Nature’s Mat: Mat with the Clue

Nature’s Mat: Mat with the Clue is a 1992 American traditionally animated comedy adventure short produced by WMG Film, Film Roman, and AiF Studio. It was released on VHS and DVD where it was attached to Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam. this short was re-released on July 30, 1993 as it was attached to Tom and Jerry: The Movie in theaters. this is an 8 minute short, and it involves with Mat solving problems as his friend Pat is discovering Tomi’s motorcycle until it went wrong.

Plot
The short starts with Mat trying to fix Tomi’s motorcycle, but it didn’t work. so he wants Pat come over to fix it, as soon as Lucy and Cuddles were leaving the house to see her brother and uncle. Pat and Mat were both fixing the motorcycle that Tomi accidentally crashed into a rock, somehow that Karl came over to meet them. then Karl accidentally dropped the water bottle on his right foot, and screamed out in pain. then he left afterwards, Pat and Mat continued to fix the motorcycle whenever they’re done. then the motorcycle starts malfunctioning, then causing it to drove itself away. however they started chasing towards the motorcycle as Tomi wakes up to the loud noises. he also started chasing towards his motorcycle, then causing Sat to bark and chase after it. when Lucy and Cuddles heard the loud noises of the motorcycle, they were chasing after Tomi’s motorcycle as it malfunctioned.

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Cast

 * Tom Kenny as Pat
 * Jim Cummings as Mat
 * John Hurt as Cuddles
 * June Foray as Grandma Lucy
 * Paul Fusco as Tomi Miler
 * Michael Bell as Martin Bleu
 * Henry Gibson as Taylor Deitch
 * Richard Kind as Karl
 * Frank Welker as Sat the friendly dog

Nominated

 * 1992: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film
 * 1994: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film

Winners

 * 1993: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film
 * 1994: Annecy ‘94
 * 1999: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film

Release
Nature’s Mat: Mat with the Clue was released over the VHS on June 23, 1992 in United States, then it came to be released on December 2, 1992 in Czech Republic. however the short has been premiered on July 30, 1993 where it was attached to Tom and Jerry: The Movie in theaters.

Home Media
The short was released on VHS and DVDs within attached to Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam.

In 2017, the short was attached to the DVD release of Tom and Jerry: The Movie which is distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in United States. It was available on Shout! Factory TV on September 1, 2022, along with Tubi and Amazon Freevee as the distribution was acquired by Shout! Factory.

Critical response
The short has been given a grade “A+” as the said short became premiered in theaters in 1993, however the critic reads “this short is absolutely better than Tom and Jerry: The Movie, however it gave the future problem solving history with the two handymen in the bestest short in Czech Republic.”

Credits
To see the credits for this short, click here.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * This is Pat & Mat’s first short on video to be in United States.
 * The short was premiered on July 30, 1993 in the following of being attached to Tom and Jerry: The Movie.
 * This is another short that Pat and Mat were able to talk, although Playing Cards had Pat and Mat talking which were voiced by different actors while original actors were in any movies.