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was also filmed in the standard Academy ratio and format. Tom (named "Jasper" in his debut appearance) is a grey and white domestic shorthair cat. ("Tom" is a generic name for a male cat.) He is usually but not always, portrayed as living a comfortable, or even pampered life, while Jerry (named "Jinx" in his debut appearance) is a small, brown, house mouse who always lives in close proximity to Tom. Despite being very energetic, determined and much larger, Tom is no match for Jerry's wits. Jerry also possesses surprising strength for his size, approximately the equivalent of Tom's, lifting
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with himself. This cartoon featured the second appearance of Tom and Jerry, and was the first in which the characters were given their iconic names; the first cartoon, "Puss Gets the Boot" had the cat named Jasper and the mouse without a name, though animation model sheets referred to the latter as "Jinx". DVD VHS The Midnight Snack The Midnight Snack is a 1941 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. It is the second cartoon in the series. The cartoon takes place in a
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differ from the later entries in the series, which named Tom and Jerry after a holiday cocktail; in "Puss Gets the Boot", Jerry has not yet been named publicly (design sheets referred to the mouse by the name Jinx), while the cat, for the first and only time in the series, bears the name Jasper. Blu-ray DVD VHS Puss Gets the Boot Puss Gets the Boot is a 1940 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the first short in the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon series, though the duo are not identified as such in this short. It was directed by
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The Midnight Snack The Midnight Snack is a 1941 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. It is the second cartoon in the series. The cartoon takes place in a kitchen at midnight. Jinx, who is now known as Jerry pokes his head out of the refrigerator door and steals some cheese, unaware that Jasper, who's now known as Tom is watching him. Tom weighs the mouse down enough such that he can no longer see in front of him. After Jerry falls off from
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Tom-ic Energy Tom-ic Energy is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones and the eighth short in Jones' series of "Tom and Jerry" cartoons. The name is a pun on atomic energy. The music of this cartoon is primarily based on Paganini's Moto Perpetuo (Op. 11) with other music and sound effects mixed in with the theme which crops up throughout the cartoon. Tom is chasing Jerry on top of a building and then through the building while during the chase two women first an older woman then a younger woman (voiced by June Foray)
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to the chase. The chase through the mansion is repeated, but this time Jerry issues the challenge and Tom declines by tearing up the card. Tom then pursues Jerry with the glove, slapping him repeatedly as he chases him down the hall as the cartoon closes. Duel Personality Duel Personality is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1966, and the first Tom & Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Dean Elliott
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Duel Personality Duel Personality is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1966, and the first Tom & Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Dean Elliott as the music composer. In a mansion, possible some time during the Victorian era, Tom is trying to squash Jerry with a heavy ball attached to a rope. The fourth time he swings, Tom hits a loose floorboard and sends Jerry into a clothes drawer. Tom
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Tom and Jerry then continues although Tom shakes Jerry's hand to thank him for taking care of the bulldog. Tom-ic Energy Tom-ic Energy is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones and the eighth short in Jones' series of "Tom and Jerry" cartoons. The name is a pun on atomic energy. The music of this cartoon is primarily based on Paganini's Moto Perpetuo (Op. 11) with other music and sound effects mixed in with the theme which crops up throughout the cartoon. Tom is chasing Jerry on top of a building and then through the
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Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of "Tom and Jerry" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short "Puss Gets the Boot". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jinx", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name "Jerry" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted "Tom and Jerry" as potential names for
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Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of "Tom and Jerry" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short "Puss Gets the Boot". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jinx", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name "Jerry" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted "Tom and Jerry" as potential names for
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The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a "Tom and Jerry" animated short film, produced and released on August 10, 1962. It was the ninth of the thirteen cartoons in a series of thirteen to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. This is the first 1962 cartoon to update its copyright to 1962. "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" is a sarcastic attack on the series as a whole and its formulaic approach, which the short mocks as excessively violent and designed solely for profit. Deitch had
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he unwittingly closes the manhole. The elephant steps on the switch and Tom explodes. The defeated cat waves a "The End" white flag. Jerry-Go-Round Jerry-Go-Round is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title "Jerry-Go-Round" is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round. It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1965. Running from Tom, Jerry loses him in a traveling circus where he finds an Female Elephant crying, Jerry Thinking a something to remove a Golden Tack Stucks on Elephants Foot, and Tom watches Elephant Crying
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Nibbles (Tom and Jerry) Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short "The Milky Waif". Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short "The Little Orphan". The character's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book "Our Gang Comics" #1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. In the comics, the gray mouse's name was given as Tuffy Mouse from the start. When
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Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat The Mansion Cat is a 2001 American made-for-television one-reel animated cartoon, the 162nd "Tom and Jerry" short and the first "Tom and Jerry" cartoon in nearly 31 years since "Purr-Chance to Dream" in 1967. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co., the cartoon premiered on Boomerang on , making it the only "Tom and Jerry" short made especially for Boomerang. The short also aired on The WB as part of its Kids' WB! block in November 2001. The cartoon opens with a circle showing Jerry running but as the circle grows,
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Jerry-Go-Round Jerry-Go-Round is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title "Jerry-Go-Round" is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round. It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1965. Running from Tom, Jerry loses him in a traveling circus where he finds an Female Elephant crying, Jerry Thinking a something to remove a Golden Tack Stucks on Elephants Foot, and Tom watches Elephant Crying With an Evil Smile and The mouse remove a golden tack from Elephant foot wins the affection of a female Elephant by removing
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that cartoon, he agreed to make Tom and Jerry an official cartoon of the MGM cartoon studio. As producer, Quimby became a repeated recipient of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the Tom and Jerry films, though he never invited Hanna and Barbera onstage when he accepted the awards. His name became well known due to its prominence in the cartoon credits, and Quimby took sole credit for approving and producing the Tom and Jerry series. Quimby was not involved in the creative process and had a difficult relationship with animators, including Hanna and Barbera, who believed that
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"makes a better hood ornament than a house cat". Joseph Barbera as Tom's owner Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat The Mansion Cat is a 2001 American made-for-television one-reel animated cartoon, the 162nd "Tom and Jerry" short and the first "Tom and Jerry" cartoon in nearly 31 years since "Purr-Chance to Dream" in 1967. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co., the cartoon premiered on Boomerang on , making it the only "Tom and Jerry" short made especially for Boomerang. The short also aired on The WB as part of its Kids' WB! block in November 2001.
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Shutter Bugged Cat Shutter Bugged Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced in the Chuck Jones era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray. As with the previous cartoon "Matinee Mouse", William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit, though the two did not contribute any work towards the cartoon (other than the footage from older cartoons produced in their era) and Tom and Jerry were animated using their original designs. The cartoon starts with Tom watching clips of himself attempting to catch Jerry, the first of which is from "Part Time Pal" where Tom chases
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bite in. When making his cartoon debut in "The Milky Waif", Nibbles' first motion is to point at his mouth, indicating hunger—as a letter announces "P.S. He's always hungry." Although Jerry cares for Nibbles, he is usually annoyed by Nibbles's antics which often get him in trouble with Tom. Coincidentally in every short except "Mice Follies", Jerry gets mad at Nibbles whenever he does something dangerous or reckless. Nibbles (Tom and Jerry) Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came
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Of Feline Bondage Of Feline Bondage is a Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1965, directed and produced by Chuck Jones, with animation by Ben Washam, Don Towsley, Ken Harris, Tom Ray and Dick Thompson. In some ways, the cartoon revisits elements of the 1947 short "The Invisible Mouse" and the 1950 short "Cue Ball Cat", both of which were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The title of the cartoon alludes to the novel "Of Human Bondage" by Somerset Maugham, and the better-known 1964 film of the same name. This is also the only Tom and Jerry cartoon
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Puss 'n' Boats "Not to be confused with Puss Gets the Boot and Puss 'n' Toots, 1940 and 1942 Hanna-Barbera shorts". Puss 'n' Boats is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title Puss 'n' Boats is a play-on-words of the phrase "Puss in Boots". The Cartoon is reminiscent of the 1952 shorts Cruise Cat, produced by Hanna-Barbera. A
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Switchin' Kitten The Switchin' Kitten is a "Tom and Jerry" animated short film, released on September 7, 1961 (renewed 1989). It was the first cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia, after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera departed from MGM. It is also the first Tom & Jerry cartoon in the 1960s and the first of the Western cartoons that is made in Eastern Europe, as well as in an Eastern Bloc (Second World) country. Switchin' Kitten is the only "Tom and Jerry" cartoon to be produced for MGM
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Love Me, Love My Mouse Love Me, Love My Mouse is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Chuck Jones, who co-directed with Ben Washam. The title "Love Me, Love My Mouse" is a play-on-words of the phrase "Love me, love my dog." It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by Phil Roman. This short is one of the very few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom, in love with Toots, goes to her house, carrying Jerry in a ring box to woo her. Tom presents Jerry to his love interest, but Jerry
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Spike's dislike of Tom). A short-lived "Spike and Tyke" cartoon series was produced by MGM in 1957; only two entries were completed. Within a year, the MGM cartoon studio had shut down, and Hanna and Barbera took Spike and Tyke and retooled them to create one of the first television successes for Hanna-Barbera Productions, "Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy". Spike and Tyke would not appear in new "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, until the 1970s "The Tom and Jerry Show", the 1980s "The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show", and 1990's "Tom & Jerry Kids" (in which Tom and Jerry themselves were
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Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Tom and Jerry Golden Collection is a series of two-disc DVD and Blu-ray sets, produced by Warner Home Video, it was expected to be collecting the theatrical "Tom and Jerry" cartoon shorts released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from the 1940s through the 1960s. The releases were expected to be uncut, uncensored and in chronological order, but due to complaints from Tom and Jerry fans and cartoon collectors for the omission of two cartoons, the second volume was postponed indefinitely and the series was put on hiatus and possibly ended entirely. The first volume was released on October
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The CW. "Tales" is the first "Tom and Jerry" TV series that utilizes the original style of the classic shorts, along with the slapstick. The series was canceled in 2008, shortly before the Kids' WB block shut down. "Tales" is also the first "Tom and Jerry" production presented in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio (which was aired on Cartoon Network in the United States) but cropped to 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio (which was aired on The CW and Boomerang in the United States). Cartoon Network, which began rerunning the "Tom and Jerry Tales" in January 2012, subsequently aired a second series
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crab and attaches it to his tail. However, in the final scene, Jerry then puts that pair on as he lies down next to the dog (who still had his earmuffs on) to take a nap. Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by "William Shakespeare": "Much Ado About Nothing". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom
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career as an animator and storyman on this series. In 1940, Barbera co-created with William Hanna another duo of cartoon characters using the same names: a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry. The characters were a Mutt and Jeff-like pair, one short (Jerry) and one tall (Tom). Each cartoon featured a different adventure and the plot varied from film to film. Sometimes they were lawyers, hunters, plumbers, hobos, etc. The duo were likely named after the stage play and/or the mixed drink of the same name, both of which predated the duo by a century. Stylistically, the cartoons were
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replaces the lid as the narrator pipes up, "Our next film will be for the kiddies, and will demonstrate a new poison gas. Thank you and good night." The words on the lid say "The End, an MGM cartoon" like an ending typical of a Deitch Tom and Jerry short. The music winds to stop as if it was being played on a slowing phonograph record, and Jerry bows to the audience in typical Japanese fashion, as the gong is sounded, making the screen fade to black. The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is
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Little Quacker Little Quacker is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 47th "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It is the first Tom and Jerry short to be released in the 1950s. Little Quacker marks the debut of the eponymous character, Quacker the duckling who would go on to appear in seven more shorts, making him one of the more enduring supporting characters in the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. The voice of Quacker and his parents (who make their only speaking appearance in this cartoon), along
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Tom instead. Later, Jerry films a flattened and bandaged Tom ripping the blueprints he used for the mouse trap. Shutter Bugged Cat Shutter Bugged Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced in the Chuck Jones era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray. As with the previous cartoon "Matinee Mouse", William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit, though the two did not contribute any work towards the cartoon (other than the footage from older cartoons produced in their era) and Tom and Jerry were animated using their original designs. The cartoon starts with Tom watching
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O-Solar Meow O-Solar-Meow is a 1967 cartoon featuring Tom and Jerry. It was the first of three outer space-related shorts to be released in the Chuck Jones era (though the second of the three to be produced, according to the MPAA code seen in the opening credits). Also according to the MPAA code and not episode number, this Tom and Jerry cartoon is the last one to feature music from Eugene Poddany (both regarding in its entirety, and regarding the Sib Tower 12/Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry cartoons). The cartoon was produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow.
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The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation. Based on the "Tom and Jerry" characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, the series first premiered on the Canadian channel Teletoon on March 1, 2014 and began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that future episodes of the series would be released on Boomerang's SVOD service. A fourth season of the series
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broadcast on China Central Television. The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation. Based on the "Tom and Jerry" characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, the series first premiered on the Canadian channel Teletoon on March 1, 2014 and began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that future episodes of the series would be released on Boomerang's SVOD service. A
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of them a good spanking on their presumably bare bottoms as the sound the paddle makes is met with yelps of pain. The cartoon goes to black while Jerry continues the spanking to his heart's desire. Jerry had spanked Tom in past cartoons, but this cartoon was the first one to feature another cat being spanked along with Tom. Sufferin' Cats! Sufferin' Cats! is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon, is the 9th "Tom and Jerry" animated short released. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and re-released on June 4,
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is sold in regional supermarkets during the Christmas season. The drink's name is a reference to Egan's book, "Life in London, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom" (1821), and the subsequent stage play "Tom and Jerry, or Life in London" (also 1821). To publicize the book and the play, Egan introduced a variation of eggnog by adding of brandy, calling it a "Tom and Jerry". The additional fortification helped popularize the drink. Two much later cartoon duos, a short-lived Tom and Jerry from Van Beuren Studios in the 1930s, and
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Tom manages to stand up and nod to the crowd before he also falls off through the floor like the feline orchestra. DVD Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 52nd "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon, as the title suggests, is set at the Hollywood Bowl in California, where Tom is conducting a large orchestra. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. It
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takes his place as a "guard" of the ship. He blows a whistle, salutes the captain, and do the dance jig to the audience. Puss 'n' Boats "Not to be confused with Puss Gets the Boot and Puss 'n' Toots, 1940 and 1942 Hanna-Barbera shorts". Puss 'n' Boats is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title Puss 'n'
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within a cartoon". In an episode of the series titled "Krusty Gets Kancelled", "Worker and Parasite", a replacement cartoon for "Itchy & Scratchy", is a reference to Soviet-era animation. In an interview found on the DVD releases, several "MADtv" cast members stated that Tom and Jerry is one of their biggest influences for slapstick comedy. Also in the Cartoon Network show "MAD", Tom and Jerry appear in three segments "Celebrity Birthdays", "Mickey Mouse Exterminator Service", and "Tom and Jury". Johnny Knoxville from "Jackass" has stated that watching "Tom and Jerry" inspired many of the stunts in the movies. In the
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"Robinson Crusoe". He only has his old shoes to eat in order to survive. Tom though soon spots a distant tropical island and is catapulted there by a wave. After Tom finds it tough to eat a coconut and a tortoise he finds Jerry and decides to eat the mouse instead. Tom has Jerry on a frying pan but the rodent escapes and Tom chases him into a native village. Jerry creeps Tom out by playing tom toms and Tom gets scared. Using soot from a cooking pot Jerry disguises himself as a black native complete with a deep voice
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name at all. On the other hand, the recent movies "", "Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes" and "Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz" all use the name Tuffy. The 1952 cartoon "Two Little Indians" further adds to matters by actually using "two" little gray mice, which hints at the existence of both Nibbles "and" Tuffy, but this is the only such instance. Nibbles is more often a speaking character than Jerry. In the "Mouseketeer" sub-series, he spoke mostly in French, resorting to English whenever a gag depended on it. The only exception to this was "Robin Hoodwinked"
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Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 52nd "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon, as the title suggests, is set at the Hollywood Bowl in California, where Tom is conducting a large orchestra. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. It was released to theatres in September 16, 1950 and reissued on December 20, 1957. The music was scored by Scott Bradley, making use
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to be comfortably seated before the feature begins." This statement refers to the original theatrical exhibition of the cartoon, in which it ran ahead of a feature film. At first, Jerry eats the watermelon and spits the seeds out, hitting and waking Tom, who initially grabs the hammer to attempt to hit Jerry but instead flicks him in the back of his head. Jerry swallows the seeds by accident, causing him to turn green for a moment and then make sounds like a shaker when he moves, and goes into a lively dance until Tom traps him in a metal
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Cartoon Network airings do not. As of December 2018, a complete series of "The Tom and Jerry Show", along with its successor, have yet to occur on DVD. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show, also known as "The New Tom and Jerry Show", is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters "Tom and Jerry". This series marked the first time ever that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced exclusively for television.
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for the show, which ran until November 18, 1994. "Tom and Jerry Kids" was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon series produced in 4:3 (full screen) aspect ratio. In 2001, a new television special titled "" premiered on Boomerang. It featured Joe Barbera (who was also a creative consultant) as the voice of Tom's owner, whose face is never seen. In this cartoon, Jerry, housed in a habitrail, is as much of a house pet as Tom is, and their owner has to remind Tom to not "blame everything on the mouse". In 2005, a new Tom and Jerry theatrical
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Pecos Pest Pecos Pest is the 96th one-reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short, released in 1955 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with musical direction by Scott Bradley and released in theaters on November 11, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "Pecos Pest" was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. This was the last "Tom and Jerry" cartoon released to be produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. This was also last "Tom and Jerry" cartoon produced in Academy format; all subsequent "Tom and Jerry" cartoons were released in CinemaScope format. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Irven
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Tom-tom drum A tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, though floor toms can go as large as . It is not to be confused with a tam-tam, a gong. A tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares. The name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala. The first drum kit tom-toms had no rims; the heads were tacked to the shell. As major drum manufacturers
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his own child. As a cartoon ends, the pleased duckling exclaims to Jerry: "That's my mommy!". DVD That's My Mommy That's My Mommy is a 1955 one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. "That's My Mommy" was the first "Tom and Jerry" cartoon in which the production was undertaken by Hanna and Barbera due to Fred Quimby's retirement. "That's My Mommy" was produced in CinemaScope, a form of Widescreen, and released to theatres on November 19, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse,
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movies and television shows also featuring MGM's other famous cartoon stars, Tom and Jerry. In the cartoon "Northwest Hounded Police", Droopy's last name was given as "McPoodle". In "The Chump Champ", it was given as "Poodle". Nevertheless, Droopy is generally understood to be a basset hound. Droopy first appeared in the MGM cartoon "Dumb-Hounded", released by MGM on March 20, 1943. Droopy's first scene is when he saunters into view, looks at the audience, and declares, "Hello, all you happy people ... you know what? I'm the hero." In the cartoon, Droopy is tracking an escaped convict and is always
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the series followed Jerry, the rodent who continually outwitted his feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because: "We knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought." The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's "The Midnight Snack". Over the next 17 years Hanna and Barbera worked almost exclusively on "Tom and Jerry", directing more than 114 highly popular cartoon shorts. During World War II they also made animated training films. "Tom and Jerry"
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the classic shorts are the pair's appearances (and ages). "Tom & Jerry Kids" was one of the last Saturday morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera before shifting focus toward producing shows specifically for Cartoon Network. In 1994, FOX canceled the series, but it soon began airing in reruns on Cartoon Network (which Turner launched to showcase its large animation library, including the original "Tom and Jerry") in 1995, and ended in 2006 when the show was removed from the Cartoon Network schedule and instead moved over to its sibling network Boomerang. Cartoon Network in the UK also did reruns in 1995 but
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Tom and Jerry Show" was originally intended to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2013 before being pushed back to April 9, 2014. It is the second "Tom and Jerry" television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and the first to be animated in Adobe Flash. It is also the second made-for-television iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts, the fifth made-for-television "Tom and Jerry" production and the first Tom and Jerry television production to be produced without any of its original creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who died in 2001 and 2006 respectively. "The Tom
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Kitty Foiled Kitty Foiled is a 1948 one-reel animated cartoon, the 34th in the "Tom and Jerry" series. It was created in 1947, and released in 1948. The cartoon was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with animation by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Irving Levine (animating his only "Tom and Jerry" cartoon) and Ed Barge. The music was scored by Scott Bradley (making extensive use of "The Barber of Seville" musical number). This cartoon follows the canary bird named Cuckoo who helps Jerry from Tom. The title is a play on the novel "Kitty
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strongly divergent views on animation compared to "Tom and Jerry's" creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, that he has openly expressed throughout his lifetime. The cartoon begins with a demonstration for the Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, with which "anyone can now enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons." The items in the kit include the following: The narrator says, "First, put the sweet, lovable mouse into a simple situation expressing a natural human need, such as eating a slice of watermelon contained in our kit. The result may not make sense, but it will last long enough for you
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it is revealed that Jerry is going nowhere as Tom captured his tail. When Tom's owner calls Tom he lets Jerry's tail go, freeing him back into his cage. The owner of Tom and a large mansion tells Tom he is going away for a while, that the mansion is in perfect shape and that he does not want Tom blaming the mouse (Jerry) for any destruction this time. Of course, this means Tom will spend most of the cartoon chasing Jerry across the mansion, causing extensive damage. First, Tom kicks Jerry out of the mansion, sits on the sofa
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Purr-Chance to Dream Purr-Chance to Dream is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Ben Washam, a longtime animator under Chuck Jones dating back to the 1940s, and produced by Jones. It was the last theatrical Tom and Jerry short in the Tom and Jerry series released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the last of the Chuck Jones shorts in Tom and Jerry series, the last Tom and Jerry cartoon released during the Golden Age of American animation, and the second-to-last animated short related by MGM in the Golden Age ("The Bear That Wasn't", released at the end of 1967, would
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Guided Mouse-ille Guided Mouse-ille (or Science on a Wet Afternoon) is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow. It was the second of three space-age Tom and Jerry shorts to be released in the Chuck Jones era (along with O-Solar Meow and Advance and Be Mechanized), though taking a look at the MPAA code at the beginning of the cartoon would suggest that "Guided Mouse-ille (or Science on a Wet Afternoon)" was the "first" of the three cartoons to be produced. According to episode number, it is the last Tom and Jerry
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Dog Trouble Dog Trouble is a 1942 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the fifth "Tom and Jerry" cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on April 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release on June 21, 1952. It was animated by George Gordon, Irven Spence, Jack Zander, Cecil Surry and Bill Littlejohn. The cartoon introduces the character of Spike, who would later become a recurring supporting character in the "Tom and Jerry" and later Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer shorts. In this cartoon, Spike serves as the main antagonist, forcing Tom and Jerry to team up for the
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Matinee Mouse Matinee Mouse is a 1966 "Tom and Jerry" cartoon, acting as a compilation film short, featuring clips from a number of older episodes from the Hanna-Barbara era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray, while William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit on the cartoon, though they did not do any actual work on it (other than the clips from the earlier shorts). It is the only Sib Tower 12 Tom and Jerry cartoon that features Spike & Droopy (cameo). In this short (and the following compilation short, "Shutter Bugged Cat"), Tom and Jerry are
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(2002). In a new "Tom and Jerry" cartoon produced in 2000, "The Mansion Cat", Barbera voiced the houseowner. After Hanna's death from throat cancer in March 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation, with the unit dedicated to the Cartoon Network original series spun off into Cartoon Network Studios. Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Bros. on direct-to-video cartoon features as well as television series such as "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" and "Tom and Jerry Tales". He also wrote, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced "The Karate Guard" (2005), the return of "Tom and Jerry" to the big screen.
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Flirty Birdy Flirty Birdy is a 1945 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 21st "Tom and Jerry" short. It was released on September 22, 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The cartoon was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The animation was provided by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, and Ray Patterson, the music by Scott Bradley, and backgrounds by Robert Gentle. The cartoon revolves around Tom's effort to regain Jerry from an eagle by dressing up as a female bird. Tom is laying down a trail of cheese for Jerry. Tom traps Jerry in two
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The Lonesome Mouse The Lonesome Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 10th "Tom and Jerry" cartoon released. This is notable for being the first speaking role of the cat and mouse duo, and the only one with such extensive dialogue. It was created and released in 1943, and re-released to theatres on November 26, 1949. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The animators of the cartoon were not credited (typically for Pre-1943 MGM Cartoons), and this was the last "Tom and Jerry" cartoon to follow this trend.
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"Tom and Jerry" The Chuck Jones cartoons, are the unrestored UK Classic Collection prints. Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection The Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection is a two-disc DVD set, released by Warner Home Video. 2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the first Tom & Jerry cartoon. ("Puss Gets the Boot") To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts. It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010. All of Disc One have been released on previous Tom
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The Karate Guard The Karate Guard is a 2005 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 163rd "Tom and Jerry" short. Directed by Joseph Barbera ("Tom and Jerry" co-creator and founder of Hanna-Barbera) and Spike Brandt, "The Karate Guard" was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to be written, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced by Joseph Barbera before his death on December 18, 2006. It had a limited theatrical release in cinemas throughout Los Angeles on September 27, 2005 and had its television premiere on Cartoon Network on . The short starts outside of Tom and Jerry's house and then cuts to
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for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) of 1940. On the strength of the Oscar nomination and public demand, Hanna and Barbera were assigned to direct more cat-and-mouse cartoons, soon christening the characters "Tom and Jerry". "Puss Gets the Boot" did not win the 1940 Academy Award for Best Cartoon, but another MGM cartoon, Rudolf Ising's "The Milky Way" did, making MGM the first studio to wrestle the Cartoon Academy Award away from Walt Disney. "Tom and Jerry" quickly became MGM's most valuable animated property. The shorts were successful at the box office, many licensed products (comic books, toys, etc.) were released
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be the final one), and "The Karate Guard" (released in 2005) was the next Tom and Jerry cartoon from Warner Bros. It is also the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title is a play-on-words of "perchance to dream" a famous quotation from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", though the plot of this cartoon bears no resemblance to the play. Like several Chuck Jones-produced Tom and Jerry shorts, this one arguably tends to focus more on poses and personality than on storyline and plot. Tom wakes up after a nightmare of being turned into
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started his career in 1950 through Sathyadeepam, a Catholic weekly and Kerala Kaumudi. He then joined Malayala Manorama in 1955. Toms created the character Boban and Molly based on two real life persons of the same name. They were two children from his neighborhood and he discovered them in his 30's. "Boban and Molly" was first appeared in the cartoon column of Sathyadeepam. Later the characters became more popular through Malayala Manorama. They were first published on 1957. He resigned from Manorama in 1987 and started Toms Publications. Toms joined Malayala Manorama, as a cartoonist in 1961, and worked there
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him. Jerry and Nibbles celebrate Robin's freedom, but Nibbles's diaper gets caught on a flying arrow and he is sent into a nearby tree. A still-inebriated Nibbles is carousing, whilst being carried on the arrow-shaft by Jerry. DVD Robin Hoodwinked Robin Hoodwinked is a 1958 one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short released after the MGM cartoon studio had effectively closed down. It was the penultimate "Tom and Jerry" cartoon to be directed (and produced) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It also marked the final appearance of Nibbles (a.k.a. Tuffy), who first appeared in
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feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because "we knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought." The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's "The Midnight Snack". Over the next 17 years, Barbera and Hanna worked exclusively on "Tom and Jerry", directing more than 114 popular cartoon shorts. During World War II, they also made animated training films. "Tom and Jerry" relied mostly on motion instead of dialog. Despite its popularity, "Tom and
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Meet Sherlock Holmes", was released on August 24, 2010. It is the first made-for-video Tom and Jerry movie produced without any of the characters' original creators. The next direct-to-video film, "Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz", was released on August 23, 2011 and was the first made-for-video Tom and Jerry movie made for Blu-ray. It had a preview showing on Cartoon Network. "" was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 2, 2012. "Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure" was released in 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD. "" was released on DVD on September 2, 2014. "" was released
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Nit-Witty Kitty Nit-Witty Kitty is a 1951 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 61st "Tom and Jerry" cartoon released. It was released to theaters on October 6, 1951, by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. This short is one of the select few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom is chasing Jerry around Mammy Two Shoes, while she is yelling out confusing instructions on where to chase Jerry. She has a broom ready to hit Jerry but instead she bungles things by clumsily hitting Tom on the head causing the cat to forget who he is and believing he is a
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Cannery Rodent Cannery Rodent is a 1967 "Tom and Jerry" cartoon produced, written and directed by Chuck Jones. It was the final "Tom and Jerry" cartoon written and directed by Chuck Jones, and one of the very last of the theatrical "Tom and Jerry" cartoons to be released by MGM. The title, "Cannery Rodent" is a play-on-words of the John Steinbeck novel "Cannery Row". Tom chases Jerry onto a dock, and as they soon both end up in a can factory, they turn into cans during the opening credits. After they come out in cans (one reads "Tom" and the
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He reconciles with Jerry as they shake hands. Tom good-naturedly presents his hind end for Jerry to boot, Jerry does, and the chase is on again. However, Jerry then runs into a beautiful female mouse, and its love at first sight. After she blows a kiss to Jerry, Jerry pushes Tom out of the way and snuggles up to his newfound girlfriend. DVD Springtime for Thomas Springtime for Thomas (also known as Springtime for Tom) is a 1946 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 23rd "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by
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Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between its two title characters, Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse, and many recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 "Tom and Jerry" shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's "Silly Symphonies" with the most awards in the category. After the MGM cartoon studio
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Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection The Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection is a two-disc DVD set, released by Warner Home Video. 2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the first Tom & Jerry cartoon. ("Puss Gets the Boot") To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts. It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010. All of Disc One have been released on previous Tom and Jerry DVDs especially the three previous "Spotlight Collection" and the six "" volumes
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the cartoon ends. Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? is a 1964 cartoon and the 133th one-reel Tom and Jerry film directed and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a pun on the famous phrase "Is There a Doctor in the House?" The cartoon revolves around Jerry drinking a potion which makes him run faster, allowing him to eat all the food around the house, and Tom trying to stop Jerry. Jerry mixes and drinks a potion as the title card and credits are shown. After Jerry drinks the potion, he
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by Jerry). Hanna and Barbera considered Tom and Jerry "the best of enemies", whose rivalry hid an unspoken amount of mutual respect. In later "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, Jerry acquired a young ward: a small grey mouse called "Tuffy" or "Nibbles" depending upon the cartoon, who was left on Jerry's doorstep as a foundling baby in the 1946 short "The Milky Waif". Jerry and Tuffy were also featured together in a sub-series of "Tom and Jerry" cartoons set in 17th century France which featured the characters as musketeers. The first of these shorts, "The Two Mouseketeers", won the 1951 Academy
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Robin Hoodwinked Robin Hoodwinked is a 1958 one reel animated "Tom and Jerry" short released after the MGM cartoon studio had effectively closed down. It was the penultimate "Tom and Jerry" cartoon to be directed (and produced) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It also marked the final appearance of Nibbles (a.k.a. Tuffy), who first appeared in The Milky Waif. The cartoon was released on June 6, 1958, animated by Kenneth Muse, Carlo Vinci, Lewis Marshall and James Escalante with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and layouts by Richard Bickenbach. "Robin Hoodwinked" is reminiscent of the
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Jerry and the Lion Jerry and the Lion is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 50th "Tom and Jerry" short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on April 8, 1950 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, and Ray Patterson. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. Scott Bradley arranged the music, Robert Gentle did the backgrounds, and Frank Graham provided the (uncredited) voice of the lion that befriends Jerry in the cartoon. Tom is listening to music on the radio,
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the smaller Nibbles design was introduced to animation in 1946, the comics' Tuffy was retconned to match, almost immediately shrinking in size and age, although the name Tuffy was retained. In the comics, Tuffy remained a peer of Jerry with no familial relationship to him. But in 1953, the animation writers decided to change his on-screen relationship to Jerry. He became Jerry's nephew in "Life with Tom". Now it was the cartoons' turn to retcon, changing the screen name Nibbles to Tuffy in the 1957 cartoon "Feedin' the Kiddie". The character was thus named Tuffy in all English-language media from
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Filet Meow Filet Meow is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a reference to filet mignon. This short is a re-working of the 1951 Hanna-Barbera Tom & Jerry short Jerry and the Goldfish as another short about Jerry saving a goldfish from Tom. Tom sneaks into the house and sees a female fish swimming in a bowl. Tom does not want to eat such a sweet creature at first, but he assuages himself that he must eat. He extends his arm into the bowl and gropes for the
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that picture followed. After the cartoon Butch laughs and says: "Lover boy" while mimicking Tom, but then sees Jerry again. Tom kicks Jerry out of the house again. Jerry lands in Spike's mouth again. Jerry opens Spike's eyelid like a curtain and frowns. Butch says: ""Part two coming up. This is the time you went fishing, Tom!"". Part two is named "The Dumb Dog" (the opening scene from "Cat Fishin'"). After that cartoon Butch says: "Now there is a dumb dog!" and sees Jerry again, watching the movie from the mail slot, figuring he'd be safe there. The cats frown
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on his side and deciding that pretending to be frightened of Tom was a bad idea, escapes to the exit door. The now-evil Toots chases him with a fork and knife while Tom limps out and slowly follows her. Love Me, Love My Mouse Love Me, Love My Mouse is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Chuck Jones, who co-directed with Ben Washam. The title "Love Me, Love My Mouse" is a play-on-words of the phrase "Love me, love my dog." It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by Phil Roman. This short is
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Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by "William Shakespeare": "Much Ado About Nothing". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom baits the line with cheese and casts it all the way out to a far-off ship and into Jerry's mouse hole. The cat gets a bite and gets pulled off the pier and onto a pillar,
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I'm Just Wild About Jerry I'm Just Wild About Jerry is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon, directed and produced by Chuck Jones. Chuck Jones also wrote the cartoon's plot with long-time collaborator Michael Maltese. The animation was provided by Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the popular 1920s song "I'm Just Wild About Harry". Jones had also used an "I'm Just Wild About Harry" pun for his older cartoon Wild About Hurry, a 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner. Tom chases Jerry down
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where the cartoon began, with Jerry now wearing a rocket-shaped badge. Tom places a lighter to the rocket badge, and it takes flight. Jerry then uses the rocket-shaped badge as a jet pack to chase after Tom. Tom then packs his belongings and leaves while Jerry waves good-bye to him, as the camera closes into Jerry's face, showing the episode's opening template, closing the cartoon. Mouse into Space Mouse into Space is a "Tom and Jerry" animated short film made in 1961, released on April 13, 1962. It was the fifth of the thirteen cartoons in the series to be
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and briefly sees Spike; When Spike hits the cat a third time, he ends up driving him out of the screen, then cordially returns the bell to Jerry and engages Tom in a brutal fight. After the brawl, Spike and Jerry are strolling down a street, with Tom inside a dog's leash and collar. Spike kicks Tom whenever Jerry rings the bell. Fit to Be Tied (film) "Fit to Be Tied" is a 1952 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 69th "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. This cartoon
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Jerry's face is proud (in the opening of the episode Tom's face is evil-looking and Jerry's face scared). Switchin' Kitten The Switchin' Kitten is a "Tom and Jerry" animated short film, released on September 7, 1961 (renewed 1989). It was the first cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia, after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera departed from MGM. It is also the first Tom & Jerry cartoon in the 1960s and the first of the Western cartoons that is made in Eastern Europe, as well as in an Eastern
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him, he panics and swims away with lightning speed on the fin keeping pace. However, it is reveals the fin is actually by "Jerry"'s creation, who is now shown swimming underneath the water. Jerry turns his head towards the camera with a devilish smile on his face and also grows his own devil horns while he continues to chase back in swimming after the cat and into the sunset as the cartoon closes. Cannery Rodent Cannery Rodent is a 1967 "Tom and Jerry" cartoon produced, written and directed by Chuck Jones. It was the final "Tom and Jerry" cartoon written
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tree. The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon (though the cartoon's year of copyright is actually 1966). The cartoon was directed by Jim Pabian (being the first MGM cartoon produced by Chuck Jones not directed by him), with animation by Tom Ray, Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. Eugene Poddany scored the music, while Maurice Noble provided layouts, and Robert Gribbroek did the backgrounds. The title, "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off" is a parody of the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov", published in 1880. Jerry is relaxing in a beach
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The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon (though the cartoon's year of copyright is actually 1966). The cartoon was directed by Jim Pabian (being the first MGM cartoon produced by Chuck Jones not directed by him), with animation by Tom Ray, Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. Eugene Poddany scored the music, while Maurice Noble provided layouts, and Robert Gribbroek did the backgrounds. The title, "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off" is a parody of the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov", published in 1880. Jerry is relaxing in a beach chair
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after once again dealing with Mammy, re-enters the mouse-hole, and returns to his mouse-like state. He kicks Jerry off his bed and lies on it. It breaks again. A frustrated Jerry gives up. DVD Nit-Witty Kitty Nit-Witty Kitty is a 1951 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 61st "Tom and Jerry" cartoon released. It was released to theaters on October 6, 1951, by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. This short is one of the select few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom is chasing Jerry around Mammy Two Shoes, while she is yelling out confusing instructions on where to chase
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again and never stops before the cartoon closes. Advance and Be Mechanized Advance and Be Mechanized, released in 1967, was the penultimate Tom and Jerry cartoon. It was directed by Ben Washam and produced by Chuck Jones, and is the third and final outer space themed shorts from the Chuck Jones era, following "O-Solar Meow", and "Guided Mouse-ille" both released earlier in 1967. It is the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Dean Elliott as the music composer. The cartoon starts from another planet. One day, Jerry wants to get some cheese from the other room. He uses his robotic
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for Best Short Subject: Cartoons" of 1941. It lost to another MGM cartoon, Rudolph Ising's "The Milky Way". Producer Fred Quimby, who ran the MGM animation studio, quickly pulled Hanna and Barbera off the other one-shot cartoons they were working on, and commissioned a series featuring the cat and mouse. Hanna and Barbera held an intra-studio contest to give the pair a new name by drawing suggested names out of a hat; animator John Carr won $50 with his suggestion of "Tom and Jerry", at the time best known as the name of a Christmastime mixed drink. The "Tom and
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Advance and Be Mechanized Advance and Be Mechanized, released in 1967, was the penultimate Tom and Jerry cartoon. It was directed by Ben Washam and produced by Chuck Jones, and is the third and final outer space themed shorts from the Chuck Jones era, following "O-Solar Meow", and "Guided Mouse-ille" both released earlier in 1967. It is the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Dean Elliott as the music composer. The cartoon starts from another planet. One day, Jerry wants to get some cheese from the other room. He uses his robotic counterpart (Robot-Jerry) to enter the room and fetch
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Old Rockin' Chair Tom Old Rockin' Chair Tom is a 1948 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 36th "Tom and Jerry" short created in 1947 and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson and Irven Spence and was released to theaters on September 18, 1948 and re-issued on December 30, 1955 for re-release. This cartoon has the longest Mammy Two Shoes on screen appearance. Mammy Two Shoes is standing on a chair, which Jerry is shaking. She calls for Tom, who chases Jerry away
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Sufferin' Cats! Sufferin' Cats! is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon, is the 9th "Tom and Jerry" animated short released. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and re-released on June 4, 1949. This is the final cartoon to have Clarence Nash voice Tom Cat, though he would later voice the vicious cats in "Mouse in Manhattan". After this cartoon, Tom or any other MGM cat character would just yelp in pain whenever they get hurt. Tom's yelps were done by creator William Hanna. The cartoon opens with Jerry running with
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Jerry to a tropical island and attempts to eat the mouse once more when he is knocked out by a falling coconut. Fortunately, help is on hand—the St. Bernard appears once again to revitalize Tom before he once again becomes intoxicated and meanders out to the sea with the rescue hound and Jerry waving goodbye to him and the words "The End" appear on a sun as the cartoon closes. DVD The A-Tom-Inable Snowman The A-Tom-Inable Snowman is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a play on The
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assumed its properties) released the duo's first direct-to-video movie, "", in which Tom covets a ring that grants mystical powers to the wearer, and has become accidentally stuck on Jerry's head. It would mark the last time Hanna and Barbera co-produced a "Tom and Jerry" cartoon together, as William Hanna died shortly after "The Magic Ring" was released. Four years later, Bill Kopp scripted and directed two more "Tom and Jerry" DTV features for the studio, "" and "", the latter one based on a story by Barbera. Both were released on DVD in 2005, marking the celebration of Tom
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Tom laughs, and now realizes he is a skeleton when Jerry lifts his shirt, too. Tom is terrified, and as both men run for their lives, the cartoon ends. Wot a Night Wot a Night is a 1931 animated film. This is the first film in Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry series, later re-issued as "Dick and Larry". In their first film, Tom and Jerry are taxi drivers at the train station on a stormy day, waiting for a fare. A train comes up, and stops with an engine hauling a coach to let off two identical-looking men, who come
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alcohol, or self-harming activities such as depictions of suicide. One classic cartoon gag, most prominent in MGM's "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, is the transformation of characters into a blackface caricature after an explosion or an automobile backfire. A sequence in the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon "Mouse Cleaning" (1948) turned Tom into a blackface caricature. Upon questioning by Mammy Two Shoes, Tom answers "No, ma'am. I ain't seen no cat aroun' here... uh unh, ain't no cat, no place, no how-no ma'am," in stereotypical African-American dialect. Such small amounts of supposedly objectionable material only require relatively minor cuts in the cartoon
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