tom and jerry special
Tom And Jerry: The KarateGuard is a 2005 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Joseph Barbera and Spike Brandt. It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to be written, co-directed and co-produced by the characters' co-creator Joseph Barbera before his death. This is also, to date, the last theatrical cartoon to feature or star Tom & Jerry. Jerry learns karate to guard himself from Tom, but it fails drastically, so his "spiritual" mentor summons a "Karate Guard" (an armored Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help. Jerry is provided with a gong to ring to call Spike, and to test it, provokes Tom into a fight in which he rings the gong and Spike subdues Tom violently. The short deals with Tom's attempts to catch Jerry while avoiding Spike, such as placing pillows on his ears. Each attempt fails, until Tom chases Jerry into a toy shop and starts a dogfight on toy planes. Jerry summons Spike, who stops Tom and places him in a bin. Tom calls an exterminator, Butch, along with 3 more cats to remove Spike from the household. They do nothing more than fire paintballs at Spike, who is thrown by the force into the swimming pool. Spike, however, squashes Tom into a bowling ball and uses him to throw the cats out of the garden. In the final scene, Jerry and Spike are watching TV and eating popcorn. Jerry rings his gong, and Tom rushes into the room with more popcorn, immediately bending down to kiss Spike's foot. Spike smiles at Tom, and he and Jerry continue eating. Anakin sides with <b>...</b>
