Thomas “Tom” Jasper Cat, commonly referred to as Tom Cat, or more simply referred to as Tom, and originally known as Jasper, is one of the two anti-heroic protagonists in Tom and Jerry, alongside Jerry Mouse, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Despite being referred as an anti-heroic, Tom is more often placed in the role of the antagonist, with Jerry often being the protagonist just as much.
Tom is a bluish-grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired 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.
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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 was provided by creator William Hanna. Hanna’s recordings of Tom screaming were later used as a stock sound effect for other MGM cartoon characters, including a majority of Tex Avery’s shorts.
Tom is usually defeated in the end (or very rarely, killed, like in Mouse Trouble, where he explodes), although there are some stories where he outwits and defeats Jerry. Besides Jerry, he also has trouble with other mouse 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.
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”.
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“International Brotherhood of Cats”
I’m curious, is there any more info about this brotherhood? Or is it just a “no punchline” joke?
the joke is just a simple “im a certified cat”
Say what you will about Tom but he didn’t hire no scab to get Jerry
Certified cat
Im going to make one of those for myself. I used to have cards based on a deleted simpsons scene, its a scene cut from Much Apu About Nothing where Homer spills his business cards fleeing from the non threatening bear in the intro and they zoom in on the card and they just say ‘Homer Simpson- Local Man’
Is spike the police
In the briefing, Hegseth referred to B-2 pilots as “our boys on those bombers,” yet both men and women have trained to fly them.
incredible tagline potential here, whoever handles those, please consider
the real reason trump banned Chinese international students at Harvard was to stop the spread of further revelations from the prophet
People actually dying and I have to hear libs make this about themselves
My kitty gave up on chasing her toy and just lied down so I said ‘have you lost your warrior’s will?’ In a gowron voice and she got back up and finished the job. She fucking rules
I had no idea Tom from Tom & Jerry has the Will of D.
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in 2028 the dems need to run a serious imperial administrator type who can run this war better than the buffoonish, draft dodging incumbent republican president. can anyone think of a democratic candidate who has, say, 3 Purple Hearts to prove their patriotism and military experience?
The theme for America Watch should just be “America watch, America watch, who’s getting shot and is it in the crotch”
The sleeper cells have just been hitting snooze since 2003, they were trained too well
I really hate the trope of the omniscientist. The experimental physicist/biologist/chemist/archeologist/whatever the fuck. I’m playing Alters and there’s a Doctor and a “Builder” alter but for some reason the omniscientist is doing MRIs, preparing brain surgery and figuring out how to build parks
They should have limited research by alters. The miner should be the one to have ideas about mine shit, the doctor should do the doctoring and maybe the botanist should be the one to tell you how to grow shit!
Is a steam deck an easy way to play steam games on a tv? Like a console?
Wow just heard Neil Young’s song Southern Man, and damn if you needed more reason to hate lynrd skynrd them being little piss babies about that song is a good one.
Edit: i hope when their plane crashed their confederate flag belt buckles really singed their tummies as they roasted
stressposting/journalposting
feeling kind of
and overwhelmed rn - between interpersonal conflict between mutual friends in one of my main friend groups, exiting a dysfunctional short lived romantic relationship (with someone i still have to see semi-regularly because we’re in community), feeling the consequences of addiction issues and not knowing how to tackle them (moderate alcoholism), and unpacking some weird childhood/parenting shit.idk i just feel like i have no personal oases of security/stability at the moment while the world feels like it’s falling apart and i still have to work full time and i have Party obligations and aaaaaaaaaah
