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Subject: HISTORY OF TOM and JERRY
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mzbr0nxy 12.05.08 - 10:17am
is a successful and long-running series for over six decades of theatrical short subjects created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoons centered around a never-ending rivalry between a housecat (Tom) and a brown mouse (Jerry), whose chases and battles often involved comic violence. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed one hundred fourteen Tom and Jerry cartoons at the MGM cartoon studio in Hollywood, California between 1940 and 1957, when the animation unit was closed down. The original series is notable for having won the Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) seven times, tying it with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the most-awarded theatrical animated series. *
mzbr0nxy 12.05.08 - 10:21am
Tom, (actually called 'Jasper' in early shorts such as Puss Gets the Boot despite the Tom and Jerry marquee at the start of the feature) is a Russian Blue cat, who lives a pampered life, while Jerry is a small brown mouse who always lives in proximity to him. Tom is very quick-tempered and thin-skinned, while Jerry is independent and opportunistic. Despite being very energetic and determined, Tom is no match for Jerry's brains and wits. By the iris-out of each cartoon, Jerry usually emerges triumphant, while Tom is shown as the loser. However, other results may be reached; on rare occasions, Tom triumphs. Sometimes, usually ironically, they both lose or they both end up being friends. Both characters display ic tendencies, in that they are equally likely to take pleasure in tormenting each other. However, depending on the cartoon, whenever one character appears to be in mortal danger (in a dangerous situation or by an enemy), the other will develop a conscience and save him. Sometimes they bond over a mutual sentiment towards an unpleasant experience and their attacking each over is more play than serious attacks. *
mzbr0nxy 12.05.08 - 10:22am
In his attempts to catch Jerry, Tom often has to deal with the intrusions of Butch, a scruffy black alley cat who also wants to catch and eat Jerry, Spike (sometimes billed as Killer or Butch), an angry, vicious guard bulldog who tries to attack Tom for bothering his son Tyke while trying to get Jerry, in earlier episodes Spike is extremely ic chasing and trying to maul both Tom and Jerry forcing the two to work together to defeat him. Spike spoke often, using a voice and expressions (performed by Daws Butler) modeled after comedian Jimmy Durante. The addition of Spike's son Tyke in the late 1940s led to both a slight softening of Spike's character and a short-lived spin-off theatrical series (Spike and Tyke).
Tom changes his love interest many times. The first love interest speaks in a haughty tone in The Zoot Cat, and calls him Tommy in The Mouse Comes to Dinner. The second and frequent love interest of Tom's is Toodles Galore, who never has any dialogue in Tom and Jerry cartoons. *
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