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* The haunted mouse episode, in the scene when Jerry's cousin hypnotized Tom and walked into his body was a bit creepy. [[https://youtu.be/KmrW6crpJQs]]

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* The haunted mouse episode, in the scene when Jerry's cousin hypnotized Tom and walked into his body was a bit creepy. [[https://youtu.be/KmrW6crpJQs]]be/KmrW6crpJQs creepy stuff]]

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* The episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse was a bit unsettling whenever Jerry turns into a monster and tries to kill and hurt Tom, the ominous music while he is going after Tom doesn't help either.

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* The episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse was a bit unsettling whenever Jerry turns into a monster and tries to kill and hurt Tom, the ominous music while he is going after Tom doesn't help either.either.

* The haunted mouse episode, in the scene when Jerry's cousin hypnotized Tom and walked into his body was a bit creepy. [[https://youtu.be/KmrW6crpJQs]]
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*** how about Demon Spike constantly stabbing Tom with the pitchfork and laughing evilly?
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the music in the opening \"Missing Mouse\" was a bit unsettling to this troper.


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* The episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse was a bit unsettling whenever Jerry turns into a monster and tries to kill and hurt Tom, the ominous music while he is going after Tom doesn't help either.
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* Jerry coming EXTREMELY close to being chopped clean in half by Tom, at the beginning of "The Cat's Me-Ouch." His petrified expression is pretty jarring.
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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line from the shorts "Mouse Trouble" and "The Missing Mouse".

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line it!"]] line from the shorts "Mouse Trouble" and "The Missing Mouse".



** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile.
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them. Creator/MattGroening (the man behind ''TheSimpsons'', ''Futurama'', and ''Life in Hell'') even cited this as one of the darkest things he's seen.

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** The three cartoons ("Down and Outing", "High Steaks", and "Sorry Safari") where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile.
SlasherSmile. Even worse is that, except in "Sorry Safari", [[KarmaHoudini he always gets away with it]].
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them. Creator/MattGroening (the man behind ''TheSimpsons'', ''Futurama'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', and ''Life in Hell'') even cited this as one of the darkest things he's seen.

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The Tom and Jerry shorts (both past and present) are filled with rib-tickling comedic violence, but it is definitely a product of its time -- not just with the racial jokes or how women are treated (which isn't as bad as how other animation studios do it, but it does have its moments), but with how the violence and its implications are represented, which, these days, can be considered terrifying for sensitive viewers.
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** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile. All this can be '''very''' disturbing, ''[[DudeNotFunny especially]]'' [[DudeNotFunny if you're an animal lover]].

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** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile. All this can be '''very''' disturbing, ''[[DudeNotFunny especially]]'' [[DudeNotFunny if you're an animal lover]].



** This short aired plenty on Cartoon Network in the 1990s. And it's on the [=DVDs=], it's other ones that are having a problem with that.

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** This short aired plenty on Cartoon Network in the 1990s.1990s (not so much after that). And it's on the [=DVDs=], it's other ones that are having a problem with that.



* In "Year of the Mouse", Jerry and a mouse friend basically {{gaslight|ing}} Tom. The poor cat's just trying to nap, but keeps waking up to find [[ParanoiaFuel signs that he might be trying to kill himself as he sleeps]].
** Well, at least he won in that cartoon.

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* In "Year of the Mouse", Jerry and a mouse friend basically {{gaslight|ing}} Tom. The poor cat's just trying to nap, but keeps waking up to find [[ParanoiaFuel signs that he might be trying to kill himself as he sleeps]].
** Well, at least he won in that cartoon.
sleeps]]. The cartoon is a remake of the Chuck Jones-directed Warner Bros. short "Mouse Wreckers," which had Hubie and Bertie gaslight Claude the Cat and [[KarmaHoudini get away with it]]. This short is pretty much the same, only Jerry and the unnamed mouse who gaslighted Tom got their comeuppance.
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** This might have a FridgeHorror on its own, but after what Tom has gone through, it is implied that Jerry thought the girl was a GoldDigger, plain and simple. So who is to say that she won't smooch up Butch's wealth, until he's become poor and then dumps him for another rich cat until Butch suffers the same fate as Tom and Jerry?

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line from the short "Mouse Trouble".
* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts due to the deranged, limited animation and odd sound effects.
** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily-provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile. All this can be '''very''' disturbing, ''[[DudeNotFunny especially]]'' [[DudeNotFunny if you're an animal lover]].

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line from the short shorts "Mouse Trouble".
Trouble" and "The Missing Mouse".
* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom ''Tom and Jerry Jerry'' shorts due to the deranged, limited animation and odd sound effects.
** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily-provoked]], easily provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile. All this can be '''very''' disturbing, ''[[DudeNotFunny especially]]'' [[DudeNotFunny if you're an animal lover]].



--> '''Gatekeeper''': What some people wont do...
*** Some of the other souls in the line werent too happy either. One, who looks like Butch, is stated to have been brutally killed by vicious dogs.
* And then there's "Blue Cat Blues", which has a DownerEnding of a depressed Tom and Jerry [[DrivenToSuicide sitting on the train tracks]] with the train just about to come. No wonder it's not shown much in syndication (TNT and a lot of independent local stations in the 1980s and 1990s showed this, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and on officially-released DVDs]]).
** This short aired plenty on Cartoon Network in the 90s. And it's on the DVDs, it's other ones that are having a problem with that.

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--> ---> '''Gatekeeper''': What some people wont won't do...
*** Some of the other souls in the line werent weren't too happy happy, either. One, who looks like Butch, is stated to have been brutally killed by vicious dogs.
* And then there's "Blue Cat Blues", which has a DownerEnding of a depressed Tom and Jerry [[DrivenToSuicide sitting on the train tracks]] with the train just about to come. No wonder it's not shown much in syndication (TNT and a lot of independent local stations in the 1980s and 1990s showed this, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and on officially-released officially released DVDs]]).
** This short aired plenty on Cartoon Network in the 90s. 1990s. And it's on the DVDs, [=DVDs=], it's other ones that are having a problem with that.



* "Pecos Pest" features Jerry's Uncle Pecos chasing Tom [[AxCrazy with an ax]], because he needs [[MemeticMutation "Yer' wisker for mah' git-ar string!"]]. It sounds funny until you see that Pecos is TheDeterminator when it comes to getting that string, and consider the consequences had he wanted anything else.
* [[UncannyValley The early forms]] of the characters could count. Especially Spike who was also [[AxCrazy completely berserk]] in his debut appearance. (Dog Trouble)

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* "Pecos Pest" features Jerry's Uncle Pecos chasing Tom [[AxCrazy with an ax]], because he needs [[MemeticMutation "Yer' "Yer wisker for mah' git-ar string!"]]. It sounds funny until you see that Pecos is TheDeterminator when it comes to getting that string, and consider the consequences had he wanted anything else.
* [[UncannyValley The early forms]] of the characters could count. Especially Spike Spike, who was also [[AxCrazy completely berserk]] in his debut appearance. (Dog Trouble)("Dog Trouble")



--> [[spoiler: Nibbles: Pouvre, pouvre, pussy cat. (shrugs) C'est la guerre.]]

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* The alley cats in "Mouse in Manhattan." These aren't the comical ones like Butch and his gang, these were genuinely menacing.[[FridgeBrilliance Well, we are looking at things from a mouse's POV, after all. ]]

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* The alley cats in "Mouse in Manhattan." These aren't the comical ones like Butch and his gang, these were genuinely menacing. [[FridgeBrilliance Well, we are looking at things from a mouse's POV, after all. ]]all.]]
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** Tom's depressed face in itself is somewhat disturbing due to his eyeballs having prominent veins.
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** A similar situation happened with one of the characters in ''Blast Off to Mars''.

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** A similar situation happened with one of the characters in ''Blast Off to Mars''.Mars''.
* The alley cats in "Mouse in Manhattan." These aren't the comical ones like Butch and his gang, these were genuinely menacing.[[FridgeBrilliance Well, we are looking at things from a mouse's POV, after all. ]]
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** This short aired plenty on Cartoon Network in the 90s. And it's on the DVDs, it's other ones that are having a problem with that.
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* ''Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry-ous'' is a lot DarkerAndEdgier than the show it's based on, with several characters actually ''dying'' onscreen (and many more dying offscreen). Perhaps the worst death goes to the CorruptCorporateExecutive head of Globwobbler Studios (the company behind the race): The President of Hollywood ([[ItMakesSenseInContext depicted here as a middle-aged guy in a stereotypical Egyptian Pharaoh outfit]]) shoots a ray from his staff that ''burns the guy to ashes''.

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* ''Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry-ous'' is a lot DarkerAndEdgier than the show it's based on, with several characters actually ''dying'' onscreen (and many more dying offscreen). Perhaps the worst death goes to the CorruptCorporateExecutive head of Globwobbler Studios (the company behind the race): The President of Hollywood ([[ItMakesSenseInContext depicted here as a middle-aged guy in a stereotypical Egyptian Pharaoh outfit]]) shoots a ray from his staff that ''burns the guy to ashes''.ashes''.
** A similar situation happened with one of the characters in ''Blast Off to Mars''.

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* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts due to the deranged, limited animation.
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them. Matt Groening (the same man behind ''TheSimpsons'', ''Futurama'', and ''Life in Hell'') even cited this as one of the darkest things he's seen (and this is the man behind such brutal ''Simpsons'' episodes as "Boys of Bummer," "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace," "Bart Sells His Soul," and "Homer's Enemy").

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* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts due to the deranged, limited animation.
animation and odd sound effects.
** The three cartoons where Tom is depicted as having a [[FatBastard fat]], [[HairTriggerTemper easily-provoked]], [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] master who frequently beats, clobbers or otherwise wails on Tom, oftentimes sporting a [[ScaryTeeth sharp-toothed]] SlasherSmile. All this can be '''very''' disturbing, ''[[DudeNotFunny especially]]'' [[DudeNotFunny if you're an animal lover]].
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them. Matt Groening Creator/MattGroening (the same man behind ''TheSimpsons'', ''Futurama'', and ''Life in Hell'') even cited this as one of the darkest things he's seen (and this is the man behind such brutal ''Simpsons'' episodes as "Boys of Bummer," "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace," "Bart Sells His Soul," and "Homer's Enemy").seen.

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* There's also one where Tom's about to eat Quacker, then Jerry throws a brick at Tom, and Tom ''breaks apart''.

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* There's also one where Tom's about to eat Quacker, then Jerry throws a brick at Tom, and Tom ''breaks apart''.apart'', leaving only his outline.


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** Well, at least he won in that cartoon.
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--> '''Gatekeeper''': What some people wont do...
*** Some of the other souls in the line werent too happy either. One, who looks like Butch, is stated to have been brutally killed by vicious dogs.
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--> [[spoiler: Nibbles: Pouvre, pouvre, pussy cat. (shrugs) C'est la guerre.]]

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--> [[spoiler: Nibbles: Pouvre, pouvre, pussy cat. (shrugs) C'est la guerre.]]]]
* ''Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry-ous'' is a lot DarkerAndEdgier than the show it's based on, with several characters actually ''dying'' onscreen (and many more dying offscreen). Perhaps the worst death goes to the CorruptCorporateExecutive head of Globwobbler Studios (the company behind the race): The President of Hollywood ([[ItMakesSenseInContext depicted here as a middle-aged guy in a stereotypical Egyptian Pharaoh outfit]]) shoots a ray from his staff that ''burns the guy to ashes''.

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* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.
* And in TheMovie, there's the shot of Dr. Applecheeks walking toward the ice cream cart with a stalker-riffic look on his face.
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them.

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* Many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.
* And in TheMovie, there's
shorts due to the shot of Dr. Applecheeks walking toward the ice cream cart with a stalker-riffic look on his face.
deranged, limited animation.
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them. Matt Groening (the same man behind ''TheSimpsons'', ''Futurama'', and ''Life in Hell'') even cited this as one of the darkest things he's seen (and this is the man behind such brutal ''Simpsons'' episodes as "Boys of Bummer," "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace," "Bart Sells His Soul," and "Homer's Enemy").



* And then there's "Blue Cat Blues", which has a DownerEnding of a depressed Tom and Jerry [[DrivenToSuicide sitting on the train tracks]] with the train just about to come. So they '''DIE.'''

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* And then there's "Blue Cat Blues", which has a DownerEnding of a depressed Tom and Jerry [[DrivenToSuicide sitting on the train tracks]] with the train just about to come. So they '''DIE.'''No wonder it's not shown much in syndication (TNT and a lot of independent local stations in the 1980s and 1990s showed this, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and on officially-released DVDs]]).
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* [[UncannyValley The early forms]] of the characters could count. Especially Spike who was also [[AxCrazy completely berserk]]in his debut appearance. (Dog Trouble)

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* [[UncannyValley The early forms]] of the characters could count. Especially Spike who was also [[AxCrazy completely berserk]]in berserk]] in his debut appearance. (Dog Trouble)
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* And how could this list be complete without Tom ''actually getting guillotined'' at the end of "The Two Mouseketeers"?

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* And how could this list be complete without Tom ''actually getting guillotined'' at the end of "The Two Mouseketeers"?Mouseketeers"?
--> [[spoiler: Nibbles: Pouvre, pouvre, pussy cat. (shrugs) C'est la guerre.]]
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** Also in "Heavenly Puss" is the moment where the gatekeeper calls the name of Fluff, Muff and Puff, and we see a sack hopping along the floor accompanied by wet sounds before it pops open and three mewling kittens emerge. If the image of three kittens whose owner tied them in a sack and drowned them in a river wasn't enough, the gatekeeper's resigned response to it implies he has seen the same thing ''a lot''.
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* ''Southbound Duckling'' ends with Jerry and Quacker in a beach thinking they've defeated Tom. End of episode, right? Not so fast; Tom is ''right behind them'' and traps them under a bucket. Then he pulls down an umbrella to hide both him and the bucket, laughing evilly. Common enough sight in the ''middle'' of these cartoons, but in ''this'' case, that's where the episode ''ends''...

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* ''Southbound Duckling'' "Southbound Duckling" ends with Jerry and Quacker in a beach thinking they've defeated Tom. End of episode, right? Not so fast; Tom is ''right behind them'' and traps them under a bucket. Then he pulls down an umbrella to hide both him and the bucket, laughing evilly. Common enough sight in the ''middle'' of these cartoons, but in ''this'' case, that's where the episode ''ends''...
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* For some people, ''Heavenly Puss'' can be seen as this. The way Demon!Spike torments Tom when he's condemned to Hell is definitely jarring in a sense. Granted, it happens every time the two appear together, but this way is freaky.

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line in many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]]line in many from the short "Mouse Trouble".
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Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]], many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.

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* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]], it!"]]line in many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU "Don't you believe it!"]], many Gene Deitch-directed Tom and Jerry shorts.
* And in TheMovie, there's the shot of Dr. Applecheeks walking toward the ice cream cart with a stalker-riffic look on his face.
* There's also the "Heavenly Puss" short where Tom gets sent to Hell, even after getting Jerry's forgiveness (though it turns out that it was AllJustADream.) That probably scared a few kids rather than amusing them.
* And then there's "Blue Cat Blues", which has a DownerEnding of a depressed Tom and Jerry [[DrivenToSuicide sitting on the train tracks]] with the train just about to come. So they '''DIE.'''
* There's also one where Tom's about to eat Quacker, then Jerry throws a brick at Tom, and Tom ''breaks apart''.
* In "Year of the Mouse", Jerry and a mouse friend basically {{gaslight|ing}} Tom. The poor cat's just trying to nap, but keeps waking up to find [[ParanoiaFuel signs that he might be trying to kill himself as he sleeps]].
* ''Southbound Duckling'' ends with Jerry and Quacker in a beach thinking they've defeated Tom. End of episode, right? Not so fast; Tom is ''right behind them'' and traps them under a bucket. Then he pulls down an umbrella to hide both him and the bucket, laughing evilly. Common enough sight in the ''middle'' of these cartoons, but in ''this'' case, that's where the episode ''ends''...
* "Pecos Pest" features Jerry's Uncle Pecos chasing Tom [[AxCrazy with an ax]], because he needs [[MemeticMutation "Yer' wisker for mah' git-ar string!"]]. It sounds funny until you see that Pecos is TheDeterminator when it comes to getting that string, and consider the consequences had he wanted anything else.
* For some people, ''Heavenly Puss'' can be seen as this. The way Demon!Spike torments Tom when he's condemned to Hell is definitely jarring in a sense. Granted, it happens every time the two appear together, but this way is freaky.
* And how could this list be complete without Tom ''actually getting guillotined'' at the end of "The Two Mouseketeers"?

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