A shekara ta 2005, wani sabon Tom da Jerry wasan kwaikwayo na gajeren lokaci, mai suna The Karate Guard, wanda Barbera da Spike Brandt suka rubuta kuma suka jagoranta, wanda Joseph Barbera da Iwao Takamoto suka shirya kuma Joseph Barbera, Spike Brandt da Tony Cervone suka samar da shi a cikin fina-finai na Los Angeles a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 2005. A matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin Tom da Jerry na shekaru sittin da biyar, wannan ya nuna farkon dawowar Barbera a matsayin marubuci, darektan da kuma zane-zane a kan jerin tun lokacin da shi da Hanna na asali na zane-zane na MGM, kuma na karshe; zai mutu ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka gama samarwa.
Ranar 27 ga Janairu, 2006