Tom and Jerry: The Classic Collection

Tom and Jerry: The Classic Collection is a series of Region 2 DVD sets released by Warner Home Video. The sets include selected Tom and Jerry shorts on each volume. These DVDs are available in 6 double-sided DVDs (issued in the United Kingdom) and 12 single-layer DVDs (issued throughout Europe and Australia). The DVDs in the UK were re-released as "Collector Editions", which were Digipak versions with 2 Volumes inside.

The UK box set version

None of the cartoons in the set have been restored; all were sourced by TV prints created by Turner Entertainment in the 1990s for Cartoon Network and Boomerang airings. Some of the cartoons in these DVD sets are censored due to perceived racial stereotypes.

Shorts produced in CinemaScope are presented in pan and scan for showing on the 4:3 aspect ratio television screen, except for remake shorts The Egg and Jerry, Tops with Pops and Feedin' the Kiddie. These shorts are not in anamorphic widescreen, like the American Spotlight collections; instead, they are in a 4:3 windowbox format and appear to be sourced from the laserdisc set (The Art Of Tom and Jerry) or are an early release of the copies found on the spotlight releases.

Key

2 denotes Cinemascope cartoons in pan and scan
3 denotes Oscar winners
4 denotes edited TV prints, mainly redubbed Mammy Two Shoes. Other edits as noted.

Volume 1

Released on 5 April 2004 (UK version)

Collector's Edition released on 12 April 2004

Side 1 (Volume 1)
  1. Puss Gets the Boot4
  2. The Midnight Snack4
  3. The Night Before Christmas
  4. Fraidy Cat
  5. Dog Trouble4
  6. Puss n' Toots4
  7. The Yankee Doodle Mouse3
  8. Sufferin' Cats!
  9. The Bowling Alley Cat
  10. Fine Feathered Friend
  11. The Lonesome Mouse4
  12. Baby Puss

Side 2 (Volume 2)
  1. The Zoot Cat
  2. The Bodyguard
  3. Puttin' on the Dog
  4. Mouse Trouble3
  5. The Mouse Comes to Dinner
  6. Mouse in Manhattan
  7. Tee for Two
  8. Flirty Birdy4 (muted dialog of the bird)
  9. Quiet Please!3
  10. Springtime for Thomas
  11. The Milky Waif4 (black face gag cut)
  12. Trap Happy

Volume 2

Released on 3 May 2004

Side 1 (Volume 3)
  1. Solid Serenade
  2. Cat Fishin'
  3. Part Time Pal
  4. The Cat Concerto3
  5. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
  6. Salt Water Tabby
  7. A Mouse in the House4 (Black face gag cut)
  8. The Invisible Mouse
  9. Kitty Foiled
  10. The Truce Hurts4 (Black face gag cut)
  11. Old Rockin' Chair Tom4
  12. Professor Tom
  13. Mouse Cleaning (uncut)

Side 2 (Volume 4)
  1. Polka-Dot Puss4
  2. The Little Orphan34 (Black face gag cut)
  3. Hatch Up Your Troubles
  4. Heavenly Puss
  5. The Cat and the Mermouse
  6. Love That Pup
  7. Jerry's Diary
  8. Tennis Chumps
  9. Little Quacker
  10. Saturday Evening Puss4
  11. Texas Tom
  12. Jerry and the Lion
  13. Safety Second

Volume 3

Normal version released on 28 June 2004

Collector Edition released on 28 June 2004

Side 1 (Volume 5)
  1. Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
  2. The Framed Cat4
  3. Cue Ball Cat
  4. Casanova Cat (uncut)
  5. Jerry and the Goldfish
  6. Jerry's Cousin
  7. Sleepy-Time Tom4
  8. His Mouse Friday4 (edited)
  9. Slicked-up Pup
  10. Nit-Witty Kitty4
  11. Cat Napping
  12. The Flying Cat
  13. The Duck Doctor

Side 2 (Volume 6)
  1. The Two Mouseketeers3
  2. Smitten Kitten
  3. Triplet Trouble
  4. Little Runaway
  5. Fit To Be Tied
  6. Push-Button Kitty4
  7. Cruise Cat
  8. The Dog House
  9. The Missing Mouse
  10. Jerry and Jumbo
  11. Johann Mouse3
  12. That's My Pup!
  13. Just Ducky

Volume 4

Normal version released on 26 July 2004

Collector Edition released on 28 June 2004

Side 1 (Volume 7)
  1. Two Little Indians
  2. Life with Tom4 (black face gag from The Little Orphan's cut)
  3. Puppy Tale
  4. Posse Cat
  5. Hic-cup Pup
  6. Little School Mouse
  7. Baby Butch
  8. Mice Follies
  9. Neapolitan Mouse
  10. Downhearted Duckling
  11. Pet Peeve2
  12. Touché, Pussy Cat!2
  13. Southbound Duckling2

Side 2 (Volume 8)
  1. Pup on a Picnic
  2. Mouse for Sale
  3. Designs on Jerry
  4. Tom and Chérie2
  5. Smarty Cat
  6. Pecos Pest
  7. That's My Mommy2
  8. The Flying Sorceress2
  9. The Egg and Jerry
  10. Muscle Beach Tom2
  11. Down Beat Bear2
  12. Blue Cat Blues2
  13. Barbecue Brawl2

Volume 5

Normal version released on 23 August 2004

Collector Edition released on 18 October 2004

Side 1 (Volume 9)
  1. Tops with Pops
  2. Timid Tabby2
  3. Feedin' the Kiddie4
  4. Mucho Mouse2
  5. Tom's Photo Finish2
  6. Happy Go Ducky2
  7. Royal Cat Nap2
  8. The Vanishing Duck2
  9. Robin Hoodwinked2
  10. Tot Watchers2

Side 2 (Volume 10)

All 13 Gene Deitch-era cartoons are present on this DVD. (MGM cooperated with Rembrandt Films to produce them.)

  1. Switchin' Kitten
  2. Down and Outing
  3. It's Greek to Me-ow!
  4. High Steaks
  5. Mouse into Space
  6. Landing Stripling
  7. Calypso Cat
  8. Dicky Moe
  9. The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
  10. Tall in the Trap
  11. Sorry Safari
  12. Buddies Thicker Than Water
  13. Carmen Get It!

Volume 6

All 34 Chuck Jones-era cartoons are present on this DVD, in filmed Academy Ratio of 1.37 unlike the Chuck Jones Collection which is presitented in matted 1.75

Normal version released on 27 September 2004

Collector Edition released on 18 October 2004

Disc 1 (Volume 11)
  1. Pent-House Mouse
  2. The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
  3. Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
  4. Much Ado About Mousing
  5. Snowbody Loves Me
  6. The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
  7. Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life
  8. Tom-ic Energy
  9. Bad Day at Cat Rock
  10. The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
  11. Haunted Mouse
  12. I'm Just Wild About Jerry
  13. Of Feline Bondage
  14. The Year of the Mouse
  15. The Cat's Me-Ouch!
  16. Duel Personality
  17. Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary

Disc 2 (Volume 12)
  1. Jerry-Go-Round
  2. Love Me, Love My Mouse
  3. Puss 'n' Boats
  4. Filet Meow
  5. Matinee Mouse
  6. The A-Tom-Inable Snowman
  7. Catty Cornered
  8. Cat and Dupli-cat
  9. O-Solar Meow
  10. Guided Mouse-ille
  11. Rock 'n' Rodent
  12. Cannery Rodent
  13. The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
  14. Surf-Bored Cat
  15. Shutter Bugged Cat
  16. Advance and Be Mechanized
  17. Purr-Chance to Dream

Other notes on set

Two cartoons have been omitted: The Million Dollar Cat and Busy Buddies. They are, however, included in the US version (Spotlight Collection Vol 1 and Vol 3).

See also
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