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* HypeBacklash: Widely considered to be one of the greatest theatrical cartoon series from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, but in the internet age, a handful of notable animation personalities like Creator/JohnKricfalusi and ''Cartoon Brew'' editor Amid Amidi have criticized the shorts for their [[StrictlyFormula formulaic stories]] and alleged "workman-like" animation. Animation historian Michael Barrier is also not a fan of the series, claiming that nothing actually happens in the cartoons (alternatively describing the majority of the shorts' events as merely distractions from definitive plot, characterization or 'real' gags).

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* HypeBacklash: Widely considered to be one of the greatest theatrical cartoon series from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, but in the internet age, a handful of notable animation personalities like Creator/JohnKricfalusi and ''Cartoon Brew'' editor Amid Amidi have criticized the shorts for their [[StrictlyFormula formulaic stories]] and alleged "workman-like" animation. Animation historian Michael Barrier is also not a fan of the series, claiming that nothing actually happens in the cartoons (alternatively describing the majority of the shorts' events as merely distractions from definitive plot, characterization or 'real' gags).



* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} game is just another bland platformer, where the player, as Jerry, plays through a series of stages, running around until he hits the end of each stage and fights Tom. Along the way, he can pick up peas that he can use to throw at his enemies. The music is composed of nothing but random beeps. The game's multiplayer aspect is no better; to quote a Website/YouTube commentator:

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} Platform/{{SNES}} game is just another bland platformer, where the player, as Jerry, plays through a series of stages, running around until he hits the end of each stage and fights Tom. Along the way, he can pick up peas that he can use to throw at his enemies. The music is composed of nothing but random beeps. The game's multiplayer aspect is no better; to quote a Website/YouTube commentator:



* ToughActToFollow: Like most cartoon series from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, the original shorts are iconic. Any re-imaginings that followed are up for debate.

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* ToughActToFollow: Like most cartoon series from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, the original shorts are iconic. Any re-imaginings that followed are up for debate.



** Like many works from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, the theatrical shorts frequently indulge in anti-black jokes, namely through copious use of {{blackface}} gags and depicting the Maid as a hapless and brutish servant who speaks in caricatured AAVE. Re-releases typically edit out the blackface bits, while the Maid was first replaced with a white woman before being reinserted and redubbed by Thea Vidale to sound less stereotypical.

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** Like many works from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, the theatrical shorts frequently indulge in anti-black jokes, namely through copious use of {{blackface}} gags and depicting the Maid as a hapless and brutish servant who speaks in caricatured AAVE. Re-releases typically edit out the blackface bits, while the Maid was first replaced with a white woman before being reinserted and redubbed by Thea Vidale to sound less stereotypical.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Much like classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and many other theatrical cartoons of the era, the classic ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts were originally made with adult audiences in mind, to be showcased in theatres before the main movie (hence the name "theatrical shorts"). The MoralGuardians who criticize ''Tom and Jerry'' for its famously violent {{Slapstick}} being unsuitable for children [[StrawmanHasAPoint aren't entirely wrong]], since the shorts weren't intended to be watched by children. Thanks to the AnimationAgeGhetto myth, and the violence in ''Tom and Jerry'' being strictly slapstick with no blood or gore, many, ''many'' people out there still believe that ''Tom and Jerry'' is for kids, so it can still come as quite a shock for Moral Guardians when fans who researched the era tell them, "''Tom and Jerry'' isn't suitable for children, you say? That's because it was originally made for adults".

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Much like classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and many other theatrical cartoons of the era, the classic ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts were originally made with adult audiences in mind, to be showcased in theatres before the main movie (hence the name "theatrical shorts"). The MoralGuardians who criticize ''Tom and Jerry'' for its famously violent {{Slapstick}} being unsuitable for children [[StrawmanHasAPoint aren't entirely wrong]], since the shorts weren't intended to be watched by children. Thanks to the AnimationAgeGhetto myth, and the violence in ''Tom and Jerry'' being strictly slapstick with no blood or gore, many, ''many'' people out there still believe that ''Tom and Jerry'' is for kids, so it can still come as quite a shock for Moral Guardians when fans who researched the era tell them, "''Tom and Jerry'' isn't suitable for children, you say? That's because it was originally made for adults".adults."

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