Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment internationally and is also the final Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be involved with Warner Bros. Animation's founder Hal Geer, who died on January 26, 2017. The film is an animated adaptation of the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (which in turn is based on the 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl) with the addition of Tom and Jerry as characters and seen through their point of view.

The film was released via digital media on June 27, 2017, and released on home media on July 11, 2017.

Plot:
Tom and Jerry chase each other all over town while searching for food until Jerry disappears with a group of children who go to Bill's Candy Shop. The shop owner gives the children free candy while Tom and Jerry continue their antics in the shop.

Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, stops Tom from eating Jerry and befriends them by offering them a loaf of bread. While Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother and bedridden grandparents, Tom and Jerry steal a box of Wonka Bars from the shop. Grandpa Joe reveals to Charlie that Willy Wonka locked his famous chocolate factory because other candy makers, including rival Arthur Slugworth, sent in spies to steal his recipes. Wonka disappeared, but for three years resumed selling candy; the origin of Wonka's labor force is unknown. Tom and Jerry arrive at Charlie's home with the box of Wonka Bars, but Charlie convinces the two that stealing is wrong and they should return the box.

The next day, Wonka announces that he hid five "Golden Tickets" in Wonka Bars. Finders of the tickets will receive a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Four of the tickets are found by Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous boy; Veruca Salt, a spoiled girl; Violet Beauregarde, a gum-chewing girl; and Mike Teavee, a television-obsessed boy. As each winner is announced on television, a man whispers to them. Charlie opens one Wonka Bar, but finds no Golden Ticket and loses hope. The newspapers announce the fifth ticket was found by a millionaire in Paraguay named Alberto Minoleta.

Tom and Jerry earn a dollar coin by recycling milk bottles, but lose it in a gutter after fighting over it. Charlie finds the coin and uses it to buy a Wonka Bar for Grandpa Joe. The television news reveals that Minoleta has been arrested for forging his ticket; when Charlie opens the Wonka Bar, he finds the fifth Golden Ticket. While rushing home, he is confronted by the same man seen whispering to the other winners, who introduces himself as Slugworth and offers to pay for a sample of Wonka's latest creation, the Everlasting Gobstopper. Charlie returns home with the Golden Ticket and chooses Grandpa Joe as his chaperone. The next day, Tom and Jerry rush to the factory with the Golden Ticket that Grandpa Joe forgot. Once the children enter the factory, the movie plays in the same order of the source material with the occasional interjection of Tom and Jerry interacting with the factory.

Once only Charlie and Grandpa Joe remain, Wonka dismisses them without the promised chocolate. A small Oompa-Loompa intern named Tuffy warns Charlie that Slugworth and Spike have stolen a Gobstopper and are on their way out of the factory. Following a fight in the Wonkavision Room, Charlie stops Slugworth. After this, Charlie and Grandpa Joe confront Wonka on the end of the tour. Wonka coldly explains that they violated the contract by stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks and allowing Tom and Jerry into the factory and therefore will receive nothing. Infuriated at this, Grandpa Joe attempts to protest but Wonka angrily demands them all to leave at once. Grandpa Joe then suggests to Charlie that he should give Slugworth the Gobstopper, but Charlie returns the candy to Wonka. Because of this, Wonka declares Charlie the winner. He reveals that Slugworth is really "Mr. Wilkinson", an employee of his, and the offer to buy the Gobstopper was a morality test which only Charlie passed.

The trio and Tuffy (now an official Oompa-Loompa) enter the "Wonkavator", a multi-directional glass elevator that flies out of the factory. Tom and Jerry shrink Wilkinson and Spike for the troubles they put them through the day and use Fizzy Lifting Drinks to catch up with the others. Soaring over the city, Wonka reveals that his actual prize is the factory; Wonka created the contest to find a worthy heir and Charlie and his family can immediately move in, including Tom and Jerry.

Voice cast:

 * Spike Brandt as Tom, Jerry (both uncredited), Spike
 * JP Karliak as Willy Wonka
 * Jess Harnell as Grandpa Joe, Bill the Candy Shop owner and Mr. Beauregarde
 * Lincoln Melcher as Charlie Bucket
 * Mick Wingert as Mr. Slugworth / Mr. Wilkinson
 * Lori Alan as Mrs. Teavee
 * Jeff Bergman as Alberto Minoleta, American Reporter
 * Rachel Butera as Augustus Gloop, Winkelmann
 * Kate Higgins as Mrs. Bucket
 * Dallas Lovato as Violet Beauregarde
 * Emily O'Brien as Veruca Salt
 * Sean Schemmel as Mr. Salt, Mr. Turkentine
 * Kath Soucie as Tuffy
 * Jim Ward as Anchorman, German Reporter
 * Audrey Wasilewski as Mrs. Gloop
 * Lauren Weisman as Mike Teavee

Follow-up film:
Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! was released on January 25, 2022.

Trivia:

 * Rated G (General Audience Suggested): mild slapstick violence, threat.
 * Suggested Running Times: 79 Minutes (NTSC), 76 Minutes (PAL).
 * This is the fourth crossover film with Tom and Jerry after Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz, its sequel Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz and Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, a crossover with Jonny Quest.
 * Tyke Bulldog and Toodles Galore make a cameo appearance.
 * This is a remake of the popular 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" starring the late Gene Wilder. This is the third movie based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The first being the aforementioned film released in 1971 and the second being "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" released in 2005.
 * It is, to date, the final Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film, as there hasn't been any Tom and Jerry direct-to-video films ever produced since then until the upcoming Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! in 2022.
 * The scene where Willy Wonka smiles was later used as an internet meme.

Reception:
The film's trailer was met with a negative reception, with some critics questioning why the film was made. Ryan Scott of MovieWeb reacted to the trailer by describing it as "just the latest in a long line of these uncalled for mashups."

In a review of the film, Beth Elderkin of Gizmodo wrote: "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is not just stupid, it's insulting. It's a cheap mockbuster with a cat and mouse artlessly, needlessly inserted."

External links:

 * Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at IMDb