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 Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the novel by Kenneth Grahame. The film is 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. Coming soon on DVD in 6, March 2018.

Plot
Fed up with spring cleaning, Mole ventures out of his underground home. On the way out, he runs into Tom & 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 (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 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 takes Mole, Tom and Jerry to visit his friend Toad at Toad Hall, and Toad 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 into 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 & 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 & 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 they 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. Toad then escapes and Rat, Badger, Mole, 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 and Ratty visit Mole End, and spend Christmas there. Some Caroling field mice (Including Tuffy) turn up and after they have finish their song, Rat, 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 and Mole 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. Thinking that they are Toad's henchmen, Mrs. Carrington-Moss sentences them to be locked up as well.

The Jailer's Daughter 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 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 are after him. Toad is found out but the engine driver still lets him 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.

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 (who had somehow been taken by Mary the Barge woman, but was then taken back by Toad). 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 & Jerry on board. Alfred thinks that he is now finally considered.

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
 * Cherie, Jerry Mouse's love-interest.
 * Droopy, a droopy noble but just bulldog. In this movie, he's the clerk.
 * Butch, Droopy Dog's co star. 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.
 * Rosemary, 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. Mr. Toad takes Alfred back.
 * Toodles Galore, A beautiful white female cat; Tom Cat's love-interest.
 * Alfred, Mr. Toad's horse who thinks he's left out of everything.

Cast

 * as Tom
 * as Jerry
 * James Corden as 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 Rosemary
 * Jeff Bergman as Droopy
 * Clancy Brown as Butch
 * Gary Oldman as Chief Weasel
 * Tara Strong as Caroling field mice
 * Craig Ferguson as Train Driver
 * Patrick Stewart as Alfred
 * David Tennant as Otter
 * Jeff Bennett as Reggie the motorist
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Henchman Weasel/Weasels
 * Grey Griffin as Toodles Galore

Quotes
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: 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!

Mr. Toad: 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 dad 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 mum and dad. Your grandpa and grandma. 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: Mr. Toad, you were charged with stealing a motorcar, driving to the public danger, and for insulting a leading member of the police!

Toad: Surely we can talk about this? C'mon. Tea and muffins. 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, only to stop when he sees Mrs. Carrington-Moss's glare)

Mrs. Carrington-Moss: SILENCE IN THE COURT! (Bangs her gavel six times) Clerk.

Clerk (Droopy): 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.

(Everyone cheers 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 & 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: Wha? Us?

(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.


 * Rosemary: 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?


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


 * Toad: We'll look ridiculous.

(Tom & Jerry nod in agreement)


 * Rosemary: 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!

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

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

Trivia

 * Gary Oldman who voices Chief Weasel is known for playing villains in True Romance, The 5th Element, Air Force One and The Contender.
 * This movie is not rated.
 * Maggie Smith who plays Mrs Carrington-Moss is known to'd 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.

Songs

 * Duck's Ditty - Ratty and Mole.
 * The Open Road - Toad, Mole, Ratty and Reginald.
 * Carol of the Field Mice - Field Mice