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| “ | Well, there was nothing I wanted to say that I thought you'd understand, and there still isn't! | „ |
| ~ Jerry responding to Tom and telling him why he doesn't speak often in "Tom and Jerry: The Movie". |
Jerome A. Mouse, better known simply as Jerry, and alternatively known as Gerald Jinx Mouse, is one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Tom Cat) of Warner Bros.'s Tom and Jerry franchise.
He was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbara, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short, Puss Gets the Boot. Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jerry", while Barbara claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. He is Tom's archenemy, and at the same time, his best friend.
Portrayals
He has been voiced by the late William Hanna, the late Joseph Barbera, the late Dana Hill, Dee Bradley Baker, and Tara Strong.
History
Tom & Jerry cartoons
Jerry appeared in the first episode of Tom and Jerry. He was unnamed in the short but was known as "Jinx" and was less smart.
However, In the second Tom and Jerry episode (A Midnight Snack), His name was turned into "Jerry". He mostly wins in most of the time, but sometimes gets outsmarted and Tom wins.
In the episode The Milky Waif, he beats up Tom when he hurts Nibbles.
An example of Tom chasing Jerry.
Anchors Away and Dangerous When Wet
Anchors Away
Jerry appeared as a ruler of a kingdom where music is banned because he believes that he lacks talent, and Gene Kelly persuades the mouse into performing a song-and-dance number with him. Tom briefly appears as a butler for Jerry.
Dangerous When Wet
In the film, Tom and Jerry did an underwater ballet with the main character, Katie Higgins.
The Tom & Jerry Show (1975)
Tom & Jerry Kids
In 1990, Jerry wears a red bow tie and is a more "baby" version of himself. He appeared with Tom, who also is a toddler version of himself.
Movies
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Jerry works with Tom to try and reunite a girl named Robyn Starling with her long-lost father, showing some of his good. Jerry does still have feuds with Tom though, with the occasional insult here and there.
Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
Jerry is a very naughty little mouse who causes all sorts of trouble for Tom (who is assigned by his young wizard owner Chip to guard the magic ring in his absence) when the magic ring gets stuck on his head.
Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and The Furry
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
Jerry Mouse's wish for a chance to dance in a ballet on Christmas Eve magically comes true and gets whisked away into a magical enchanted holiday kingdom where he is welcomed with a nice Christmas dinner by the toys and he dances with a music box ballerina and he becomes happy as happy can be.
But not for long, as his happiness ceases and his welcoming feast is rudely interrupted by a gang of alley cats, lead by Tom Cat who serves as the captain of the guards for the wicked and greedy King of the Cats.
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Jerry has a crush on Miss Red
Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz
He and Tom live in Kansas with Dorothy Gale
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
He serves as Robin Hood's little sidekick and messenger mouse
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
He and Tom live with Jack and his Mother at a Storybook-themed amusement park
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
He and Tom begin as childhood friends, or frenemies, growing up with an elf girl named Athena who raises them at a home for unwanted animals.
Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
He and Tom are on a relaxing vacation when they encounter a boy named Johnny Quest
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
He, Tom, Toto and Dorothy must return to Oz when the evil Gnome King takes over the land
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
He and Tom accompany Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe around Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
Tom and Jerry (2021)
Jerry and Tom both need a place to stay, eventually coming across a hotel. They work together in order to save a wedding they (inadvertently) ruined.
Relationships
Tom
Tom is Jerry's best friend and archrival, and are pretty much a mix of friends, bitter rivals, friendly rivals, and frenemies. They are usually shown competing against each other, with Jerry usually coming out on top, due to being cunning enough to foil many of Tom's attempts to outwit him despite Tom's high intelligence and crafty personality, but Tom occasionally triumphs and Jerry is the loser.
However, they both share a secret bond of friendship and can't enjoy their lives without one another, as they bond over a mutual sentiment towards an unpleasant experience and their antagonistic tendencies with each other are often more on the playful side rather than serious attacks.
Multiple shorts will show the two getting along with minimal difficulty, and they are shown to work together to defeat the real villains who antagonize both of them.
Spike
Spike is Jerry's frenemy. On very rare occasions, he is shown to protect Jerry from Tom by beating him up when he provoked him first. However, Spike's antagonistic side towards Jerry becomes increasingly common (including his first appearance) as he finally realizes on numerous occasions it was Jerry who was really causing all of the disturbance and the trouble he and his son were put through leading their friendship to slowly deteriorating. In the reboot of the show their friendship is completely severed that Spike now realized the truth that Jerry was the one who is really causing all of the disturbance and the trouble that he and Tyke were put through and as well the true saboteur and torturer and Tom was been innocent, but despite this they're are still shown getting along.
Вutch
Butch is one of Jerry’s enemies. He is shown to catch Jerry and stop Tom, but often fails, due to Jerry outwitting him.
Toots
Toots is Jerry's girlfriend. She is shown in the end when Jerry falls in love with her and she kisses him.
Tuffy
Tuffy is Jerry's nephew. He is shown to either visit Jerry or living with him, and they are shown to run away from Tom when he attacks them, but they often outwit him in the end.
Quacker
Quacker is one of Jerry's friends. He is shown to be attacked by Tom by surprise but Jerry always saves Quacker from being eaten by Tom.
Toodles
Toodles is another one of Jerry's friends. In Casanova Cat, Jerry kissed Toodles on the cheek, which had her take an interest in him. At the end, a car drove off with Toodles and Jerry, and they shared a passionate kiss in the back seat.
Tyke
Tyke, like his father is an frenemy of Jerry. He is shown to be tormented by Jerry, or Tom due to their chasing and Jerry usually frames Tom for their antics and Spike usually threatens him to leave his son alone. In the reboot of the show Tyke is still friends with Jerry despite Spike completely severed his friendship with him upon learning that Tom was innocent and Jerry was the true saboteur and causing the disturbance and trouble that he put Tyke and Spike through.
Uncle Pecos
Uncle Pecos is Jerry's cowboy uncle. Pecos visit his nephew to practice for his song for Television tonight. Whenever Uncle Pecos' guitar strings was busted, He always removes Tom's hair from his whiskers to fix his guitar.
Muscles
Muscles Mouse is Jerry's older and strongest cousin. Whenever Jerry has troubles with Tom, Muscles will beat up Tom to protect his cousin.
Heroic Acts
- Helps save a girl named Robyn Starling from her wicked Aunt Figg in "Tom and Jerry: The Movie".
- Helps a circus lion return to the African jungle in "Jerry and the Lion".
- Saves the holiday kingdom from the evil Cat King and his gang in "Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale".
- Rescues a puppy who was thrown out the car window to drown in "Puppy Tale".
- Saves his animal friends (such as a duckling, a goldfish, a canary, a baby woodpecker, and a new kitten) from Tom on occasions.
- Saves Tom Cat on certain occasions.
- In addition, he attempted to save Tom from suicide in "Blue Cat Blues".
- Rescues Spike from the dog catcher in "The Bodyguard".
- Protects the family baby from dangerous situations while Jeannie, the baby's negligent and irresponsible babysitter, was too busy talking on the phone with her friends to bother keeping an eye on the baby in "Busy Buddies" and "Tot Watchers".
- Helps Topsy to make peace between cats and mice in "Professor Tom".
- Helps Dorothy Gale and her friends defeat the Wicked Witch of the West and find the Wizard of Oz.
- Rescues Dorothy's dog, Toto, from the clutches of Miss Gulch, with Tom's help.
- Helps Dorothy and Toto return home to Kansas.
- Helps Jack save Storybook Town from a greedy billionaire named Mr. Bigley in "Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure".
- Often shows remorse for his mistakes while attempting to make it up for himself when going too far on certain occasions.
- Helps Tom get his job back as a house cat from his successors taking advantage of him in "Old Rockin' Chair Tom" and "Tin Cat of Tomorrow".
- Teams up with Tom to discipline and take on very naughty and devilish triplet kittens; Fluff, Muff, and Puff in "Triplet Trouble".
- in "Tom's Photo Finish", When Tom frames Spike for stealing and eating the chicken from the refrigerator, Jerry took a picture of Tom framing Spike and having made numerous copies of his photo of latter. He plants copies of the photos in places where George or Joan are likely to see them, hoping to get Tom expelled from the house and clear Spike's name prove Spike's innocence eventually leading to Tom being kicked out of the house as George and Joan to let Spike back into the house and ask for forgiveness for falling into Tom's deception, which the dog gladly grants. Jerry calls Spike over and gives him something that he laughs over: a photo of Tom being kicked out the house by an angry George in his boxers.
- Rescues Miss Red from Professor Moriarty in "Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes".
- Joins Johnny Quest on a mission to rescue his father from Dr. Zin in "Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest".
- Helps Jack save Storybook Town from a greedy billionaire named Mr. Bigley in "Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure".
- Teams up with Tom to operate a detective agency and solve cases as detectives in "The Cat and Mouse Detectives" episode segments.
- Teams up with Tom to protect and save a befriended Italian mouse named "Topo" from the three bully dogs in "Neapolitan Mouse".
- Teams up with Tom to save a wedding they ruined.
Love Interests
- Peep (in Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars)
- Lillie Mouse and Marie Mouse (in Tom and Jerry cartoon: "Tom and Cherie")
- La Petite Ballerina (in Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale)
- Cherie Mouse and Toots Mouse (in The Tom and Jerry Show 2014)
Audio Samples
Trivia
- Jerry does not appear in Castaras, but is mentioned by Tom many times.
- His French ancestor, Capitaine Jerry, is the protagonist of The Two Mouseketeers (1952), Touché, Pussycat! (1954), Tom and Chérie (1955), and Royal Cat Nap (1958), along with his ward, Tuffy.
- The scene in from the Tom & Jerry cartoon "The Milky Waif" when Jerry turns around after seeing Tom's milk plate has become a well-known Internet meme in Latin America named "Khe berga?", which is a Spanish swear word to say like "What the f*ck?". This is because the face Jerry makes when he turns around in the scene looks odd and funny at the same time.
- Jeremy Renner, Chris Rock, Jack Black, and Billy Crystal were all considered for the role of Jerry, so instead, Robert Naylor took over voice of Jerry.
External Links
- Jerry Mouse on the Villains Wiki
- Jerry Mouse on the Tom and Jerry Wiki
- Jerry Mouse on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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