Mice and Cats Don't Dance

Christian Kirksley

Trainzville (Jordan Shingler)

Professor Hulk

Christian Kirksley

Trainzville (Jordan Shingler)

Professor Hulk

"Tom and Jerry Theme" by Scott Bradley

Christian Kirksley

Trainzville (Jordan Shingler)

Professor Hulk

**Mice and Cats Don't Dance** is an upcoming crossover film. It is based on the same film, Cats Don't Dance, but the title has 'Mice' in it.

## Synopsis

A young ambitious cat named Danny, and cat and mouse duo, Tom and Jerry come to Hollywood with a song in their heart, dancing moves in their feet, and the dream of becoming movie stars. When they get there, they learn that they can get no part other than the stereotypical cat and mouse roles with "meow" and "squeak" being their sole lines. With their friends, including a discouraged female dancer turned secretary named Sawyer, and Twilight Sparkle, they set out to change that situation. However, Darla Dimple, the child star, and Cozy Glow, the foul-hearted filly are also out to ensure that the gang will never get that chance and become a threat to her career.

## Characters

* Danny
* Tom
* Jerry
* Darla Dimple
* Cozy Glow
* Twilight Sparkle
* Pinkie Pie
* Rainbow Dash
* Fluttershy
* Rarity
* Applejack
* Spike
* Hal
* Squeeks
* Daisy
* Rudi
* Trudi
* Sawyer
* Pudge
* Frances
* Cranston Goat
* T.W. Turtle
* Woolie
* Tillie Hippo
* L.B. Mammoth
* Flanigan
* Max
* Tirek
* Queen Chrysalis
* Bus Driver
* Wubbzy
* Daizy (Cheering only)
* Widget (Cheering only)
* Walden (Cheering only)
* Dorothy (Mentioned)
* Toto (Mentioned)

## Songs

* Our Time Has Come
* Danny's Arrival Song
* Little Boat On The Sea
* Animal Jam
* Big and Loud
* Tell Me Lies
* Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

## Cast

* Scott Bakula as Danny
* Richard Kind as Tom
* Dana Hill as Jerry
* Ashley Peldon as Darla Dimple
* Sunni Westbrook as Cozy Glow
* Jasmine Guy as Sawyer
* Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle and Daizy
* Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
* Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
* Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Spike
* Matthew Herried as Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemyer
* David Holt as Rudi
* Janet James as Trudi
* Taran Kilam as Nature Cat
* Bobby Moynihan as Hal
* Kate McKinnon as Squeeks
* Kate Micucci as Daisy
* Kathleen Barr as Queen Chrysalis
* Marc Acheson as Lord Tirek
* Kathy Najimy as Tillie Hippo
* John Rhys-Davies as Woolie the Mammoth
* Betty Lou Gerson as Frances Albacore
* Hal Holbrook as Cranston Goat
* Don Knotts as T.W. Turtle
* George Kennedy as L.B. Mammoth
* René Auberjonois as Flanagan
* Mark Dindal as Max
* Frank Welker as Farley Wink
* David Johansen as Bus Driver
* Grey Griffin as Wubbzy
* Lara Jill Miller as Widget
* Carlos Alazraqui as Walden
* Peter Renaday as Narrator
* William Hanna as Tom and Jerry (Uncredited)
* Cathy Weseluck as Spike (Uncredited)
* Jeff Bennett as Tom (Uncredited)
* Frank Welker as Jerry (Uncredited)

## Trivia

* This is the first crossover special to have Tom and Jerry as the main protagonists.
* This is another animated film produced by Turner Feature Animation studio. In the midst of production, Ted Turner sold all his companies to Time Warner (WarnerMedia), and Turner Animation was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation.
* This is the first film not to feature Dorothy, Toto, Dora, Boots, Leo, Annie, June and Quincy, but the latter two were mentioned by Tom and Jerry at some points of the film.
* A direct-to-video sequel was planned, but due to the film's poor box office it was ultimately shelved.
* This was Betty Lou Gerson's last film before her death in 1999.
* Gene Kelly acted as a choreography consultant (un-redited) for the film shortly before he passed away in 1996.
* The poster parodies at the end are all of movies either from Warner Bros. Studios, its subsidiary New Line Cinema, or owned by Turner Entertainment. The filmmakers originally conceived of parodies of other famous films such as *The Sound of Music* and *Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope*, but was ultimately abandoned them because it would have required paying licensing fees to the owners.
* In one scene, Danny, Tom and Jerry land on a cement block from Gauman's Chinese Theater that has Gene Kelly's feet and hand prints (although he did not arrive in Hollywood until 1941, two years after this film takes place and did not place his feet and hands in cement until 1969).
* The Mammoth Pictures logo, a parody of MGM's logo sports the Latin motto "Optimum Estaximum" - "Bigger is Better". MGM's actual motto is "Ars Gratia Artis" or "Art for Art's Sake", which often used for the Tom and Jerry cartoons.
* "L. B. Mammoth" is a clear parody of Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro Goldwyn Mayer from 1924 to 1951.
* Darla's butler Max is clearly a reference, in name and appearance, to Erich von Stroheim's sinister character Max von Mayerling from the film *Sunset Boulevard*.
* The celebrities that were caricatured are (in order): Jimmy Durante, Bette Davis, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Mae West, Joan Crawford, Cary Grant, W.C. Fields and Clark Gable.
* Ashley Peldon (Darla Dimple's) guest starred in the final season of *Quantum Leap* which Scott Bakula (Danny) was the star of.
* In 2018, *Teen Titans Go: To the Movies* was blamed for stealing its story, as well as that of *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut*'s.