- The KarateGuard
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = The KarateGuard
series =Tom and Jerry
caption = The title card of "Karate Guard"
director =Joseph Barbera
Spike Brandt
story_artist =Joseph Barbera (screenwriting andstoryboard )Iwao Takamoto (storyboard only)
animator =
voice_actor =Keone Young as Ancient Wise OneSpike Brandt as TomTony Cervone as Butch
musician =Michael Giacchino
producer = Executive Producers:Joseph Barbera Sam Register Sander Schwartz Supervising Producer:Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
distributor =Warner Bros. Animation
release_date =2005
color_process = Color
runtime = 8 minutes
preceded_by = "Purr-Chance to Dream " ( (final "Tom and Jerry" cartoon produced by Chuck Jones))
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0482053"The KarateGuard" is a 2005 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Joseph Barbera and Spike Brandt. It was the last Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon produced and directed by
Joseph Barbera before his death.Plot
Jerry's efforts to guard himself from his nemesis Tom by using karate fails so he gets a bodyguard (reminiscent of Spike). Tom calls the exterminator - Butch - who arrives with 3 other cats and shoots Jerry's bodyguard with
paintball guns. Afterwards having destroyed the cats, Jerry's bodyguard and Jerry are watching a movie using Tom as a popcorn bringer.Notes
*The currently last Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon short.
*This is the first and last cartoon ever since 1953'sJust Ducky and that Tom is shown with a grey stripe separating his eyes.
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