Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is a 2007 American direct-to-video animated Christmas fantasy comedy film. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, and is the first Tom and Jerry film directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. It serves as the fifth direct-to-video Tom and Jerry film and is a semi-adaptation of 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, with Jerry in the role of the Nutcracker and Tom in the role of one of the Mouse King's (who is reimagined as a cat) henchmen.
Aside from being the last Tom and Jerry film to be released in a 1:33:1 full-screen format, A Nutcracker Tale was the last animated production that Hanna-Barbera's co-founder Joseph Barbera worked on before his death on December 18, 2006, and as such, the film was dedicated to his memory.
On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the film would be released on Blu-ray and special edition DVD, and paired with Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers. The bundle was released on October 27, 2020.
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Plot
After watching The Nutcracker, Jerry and his ward Tuffy find themselves pulled into the story by a magic miracle. The stage transforms into a wintry wonderland where the toys all enjoy a dinner feast. However, the magic also affects Tom and the other cats, led by the Cat King, who raid the feast and trap the toys while Jerry, a decoration named Paulie the pixie, and a toy horse named Nelly, who can only speak when someone pulls her string, try to stop them, but they end up shot out of a cannon and blasted far away.
