Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring is a 2002 direct-to-DVD animated fantasy comedy film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by mh:besttvshows:Warner Bros. Animation. Directed by James Tim Walker and written by Tim Cahill and Julie McNally, it is based on the prime-time winning cat-and-mouse duo of the same-name.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's a MASSIVE improvement over Tom and Jerry: The Movie, mostly with the duo no longer talking and going back to being the silent duos they were.
 * 2) It is very faithful to the original source material.
 * 3) Excellently done animation, with nice facial expressions.
 * 4) Good voice-acting.
 * 5) The return of characters such as Droopy and Butch the Irish Bulldog in this film, marks the first time the characters appeared on-screen in years.
 * 6) The focus is back on the slapstick, which is also funny again.
 * 7) Nice soundtrack, ranging from mystical to fast-paced.
 * 8) Refreshing new plot that also adds the most focus on the titular protagonists out of any Tom and Jerry movie so far, while staying true to the general source material.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Because the ring is magic, it basically means it can do anything the plot demands without any setup.
 * 2) It's never explained how Spike and Tyke escaped the pet shelter.
 * 3) The ending can be considered a little mean-spirited towards Tom. He gets framed by his owner of stealing his powerful magic ring despite that he helped Jerry throughout to remove it while doing his job as usual to guard whatever it can be from harm, somehow leading him being unfairly antagonized by everyone else in the process.

Trivia

 * This movie is dedicated to William Hanna, who passed away during production in 2001.
 * Frank Welker previously voiced Jerry in mh:besttvshows:The Tom and Jerry Kids Show.
 * For unknown reasons, Spike and Tyke are colored brown here and in Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars.
 * Nibbles, a normally silent character, speaks in this film.
 * This is the first Tom and Jerry Direct-to-Video feature to feature veteran voice actor Jim Cummings until Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014).
 * It was the first Tom and Jerry Direct-to-Video film, as well as the first duo's production to be produced by mh:bestvtshows:Warner Bros. Animation, after mh:besttvshows:Turner Broadcasting System had merged with Time Warner (now as WarnerMedia) in 1996, which owns the pre-May 1986 MGM library.
 * Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill, who worked on this film, would later worked on mh:terribletvshows:My Gym Partner's a Monkey for Cartoon Network.