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| − | '''Mammy Two Shoes''' (also known as '''Mammy''', '''Mammy Two-Shoes''' or '''Mrs. Two Shoes''' in ''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]'') is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_character recurring character] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_%28MGM%29 Tom and Jerry]'' cartoons. She is a heavy-set middle-aged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people black] woman who often has to deal with the mayhem generated by the lead characters. |
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| − | As a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_character partially-seen character], she was famous for never showing her head (although it is briefly visible in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Evening_Puss Saturday Evening Puss]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_Time_Pal Part Time Pal]''). Mammy's appearances have often been edited out, dubbed, or re-animated as a slim white woman in later television showings, since her character is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_archetype mammy archetype] now often regarded as racist. It was later revealed that her character was greatly inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award Oscar]-winning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American black] actress and singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel Hattie McDaniel], best known for playing "Mammy" in MGM and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick David O. Selznick]'s 1939 film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29 Gone with the Wind]''. |
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| − | A character very similar to Mammy Two Shoes had earlier been portrayed in the Disney ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Symphonies Silly Symphonies]'' shorts ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Orphan_Kittens Three Orphan Kittens]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_Kittens&action=edit&redlink=1 More Kittens]'', as well as the Pluto short ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pantry_Pirate&action=edit&redlink=1 Pantry Pirate]'' and the Figaro short ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figaro_and_Cleo Figaro and Cleo]''. A similar character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harveytoons Aunt Petunia the Mammy] actually shows her face which (of course) resembles blackface in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Audrey The Little Audrey Cartoon Series]. |
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==Theatrical ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons== |
==Theatrical ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons== |
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[[File:PDVD_002-1-.jpg|thumb|Mammy Two Shoes, in a scene from '''The Tom'''.]] |
[[File:PDVD_002-1-.jpg|thumb|Mammy Two Shoes, in a scene from '''The Tom'''.]] |
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| + | The Theater is Puss Get The Boot,Saturday evening puss,the little orphan and polka dot puss and others. |
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| − | Mammy first appeared in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puss_Gets_the_Boot Puss Gets the Boot]'', the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (except Tom was called "Jasper"). She always referred to Tom as his given name Thomas and almost always used "is" in conjunction with a pronoun ("is you" and "I is"). The character went on to make many appearances through 1952's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push-Button_Kitty Push-Button Kitty]''. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera initially portrayed Mammy as the maid of the house, with the real owners unknown to us. Later, Hanna and Barbera seemed to suggest, through dialogue and occasional behavior, that the house was Mammy's own. |
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| − | Mammy was originally voiced by well-known African-American character actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Randolph Lillian Randolph]. In the 1960s, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Animation/Visual_Arts MGM animation studio], by then under the supervision of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones Chuck Jones], created censored versions of the ''Tom & Jerry'' cartoons featuring Mammy for television. These versions used [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscope rotoscoping] techniques to replace Mammy on-screen with a thin white woman, and the voice on the soundtracks was replaced by an Irish-accented voice performed by white actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Foray June Foray].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_Two_Shoes#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> The original versions of the cartoons were reinstated when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Broadcasting Turner Broadcasting] acquired ownership of the ''Tom & Jerry'' property. But in 1992, the cartoons featuring Mammy were edited again; this time, to replace Lillian Randolph's voice with that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Vidale Thea Vidale], whose dialogue was redone to remove the Mammy character's use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English potentially offensive dialect]. These versions of the cartoons are aired to this day on Turner's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network Cartoon Network]-related cable channels, and have turned up on DVD as well. However, some European TV showings of these cartoons, especially the UK, retain Randolph's original voice. The Region 2 ''Complete Collectors Edition'' DVD boxset has Vidale's voice on the first DVD and Randolph in a number of the episodes after that (such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mouse_in_the_House A Mouse in the House]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Cleaning Mouse Cleaning]''). |
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==Replacement characters for Mammy== |
==Replacement characters for Mammy== |
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[[File:Drgterr4.jpg|thumb|The American version of Mammy Two Shoes.]] |
[[File:Drgterr4.jpg|thumb|The American version of Mammy Two Shoes.]] |
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| − | From 1954's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Peeve_%281954_film%29 Pet Peeve]'', Mammy disappeared from ''Tom and Jerry''; the owners of the animals' house became a young, white, middle-class couple named Joan and George, and starting with 1955's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Sorceress The Flying Sorceress]'', the audience was able to see these owners' heads. |
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| − | In 1961, when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Snyder Rembrandt Films] began producing ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts, the owner of the house became a corpulent white man. The character was designed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Deitch Gene Deitch], who recycled the design from his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrytoons Terrytoons] character Clint Clobber.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_Two_Shoes#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> This new owner, whose face would turn bright red, and often derived great glee in doing so, was more graphically brutal in punishing Tom's mistakes as compared to Mammy Two Shoes, such as beating and thrashing Tom repeatedly, searing his face with a grill and forcing Tom to drink an entire carbonated beverage. "Clobber" (for want of a better name) was introduced in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Outing Down and Outing]'' as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherman] who owned Tom as well as their house. "Clobber" later appeared in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Steaks High Steaks]'' as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef chef], and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry_Safari Sorry Safari]'' as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter hunter] before being dropped. |
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| − | Later, Tom's owner varied, with a housewife similar to the re-edited Mammy appearing in the later Deitch short ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddies_Thicker_Than_Water Buddies Thicker Than Water]'' and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video direct-to-DVD] film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Fast_and_the_Furry Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry]''. |
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| + | Mammy is fat. |
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| + | Mammy is ugly. |
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| + | Mammy is spanking. |
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| − | ==''Tom and Jerry Tales'' and Mammy's modern return== |
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| − | In the modern ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_Tales Tom and Jerry Tales]'' a redesigned Mammy has appeared, debuting in the short ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho,_Ho_Horrors Ho, Ho Horrors]'' and turning up again later on. Though keeping her buxom, overweight build, tough personality, Southern accent and tendency to call Tom "Thomas," Mammy's skin tone has changed to Caucasian, presumably to avoid any possible controversy. Several photos on a mantle in ''Ho, Ho Horrors'' also imply that Mammy now has a family (a man and a boy, also shown only as legs and partial torsos), though they have yet to appear in actual animation. In the short ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Tom Power Tom]'' the story casts Mammy as a superheroine called Power Gal, though it's only for this one cartoon. |
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| − | In the new shorts, the now-Caucasian Mammy is explicitly called "Mrs. Two-Shoes". |
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| − | ===Tom and Jerry=== |
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| − | *[[Puss Gets the Boot|''Puss Gets the Boot'']] (1940) |
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| − | *[[The Midnight Snack|''The Midnight Snack'']] (1941) |
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| − | *[[Fraidy Cat|''Fraidy Cat'']] (cameo)(1942) |
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| − | *[[Dog Trouble|''Dog Trouble'']] (cameo)(1942) |
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| − | *[[Puss N' Toots|''Puss N' Toots'']] (cameo)(1942) |
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| − | *[[The Lonesome Mouse|''The Lonesome Mouse'']] (1943) |
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| − | *[[The Mouse Comes to Dinner|''The Mouse Comes to Dinner'']] (cameo) (1945) |
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| − | *[[Part Time Pal|''Part Time Pal'']] (1947) |
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| − | *[[A Mouse in the House|''A Mouse in the House'']] (1947) |
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| − | *[[Old Rockin' Chair Tom|''Old Rockin' Chair Tom'']] (1948) |
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| − | *[[Mouse Cleaning|''Mouse Cleaning'']] (1948) |
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| − | *[[Polka-Dot Puss|''Polka-Dot Puss'']] (1949)(cameo) |
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| − | *[[The Little Orphan|''The Little Orphan'']] (cameo) (1949) |
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| − | *[[Saturday Evening Puss|''Saturday Evening Puss'']] (1950) |
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| − | *[[The Framed Cat|''The Framed Cat'']] (cameo) (1950) |
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| − | *[[Casanova Cat|''Casanova Cat'']] (cameo) (1951) |
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| − | *[[Sleepy-Time Tom|''Sleepy-Time Tom'']] (1951) |
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| − | *[[Nit-Witty Kitty|''Nit-Witty Kitty'']] (1951) |
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| − | *[[Triplet Trouble|''Triplet Trouble'']] (1952) |
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| − | *''[[Push-Button Kitty]] ''(1952) |
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| − | ===''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (as Mrs. Two Shoes)=== |
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| − | *[[Prehisterics|''Prehisterics'']] |
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| − | *[[Ho, Ho Horrors|''Ho, Ho Horrors'']] (cameo) |
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| − | *[[Tin Cat of Tomorrow|''Tin Cat of Tomorrow'']] |
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| − | *[[Power Tom|''Power Tom'']] |
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| − | *[[Cat Show Catastrophe|''Cat Show Catastrophe'']] (cameo) |
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| − | *[[Adventures in Penguin Sitting|''Adventures in Penguin Sitting'']] |
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| − | *[[Invasion of the Body Slammers|''Invasion of the Body Slammers'']] (cameo) |
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| − | *[[Summer Squashing|''Summer Squashing'']] |
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| − | *[[Little Big Mouse|''Little Big Mouse'']] |
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| − | *[[You're Lion|''You're Lion'']] |
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| − | *[[Monkey Chow|''Monkey Chow'']] |
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| − | *[[Game of Mouse and Cat|''Game of Mouse and Cat'']] |
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| − | *[[Cat Whisperer|''Cat Whisperer'']] |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonesome_Mouse The Lonesome Mouse]'' - She's tricked by Tom's and [[Jerry]]'s truce. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_Time_Pal Part Time Pal]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rockin%27_Chair_Tom Old Rockin' Chair Tom]'' - She takes a cat named [[Lightning]]. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy-Time_Tom Sleepy-Time Tom]'' - She keeps an eye on Tom if he's sleeping on the job. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push-Button_Kitty Push-Button Kitty]'' - She orders a robocat called [[Mechano]]. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Cat_of_Tomorrow Tin Cat of Tomorrow]'' - She orders a robocat called [[Mechanico]]. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Tom Power Tom]'' - She disguises herself as [[Power Gal]] to save Tom and Jerry from [[Butch]], Lightning and Topsy in robbing. |
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| − | ==Voice actors who portrayed Mammy Two Shoes== |
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Randolph Lillian Randolph]: 1940 - 1952 |
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Vidale Thea Vidale]: (dubbed versions) (uncredited) |
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Foray June Foray]: Mammy as a thin white woman |
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| − | *[[Tress MacNeille]] : ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_Tales Tom and Jerry Tales]'' |
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*25 May, 1919 |
*25 May, 1919 |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | *In Tom and Jerry books, Mammy is often referred to as Cook. |
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| − | *In 1940s Tom and Jerry comics, Mammy is usually named Dinah. |
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| − | *The mammy character in Disney's ''Three Orphan Kittens'' is actually named Mammy Twoshoes (note spelling) in some licensed 1930s-1950s book adaptations. |
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[[Category:mammys]] |
[[Category:mammys]] |
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[[Category:Humans]] |
[[Category:Humans]] |
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Revision as of 10:52, 14 January 2012
Mammy Two Shoes was very bad but she don't like Jerry or Tom is so special she was 21 years old that Tom has a bad mess in the icebox then she tried to spank Tom the special cat was naughty.
Theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoons
Mammy Two Shoes, in a scene from The Tom.
The Theater is Puss Get The Boot,Saturday evening puss,the little orphan and polka dot puss and others.
Replacement characters for Mammy
The American version of Mammy Two Shoes.
Mammy has a bad face
Mammy is fat.
Mammy is ugly.
Mammy is spanking.
Featured in Deltora Quest
- The River Queen
Birthday
- 25 May, 1919