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Jerry Mouse

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For other uses, see Jerry.

Jerry Mouse, or more simply referred to as Jerry, and originally known as Jinx, is one of the two anti-heroic protagonists in Tom and Jerry, alongside Tom Cat, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Despite being referred as an anti-heroic, Jerry is more often the protagonist, with Tom being the antagonist just as often.

Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot. Originally, Hanna gave the mouse's name as Jinx, while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. Regardless, beginning from his next appearance in The Midnight Snack and onwards Jerry was used.

In the 2021 live action movie, Jerry's full name was revealed to be Jerome A. Mouse. In the fighting game MultiVersus, Jerry's full name was given as Gerald Jinx Mouse.

Character Overview

Appearance

Jerry is a brown mouse, though like Tom there is never a consistent shade; The color tone varies on different shades of brown, orange, or orange-brown depending on the cartoon. He also has a lighter brown or orange patch on his stomach along with the inside of his ears being reddish orange (But this can also vary to being pink or cream colored too).

Jerry also has large ears on his head, a proportionally sized tail, four whiskers in the nose region and a small tuft on his head facing forward.

Tom and Jerry Kids

In Tom and Jerry Kids, Jerry Mouse is a short young anthropomorphic mouse with light brown fur, a tan belly, a tan snout with a black nose, white and black eyes, small, padded feet, a clump of hair, and wears a trademark red bowtie. In some appearances, he wears clothing during particular events.

Although Jerry usually wears only his bowtie and normally doesn't wear clothes, he was seen wearing clothes in some episodes. He sometimes wears his trademark bowtie with some of the clothes he wears, and sometimes does not. In Chase School, he was wearing a blue jacket with a white V-neck shirt with a yellow collar underneath, and a cream-colored skimmer hat; although the male mice in the crowd were wearing blue sweaters, and blue caps, but were wearing bowties like he was wearing. He wears swimsuits when going swimming. During his fourth and final attempt to evade Tom in Catch That Mouse he was wearing a light blue athletic shirt with shoulder straps and a pair of blue shorts. In Cosmic Chaos that has a futuristic time setting, he is shown wearing a cosmic shirt that is half green and half red.

Personality

Jerry is usually described as an very cunning, crafty, clever, and smart, excited, carefree and cheeky mouse, he in several episodes is shown to be cold as he seeks to have fun no matter who he harms, which to Tom's anger his sense of fun is sadistic, but he also has other targets although Tom is the main one among them, but this last characteristic seems to have a limit as in the episode "The Lonesome Mouse" he regrets having set up Tom to be kicked out of the house. Also Jerry gets Tom in trouble by his humans or Spike Bulldog, who sometimes don’t see Jerry because he’s small until he finally realizes that he was the one who was causing the trouble that he put on him and Tyke, therefore ending his friendship with him for his actions, but are still getting along. Sometimes when humans see Jerry, they freak out and call out to Tom to get rid of Jerry. Other times, the humans see Jerry and say, "Oh. Sorry, Jerry. I didn’t see you there."

Although Jerry is usually seen being chased by Tom, he takes the opportunity to attack when he has the advantage of the situation, an example of this is in the episode "Baby Puss" where when he sees Tom drinking milk from a bottle he decides to attract the other cats on the street so that they start making fun of him (important to point out that the end of the episode is bad for Jerry). Jerry is quite clever to not fall for Tom’s tricks and has quite often outsmart Tom or other characters. He also doesn't like to leave houses or hotels when told to do so and doesn't like mouse traps or being chased by Tom but does like cheese. He is very smart as he doesn't fall for the traps and understands humans.

Even with this personality, Jerry is benevolent and kind as in the episode "The Little Orphan" where he agrees to take care of Nibbles, taking risks to get food for him, and in some cases Jerry trusts Tom to face a bigger threat, other then Tuffy, Jerry will be willing to help or protect his friends most notably friend being Quacker.

In Tom and Jerry Kids, during most of his appearances, he often gets chased by Tom, and usually retaliates Tom's plans, although Tom and many cats and humans claim that he is a pest.

History

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

He has a strong bond with his mother (due to her sending him a cake in "Chumpy Chums" and defending him from Tom in "Jerry's Mother"). He also joined a band called the Vermin.

The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)

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Tom and Jerry original shorts

The name "Jerry" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted "Tom and Jerry" as potential names for the duo after an important Loew's Inc. distributor in Texas asked for follow-ups to Puss Gets the Boot. While the idea of a cat-and-mouse duo was considered shopworn by the 1940s, Hanna and Barbera decided to expand upon the standard expected cat and mouse relationship. Instead of being a "cowering victim" of Tom Cat's short-tempered aggression, he took delight in besting, and even tormenting, his feline frenemy (even if Tom is just following orders or just minding his own business and is antagonized by Jerry). Hanna and Barbera considered Tom and Jerry "the best of enemies", whose rivalry hid an unspoken amount of mutual respect, but in The Tom and Jerry Show (1975), they were purely friends/best friends/buddies.

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 Award for the Best Short Subject: Cartoons.

Hanna and Barbera served as writer/directors of the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956, when they also became the producers. Fourteen Tom and Jerry cartoons between 1940 and 1954 were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, with seven of the shorts winning that award. MGM shut down its animation department in 1957, but new Tom and Jerry cartoons were produced by Gene Deitch and later Chuck Jones during the 1960s. Tom and Jerry would also appear in later Tom and Jerry productions made for television, a series of direct-to-video features, and Tom and Jerry: The Movie, a 1992 theatrical film. Later productions eschewed much of the violence the 1940s and 1950s shorts were known for, and in several of the television shows, Jerry was given a red bow tie and a kinder disposition.

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

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Tom and Jerry: The Movie

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Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

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Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars

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Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

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Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers

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Tom and Jerry Tales

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Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

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Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

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Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

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Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse

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Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

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The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)

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Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers

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Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

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Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest

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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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Tom and Jerry Special Shorts

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Tom and Jerry (2021 film)

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Tom and Jerry in New York

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Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up!

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Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land

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Tom and Jerry Play

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Tom and Jerry Singapore

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Filmography

Tom and Jerry original shorts

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The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)

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The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

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Tom & Jerry Kids Show

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Tom and Jerry Tales

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The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)

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Tom and Jerry Special Shorts

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Tom and Jerry in New York

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Tom and Jerry Play (2022)

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Tom and Jerry Singapore (2023)

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Films

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Other appearances

Tom and Jerry were originally meant to make a cameo in the 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, specifically in the "Acme's Funeral" deleted scene. This was cut for unknown reasons.

Tom and Jerry were both mentioned by Jake Peralta in the Brooklyn Nine Nine episode, "The Fugitive: Part 2".

Jerry makes a cameo in Space Jam: A New Legacy, pictured on a poster for his and Tom's 2021 live-action/animated film. The poster can be spotted in the Warner Bros. studio backlot.

Anchors Aweigh and Dangerous When Wet

Tom and Jerry appeared together in the 1945 Technicolor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Anchors Aweigh where Tom briefly appears as a butler for Jerry, the latter who has a dance sequence with Gene Kelly, and also in another musical with the same studio Dangerous When Wet (1953), where, in a dream sequence, main character Katie Higgins does an underwater ballet with Tom and Jerry, as well as animated depictions of the different people in her life.

War of the Whiskers

Jerry appears in Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers, he is the one of the five all-round fighters alongside Tuffy, Quacker, Tyke and Robot Cat. Like Tom, He is one of the two characters to be unlocked directly from the start.

All voice actors

Jerry is primarily mute in most incarnations of Tom and Jerry, but on occasion, he did have a voice.

Goals

Trivia

  • Jerry's design has remained mostly the same since his debut, with a round face, big ears, and a reddish-brown coat. His features have changed slightly over time, with variations like eyebrows, whiskers, cheeks, and eyes.
  • In Little School Mouse, Jerry is a qualified instructor in the art of outwitting cats as seen in his certification which he accurate as he is very good at outwitting evident by his fights with his main advasary, Tom as well with other cats.

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Main Article: Jerry Mouse/Gallery

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