This troper remembers one of particular note: in "Million Dollar Cat, " Tom finds out in a telegram has inherited $1 million but there is a catch: Tom wont get a penny if he harms any living creature, "EVEN A MOUSE. " 44 pages, Paperback. In Flirty Birdy, Tom fights with a buzzard over Jerry, and dresses himself as a female buzzard in order to take Jerry from the male buzzard. Loud Gulp: Happens very often, usually during an Oh Crap situation. The Night Before Christmas: Nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for cartoon short subjects. Deitch's first Tom and Jerry cartoon, "Switchin' Kitten" has noticeably better animation compared to his later efforts, due to the fact that Deitch produced that cartoon in the USA with the help of some of his former Terry Toons colleagues, before departing to Czechoslovakia to make the rest of his cartoons with a much less experienced animation team. Saturday Evening Puss: Only time we get a chance to see the face of Mammy Two Shoes, but only as a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
Characterization Marches On: In Spike's original appearances, he was more or less an non-anthropomorphic dog and even would attack Tom and Jerry without preference in his debut. Chained to a Railway: In "Kitty Foiled", with a model train set. Mouse Hole: Sometimes Jerry's mouse hole even has a little door, or fancy decorations around it, as if the architects of the house Tom and Jerry are in specifically built the mouse hole into the wall. Until Jerry spits the seeds out, and then finds a book that teaches mice how to use Judo... - Recycled in Space!
The Hero: Jerry (debatable). This fact was not lost upon teenaged me back in those pre-Internet days when I finally found a copy for sale. Fashion Dissonance: The Zoot Cat, which also has so many references to 1940's pop culture its an Unintentional Period Piece. Mouse Trap: used a lot. However, both Tom and Jerry will still eat almost anything. This is almost repeated by the king in the second Mouseketeers short, though this time the duo take pity on Tom and lull the former to sleep before he can pull it off. Team Rocket Wins: A dozen or so instances Tom actually beats Jerry by the end of the short. The gore is fun at times, but it's actually less shocking than Tom & Jerry and other cartoons childish violence. Push-Button Kitty: Final appearance of Mammy Two-Shoes. Usually when paired with haphazard allies like Little Quacker or Nibbles.
The innocent, cartoon-y violence of the first chapter gives way to explicit blood and gore. The Cameo: In a lot of their more modern works (such as The Movie and Tom And Jerry Tales) Droopy makes a guest appearance. Instead of blowing up, it breaks apart to reveal a smaller firecracker, which then reveals a smaller firecracker, and so on until all that is left is a tiny firecracker. Done in "The Yankee Doodle Mouse", when Tom and Jerry throw a stick of dynamite back and forth. Denser and Wackier: The scenarios and gags in the earlier shorts were more mundane compared to later years. And I Must Scream: Jerry once froze Tom in ice; only Tom's eyes could move. Pent-House Mouse: First of the Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts. Badass: Jerry's cousin, Muscles. As such, the earlier shorts are very atmospheric and fluid in their animation, but to a point where its self-conscious, and as such hampers the timing and pacing of the cartoons. However, when MGM cartoons shuttered in 1958, so to did their run on the cartoon. Matryoshka Object: "The Yankee Doodle Mouse" has Tom cornered by a large firecracker. The Cat Concerto: One of The 50 Greatest Cartoons. Just Whistle: Spike makes this kind of an arrangement with Jerry in "The Bodyguard" and a couple later shorts.
Uses footage from "Cat Fishin", "The Little Orphan" and "Kitty Foiled". The image originates from the 1944 Tom and Jerry episode, The Zoot Cat. However, unlike the mean, abusive character presented here, the Terry Toons character was a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Jerry. Dinosaur Doggie Bone.
Few people remember this because few people like the cartoons from this period). There are several times however he manages to get the upper hand over Jerry or even win on rare occasions. Spinoff Babies: Tom and Jerry Kids. Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars: Direct to Video film. Ditto for the web poll conducted afterwards. Real Joke Name: Doctor Quack.
Tom and Jerry is an American animated series created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Vitriolic Best Buds: - Tom and Butch. He even eats an entire turkey before Tom or Jerry even get a bite. In it Tom and Jerry fight a war-style battle in a basement, with plenty of WWII references. Amusing Injuries: Major aspect of the series, as it's not only the premise, but wouldn't work without it. The Mouse Comes to Dinner. At the end when it turns out to be a dream/hallucination as a result of Tom having nearly drowned, and Jerry is resuscitating Tom. Pun-Based Title: Taken to new heights (or depths) with the Chuck Jones-era shorts.
Other characters underwent a similar transformation, though Jerry himself changed very little over the course of the series, having always been somewhat humanoid. Occurs at 3:26-3:28 in the short. The odd time he strayed from this he was more likely to suffer Laser-Guided Karma. Humans Are the Real Monsters: The extent of Mammy Two Shoes' abusive treatment of Tom (and how justified it is due to the latter's antics) varied Depending on the Writer. Tellingly, Tom and Jerry's Art Evolution made the differences between the clips and the Framing Device particularly jarring every time a Clip Show episode was done. Jerry directs a bee swarm straight to Tom via the bamboo breathing apparatus the cat is using while lying at the bottom of the lake. Mattioli has a great cartoony style and a fine sense of pacing, not to mention a talent for grand guignol. He just sounded like a gruff man in his first speaking role.
Lolicon: "Toots" from "The Zoot Cat" dosen't quite fit this trope (it's implied that she may be a teenager, due to her mature Southern voice, since the short is supposed to parody the teenagers of that time period) but you sure wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at her—especially considering she looks like a child and wears an equally small dress. Animal Jingoism: Mouse vs. Cat, and occasionally Cat vs. Dog (though only in one episode does Spike ever also chase Jerry). Buddies Thicker Than Water. In the end, a shark is crushing on her. Anti-Villain: Tom, although Jerry has his moments, too, Depending on the Writer. Screwy Squirrel: Whenever Jerry's character starts to really lean toward this, it's usually an episode where Tom wins. Interestingly, since then it seems like Warner has been treating Tom and Jerry better than their own Looney Tunes (probably due, in part, to the commercial bombing of Looney Tunes: Back in Action). Christmas Episode: The early short "The Night Before Christmas", which takes place on Christmas Eve. Jerry and the Goldfish. Live Action Adaptation: In development. In another short, "Baby Butch", Butch the alley cat cuts a small slice of ham for Tom and Jerry each, then takes the rest for himself. When Jerry agrees, the seal shakes his hand and launches to a flurry of barks.
Get help and learn more about the design. Genre Savvy: In "The Duck Doctor", an anvil is falling toward Tom. Nibbles, on the other hand, simply gives Tom the bell as a gift, and Tom happily wears it.
Chekhov's Gun: Literal instance in "Year of the Mouse". Unfortunately, Mattioli seems to misstep a little with the third chapter.