The Lonesome Mouse (2022 remake)

The Lonesome Mouse is a 2022 remake of the original 1943 Tom and Jerry short of the same name from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co. This is the 168th short in the Tom and Jerry series. The short will be released for the 2022 holiday season, attached as a bonus cartoon to the release of Tom and Jerry: Frosty Returns.

Summary
Jerry (Stephanie Nadolny) finally gets Tom (Richard Kind) thrown from the house by Mammy Two Shoes (Nicole Oliver), but he soon finds life a bore without the cat's tormenting. The two join forces to get Tom back, and up to his old ways.

Plot
Tom is sleeping by the fireplace, but Jerry drops a vase onto his head, framing Tom and causing Mammy Two Shoes to throw him out of the house. Jerry teases Tom from inside, but quickly feels lonely without the cat. Jerry makes a deal with Tom to get him back in the house, snapping Mammy's sock, before shaking a terrified Mammy on a stool.

Jerry then cuts a leg off the stool, and Mammy falls with a big crash, calling for Tom to save her. Tom and Jerry play patty-cake behind a curtain, mimicking fighting sounds, before Jerry turns on the cooker, which Mammy is cowering on. Tom rips a drumstick from a cooked chicken, and shares it with Jerry behind a wall. Tom then chases Jerry into a cupboard, where the mouse chokes the cat before they use the pots and pans as a drum set.

The two then exit the cupboard, staging a fight with a knife and fork, and poke Mammy several times. Tom then grabs a meat cleaver and chops a table leg, a curtain, a table in half, and an apple on top of Jerry's head in half. Jerry notices that last one was a close shave, and as Tom chases after him he asks, "Hey, Tom. We're still kiddin', ain't we?" Tom assures him that they are, then chases Jerry around Mammy, who clumsily hits the cat three times with a broom, aiming for the mouse, before Tom snaps it in half.

Jerry then runs under the carpet, with Mammy in pursuit, before he escapes and Tom puts a tomato down in his place. Mammy hits the tomato and Tom cries, laying down flowers. Tom then receives a reward, a lemon meringue pie. Jerry starts to eat it, but Tom refuses to share it with him, causing Jerry to kick Tom's face into the pie. Jerry is disappointed and mumbles angrily to himself, "Why that dirty double crossing, good for nothing, two-timing pussycat!" and the cartoon ends.

Characters

 * Thomas "Tom" Cat
 * Jerry Mouse
 * Mammy Two Shoes

Cast

 * Nicole Oliver - Mammy Two Shoes
 * Richard Kind - Tom Cat
 * Stephanie Nadolny - Jerry Mouse
 * Frank Welker - A Man's Voice Heard Off-Screen

Credits

 * Production - Turner Entertainment Co., Inc., Warner Bros. Animation, Inc.
 * Animation Services - Digital eMation, Inc
 * Recording: Soundworks
 * Post-Production Sound Services: Advantage Audio, Inc.

Mammy Two Shoes

 * Thomas! You're no-good cat, that's sabotage. Out you go!
 * ♪ I like New York in June, How about you? I like a Gershwin tune, Da-da-da. I like a fireside, Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. I like potato chips, apples and motor trips, How about… ♪ ♪ OUCH!
 * AAH! A MOUSE!
 * THOMAS! GET BACK IN HERE! SAVE ME!
 * Chase him in here, Thomas!
 * Hold him down, Thomas! Don't let him get away!
 * Did I get him?
 * [laughs] Yes, Thomas! You are a hero. Here's a reward for getting rid of that mouse. [chuckles] Boy, you sure are a mouse-catcher.

Tom Cat

 * (hearing Jerry's whistle:) Huh?
 * Yeah.
 * Uh-huh?
 * Ohhh...
 * THAT'S A LULU!
 * Sure, Jerry. Old Mammy Two Shoes will never find out.

Jerry Mouse

 * Woo-hoo-HOO! WAHOO!
 * Mm-mm-mmm.
 * Uh-huh.
 * Huh?
 * Aha!
 * (waving a surrender flag:) Hee hee hee hee!
 * Hey. You wanna get back in the house, don't you, Thomas?
 * Okay, then. (whispering indistinctly into Tom's ear)
 * And you come around... (resumes indistinct whispering)
 * Then we'll both... (finishes indistinct whispering)
 * TIMBER!
 * Hey, Tom. We're still kidding, ain't we?
 * Okay!
 * Why, that dirty, double-crossing, good-for-nothing, two-timing pussycat!

A Man's Voice Heard Off-Screen

 * You never thought you'd miss that cat, did you? Feeling kind of lonesome? Look at Thomas. Jerry, you can't live with him, but there's no fun without him. You know you could get that guy back in here, though... If you really wanted to, couldn't you?