Tom and Jerry: The Wind in the Willows

Tom and Jerry: The Wind in the Willows is a 2018 American direct-to-DVD animated musical comedy film, featuring the characters from Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Warner Home Video and based on the novel by Kenneth Grahame, the film is also an animated adaptation of the 1983 stop motion animation film, with the addition of Tom and Jerry being characters in the plot and as seen through their point of view. Planned to be released on DVD on March 6, 2018.

Plot
Tired of spring cleaning, Mole ventures out of his underground home. On the way out, he runs into Tom and Jerry and quickly befriends them. They go for a walk in the countryside and soon come to a river where they meet and befriend Ratty (Rat for short) who lives there. Rat takes Mole, Tom and Jerry on a picnic where they notice Badger (who appears behind the bushes) and ask him to join them, but after briefly noticing Tom and Jerry in concern, he just mutters "Hmmm! Company!" and walks off home (though he still is their friend). Rat starts to warn Mole, Tom and Jerry of the Wild Wood and its inhabitants, but they are interrupted by the arrival of the Chief Weasel and his henchman. While the Chief distracts them, his henchman steals a jar of potted meat and they make their getaway. Ratty then sees Otter teaching his son, Portly how to swim. He asks him and Portly to join them and they gladly accept.

Ratty then takes Mole, Tom and Jerry to visit his friend Mr. Toad at Toad Hall, and Toad himself asks them to come with him on a caravan trip on the Open Road; with his horse Alfred pulling it. Ratty really misses his home on the river but does not want to disappoint his friends. On the Open Road, disaster strikes as a passing motorcar sends Alfred running away in a panic and the caravan into a ditch. Toad suddenly decides he no longer wants to travel by Alfred and the caravan cart, and thinks that motor cars are the only way to travel. As time goes by, Rat, Mole, Tom and Jerry can do nothing but look on as Toad buys and then almost immediately crashes his cars one after another. In winter, Rat, Mole, Tom and Jerry are extremely worried and they decide to call on Badger to see if he has any suggestions; if there's anyone Toad will listen to, it is Badger. But Rat falls asleep, refusing to take Mole, Tom and Jerry to the Wild Wood.

Mole then decides to go to the Wild Wood to see Badger and brings Tom and Jerry along. He asks a henchman weasel for directions to Badger's house, but he tells Mole, Tom & Jerry the wrong way to go and they become scared and lost. Mole's cry for Rat echoed, and back at the river bank; it wakes him up. Ratty soon notices Mole, Tom and Jerry's absence and finds a note written by Mole telling him where he and Tom and Jerry have gone. Rat takes some pistols and a cudgel and hurries along to the Wild Wood to find them. After Rat finds Mole, Tom and Jerry, they literally stumble across Badger's house (Mole hurts his foot on Badger's door scraper buried in the snow) and knocks on the door. Badger, annoyed at his relaxing night being disturbed, opens the door and gets ready to tell off whoever it is who has interrupted his rest, but on seeing that it is Rat, Mole, Tom and Jerry outside, he lets them in. They warm themselves in front of the fire and Badger offers them each a hot drink. They discuss Toad's careless driving.

The next morning, the river bankers, Jerry and Tom turn up at Toad Hall and try to tell Toad that what he is doing is wrong, and attempt to make him promise that he will never go near a motor car again. But Toad won't listen to Badger's advice, so the five lock Toad in his bedroom; ensuring they guard him day and night. The next day, Toad feigns (fake) illness and asks Ratty to fetch a lawyer. Taking advantage of the distraction, Toad then escapes and Rat, Badger, Mole, Otter, Tom and Jerry chase Toad but can't find him. Toad stops a motorist Reggie (who consistently mistakes him for a frog) and his wife Rosemary, tricks them and steals their car, and shouts insults at a policeman, calling him "Fat face!" after nearly running them over. Meanwhile, Mole becomes homesick and he, Tom, Jerry, Ratty and Otter visit Mole End, and spend Christmas there. Some Caroling field mice (Including Tuffy) turn up and after they have finish their song, Rat, Otter, Mole, Tom and Jerry invite them inside for a Christmas feast, but they don't have very good news to share. When Tuffy tells Rat, Mole and Otter that Toad has been arrested, Tom and Jerry overhear. They are consumed with guilt for their friend.

Meanwhile, in the court, Mrs. Carrington-Moss; the magistrate herself sentenced Toad to "twelve months for the theft, three years for furious driving, and fifteen years for the cheek", with another year added for "being green" which makes "twenty years" in jail. Tom and Jerry show up and try to prove that it was really the Chief Weasel who put him up to it, but nobody believes them. Misunderstandingly, Mrs. Carrington-Moss thinks they were Toad's henchmen and sentences them to be locked up as well.

The Jailer's Daughter, Clarabelle, feels sorry for Toad, Tom, and Jerry. She helps them escape by disguising them as "washerwomen". Toad acts his way as the humble "washerwoman" into a train driver at a local railway giving him and his friends a free ride home with the cat and mouse, but it isn't long until another train with the Police, Reggie, Rosemary, Mrs. Carrington-Moss and the Clerk (Droopy) are after them. Toad is found out but the engine driver still lets him, Tom and Jerry escape. However, Tuffy arrives to show the chasers the evidence that he somehow managed to get ahold of from the Weasels. Finally realizing that Tom and Jerry were telling the truth, the chasers decide to give the prisoners a full pardon.

Meanwhile, Toad and his gang meet up with a bargewoman named Mary who brings them on as long as Toad who she thought was a washerwoman would clean her washing. But Toad's antics reveal his identity to Mary, who views amphibians as vermin and throws him and his friends overboard. Luckily, the horse dragging the barge turns out to be Alfred who Toad sets free and they head to Toad Hall.

Toad calls in at Ratty's on the way home and Rat tells him the Weasels have over thrown Badger and taken over Toad Hall. Toad is upset after losing his ancestral home, but Badger has a plan. They team up with Otter and Alfred. The next night, the friends sneak through the secret tunnel and fight the weasels and drive them away (except Toad, Tom and Jerry who are fighting the Weasels on the chandeliers). But they manage to fall on top of the Chief Weasel and he runs away, not before swearing revenge on the eight animals. However the police arrive to tell the Weasels that they will have revenge on no one and arrest them for framing Mr. Toad. After victory, Badger, Mole, Otter, and Ratty settle down and think of the peaceful future, until Toad flies by in his new "Flying Machine" with Tom and Jerry on board. Alfred thinks that he is now finally considered, but the other river bankers are enraged until Toad's machine engine runs out. Everyone then becomes horrified as they watch Toad, Tom and Jerry fall into the river along with the plane. During the end credits, the river bankers are pulling Toad, Tom and Jerry out of the river.

Characters

 * Tom, a grey cat. Gruff but well-meaning.
 * Jerry, a brown mouse. Clever, Cheeky and kind.
 * Tuffy, a grey diaper-wearing mouse, Jerry's Nephew. In this movie, he is one of the Caroling field mice.
 * Mole, a humble and friendly creature who is talented with digging,
 * Rat, a clever and cranky but noble rodent who lives near a river and is a great boat-rower.
 * Mr. Toad, a crazy, reckless amphibian with a craze for motorcars.
 * Badger, a gruff but wise, benevolent and bold hermit from the Wild Wood and the narrator of the story.
 * Chief Weasel, a maniacal and sly crime-boss
 * Droopy, a droopy noble but just bulldog. In this movie, he's the clerk.
 * Spike, a grey, rough Bulldog. In this movie, he is the jailer.
 * Mrs. Carrigton-Moss: The magistrate who sentences Mr. Toad for the crimes the weasel-gang set him up to.
 * Clarabelle, the jailer's daughter who helps Toad, Tom and Jerry escape Jail by disguising them as washer women.
 * Mary, the barge woman who takes Alfred to pull her barge but Toad takes Alfred back.
 * Toodles Galore, Tom Cat's love-interest.
 * Alfred, Mr. Toad's horse who thinks he's left out of everything.
 * Otter, a friend of the animals. Once Rat finds his son Portly, Otter returns the favor by helping Mr. Toad and his friends take back Toad Hall.

Cast

 * James Corden as Mr. Toad
 * Jim Broadbent as Ratty
 * Michael Sheen as Mole
 * Gerard Butler as Badger/Narrator
 * Kath Souice as Tuffy
 * Maggie Smith as Mrs. Carrington-Moss
 * Emma Watson as Clarabelle
 * Emily O'Brien as Mary
 * Jeff Bergman as Droopy
 * Clancy Brown as Spike
 * Gary Oldman as Chief Weasel
 * Tara Strong as Caroling field mice
 * Craig Ferguson as Engineer
 * Patrick Stewart as Alfred
 * David Tennant as Otter
 * Jeff Bennett as Reggie the motorist
 * Tom Kenny as Henchman Weasel
 * Frank Welker as Weasels
 * Grey Griffin as Toodles Galore/Portly

Workprint #1
Mr. Badger (Narratng): I remember the adventure well. It began on a seemingly ordinary day on England.... with a seemingly ordinary mole who worked hard. But even ordinary people can do greatness.

Ratty: Where is the potted meat?

Ratty: Hardly anything worth better than messing about in a boat.

(after the car has gone by)

Ratty: You scoundrels. You villains. You highway men, You noodles. You twits. You.... you irresponsible, arrogant road-hogs! You almost hit someone. I'll report you to the police! I'll get you, I will! You rotters!

Mole: Toad, are you okay?

Mr. Toad: (laughs) Now that is the only way to travel. Here today, there tomorrow. Poop, poop.

Ratty: Uh-oh, he's got a craze. A new one.


 * Ratty: Oh, Moley, Tom and Jerry. Gone to the Wild Wood alone. As did my father .... and weasels devoured him. Well, I refuse to let it happen to my friends.


 * Mr. Badger: Arrogance can lead to pain, Ratty. This is proof. This underground network was once a city. Long ago, Romans roamed it..... and eventually fell to their own arrogance and greed.
 * Mr. Badger: You brought all this on yourself, Toad. You ignored all the warnings your elders lent you. You abused all the wealth your father left you. You ruined our good name, and this of your people with your reckless driving and your smashes and your pride and your rows with police. Your mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, all before you. They'd be ashamed of your actions, especially because you did the rash actions of dealing with the Chief Weasel. He's playing you. Using you as he used Moly to lure Ratty to a trap. He'd betray you. Your actions caused chaos. But there's time to redeem.

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: To my mind, the only difficulty that presents itself in this otherwise, very clear case is how we can possibly make it sufficiently hot... (sees Toad standing at the dock, crying) ...for the incorrigible rogue or hardened ruffian under the name of Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, whom we see sobbing on the dock before us.

(The weasels mockingly cry out boo-hoos, but Mrs. Carrington-Moss bangs her gavel a few times)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Be quiet! I now speak to the prisoner. (looks back at Toad who is still crying) Mr. Toad? Will you stop weeping and listen carefully?

Toad: (sniffs) Ye..yes, Mrs. Carrington-Moss. Sorry.

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: You were charged with stealing a motorcar, driving to the public danger, and for insulting a leading member of the police. Is is true that you just called him a Fat Face?

Toad: Yes, it's true. (thinking to himself) [''But insulting don't mean any harm. What's the deal anyway?'']

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Then in this case, that's all the clearest evidence. That's why you are found guilty too.

Toad: Surely we can talk about this? Tea and muffins?

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: (annoyed with Toad's attempted suggestion) Thanks for your suggestion, but no. There will not be any excuses for this crime you have done, especially teatimes.

Toad: Oh, c'mon! This is all a mess-up! It serves the motorists right for breaking my cart and spooking my horse!

Reggie: Well, we didn't mean to. We were just passing by.

(Toad laughs and so did the weasels, only to stop when Mrs. Carrington-Moss yell out a command to tell everyone to be quiet)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: SILENCE IN THE COURT! (Bangs her gavel six times) Clerk? Please tell me, what is the very stiffest penalty that we can impose for each of these offences without giving Mr. Toad the benefit of any doubt, of course? There isn't any.

(The clerk, Droopy, looked up to Mrs. Carrington-Moss quietly)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Come on, Clerk, speak. How long do we sentence our prisoner to?

Clerk (Droopy): (clears his throat) Supposing you were to say twelve months for the theft, which is mild; and three years for the furious driving, which is lenient; and fifteen years for the cheek, which was pretty bad.

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Namely, calling him Fat Face!

Constable: (Coughs) Now then.

Clerk (Droopy): And that adds up to..

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Nineteen years!

Toad: Nineteen years!?

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: And another year for being green. Twenty years!

(The weasels cheer until the courtroom door suddenly bursts open, with Tom & Jerry standing there in lawyer suits, looking confident and they are holding a notepad saying Stop!)

Toad: Tom and Jerry?

(Tom & Jerry walk up to Toad and write on their notepad, Don't worry, Toad, we found out that the Chief Weasel set you up and we'll tell this to the Judge.)

Toad: Thank you, you two.

(Tom & Jerry walk up to Carrington-Moss who looks down on them.)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: And what do you have to say, kitty cat and little mouse?

(Tom writes on the notepad It was the Chief Weasel who set up Mr. Toad!)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: (Gasps) Really? (Turns her attention to weasels)

Chief Weasel: What? Me?

(Jerry writes on the notepad He's the victim!)

Chief Weasel: Don't listen to them, they're lying.

(Tom & Jerry write No we're not! on their notepad)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: Nice try, cat and mouse. You two are also to be sentenced to locked up for twenty years for trying to frame the weasels and stealing motor cars with Mr. Toad.

Toad: (Defeated) Oh.


 * Clarabelle: There's no need to cry, Toad. We all mess up. But more important is we learn from errors. Dress up as my aunt.


 * Toad: But I'd look daft. Why?


 * Clarabelle: How else would you get out before those rogues steal your house?


 * Toad: We'll look ridiculous.

(Tom & Jerry nod in agreement)


 * Clarabelle: You don't have any other choice.


 * Mr. Toad: Okay.


 * Mary: No toads on my nice, clean barge! Get out, you slimy freak!

Toad: How dare you say that! Rude woman! That is a frog, you're thinking of!

Mary: I don't care, I still won't have you or your cat friend or your mouse friend on my boat! OUT! OR I WILL BEAT ALL OF YOU UP!

(She holds up a oar and throws Toad overboard, she throws Tom and Jerry overboard as well)

Alfred: Toad, Tom, Jerry! There you are, you lot.

Toad: Alfred, what are you doing here?

Alfred: It's a long story. Unhitch me, quick. Hop on my back, I'll get us out of here.

(Toad unhitches his horse, then he, Tom and Jerry mount and ride off, Mary is shocked)

Mary: Come back here, you thieves!

Alfred: I'm not your horse, I'm Mr. Toad's!

Toad: Farewell, you oar hitter!

(Tom & Jerry blow raspberries at her)

(Mary growls in frustration and shakes her fist angrily at Toad, Tom, Jerry and Alfred)

Mr. Toad: Chief Weasel set me up. Badger, I should've heeded your warning. That rogue was a lying, treasonous fraud. A rogue. Oooooh.

Badger: Enough, Toad. No more tears.


 * (Toad sees Mole as a washerwomen through the telescope.)

Mole (falsetto): Hello, Toad.

Toad: Why, that's...

Mole (normal): I say you fellows I had such a time

Toad: The... Oh. Where have you been, Mole.

Mole: Why to Toad Hall of course. I marched up there as Boulder's brass. Good morning, gentlemen. Said I to the centuries, very respectful. Want any washing done? And the sergeant he says to me Run away, my good woman, run away. Run away?, says I. It won't be me that'll be running away short time for now. You're going to be attacked. (laughing).

Otter: You didn't say that now, Mole.

Mole: I said a lot more. 100,000 blood thirsty Badgers, I said, Are going to attack Toad Hall with 6 boatloads of rats on to the tea, cats, mice, moles, otters, wild horses, and a big body of Toads known as the die hard or death of glory Toads will storm the orchard yelling for vengeance. There won't be much left for you to wash, I said, By the time they've done with you, (laughing hysterically).

Toad: Oh, Mole, you silly underground animal, you ruined the surprise. You've been and spoiled everything!

Mole: Toad, shortly Badger told you.

Badger: Mole, you have done well. I am exceedingly pleased with you.

Toad: What? But...

Badger: Now it all depends upon tonight.

Otter: Badger's right, chaps. But how are we going to get into Toad hall without being seen by the Weasels?

Badger: Leave that to me, Otter.

Alfred: Never underestimate a small creature.

Trivia

 * This new Tom and Jerry movie will coincide with the 35th anniversary of The Wind in the Willows (1983–1990), a stop motion animated television film and series, which is made for Thames Television and ITV by Cosgrove-Hall Productions, the studio of the Noddy series (1975–1982, 1992–2001), Danger Mouse (1981–1992), Count Duckula (1988–1993) and The BFG (1989).
 * David Jason, the original voices of Mr. Toad and the Chief Weasel in the stop motion series, was going to reprise his roles for these characters, but is replaced by James Corden who took over as Toad's new voice. He is also known for his voice-action work for Cosgrove-Hall Productions as the voices of suck title characters including Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and The BFG (Big Friendly Giant). Gary Oldman, the new voice of the Chief Weasel, is known for playing villains in True Romance, The 5th Element, Air Force One and The Contender.
 * G-Rated for mild comic violence, rude humour, very mild comedy, and mild threat.
 * Maggie Smith, who plays Mrs Carrington-Moss with a near Beryl Reid accent, is known to played Professor McGonagle on the Harry Potter movies, Thetis on Clash of the Titans (1981), Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey,  Wendy Darling on Hook, Lady Bluebury on Gnomeo and Juliet, and Mrs. Agatha Docherty on Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.
 * Running Time: 83 Minutes.
 * Music by Harry Gregson-Williams.
 * Original Music and Songs by Keith Hopwood, Herman's Hermits and Malcolm Rowe.

Songs

 * Duck's Ditty - Ratty and Mole, Chorus
 * The Open Road - Toad, Mole, Ratty and Alfred.
 * Carol of the Field Mice - Field Mice.
 * The Song of Mr. Toad - Toad.
 * When the Toad Came Home - Toad, Chorus.
 * The Wind in the Willows (theme) (end credits/extended version) - Ralph McTell, Chorus

Transcripts
Tom and Jerry: The Wind in the Willows/Transcript