Tom and Jerry (2001)

Tom and Jerry is a 2001 animated comedy film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is based on the Tom and Jerry franchise created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The movie stars Alicia Morton, Ken Jeong, and Macaulay Culkin with Spike Brandt as the two title characters and Spike and Tara Strong as Tuffy.

The movie is also dedicated to one of the franchise’s creator, William Hanna, who died three months before the movie’s release who also died during production and was the screenplayer along with Joseph Barbera and John Lasseter.

Synopsis
After destroying Mammy Two Shoe’s house, cat and mouse enemies Tom & Jerry (Spike Brandt), along with Jerry’s nephew Tuffy (Tara Strong) must find a home. But when a young girl (Alicia Morton) adopts them and the three are introduced to an new estate. But soon after, the girl’s evil father (Ken Jeong) and his pet bulldog (Spike Brandt) takes care of her and her older brother (Macaulay Culkin) while their mother (Kristen Wiig) is out in a vacation. The evil father and the bulldog plan to get rid of Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy but the children will do everything at costs to protect them, not to also mention that the evil father is looking for a piece of jewelry hidden in the secret vault under the house in the basement with lasers and a security camera. So Tom, Jerry, Tuffy, and the children must get it before the bulldog and the father do before things go wild!

Plot
As Tom & Jerry are chasing eachother, they destroy Mammy Two Shoes’ house, causing them to get kicked out along with Tuffy. Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy decide to go their separate ways and live a new life by sleeping on a puddle or in a dumpster.

Meanwhile, a young girl named Abby Lee finds the three together and decides to adopt them into a nice & lovely place where Tom & Jerry decide to get along (sometimes) and bet provided by healthy food. The mother (Kristen Wiig) and her assistant (Mike Myers) tell the children that they are going on vacation (only the mother and the butler) and says that the father (Ken Jeong) will watch them. Joey (Macaulay Culkin) says that George is evil but the mother says that he isn’t.

She calls the father and leaves the house. Five minutes later, Tom & Jerry are relaxing until they see someone (the father) and a bulldog (Spike Brandt) entering the house. The father sees Tom & Jerry and pretends to be nice to them along with Tuffy. Meanwhile, while Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy have a private meeting with them, he threatens to take them away from this house once and for all and look for a piece of jewelry hideen somewhere around the house. Tuffy goes and sees that Abby and Joey are locked up in their rooms for not doing their chores.

Tuffy then uses Tom’s head to bust through the door but it doesn’t work, causing Tom to get knocked out. Jerry then lets Tuffy step back and use a chair to open the door and it works. Tuffy explains what happened to them and Abby tells that their dad locked them in. Spike then locks the door saying “See ya, later losers! We have something to look for in this house.” Abby, Tuffy, Jerry, Joey, and Tom then gasp in shock. 3 minutes later, they hatch an escape plan by crawling through the vent and going to the mother’s room. The five make it to the mother’s room and try to stop the evil father and Spike.

While the father and Spike dodge the lasers in the secret basement, Abby, Tuffy, Jerry, Joey, and Tom break down into the basement and Tuffy gives them flashlights to see anything suspicious. They see bright red stuff in the vent, leading to the mysterious jewelry piece. Tom, Abby, Joey, Jerry, and Joey then find Martin and Spike. Jerry then uses Tom to go through the lasers, causing his skin to fall off.