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Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat Sr. is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, he is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired mute tuxedo british cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot.^[1] The cat was known as "Jasper" during his debut in the short;^[2] however, beginning with his next appearance in The Midnight Snack he was known as "Tom" or "Thomas".

He was planned to appear in Who Framed Roger Rabbit but was deleted.

References

↑ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Tom and Jerry". toonopedia.com.
↑ Mark Christopher Carnes (2002), American national biography, ISBN 978-0-19-522202-9

External links

Tom Cat at Tom and Jerry Wiki

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia page of the same or a similar name, as linked here. The revision history lists the authors. The text on Roger Rabbit Wiki and Wikipedia is licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International license.

[1] "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Tom and Jerry". toonopedia.com.

[2] Mark Christopher Carnes (2002), American national biography, ISBN 978-0-19-522202-9

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-'''Thomas Jasper''' "'''Tom'''" '''Cat Sr.''' is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, he is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired mute tuxedo british cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ''Puss Gets the Boot''. The cat was known as "Jasper" during his debut in the short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ''The Midnight Snack'' he was known as "Tom" or "Thomas".
+'''Thomas Jasper''' "'''Tom'''" '''Cat Sr.''' is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being [[Jerry Mouse]]) in [[w:c:mgm:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s series of ''[[w:c:tomandjerry:Tom and Jerry|Tom and Jerry]]'' theatrical animated short films. Created by [[w:c:tomandjerry:William Hanna|William Hanna]] and [[w:c:tomandjerry:Joseph Barbera|Joseph Barbera]], he is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired mute tuxedo british cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ''[[w:c:tomandjerry:Puss Gets the Boot|Puss Gets the Boot]]''.<ref>[http://www.toonopedia.com/tomjerry.htm "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Tom and Jerry"]. ''toonopedia.com''.</ref> The cat was known as "Jasper" during his debut in the short;<ref>Mark Christopher Carnes (2002), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wZczV8ZxgL4C&pg=PA225 American national biography]'', ISBN 978-0-19-522202-9</ref> however, beginning with his next appearance in ''[[w:c:tomandjerry:The Midnight Snack|The Midnight Snack]]'' he was known as "Tom" or "Thomas".
-== History[edit] ==
+He was planned to appear in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' but was deleted.
-=== Tom and Jerry cartoons[edit] ===
+== References ==
-His name, "Tom Cat", is based on "tomcat", a word which refers to male cats. He is usually mute and rarely heard speaking with the exception of a few cartoons (such as 1943's ''The Lonesome Mouse'', 1944's ''The Zoot Cat'', 1947's ''Part Time Pal'', 1953's ''Puppy Tale'' and 1992's ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie''). His only notable vocal sounds outside of this are his various screams whenever he is subjected to panic or, more frequently, pain. He is continuously after Jerry Mouse, for whom he sets traps, many of which backfire and cause damage to him rather than Jerry. His trademark scream (which, ironically, was originally done by Butch in ''Springtime for Thomas'') was provided by creator William Hanna, Hanna's recordings of Tom screaming are later used as a stock sound effect for the other MGM Cartoon characters, whenever they scream including majority of Tex Avery's shorts.
+{{Reflist}}
-Tom has changed over the years upon his evolution, especially after the first episodes. For example, in his debut, he was quadrupedal. However, over the years (since the episode ''Dog Trouble''), he has become almost completely bipedal and has human intelligence and he is similar to his previous appearance, in 1945 shorts he had twisted whiskers and his appearance kept changing. In the 1940s and early 1950s, he had white fur between his eyes. In newer cartoons, the white fur is gone. As a slapstick cartoon character, Tom has a superhuman level of elasticity.
+== External links ==
+* [[w:c:tomandjerry:Tom Cat|Tom Cat]] at [[w:c:tomandjerry|Tom and Jerry Wiki]]
-Tom is usually defeated (or very rarely, killed, like in ''Mouse Trouble'', where he explodes) in the end, although there are some stories where he outwits and defeats Jerry. Though besides Jerry he also has trouble with many other mouse characters or cat characters. One of them that appears frequently is Spike Bulldog. Spike regularly appears and usually assists Jerry and beats up Tom. Though in some occasions Tom beats him or he turns on Jerry (like his debut appearance in Dog Trouble). Usually when Tom is chasing Jerry after a bit Jerry turns the tables on Tom and beats him or uses an outside character such as Spike to beat Tom.
+{{Wikipedia}}
+[[Category:Characters]]
-Tom has variously been portrayed as a house cat doing his job, and a victim of Jerry's blackmail attempts, sometimes within the same short. He is almost always called by his full name "Thomas" by Mammy Two Shoes. In 1961 short Switchin' Kitten Tom has a membership card as belong to the "International Brotherhood of Cats"
-=== ''Anchors Aweigh'' and ''Dangerous When Wet''[edit] ===
-Tom and Jerry showed up together at the 1945 Technicolor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical ''Anchors Aweigh'' where Tom briefly appears as a butler for King 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 (Esther Williams) does an underwater ballet with Tom and Jerry, as well as animated depictions of the different people in her life.
-[[Category:Toons]]
 [[Category:Animals]]
+[[Category:Cats]]
 [[Category:Males]]
+[[Category:Toons]]