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 featuring Tom and Jerry. 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.
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.
Key
2 denotes Cinemascope cartoons in pan and scan
3 denotes Oscar winners
4 denotes edited TV prints.
Volume 1
Released on 5 April 2004 (UK version)
Collector's Edition released on 12 April 2004
Side 1 (Volume 1)
Side 2 (Volume 2)
Volume 2
Side 1 (Volume 3)
Side 2 (Volume 4)
Volume 3
Normal version released on 28 Jun. 2004
Collector Edition released on 28 Jun. 2004
Side 1 (Volume 5)
Side 2 (Volume 6)
Volume 4
Normal version released on 26 July 2004
Collector Edition released on 28 Jun. 2004
Side 1 (Volume 7)
Side 2 (Volume 8)
Volume 5
Normal version released on 23 Aug. 2004
Collector Edition Release Date: 18 Oct. 2004
Side 1 (Volume 9)
Side 2 (Volume 10)
All 13 Gene Deitch-era cartoons are present on this DVD.
Volume 6
All 34 Chuck Jones-era cartoons are present on this DVD.
Normal version released on 27 Sept. 2004
Collector Edition Release Date: 18 Oct. 2004
Side 1 (Volume 11)
- Pent-House Mouse
- The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
- Much Ado About Mousing
- Snowbody Loves Me
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life
- Tom-ic Energy
- Bad Day at Cat Rock
- The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
- Haunted Mouse
- I'm Just Wild About Jerry
- Of Feline Bondage
- The Year of the Mouse
- The Cat's Me-Ouch!
- Duel Personality
- Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Side 2 (Volume 12)
- Jerry-Go-Round
- Love Me, Love My Mouse
- Puss 'n' Boats
- Filet Meow
- Matinee Mouse
- The A-Tom-Inable Snowman
- Catty Cornered
- Cat and Dupli-cat
- O-Solar-Meow
- Guided Mouse-ille
- Rock 'n' Rodent
- Cannery Rodent
- The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
- Surf-Bored Cat
- Shutter Bugged Cat
- Advance and Be Mechanized
- Purr-Chance to Dream
Other notes on set
- For unexplained reasons, 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).