' first son.
* Jackie Cat: A blue kitten/ Tom and Toodles' second son.
* Coffee Cat: A green kitten/ Tom and Toodles' only daughter.
* Tanner Mouse: A yellow mouse/ Jerry and Toot's first son.
* George Mouse: An orange mouse/ Jerry and Toots' second son.
* Leo Mouse: A red mouse/ Jerry and Toots' third son.
* Dorothy Mouse: A pink mouse/ Jerry and Toot's only daughter, named after Dorothy from Kansas.
* Nibbles "Tuffy" Mouse: A little grey mouse with a white diaper. He is Jerry and Toots' nephew, who plays his role of Gam's robotic pet mouse, wearing "emerald-city" green antennae. As a robot mouse, Nibbles can fire gamma rays from his antennae, transform into a rocket and grow sizes in whichever form to help his friends.
* Robyn Starling: Tom and Jerry's owner and friend, who is still a teenager and destined to succeed her father as the next head of the new Starling Enterprise headquarters in New York City. Since the previous film chapters, Mastermind Rodak, Beware of the Lugo Race, Fight for the Earth and The End of the Lugo Race, Robyn is the love interest of Mikko.
* Mr. Starling: Robyn's father, and Tom and Jerry's owner.
* Aunt Pristine Figg: Robyn's aunt.
* Uncle Lickboot Figg: A former lawyer, Pristine's husband and Robyn's uncle.
* Ferdinand: The Figg's dog who boards his red skateboard.
* Spike Bulldog: The Muras' dog, and Tom and Jerry's friend.
* Tyke: Spike's son, who retain his ability to speak just like Tom, Jerry and Tuffy.
* Butch Cat: black cat Tom rival and leader of alley cat
* Topsy Cat
* Detective Droopy:
* Dripple:
* Screwball Squirrel:
* Mikko Mura (Mamoru Murakami in the Japanese version): Ito and Tomoko's son, Tom and Jerry's friend, and Robyn's love interest.
* Ito Mura (Atsushi Murakami in the Japanese version):
* Tomoko Mura (Tomoko Murakami in the Japanese version):
* Kita:
* Ambassador Magma: A giant robot man from the Planet Kanata in the Galaxy ZRF, who is fifty-foot tall, and has long hair and antennae with two round balls that fires his gamma energy rays. He can even shoot energy bullets or missiles from his chest, and can transform into a rocket to transport people around or to fight Rodak and his forces of evil.
* Silvar (Mol in the Japanese version): Magma's wife, who can uses the same fighting powers as Magma, and also change into a rocket. She is a humanoid robot in the size of an Earthling.
* Gam: Magma and Silvar's humanoid-robot son and Nibbles' owner, created by Methusan as a duplication of Mikko. He is in the same size as Mikko, and he wears the same clothes that resembles his Earthling friend's. Gam also has his white helmet with antennae which enables him to shoot gamma rays like his father, and his ability to transform into a rocket.
* Methusan (Earth in the Japanese version): An old wizard and scientist from the Planet Kanata in the Galaxy ZRF, who creates Magma, Silvar and Gam to help the Muras, the Starlings, Tom and Jerry defend the Earth against Rodak. He is the narrator of the series.
* Rodak (Goa in the Japanese version): An alien overlord who was been conquering many peaceful planets in every galaxy for years, and making his attempts to take over the Earth with his monsters (kaiju) from space.
* Rodak's Henchmen (Goa's Subordinates in the Japanese version):
* Rodak's Monsters (Goa's Kaiju in the Japanese version):
** Nardo
** Claw
** Dilas
* Horonda: The leader of the underground terrorist organization, called the Orange Order, who plots to rule the world using the stolen H-Bombs. He is convinced by Rodak to team up with him on his goal to destroy Ambassador Magma and conquer Earth.
== Cast ==
=== English ===
* Richard Kind - Tom Cat
* Stephanie Nadolny - Jerry Mouse
* Kath Soucie - Tuffy Mouse
* Anndi McAfee - Robyn Starling
* Jeff Bennett - Mr. Starling
* Charlotte Rae - Aunt Pristine Figg
* Corey Burton - Lickboot
* Michael Bell - Ferdinand
* Kath Soucie - Nibbles "Tuffy" Mouse
* Clancy Brown- Butch Cat
* - Topsy Cat
* Jeff Bergman - Droopy
* Charlie Adler - Dripple, Screwball Squirrel
* Spike Brandt - Spike Bulldog
* Brianne Siddall - Tyke Bulldog
* Dee Bradley Baker - Mikko Mura
* Emma Jackson - Tomoko Mura
* Sonny Byrkett - Ito Mura
* Doug Erholtz - Kita
* Tim Curry - Rodak
* Christopher R. Sabat - Ambassador Magma
* Mona Marshall - Silvar
* Greg Cipes - Gam
* Tony Amendola - Methusan/Narrator
=== Japanese ===
* Setsuji Sato - Thomas "Tom" Cat
* Junko Hori - Jerry Mouse
* Etsuko Kozakura - Nibbles "Tuffy" Mouse
* Yu Shimaka - Spike Bulldog
* Masako Nozawa - Tyke Bulldog, Gam
* Ryoko Shinohara - Robyn Starling
* Hiroya Ishimaru - Mr. Starling, Lickboot
* Sachiko Kobayashi - Aunt Figg
* Chika Sakamoto - Ferdinand
* Ryusei Nakao - Droopy
* Minami Takayama - Mamoru Murakami
* Rica Fukami - Tomoko Murakami, Mol
* Jurota Kosugi - Atsushi Murakami
* Taiten Kusunoki - Goa
** Toru Ohira - Goa (archive recordings/ uncredited)
* Akio Otsuka - Ambassador Magma
== Credits ==
== Production ==
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=== Voice Acting ===
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== Trivia ==
* The film is merged from from the 5th set of eight episodes from the 1966–1967 tokusatsu TV show Ambassador Magma, known in North America as The Space Giants, and internationally Space Avenger.
** Episode 33: The Mini-Monsters
** Episode 34: Attack of the Monster Plants
** Episode 35: A Trap for Goldar
** Episode 36: The Insects
** Episode 37: The Curse of Horonda
** Episode 38: Explosion
** Episode 39: Instant Disaster
** Episode 40: The Clutch of Claw