Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers voice veteran Jim Cummings voices Lion. John DiMaggio, also of "Futurama" fame, provides sound effects for Monster Jerry. Dee Bradley Baker, who voices the Clone troopers in "" and other "Star Wars" series and games, provides the voice of Robot Cat. "Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers" received "mixed or average" reviews on all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, where the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by Success on January 29, 2004, "Famitsu" gave it a score of two sixes, one five, and one four for a total of 21 out of 40.
How Does a Moment Last Forever marks the first collaboration between Menken and Rice in over two decades; the last time they worked together had been in the "Beauty and the Beast" musical. Menken believes that the songs he and Rice had written for the musical would not have translated well to the screen due to the structural differences between the two formats. One of at least nine significant changes made to the film specifically for the remake, "How Does a Moment Last Forever" was conceived to explain Belle's backstory. Her quest to find out her mother's fate serves, in the plot, as a foundation for