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8[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow Introducing that world-famous cat... Tom!]]\
9[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow And that magnificent mouse... Jerry!]]"]]
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11The cat and mouse duo who have been chasing each other for decades since they first met, Tom and Jerry have a complicated relationship that jumps between pure malice and playful antics on a whim, taking their fights to dozens of new homes, landscapes, countries and time periods regularly.
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13* AntiHero:
14** Depending on the episode and occasionally in the DTV movies, Tom sometimes plays a heroic role. He still wants to catch Jerry, but he has no problems [[EnemyMine teaming up with him]] whenever a bigger problem comes along.
15** Jerry falls into this in many cartoons, as he's not always the innocent victim he's supposed to be. Technically, he's not supposed to be in the house eating human food in the first place... though it's slightly justified considering he loves cheese.
16* ArchEnemies: Their conflict is considered to be among the most famous rivalries of all time. Rarely does a minute go by without at least one of them trying to kill or otherwise harm the other. Their prolonged conflict also forms the basis of most of their shorts and is perhaps the most prominent part of their characters.
17* BalloonBelly: These two and other characters have shown to be cartoonishly inflatable and malleable.
18* BigEater: One of the few things they share in common is that they will ''pack'' themselves full of food given the chance, Jerry because he's a pest and Tom depending on whether he's homeless or not in the short.
19* BigGuyLittleGuy: Whenever they're paired up, Tom is the "Big Guy" while Jerry is the "Little Guy". [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the former is from a larger species than the latter.
20* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: There are multiple moments where Tom or Jerry get the chance to move with their lives and leave their rival for good, only to come back around to happily resuming their feud.
21* TheChewToy: Being characters in a slapstick cartoon, neither of them are safe from AmusingInjuries. While this applies more to [[BuffoonishTomcat Tom]], Jerry ''isn't'' immune either...
22* DependingOnTheWriter: There's ''rarely'' a consistent portrayal of the duo aside from Tom being the one who chases Jerry with little success - sometimes Tom is being sadistic for the sake of it and wants to make Jerry or other animals suffer for fun. Other times, Jerry is going out of his way to attack Tom when he's trying to live peacefully, sometimes they [[EnemyMine team up]] and end their short as [[FriendlyEnemies friends]] or as backstabbers, etc.
23* EnemyMine:
24** If there's someone who's a nuisance for both of them, Tom and Jerry would put aside their differences to face their common enemy.
25** In "Busy Buddies" and "Tot Watchers," the two drop all semblances of their rivalry without hesitation to make sure that the baby is safe while Jeannie the babysitter is neglecting it.
26* FatalFlaw:
27** Stubbornness, occasional gullibility, clumsiness, and obsession for Tom. He rarely ever knows when to quit and let his obsession with Jerry go, or even learn from his mistakes from being tricked, which results in him earning a karmic beatdown from someone. Or, in worst-case scenarios, being (at least apparently, if not ouright) killed.
28** While his HeroicComedicSociopath persona is commonplace in cartoons, Jerry stands among the few that regularly has it come back to bite him. A lot of times he gets over-fixated playing out Tom, it ends up costing him the upper hand, either due to overestimating Tom's own sneakiness or outright LaserGuidedKarma turning onto him.
29* FriendlyEnemies: While they're ArchEnemies, they can be very friendly and laid-back towards each other when not in chases. In some shorts, they actually coexist peacefully, either being forced into conflict by Tom's owner insisting on Tom doing his job as pest control since Jerry is technically a pest (if a mostly un-intrusive one) or teaming up so that their live-and-let-live situation can continue.
30* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Which of the two is the hero and which is the villain heavily varies depending on the short, to the point where they sometimes switch midway through. Some shorts have Tom as the tormenter going out of his way to harm Jerry when the latter's just trying to survive, while others have Tom as a justified HeroAntagonist who's just trying to get rid of vermin on his owner's orders and is ceaselessly tormented by Jerry for it (though there are Jerry messes with him for no reason other than his own amusement). Depending on the situation, they even sometimes team up to stop a more malicious threat (hero), and sometimes their constant fighting causes pain and strife for others (villain).
31* HumiliationConga: Many cartoons are this for Tom. One major example would be "Tom's Photo Finish". When his owner finds out Tom framed Spike for eating chicken (from a photo taken by Jerry), not only is Tom kicked out of the house but Jerry takes a photo of him being kicked out by his master wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers]]. While this doesn't happen as frequently to Jerry, but whenever he loses, it can lead to embarrassing results.
32* MeaningfulName: Coincidentally or not, Tommies and Jerries were nicknames that the opposing German and British troops gave to each other in both of the World Wars. Also like the soldiers of those wars, Tom and Jerry are at constant odds against each other and destroy nearly everything during their antics.
33* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Tom often switches between being a house cat, a guard, a sailor, a homeless stray and every other position a cat like him can get into - likewise, Jerry is nesting in a new house every time and never far from Tom, his job being to catch him.
34* PersonOfMassDestruction: This generally leans more into Tom, however the duo wreck complete havoc wherever they go, smashing through entire houses in a matter of minutes while Jerry tries to make a getaway and Tom does absolutely everything he can to hit Jerry at least once.
35* TheQuietOne: Next to their rivalry, they're also very famous for being mostly silent characters with only rare moments of dialogue, normally reserved for gags. In contrast, they remain strictly silent while characters like Butch, Nibbles and Spike tend to [[VoiceForTheVoiceless speak in their place]] instead.
36* {{Sadist}}: They're both entertained by each other's misfortunes.
37* SpeciesSurname: Tom is a cat and his last name is... well... "Cat". Jerry's last name is "Mouse" and he's just that.
38* StrictlyFormula: No matter the time period or location, the main formula of the series has hardly ever changed - Jerry does something to aggravate Tom, Tom gives chase and the two are beaten up in a back-and-forth that usually leads to Jerry coming out on top. Occasionally, shorts and series would throw in a third wheel to switch the dynamic up, like [[LoveMakesYouDumb love interests who attract conflict around them]] (Toodles), friends and/or enemies who help one of the two out (Spike, Butch, and Nibbles), [[EnemyMine a shared enemy]] (also Butch), or a bystander who's unlucky enough to be caught in the middle of their antics (typically Spike).
39* SuddenlySpeaking: One of the selling points of the 1993 film is it's the first and so far only time the two have had substantial and significant spoken dialogue that isn't just the occasional one-sentence gag.
40* UnexplainedRecovery: Tom has been killed a handful of times, both grimly realistically and cartoonishly, and Jerry was caught and implied to have been eaten by Tom once, but both end up returning in the next short all fine and well.
41* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Neither Tom nor Jerry are innocent during most of their rivalries.
42* VillainProtagonist:
43** Tom may be one of the main protagonists of the shorts, but he is also usually the villain, or at least the instigator. Granted, he does have heroic moments.
44** A few shorts, like "The Year of the Mouse", have Jerry harassing an innocent Tom; these are typically the shorts in which he loses.
45* VitriolicBestBuds: Their more positive depictions generally have them on friendly enough terms that they can hang out together for a ''while'' before they start attacking each other.
46* VocalDissonance: In the old MGM shorts, they would on occasion allow one or both of them to speak for the sake of a gag, giving the cartoon cat and occasionally the tiny mouse very deep voices.
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48[[folder:Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat Sr.]]
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50->'''Voiced By:''' Harry E. Lang (1940-1943, 1944-1950), William Hanna (1941-1948), Creator/DawsButler (1950, 1957), Creator/GeneDeitch (1961-1962), Creator/MelBlanc (1963-1967), Creator/ChuckJones (1965-1967), Abe Levitow (1966-1967), Creator/JohnStephenson (1975), Lou Scheimer (1980), Creator/FrankWelker (1990-2010), Creator/RichardKind (1993 film), Spike Brandt (2005-2017), Don Brown (2006-2008), Rich Danhakl (2014-present), Creator/KaijiTang (2021), Creator/EricBauza (''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'')
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52One of the titular characters, a blue-grey house cat who always hunts Jerry but almost never catches him. While his personality tends to change depending on the context of the short or series, he's generally portrayed as a mean bully or a loyal pet looking to either eat or torment Jerry.
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54* TheAce: Notably, if he isn't a [[PluckyComicRelief complete fool]] that Jerry runs circles around with ease, some shorts have made him extraordinarily skilled at certain feats relevant to the story at that moment. In particular, if he's playing a pool table or some sort of sport and not being TheChewToy, then he's probably pulling off shots that go BeyondTheImpossible and disobey the laws of physics. ''Casually''. Other shorts bolster his intelligence to super genius IQ, to the point of creating [[RubeGoldbergDevice highly elaborate traps]] and advanced technology - but it's almost never enough to beat Jerry. Among shorts with other cats around, like Butch, DependingOnTheWriter Tom is either a dimwit in their eyes that they [[TheFriendNobodyLikes laugh at and bully]], or the guy that they can't hold a candle to. In certain cases they even hold him in high regard, often gathering at his home or grouping up with him in charge when Butch isn't speaking for all of them. Then Jerry inevitably gets involved and they ''all'' get humbled.
55* AdaptationalBadass: In the original theatrical shorts, concerning Spike, Tom would rather use sneaky, backhanded tactics to deal with him due to the large difference in power dominance. In the 2014 series, however, Tom has become less likely to deal with Spike's stuff and deal with him head-on, sometimes giving it as good as he gets. However, this may be because of Spike's AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul. He's also more likely to come out on top as the victor than before and even best Spike and especially Butch the cat, both of which had had previously dominated him in the original shorts.
56* AdaptationalHeroism:
57** Some of the movies, including [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie the first film]] outright portray Tom as being heroic, saving Jerry from harm's way on occasion and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold caring for others besides himself]]. He's rarely like this in the original shorts.
58** In the comics, he usually leaves Jerry and Tuffy alone, resorting to chasing them only when he's provoked or ordered to.
59* AdaptationDyeJob: His irises are {{green|AndMean}} in the original shorts but some adaptations, like ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow (1975)'', depict them as black instead.
60* AfraidOfNeedles: His response to learning he'll get a shot in "What a Pain"? OhCrap.
61* AnthropomorphicShift: In "WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot", he's barely recognizable, being a four-legged cat with only [[AnthropomorphicZigZag subtle anthropomorphic mannerisms]]. His duration of shorts through the forties would gradually evolve him into his trademark more humanoid design.
62* AntiVillain: [[ZigzaggingTrope It depends]]. There have been times where he does not start the conflict, only trying to protect the house, doing his job, or other things. His owners would also want him to catch mice so that they don't munch on their food. There was also an episode where Jerry tricked him out of anger into going to his owner's bed when Tom's snoring got on his nerves. Other times, he's instigating the conflict [[ForTheEvulz because he can]].
63* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Tom, and to the same extent other cats in the series, are seen enjoying dairy products such as milk or cream. In reality, adult cats are [[https://www.four-paws.org/our-stories/publications-guides/milk-is-not-good-for-cats lactose intolerant.]] In all fairness, this is a common misconception that also applies to most other fictional works.
64* AxCrazy: [[AvertedTrope He's normally not one]]. Though he does play it straight once in ''Kitty Foiled'' where after he straps Jerry to a toy train track, Tom hops on the miniature train and rushes towards the mouse, fully intent on running him down with a [[SlasherSmile crazed, deranged expression on his face]].
65* BigEater: Not as much as Jerry, but he is shown to have a huge appetite.
66* BigOlEyebrows: Most depictions give him a pair of quite thick and disheveled eyebrows, especially in comparison to most other characters, who have lines for eyebrows. Also overlaps with EvilEyebrows during his more depraved depictions where he’s the villain.
67* BreakTheHaughty: [[SmugSnake He]] gets mocked and outsmarted by [[ArchEnemy Jerry]], who he clearly underestimated and [[StupidEvil toyed with]], then kicked out by The Maid. And that's just [[WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot the first short]].
68* BuffoonishTomcat: One of the ''many, many'' influences for this trope, because while he is presented to be just a typical [[TheKlutz clumsy]] cat and not an utterly dumb housecat, he has had ''so'' many moments when he can hilariously or amusingly lack in common-sense, and is mainly characterized by humor when being a complete fool. He is perfectly capable of [[PluckyComicRelief comically]] making a fool of himself or an easy target with [[TheKlutz klutziness]] when making traps on Jerry, his enemies, or others easily deceiving him. But overall, he is ''STRONGLY'' slapstick-prone due to his [[IronButtMonkey cartoony]] nature in his clumsiness.
69* CasanovaWannabe: Zig-zagged, as Tom is downright ''suave'' when wooing lady-cats and they’re usually happy to return the romance. It’s whenever Jerry either distracts him or tries to sabotage his game that things go downhill, at which point he ruins his own chances by chasing Jerry and making a fool of himself in the process.
70* CatsAreMean: He's often shown to be deceitful, self-serving, and [[{{Pun}} catty]]. [[KidHasAPoint Nibbles/Tuffy even occasionally lampshades it in the 2014 series]]. Granted, he does have his [[PetTheDog better moments]].
71* CatsHateWater: Averted. Not only is he not scared of water, he doesn't even mind getting wet and coming into contact with water. In fact, some of the indignities that he faces include falling into water and shrugging them off once he gets back up.
72* CheshireCatGrin: A rare villainous example; his earlier, more genuinely cat-like incarnation often sported one of these, and had a mischievous attitude to match.
73* TheChewToy: Textbook case. He rarely wins, and [[BuffoonishTomCat suffers various cartoon violence]]; he even provides the {{trope}} images for AmusingInjuries, several of its [[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]], and FatalFireworks. Many episodes also have him chasing Jerry strictly so the latter won't mess up the house he's living in. Not only can they result in Tom not getting dinner, but [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty being beaten with whatever is handy by his owner]]. It's more noticeable in future adaptations though, which depict him as this [[AmusingInjuries slapstick]]-prone clown. Bonus points since, in "Chew Toy", he's briefly used as a ''literal'' chew toy. Also, you can use one hand to count how many of his misfortunes aren't played for humor.
74* ChickMagnet: Tom's had several girlfriends though he never manages to hold on to them for very long.
75* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Sometimes, when he comes close to killing Jerry, it'll be his own conscience that stops him from actually doing so.
76** In "The Night Before Christmas" and Chuck Jones' version of the short, "Snowbody Loves Me", he throws Jerry out of the house during a snowstorm, but when he realizes that the mouse might actually freeze to death, he brings him back inside and revives him with a warm fireplace, a blanket, and some strong alcohol.
77** A similar situation happens in "Puppy Tale", when he kicks Jerry and a stray puppy out of the house during a thunderstorm but goes out to rescue them and nearly drowns in the river. He's saved when Jerry and the puppy come to his aid.
78* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As [[TheKlutz clumsy]], [[BuffoonishTomCat buffoonish]], [[KarmicButtMonkey unlucky]], and [[TheChewToy slapstick-prone]] Tom can be, he generally ''does'' pose a credible threat to Jerry whenever he's able to and has [[TeamRocketWins more than a few victories]] over him, most notably in instances where Jerry [[LaserGuidedKarma goes too far]] with his antics or manages to pluck [[RageBreakingPoint Tom's last nerve.]]
79* {{Determinator}}: He never gives up going after Jerry, even when it would probably be wise not to do so. He can also be this when trying to eat or hurt another animal, since Jerry acts to save the other animal, which leads to disaster for Tom.
80* DependingOnTheWriter: In some shorts, Tom actively tries to harass Jerry, other times they would come into conflict by sheer chance and he would be happy to ignore the mouse otherwise. Also, his threat level varies in each short.
81* DidNotGetTheGirl:
82** When he loses his love interest to Butch in an episode. Sometimes he loses her to ''[[InterspeciesRomance Jerry]]''.
83** A particularly depressing example happens in "Blue Cat Blues", when he falls for a gold-digging female cat. When she leaves him for Butch, because he has more money, Tom uses up his life savings to buy her jewelry and even sells himself into slavery to get her a new car, but none of it works. He drowns his sorrows in milk and the episode ends with him and Jerry, who also lost his girlfriend to another mouse, about to [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves on the train tracks.]]
84* DoesNotLikeSpam: Oddly enough, despite loving milk, Tom has a major aversion of cheese, another dairy product.
85* EatsBabies: He has little-to-no qualms with eating a ''newborn woodpecker'' in "WesternAnimation/HatchUpYourTroubles", though he managed to escape via exiting his mouth. Granted, he might've not known that woodpecker was newborn.... However, he also tries to eat Little Quacker after witnessing his birth in "Little Quacker" and "That's My Mommy". In "Calamari Jerry", he even tries to eat an octopus who looks around that age.
86* EnemyMine: Isn't above teaming up with his rivals when the situation calls for it.
87* EntitledBastard: He outright begs for Jerry's help in "Buddies Thicker Than Water" despite betraying him.
88* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time he's seen (barring the EpisodeTitleCard) [[CatsAreMean he's toying with Jerry]], [[ForTheEvulz for the lulz]].
89* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: As unkind as he often is to other animals, "Un-Welcome Home" shows Tom does love his parents.
90* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he's no saint himself and it can be DependingOnTheWriter, some shorts are consistent in showing the lines that Tom is reluctant to cross.
91** Several shorts show that while Tom's actions would frequently end murderously for Jerry, if it actually looks like the mouse is in real danger of dying then Tom's conscience will get the better of him and he'll do what he can to save Jerry. Granted, he'll eventually turn around and [[StatusQuoIsGod try to eat or harass him again afterwards]].
92** The Creator/ChuckJones shorts sometimes showed that Tom keeps to a "work hours" approach to dealing with Jerry, I.E. only troubling him while both are awake and able to fight back. Some of these shorts have Jerry ''not'' showing this restriction, in which case Tom settles for just quickly delivering the equivalent of a DopeSlap and going on his way rather than starting up another feud.
93** "That's My Mommy" has Tom exploiting Little Quacker thinking that Tom is his mother to cook and eat him. When Quacker realizes that the truth and decides to ''let'' Tom eat him while affirming that he still loves the cat as his "mama" Tom breaks down and [[VillainousRescue stops the little guy from throwing himself into the pot]]. He was perfectly fine with taking advantage of the duck's naivete but the little duck killing himself out of love for the cat would have been just too far.
94** Even he is terrified of Dr. Malevolent as shown in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryANutcrackerTale''.
95* EvilEggEater: He tries to be this in "Little Quacker". After waiting for a mother duck to leave her nest, he steals her egg and intends to eat it...only for Little Quacker to hatch from it.
96* EvilIsPetty: He can rival his ArchEnemy in the [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] department. For instance, his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him toying with him ForTheEvulz. Special note however goes to "Tomcat Jetpack"; for starters, he steals some ice cream, [[BlowingARaspberry blows a raspberry]] at Spike and Jerry, throws said ice cream at them, and laughs.
97%%* EvilVsEvil: Is this when facing Spike though it's technically since both of them aren't evil. Played straight when against Butch. You could also say the same about his rivalry with Jerry as well.
98* FaceDeathWithDignity:
99** "The Duck Doctor" has it happening to Tom. Having no way of escaping [[AnvilOnHead a falling anvil]], Tom digs himself a grave, blindfolds himself, and has a last smoke. Then the anvil hits him on the head (making him fall inside the grave, which makes the dug earth jump onto him, completing the burial) and falls into position to serve as a tombstone.
100** "Texas Tom" has Tom anger a bull so badly it chases him relentlessly around a ranch, and when he's finally cornered with nowhere else to run he shrugs at the audience, blindfolds himself, lights a cigar and waits for impact. Being splattered by the bull sends him flying so far he lands on the ceiling of a house and slips into the rain gutter.
101** In "The Bodyguard", he goes even further -- upon realizing that going full-on VillainsWantMercy wasn't going to help, he digs the grave and lies in it. Then he hastily scribbles a will and clutches a flower while awaiting the inevitable, although in that case he actually gets the last laugh since Spike (who Jerry [[JustWhistle could summon via whistling]]) ended up caught by the dog-catcher and leaving Tom free to pursue a fleeing Jerry in vengeance.
102* FailedASpotCheck: Tom seems to roll a lot of minuses on his spot checks. The number of misfortunes he suffers could probably be cut down by at least half if he would simply take the time to notice blatantly obvious dangers. And woe be to your household whether you're an owner, a would-be LoveInterest, or even just some shmuck to Tom's antics because he will grab anything and ''everything'' to try to take down Jerry without even realizing what he's doing.
103* FinalBoss: Some [[VideoGames games]] with Jerry as a PlayerCharacter have Tom as the last boss.
104* ForTheEvulz: Sometimes instigates conflict just cause.
105* FriendToAllLivingThings: Mostly subverted since he likes to chase other small creatures besides Jerry and mess around with Spike. However, when influenced by Jerry, he starts to show a [[HiddenHeartOfGold soft spot]] for other animals, particularly in the short "Puppy Tale", ''[[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales Tom and Jerry Tales]]'' episode "Little Big Mouse" and the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014 Tom and Jerry Show]]'' episode "Eagle Eye Jerry".
106* GoldDigger: The plot of "Casanova Cat" is about Tom trying to get together with Toodles after learning that she has inherited a million dollars.
107* GracefulLoser: Not typically, but he has his moments.
108** The ending of "Down Beat Bear" has Tom accidentally set a radio to play 6 hours of continuous dance music after spending the whole short trying to escape a circus bear who ''loves'' to dance with him. When he looks behind him and sees that the bear snuck up on him for another dance, he calmly puts Jerry down, shoos him away with a smile and angrily joins the bear in dance for the rest of the night knowing there's no point in running anymore.
109** He displays few (if any) signs of a VillainousBreakdown when he loses in [[spoiler:"Franken Kitty"]], albeit for a reason that [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes sense in context]].
110* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: [[BuffoonishTomCat Usually buffoonish]], though to what degree varies. In some shorts, he is completely outmatched by Jerry; in others, he is a more feared pursuer and can actually run circles around Jerry for a long duration ([[TeamRocketWins or even win a victory]]).
111* HalfWittedHillbilly: Has shades of the Country Bumpkin. According to "Un-Welcome Home", Tom is from a rural area. While he's not TheDitz, he can also be gullible.
112* HatedByAll: A downplayed one as not everyone in the series hates him, but most characters do. It takes one hand to count how many of his owners don't mistreat him. The characters who actually are his friends [[DependingOnTheWriter vary from being his friends to his bitter rivals to even flat-out bullies towards him]]. Many other animals, like dogs (especially Spike[[note]]though that varies in the 2014 series[[/note]]), cannot stand him and can team up with [[ArchEnemy Jerry]] to defeat him. Granted, Jerry himself is an exception to this {{trope}}... but that's only when he and Tom are being FriendlyEnemies.
113* HeroAntagonist: Tom is a house cat, so he's well within his right to stop Jerry from stealing the household's food.
114* HiddenDepths:
115** Tom may seem like a typical clumsy cat, but he's been consistently portrayed as an excellent musician that can play many instruments, from bass to piano.
116** The Chuck Jones shorts show that he's a talented opera singer.
117* HisOwnWorstEnemy: ''Certainly!'' [[TeamRocketWins Occasional victories]] aside, Tom is very self-destructive; him generally not learning from his mistakes, his [[SmugSnake ego]], [[CatsAreMean cruelty]], clumsiness, [[BuffoonishTomcat impulsivity]], [[{{Determinator}} stubbornness]], and naivete have all bitten him in the [[{{Pun}} tail]]. This {{trope}} even extends to [[TacticalSuicideBoss several of his boss fights]].
118* IronButtMonkey: ''So goddamn much.'' To put it tersely, Tom can take ''so much'' damage, he's possibly rivaling the likes of ''[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]]'' concerning durability and buffoonery. The narrator in "Domestic Kingdom" sorta lampshades it.
119* ItsAllAboutMe: For instance, in "Spike Gets Skooled", Tom wants to get Spike kicked out of the house just so he won't interfere when he tries to catch an innocent Jerry. He doesn't care he has to ruin [[KindheartedCatLover Ginger's]] "important luncheon" while doing so, either.
120* {{Jerkass}}: In episodes where he starts things off by [[CatsAreMean abusing Jerry for no reason]]. Though as those of you who have had cats will know, they can be (or at least come across as) sadistic little bastards to their prey.
121* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sometimes. He can be nice to Jerry when he wants to be, like in the shorts where they team up against a common enemy. Also as a whole, Tom also [[TookALevelInKindness had become a little more nicer overtime compared to his official debut]].
122* KarmicButtMonkey: There are times where he instigates the rivalry between the duo, and thus he usually brings his mishaps on himself during those moments.
123* TheKlutz: His apparent clumsiness and occasional stupidity because of Tom being clumsy can make him out to be this kind of character in spite of Tom's average intelligence.
124* ALizardNamedLiz: He's a cat named Tom, which fits since a male cat is called a "tomcat".
125* LoveMakesYouDumb: In "WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues", he gives up all his money to buy things for a GoldDigger female cat who didn't like him back. He also sells himself into slavery to buy her a new car.
126* MadeOfIron: Tom has been crushed by anvils, pianos, lethally cartoony objects, and a lot of heavy things and still manages to stay alive in most shorts.
127* ManiacTongue: [[DownplayedTrope While not as often as some examples]], there are instances when Tom sticks out much of his tongue when in the villainous mood.
128* MotiveDecay: ZigZagged as it's often DependingOnTheWriter, but in earlier shorts, he wanted to eat Jerry or chased him at his master's orders (even if he enjoyed doing so either way), while most of the later ones, he just seems to chase Jerry out of reflex or make him miserable just for fun, in some cases he may even be totally apathetic to chasing Jerry unless the latter annoys him in some way.
129* NearVillainVictory: There are times he gets close to [[TeamRocketWins winning]], but something happens which thwarts it. For instance, he nearly axes [[ArchEnemy Jerry]] in "WesternAnimation/HatchUpYourTroubles", but he gets HammeredIntoTheGround before he could do so.
130* OffstageVillainy: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] for ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game), he stole Jerry's "special cheese stash", not that it's shown in-game.
131* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: According to his owner and other sapient characters, his name is Thomas.
132* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sometimes, he shows he doesn't want anybody (sans himself) to eat [[ArchEnemy Jerry]] (e.g. "City Dump Chumps").
133* PersonOfMassDestruction: More often than not, the vast array of destruction that follows in his chases of Jerry are all Tom's fault, sometimes it's even unintentional. He singlehandedly tears apart houses, shops, bowling alleys, you name it. One recurring plot is quite literally running his owner(s) out of a home by the sheer collateral damage he inflicts, and one of his fastest methods to losing the interest of a girl he's got the eyes for is by destroying her place just to bring Jerry down. It's to the point that Jerry has his own recurring BatmanGambit of using Tom's tunnel-vision destruction to his own ends, ranging from the short-term of LaserGuidedKarma for Tom to even saving the both of them.
134* PetTheDog: Tom had his fair share of nice moments in later shorts, like "Puppy Tale".
135* PluckyComicRelief: Due to his trademark buffoonery whenever he chases Jerry, rivaling another/etc, he always pulls this off a lot in his IronButtMonkey status and/or his countless, [[BuffoonishTomcat buffoonish]][=/=][[TheDitz clownish]] moments.
136* PunchClockVillain: In some shorts, he's seen chasing Jerry only because he was ordered by his owner(s) to do so (as he's a country cat) and would be happy to leave the mouse alone otherwise. Of course, in [[DependingOnTheWriter other shorts]], he really just likes [[ForTheEvulz tormenting Jerry.]]
137* PunnyName: A [[ALizardNamedLiz tomcat named]] "Tom [[SpeciesSurname Cat]]".
138* RecurringBoss: Expect to fight him frequently if you're playing the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance ''Tom and Jerry Tales'', ''Videogame/TomAndJerryTheUltimateGameOfCatAndMouse'', or the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] platformer. It's most JustForFun/{{egregious}} in the first example as its kind of a BossGame.
139* TheRival: Butch (DependingOnTheWriter)
140* TheScream: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqbl2QIYDPg He can really scream when he's hurt]].
141* SimpletonVoice: On the odd occasion when he actually talks, he may speak in a low, simple voice.
142-->'''Tom:''' C... A... T... Cat.
143* SilentBob: Like Jerry, he almost never talks, though he has a handful of lines here and there in a low SimpletonVoice.
144* TheSlacker: Tom is [[CatsAreLazy extremely lazy]] (when not chasing Jerry, that is). Several cartoons have Tom be so much of a slacker that he doesn't even care about catching Jerry until his owners threaten to have him kicked out if he doesn't do his job.
145* SmugSnake: Sometimes, particularly in early shorts, where his [[StupidEvil blissful toying with Jerry]] was [[HoistByHisOwnPetard often his own undoing]].
146* SoreLoser: If ''Jerry's Diary'' is of any indication, Tom does not like to be reminded of the number of times he lost to the mouse. In said episode, Tom is convinced by Uncle Dudley to give Jerry gifts before he starts reading the titular diary, but the more Tom reads about his defeats, he destroys his gifts before finally tearing the diary to shreds. By the end, Tom only tries to attack Jerry because he feels humiliated.
147* SuperPersistentPredator: He just ''doesn't'' know when to quit trying to capture his prey.
148* TacticalSuicideBoss: In several of his boss fights. During two confrontations with him in ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game) for instance, he sometimes quits attacking to [[EnemyPosturing mock Jerry]], which gives the mouse the chance to attack him.
149* TeamRocketWins: Roughly 10% of the time, Tom actually got the last laugh on Jerry at the end of a short.
150* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Tom has died in several shorts (being blown up by dynamite, crushed by a piano, and even ''[[OffWithHisHead decapitated off-screen]]''), yet is still shown to be fine the next short. It helps that he, like all cats, [[CatsHaveNineLives has nine lives]], it usually seems like Tom has more than the average amount.
151* ThrowTheDogABone: On a slightly more common level, he was allowed to occasionally end on a happy note or make a truce with Jerry. According to the ''Tom and Jerry'' Wiki, Tom wins in 24 cartoons (out of 164 shorts), be it alongside or against Jerry.
152* TooDumbToLive: As noted in FatalFlaw, Tom also never knows when to quit while he's behind, even when it would ''really'' be in his best interest to do so, which has actually gotten him killed a few times. A lot of his defeats were from his lack of preparation beforehand and he's [[SuperGullible ridiculously easy to fool]], which is how Jerry [[KarmaHoudini gets away with torturing him on many occasions]]. His tendency to not know when to quit also doesn't help.
153* {{Troll}}: Sometimes took toying with his prey to an elaborate degree. In the first cartoon, for example, he replaces Jerry's mouse hole with a painted-on lookalike and watches him smack into it repeatedly.
154* TurnsRed: As his health decreases in a couple of his boss fights in ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance), he begins throwing more projectiles at [[PlayerCharacter Jerry]].
155* UngratefulBastard: There have been times, like "Posse Cat" or "Buddies Thicker Than Water", when Jerry has stuck his neck out to help Tom and Tom promptly spat in the face of his generosity, betraying him afterwards. Since Tom is much less of a KarmaHoudini than Jerry, his moments of being a selfish bastard are usually quickly followed by a karmic comeuppance.
156* VillainDecay: PlayedWith Type II. Despite starting off as threatening, Tom becomes more of a joke as [[ArchEnemy Jerry]] keeps one-upping him, regardless of who actually started the conflict. This is even slightly reflected in Jerry's attitude towards him; he's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFr92xBSpIo&t=27s rather terrified of Tom]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiHulAQmdqI&t=28s the first cartoon]] and, while he has shown fear around him afterwards, other times he seems to view him as a joke (or at least not someone he should be shitting bricks over). Not that this hasn't stopped him gaining the [[TeamRocketWins occasional victory]] over Jerry, though they're usually when the mouse is the instigator of conflict.
157* VillainousBreakdown: Is prone to losing it whenever things don't go his way, albeit of varying intensities. Special note goes to him [[{{Pun}} having kittens]] and going full-on AgitatedItemStomping in "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble" when his penultimate [[EvilPlan plan]] fails. He's also left [[LaughingMad laughing unstably]] upon being outwitted in "Jerry and Jumbo".
158* VillainousCrossdresser: [[DownplayedTrope Not as frequently as some examples]], but Tom has his moments of going DisguisedInDrag. Part of his plan to gobble up Jerry in "Flirty Birdy", for instance, involves [[ItMakesSenseInContext him disguising himself as a female bird]].
159* VillainousRescue: Has his moments, like in [[spoiler:"That's My Mommy" when he rescues Little Quacker from [[ItMakesSenseInContext cooking himself in boiling water]]]].
160* VillainsWantMercy: Occasionally. For instance, in "Landing Stripling", Tom tries begging a woodpecker (who he was previously attacking) to not launch him into a tub of boiling water.
161* VitriolicBestBuds:
162** With Butch, though [[DependingOnTheWriter it depends on the short]].
163** He has this dynamic with Jerry in the odd short where they hang a lampshade on their rivalry. It's especially prominent in the DTV movies, where they're often shown hanging out together without actively trying to harm each other.
164* VocalEvolution: Toms voice originally started a lot more cat-like with plenty of hissing and cat-sounding screaming. He gradually developed the ability to speak in the odd gag or song as the shorts went on, and the screams he makes when he’s in pain would famously become ''very'' human-sounding.
165* WouldHurtAChild: Though probably not again after the beating Jerry gave him for hitting Nibbles. He has tried to catch and depose of Nibbles on several occasions afterwards. Jerry almost always stops him and turns Tom's attention onto him before he can act it out, however.
166* WouldntHitAGirl: Jerry is able to cross-dress to fool Tom sometimes, and Tom won't go after him because of this, until Jerry's dress falls down or something. He subverts this a few times in the series, though: in "Little Quacker" he runs over the mother duck with a push mower, and in "A Mouse in the House" he lays a hefty spanking on The Maid due to mistaking her for a disguised Butch.
167* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: He has yellow eyes, which fit given his occasional underhanded methods in antagonizing Jerry and other characters.
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Gerald Jinx "Jerry" Mouse]]
171[[quoteright:162:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_and_jerry_from_jerry_7339.jpg]]
172->'''Voiced By:''' William Hanna (1940-1958), Sara Berner (1943-1945), Creator/PaulFrees (1951, 1956), Creator/DawsButler (1957), Creator/GeneDeitch (1961-1962), Creator/MelBlanc (1963-1967), Creator/JuneForay (1965-1967), Creator/ChuckJones (1965-1967), Abe Levitow (1966-1967), Creator/JohnStephenson (1975), Lou Scheimer (1980), Creator/FrankWelker (1990-2002), Creator/DanaHill (1993 film), Spike Brandt (2005-present), Creator/SamuelVincent (2006-2008), Rich Danhakl (2014-present), Creator/EricBauza (''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'')
173
174One of the titular characters, a brown house mouse who is always two steps ahead of Tom. Like Tom, his characterization changes wildly between shorts and series, but he's mostly often depicted as a mostly good-natured, but also invasive, household pest looking for food, shelter and/or entertainment.
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176* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a red bowtie in ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''.
177* AdaptationalJerkass: Jerry's not quite a saint when it comes to stealing food excessively or a somewhat harsh demeanor, but he's an absolute angel if compared with how he's portrayed in the comics. Even after Tom ''politely'' asks to be left alone, Jerry will often go to extreme lengths unprovoked to make his life as miserable as possible.
178* AdaptationalKarma: A PlayedWith variant as he does have some KarmaHoudiniWarranty moments. However, Jerry noticeably receives his comeuppance more often in the 2014 series, where he's even been on the receiving end of Spike's wrath (along with Tom).
179* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He may fight with Tom, even just to rile the cat up, and start acting like a dick himself, but when push ''really'' comes to shove, he'll always come through for him.
180* BadassAdorable: He may look adorable, but when threatened? Beware, especially if your name is Tom.
181* BadassFamily: While Nibbles is more on the BadassAdorable side, basically every other direct family member Jerry has is some kind of competent and/or deadly mouse that easily ruins Tom's day better than Jerry ever could. Contrast Tom's fellow cats and family, who tend to get humbled or are often weaker than he is.
182* TheBadGuyWins: He tends to come out on top even when he's the {{Jerkass}} instigator, especially in shorts that involve Spike (like "Slicked-up Pup").
183* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Often ends up protecting younger trouble-making animals from Tom, including seals, ducklings, canaries, and Nibbles.
184* BalloonBelly: These two and other characters have shown to be cartoonishly inflatable and malleable.
185* BerserkButton: He got very angry at Tom when the latter [[WouldHurtAChild gave Nibbles a painful swat on the posterior]] in 1946's "The Milky Waif". The results were ''anything but'' pretty.
186* BigBrotherInstinct: Do '''NOT''' harm Nibbles.
187* BigBrotherWorship: More Big ''Cousin'' Worship. It's implied that Jerry has a close relationship with his older cousin. He once even called him for help because Tom was more aggressive than usual.
188* BigEater: Often seen stealing a lot of food.
189* BrainyBrunette: A male one of sorts; he's a brown-furred ResourcefulRodent.
190* ButtMonkey: While he's not nearly as slapstick-prone as Tom, but there are times he takes as much AmusingInjuries as he dishes out. He becomes more of a Butt-Monkey when he's around Nibbles, though.
191* CuteButCacophonic: He's a cute mouse who often has a high-pitched voice.
192* EnemySummoner: He serves as an enemy during most of ''Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape'' and he can blow a trombone to summon more enemies.
193* EveryoneHasStandards: Occasionally Tom, or the MonsterOfTheWeek when Tom isn't the antagonist, becomes so pitiable that Jerry either draws a truce or relents on his fighting back. And sometimes Tom is tormented so much that even as eternal rivals, Jerry comes to his rescue, though this has occasionally [[UngratefulBastard screwed him over for it.]] In at least one case, Jerry does ''not'' accept apologies for it and leaves Tom to die rather than repeat the episode's problems that nearly got the mouse killed again.
194* FriendToAllLivingThings: Except cats (he makes an exception for kittens sometimes, however). Many shorts involve Jerry befriending a one-shot character, usually another stray animal.
195* TheGadfly: Sometimes he enjoys messing with other characters, ''especially'' Tom.
196* GuileHero: His more noble interpretations lean into this, with the little mouse being kinder in comparison or morally in the right by trying to stop Tom from messing with him or trying to eat another living thing. Being only a mouse, he relies on pranks, chases tricks and weapons to beat Tom up.
197* HeroicComedicSociopath: Some of the things he does to Tom can come off as this.
198* HonoraryUncle: To Nibbles.
199* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: He thinks durians are repulsive in "What's That Smell?" [[spoiler:until he accidentally tries one and he adores it]].
200* InterspeciesRomance: Along with lady-mice, Jerry has managed to fall in love with and earn affection in return from cats (Toots and Toodles) and humans ([[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]]).
201* JerkassToOne: Jerry can be pretty friendly to most animals but he is ''always'' a jerk to Tom in numerous shorts. He's very fond of DisproportionateRetribution and often takes pleasure in torturing the cat.
202* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is often empathetic to other animals, especially those victimized by Tom, and tries to help them out. There are also moments he is repentant after going too far with Tom or even teams up with him.
203* KarmaHoudini: Sometimes when he's the bad guy and he gets away with things he shouldn't. Jerry is actually just as capable of being selfish, cruel or sadistic as Tom is, with a much larger success rate than the cat: like going out of his way to ruin Tom's day for his amusement, or putting Spike and Tyke in danger to sic them on Tom (without the dogs ever learning about his manipulation).
204* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He often comes out the victor in his conflicts with Tom, even in situations where he's the aggressor and Tom is the victim. However, shorts like "The Million Dollar Cat" and [[spoiler:"The Year of the Mouse"]] end with [[TeamRocketWins Tom winning]], and Jerry getting a suitable comeuppance.
205* KarmicTrickster: In the original shorts. He became more of a screwball in the Chuck Jones shorts, though still has bouts of this.
206* KickTheDog: There are times where Jerry's the instigator of conflict, and some of those times Tom wasn't even looking for trouble. And if he can sic Spike on the cat somehow, he'll even do this nigh-literally on both him and Tyke to [[FrameUp frame Tom for his actions]]. There are also episodes where he would even deliberately and spitefully sabotage Tom's chances to get with a girl, something Tom has ''never'' done to Jerry.
207* KillerRabbit: He may be cute, but he can bring really big troubles.
208* LovableRogue: He's naughty, but he's cute too.
209* TheMedic: In "The Duck Doctor", he treats Quacker's injuries after he's shot by Tom and has to keep doing so after the duckling keeps running back out and getting shot.
210* MusclesAreMeaningless: He's occasionally capable of throwing ''Tom'' around, usually when pushed way too far.
211* MomentKiller: Frequently the reason why Tom fails at dating.
212* NiceMice: Zig-zagged. A lot of his cruelness is in provoked self-defense from Tom, but some of it is just tormenting Tom for the hell of it. When it comes to other animals, though, Jerry may not put up with foolishness much, but he is, otherwise, pretty universally nice. See FriendToAllLivingThings.
213* NoNameGiven: In ''Puss Gets The Boot", he's unnamed and its been debated as to what it was. Bill Hanna apocryphally claimed it was Jinx, but absolutely no other evidence exists to prove his claim, and Joe Barbera claimed he was initially nameless. Meanwhile, [[https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/02/metro-myths.html?spref=fb&m=1 MGM's press for the cartoon]] gave him the name of Pee-Wee.
214* NoSympathy: Jerry is generally a nice mouse, but he can be cold sometimes. Strangely enough, this often occurs in the Mouseketeer shorts and is PlayedForLaughs. When Jerry and Nibbles accidentally get Tom executed for petty theft, Jerry does not care. When Nibbles is badly beaten every time he tries to deliver {{love letter}}s to Jerry's girlfriends, Jerry does not care so long as the letters get delivered.
215* ObfuscatingDisability: In "Love Me, Love My Mouse" he pretends to be defenseless to make Toots care for him.
216* OnlySaneMan: Occasionally he acts like the only rational character when he's putting up with others' antics, like when he's dealing with two orphans who were trying to be hunters in "Two Little Indians".
217* PapaWolf: Protective of Nibbles. It's most apparent in "The Milky Waif", which is also Nibbles' debut. After Tom smacks Nibbles with a flyswatter, Jerry busts out of a glass bottle Tom trapped him inside earlier and ''[[RoarBeforeBeating lets out a beastly roar]] before giving Tom a brutal beatdown, '''unaided.'''''
218* PintsizedPowerhouse: Jerry can lift objects that are huge compared to him like hammers or wooden planks while barely breaking a sweat, and on occasion can lift Tom or other characters up with only a bit more effort. It may be RuleOfFunny mixed with his own cousin being undeniably super-strong. When he's ''really'' mad, like if Nibbles gets spanked by Tom, he doesn’t need any tricks or weapons to beat Tom silly in a one on one fight.
219* ResourcefulRodent: He's cunning, resourceful, and the rodent part is in his [[SpeciesSurname surname]].
220* RelationshipSabotage: Any time Tom has a LoveInterest Jerry ''will'' be on hand to interfere with and ruin things. His reasons vary a bit, with some level of jealousy involved, but usually come down to the fact that Tom usually targets him for the worse as a result. Some shorts even have the manifestation of Jerry's jealousy point out that Tom meeting a girl ''never'' goes well for Jerry, in one instance even planning to wreck his current flirtations before things reach that far.
221* SilentBob: Although, like Tom, he occasionally speaks, usually briefly as a gag. One weird exception was a cartoon where Jerry narrated about Tom losing the love of his life.
222* SilentSnarker: Doesn't speak, almost unanimously, but his facial expressions do imply snarky thoughts.
223* TheSpeechless: Like Tom, he rarely says anything, aside from a few nervous gulps. In fact, he says even less words than Tom does.
224* TakeThatKiss: Tends to kiss Tom just to mess with him.
225* ATasteOfDefeat: Jerry usually got the last laugh in every short. At times, however. he would lose or come to a bitter stalemate with Tom. These were almost always after he went too far in his retaliation and cost himself his KarmicProtection.
226* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: He inverts them with the long eyelashes and cute face.
227* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, of course, considering how much he loves it.
228* {{Troll}}: Sometimes just causes trouble for Tom for ''[[ForTheEvulz no reason at all]]'' (e.g. "Beefcake Tom").
229* UnscrupulousHero: He tends to torment Tom even if the latter wasn't bothering him.
230* VitriolicBestBuds: He tends to have this dynamic with Tom whenever they aren't trying to kill each other. The DTV movies are especially known for this, as they're often shown hanging out together with very little fighting.
231* VocalDissonance: In moments where he isn’t given a high-pitched child/girl-like voice, he has quite the deep and sometimes aggressive sounding voice.
232* WholesomeCrossdresser: He sometimes exploits the fact that Tom WouldntHitAGirl, even if it's a mouse.
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234
235!!Animals
236!!!Major Animal Characters
237[[folder:Spike]]
238[[quoteright:216:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spike_tomandjerry_348723098572_587.JPG]]
239->'''Voiced By:''' Billy Bletcher (1944-1948), Creator/DawsButler (1949-1958), Creator/JohnStephenson (1975), Creator/DonMessick (1975), Joe E. Ross (1975), Creator/FrankWelker (1980, 2005), Lou Scheimer (1980), Dick Gautier (1990-1993), Alan Marriott (2000), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (2002), Marc Silk (2002), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (2005), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2006), Creator/MichaelDonovan (2006-2008), Creator/PhilLaMarr (2010-2013), Rick Zieff (2014-present), Spike Brandt (2016-present), Creator/BobbyCannavale (''Film/TomAndJerry2021'')
240
241A stern but occasionally dumb American bulldog who is particularly disapproving of cats, but a softie when it comes to mice and his son, Tyke.
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243* AdaptationalIntelligence: Spike in the original shorts seemed blissfully unaware of when Jerry would take advantage of him to defeat Tom. In this show however, Spike often finds out if Jerry uses him to mess with his rival and is more aware of Jerry's role in disturbing him and Tyke. This often results in him brutalizing both Tom and Jerry, or Spike teaming up with Tom to turn on Jerry if he knows Jerry is completely in the wrong.
244* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Heavenly Puss'', Spike became the model of the Devil Dog trying to tempt Tom to do violence which would drag him to Hell and he gets to torture him to satisfy his sadism and because he's supposed to be [[SatanicArchetype the Devil]]. A far cry from Spike who's mostly kind and usually doesn't resort to violence unless he's egged to do so. [[spoiler:Seeing that this is just Tom's dream, the trope may be enforced because Tom sees Spike as a scary dog when pissed.]]
245* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the 2014 series. DependingOnTheWriter, Spike has become less abrasive than in the original cartoons and more friendly towards Tom and Jerry. This doesn't stop him from beating them up every now and then, though.
246* AfraidOfNeedles: His OhCrap upon learning he's going to get a shot in "What a Pain" says everything.
247* AndroclesLion: He protects Jerry in a lot of shorts after Jerry does him a favor.
248* AngryGuardDog: A bulldog with a bad temper.
249* AnthropomorphicShift: Much like how Tom started out as a four-legged cat in the earliest shorts, Spike's debut had him as a regular bulldog who antagonized both Tom ''and'' Jerry. Subsequent appearances would turn him into a biped like the other characters. He also went from making more animalistic sounds to speaking full sentences.
250* AscendedExtra: Spike is probably the largest example of this trope in the franchise, since his character has evolved a lot over the decades. In his first appearance, he was a faceless, nameless, savage obstacle for Tom and Jerry to overcome (he may chart even further back counting a very similar bulldog that rivaled Butch in "The Alley Cat"). After that, he was bumped up to a recurring character; he gained the ability to speak, he started to grow more intelligent, and he eventually sired a son. Tom and Jerry's cat and mouse antics started to become cat, mouse and dog antics. As noted in BreakoutCharacter, Spike and Tyke gained their own series of comic books and a very brief stint of theatrical shorts later, as well as their own segments in "Tom and Jerry Kids". In "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)", Spike is the third most prominent character in the series after Tom and Jerry themselves.
251* BadCopIncompetentCop: Some argue that instead of going after Tom, he should be guarding the house, which is his job. WebVideo/TVTrash pointed out that at some point where he was beating on Tom, the house could have been robbed. In any case, he usually fails to notice Jerry causing problems, well-intentioned or not. The 2014 show seems to fix this with Spike becoming more aware of Jerry's antics.
252* BerserkButton: Waking him up or taking his bone away. Usually, if he has any new trigger, [[TooDumbToLive Tom can find it]] and [[FrameUp Jerry will exploit it]]. [[PapaWolf Also, do NOT mess with his son]], otherwise he will [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown SKIN YA' ALIVE]]!
253* TheBigGuy: He's the burliest member of the animal cast.
254* BreakoutCharacter: He and Tyke had a very brief series of shorts to themselves in the fifties. They also have solo episodes in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and a short stint of comics.
255* BrooklynRage: He speaks with a heavy New York accent. As for the "Rage" part, ask Tom.
256* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's this with his pup, Tyke. He also shows his soft side to Jerry, and on the rarest of occasions, Tom.
257%%* TheBrute: Usually towards Tom.
258* TheBully: DependingOnTheWriter, Spike can often be this in "Tom and Jerry Tales" and "The Tom And Jerry Show (2014)" (notable examples in the latter series include "Entering and Breaking", "Bone Dry", "Dental Case" and "Tic, Tyke, Do'h"). He's a burly bulldog with a HairTriggerTemper who doesn't mind using violence to solve his problems or roughing up Tom ''and'' Jerry in the 2014 series, though he's also gained a hidden cowardly streak when it comes to anything other than beating up cats that's very much played for laughs. This version of Spike generally wants to appear tougher than he is, though he's not without his softer side or his redeeming qualities. He also has a negative influence on Tyke: since his father is a hotheaded bully who spoils him, Tyke shows little to no regard for other people, which comes home to roost in the episode "Tic, Tyke, Do'h".
259* BullyBulldog: Though when given a personality, he's usually a pretty nice guy, without one he's typically mean and angry at all times. In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'', Spike alternates between being this and the OnlySaneMan in the room depending on the episode. Even on a good day, he can be quite thuggish and tough.
260* ButtMonkey: Originally an inflictor of [[MisplacedRetribution Misplaced]] or {{Disproportionate Retribution}}, but in most later shorts, he usually goes through enough torment that it's easy to understand his contempt with Tom.
261* CharacterCatchphrase: Begins his threats to Tom with "Listen, Pussycat..."
262* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In his first appearance "Dog Trouble", Spike was a generic ferocious dog with only minor sapient traits. Also while he tended to be a HeroAntagonist in most later shorts and require some level of provocation, here he HatesEveryoneEqually, chasing and attacking both Tom and Jerry and even defiantly throwing a tantrum in the face of The Maid after she lambasts him for wrecking her living room.
263* DependingOnTheArtist: Whether Spike's fur is grey or brown varies depending on the short.
264* DependingOnTheWriter:
265** Whether or not Spike is a father varies from short to short, or episode to episode in the later TV shows.
266** He usually speaks most of the time, but other times, he is just as silent as Tom and Jerry.
267* DogsAreDumb: This, though he can be a responsible parent, leaves himself wide open to be called one ''incredibly dumb'' dog. On one occasion, he couldn't tell between Tom and Tyke (his son) until Tom meows in a failed attempt at barking. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] several times, like when Butch called him unintelligent; he and some other cats (including Tom) were watching a ClipShow highlighting the times of Tom making a fool of Spike.
268* TheDreaded: Tom, Butch and the rest of the cats they hang around with are all terrified of him, having been on the receiving end of his wrath before.
269* DumbMuscle: He's not the smartest dog out there. Plus, he's a muscle-bound bulldog.
270* FinalBoss: He's the last obstacle faced in the [[VideoGame game]] ''Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape''.
271* FlunkyBoss: In his boss battle in ''Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape'', random enemies will appear to fight alongside him.
272* GameOverMan: If you get a GameOver in ''Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape'', Spike is one of the characters you'll see.
273* GoFetch: It's one way to fool him from attacking.
274* GoodParents: He's a good doting father to his son, Tyke.
275* HairTriggerTemper: Gets mad pretty easily by Tom's antics.
276* HeroAntagonist: Most of the time, from his perspective at least, the abuse he dishes onto Tom is provoked. Jerry sometimes [[FrameUp exploits this]], however.
277* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Whenever Tom inadvertently encounters him at his attempt to pursue Jerry, Spike automatically assumes Tom's harassing him and his son, even though Tom makes it obvious that he's ''never'' looking out to get them involved in any way.
278%%* JerkassBall: Happens to him a lot.
279* JerkassToOne: While not always without reason, he singles out Tom as object of his anger, regardless of how much Tom himself is at fault. This seems to be toned down in the 2014 show as Jerry often faces his wrath when he's proven to be the instigator.
280* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When Spike isn't an antagonist, he's a loving father to Tyke and a frequent protector to Jerry. He's also had some PetTheDog moments with Tom.
281* JustWhistle: Makes this arrangement in ExactWords with Jerry on occasion, after Jerry gets him out of some sort of trouble.
282* MisplacedRetribution: Even if he sees Jerry is the cause of whatever action Tom is doing that bothers him, Spike's hostility will be towards Tom and only Tom.
283* NiceGuy: Surprisingly. In episodes that feature all three of them starring together, Spike will usually be played as a lot less proactive to stir trouble than either Tom or Jerry, [[BewareTheNiceOnes but constantly being forced to get angry.]] When there's an option to put aside their differences, he'll usually be all for it, if not the one trying to enforce the peace.
284* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/DawsButler based his voice characterization for Spike on Creator/JimmyDurante, right up to borrowing Durante's radio catchphrase "That's my boy!" when addressing Tyke.
285* OnlySaneMan: The 2014 series keeps some of his characterization from the later theatrical shorts. In times of crisis, Spike generally tries the hardest of Rick and Ginger's pets to keep a level head and solve whatever problem is at hand. In episodes like "Cruising For a Bruising", "Pipeline", and "Hunger Strikes", he's the glue holding the household together.
286* PapaWolf: Spike mellowed somewhat when they added his son, Tyke. But if you mess with Tyke, you'll pay for it BIG TIME. Tom learns this the hard way in a few shorts.
287* RoarBeforeBeating: When ready and excited to beat Tom up, he has been known bellow like an angered bull.
288* SelectiveEnforcement: A recurring theme throughout most of the episodes that star him. Generally, he's just minding his own business, and ends up getting caught up in Tom and Jerry's antics. Even when he ''clearly'' sees Jerry causing trouble as well, Spike ''always'' singles out Tom and places all the blame on him, which Jerry proceeds to [[ExploitedTrope milk for all it's worth]] throughout the rest of the cartoon to make Tom's life miserable. Jerry's KarmaHoudiniWarranty starts to reach its limits by the 2014 series though.
289* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Especially prominent in later shorts where he (and sometimes his son) are often genuinely the ButtMonkey to Tom's antics.
290* UnmanlySecret: PlayedForLaughs. While he's generally ''not'' a feminine character, Spike actually liked getting his nails painted pink in "What a Pain". Not that he wants it to be let out.
291-->'''Spike:''' ''[to Tom]'' No one has to know about the nail paint. Got it!? ''[...]'' It made me feel pretty; that's all.
292* UnwittingPawn: Most of his appearances consist of Jerry manipulating him into acting as a shield against Tom.
293* WildCard: Spike is usually a very neutral force -- he only wants to be left alone and will only go after anyone (usually Tom, but on the rare occasion this can also include Jerry) if they bother him in some way, which leads to many of his appearances having him be an UnwittingPawn as Jerry leads Tom to anger him. Likewise, he usually only helps someone (usually Jerry) if they help him in some way first. A few episodes have him being a danger to both Tom ''and'' Jerry, with Jerry being crafty enough to avoid pain while Tom is not.
294* WouldHurtAChild: With the obvious exception of his own son, Spike doesn't seem to have any qualms hurting those who bother him even if they are young. This is demonstrated a lot in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' whenever he and the main duo (as children) come across each other, particularly in the episode "Chumpy Chums" where he outright threatens them with violence if they don't get along. He'll also go after Nibbles if he and Jerry annoy him enough in ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014''.
295[[/folder]]
296
297[[folder:Tyke]]
298[[quoteright:211:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_and_jerry_tyke_1.png]]
299Spike's son.
300----
301* AdaptationalIntelligence: In both his appearances in comics and ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', Tyke undergoes the same AnthropomorphicShift as his father, to the point of sometimes verging as his HyperCompetentSidekick. He also sometimes shows a more mild sapient or devious side in the 2014 series.
302* AdaptationalJerkass: Sometimes more of a BrattyHalfPint in the 2014 series, compared to the oblivious pup who let his father do the dirty work in the original shorts. In cases like "Birthday Bashed" he causes enough hell for Tom ''and'' Jerry that they form one of their trademark {{Enemy Mine}}s.
303* AnthropomorphicShift: In both the comics and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'', he suddenly gains the ability to speak and walks on two legs, with him and Spike more or less acting as Expies for Hanna Barbara's later creation ''Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy''.
304* BreakoutCharacter: Shared the same solo appearances as Spike in cartoons and comics sans Tom and Jerry.
305* ChasteToons: One of the ''scant few'' aversions in the Golden Age.
306* CheerfulChild: He's just so happy and innocent, even when he's barking at Tom.
307* DependingOnTheArtist: Much like his dad, Tyke's fur varies between grey and brown depending on the short.
308* MissingMom: We never see his mother.
309* MoralityPet: Quite ''literally'' with Spike when he became a lot nicer after Tyke was introduced to the series. In particular, he tolerated Tom a lot more and generally only went after him if he annoyed him enough.
310* PreciousPuppy: Goes without saying that Tyke's a very cute pup.
311* SuddenlySpeaking: In the comics and ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', he speaks full English.
312[[/folder]]
313
314[[folder:Nibbles/Tuffy]]
315[[quoteright:334:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nibbles_tomandjerry_965.JPG]]
316
317A young mouse that Jerry adopts.
318----
319* AscendedExtra: Only shows up in the occasional cartoon, but in the licensed Dell comic you could count the stories that ''didn't'' feature him on one hand.
320* BadassAdorable: Occasionally he actually is able to hold his own against Tom or outsmart him in unpredictable ways, often to save Jerry when he's bitten off more than he can chew. This is especially noticeable in the Mouseketeer shorts, where he may be the more inexperienced one between him and Jerry, but tends to be the one that has to fight or defeat Tom the most.
321* BigEater: He has both Tom and Jerry beat in this department, which is quite a feat itself.
322* BilingualBonus: In the Mouseketeer cartoons, he sprinkles his sentences with French words. Some, but not all, later appearances have him keep this trait.
323* CanonImmigrant: Actually debuted in the comics before appearing in any shorts.
324* CharacterCatchphrase: The Mouseketeer shorts give him "Touché, Pussycat!" Occasionally also "Pauvre, pauvre Pussycat," when something bad happens to Tom.
325* CheerfulChild: Not ''quite'' to the extent of Tyke, but he's generally a happy and easygoing kid... especially if [[BigEater food is plentiful]].
326* ChildrenAreInnocent: While some cartoons (and ''definitely'' some comics) has him grab the JerkassBall, he's generally far less of an instigator than Jerry. While Jerry can be a HeroicComedicSociopath, Nibbles is a lot more likely to be friendly to Tom, or to just ignore him while focusing on his own goals (usually finding food). Depends heavily on the cartoon whether this means Tom will be nicer to him in return, or take the opportunity to grab him so that Jerry has to come to the rescue.
327* CompositeCharacter: When he appears in modern ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' adaptations, his name has usually reverted back to Nibbles, but he still speaks in a French accent, a nod to the Mouseketeer shorts.
328* CousinOliver: Though he doesn't seem to be widely despised for it. The fact that he appears only in a few occasional shorts may help.
329* DistressedDude: Tuffy is this in some of the Tom and Jerry Video Games, He gets kidnapped by Tom in the Tom and Jerry game for NES and Tom and Jerry Mouse Attacks for Game Boy Color, and in the Tom and Jerry Game for Game Boy/Game Boy Color, Jerry has to get to Tuffy first before Tom gets his claws on him.
330* DependingOnTheWriter: In some modern works, his name is Nibbles, he speaks with a French accent, and is treated like a toddler. In others he's named Tuffy, he speaks with an American accent, and is treated like an adult (or at least an older child).
331* DoorstopBaby: He gets left on Jerry's doorstep in "The Little Orphan".
332* GratuitousEnglish: Slipped in a few English phrases in some of the Mouseketeer shorts.
333* GratuitousFrench: In modern adaptations where he's speaking English with a French accent.
334* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Always wears what looks like either a diaper or a pair of white shorts.
335* HeartwarmingOrphan: His parents are never shown, and he is very cute.
336* IHaveManyNames: Well, only two, and they haven't been used with much consistency. He was Tuffy in the comics, in the Mouseketeer shorts, and some of the later shorts, but in his first animated appearances and in some of his modern ones, he goes by Nibbles. They could also be two different mice, since the short ''Two Little Indians'' features two young gray mice drawn with the same exact character model as Nibbles.
337* JerkassBall: He will sometimes join in with Jerry into tormenting Tom sadistically when he doesn't deserve it.
338* KidAppealCharacter: He's adorable and a baby.
339* KidHasAPoint: He may be a child, but occasionally in the 2014 series he [[LampshadedTrope points out]] why Tom is an example of CatsAreMean.
340* MiniMe: Nibbles looks a lot like a smaller Jerry, just colored gray instead of brown, and sometimes with a diaper.
341* MotorMouth: In some of his appearances, he talks a ''lot''. Sometimes this is justified, since (especially in modern appearances) if he's in a cartoon he's ''far'' more likely to get all the spoken dialogue while Tom and Jerry remain silent, and as such has to carry on both sides of the conversation.
342* NiceMice: He's a mouse, and he's more nicer than Jerry.
343* SillyWalk: One of his trademarks in his classic appearances is that he doesn't ''walk'' so much as he ''runs,'' and rather stiffly at that, shuffling his feet at a high speed. This trait is toned down for many later appearances, such as the Mouseketeer cartoons, but he still displays hints of it.
344* TakeAThirdOption: One iconic short involves Jerry trying to teach him how to steal food and avoid Tom, while Nibbles simply asks Tom politely for food and befriends him instead. Due to Tom oddly holding the KindnessBall in this instance, this actually works.
345[[/folder]]
346
347[[folder:Little Quacker]]
348[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tve79969-19550312-69422_8903.jpg]]
349
350An overly trusting duckling.
351----
352* AdaptationNameChange: The fighting games ''Fists of Fury'' and ''War of the Whiskers'' refer to Little Quacker as Duckling.
353* ADogNamedDog: In ''Fists of Fury'' and ''War of the Whiskers'', where's he's called Duckling instead. He's also just that.
354* BrownBagMask: When concerned that he's ugly in ''Downhearted Duckling''.
355* CheerfulChild: Quacker is a jovial, naive, and innocent duckling.
356* DistressedDude: Most of Quacker's appearances have him getting pursued by Tom, requiring Jerry to step in.
357* DrivenToSuicide: In ''Downhearted Duckling'', where just because he thinks he's ugly, he attempts to cut himself in half with an axe, and later tries to force Tom to eat him (and Tom is more than willing to oblige before Jerry stops him).
358* FeatherFingers: His wings are drawn as hands.
359* TheyJustDontGetIt: Refuses to understand that domestic ducks don't fly south for the winter. (But see Palette Swap below: there he's actually a migratory duck.)
360* TheMillstone: Has a tendency to ruin Jerry's plans. At least three Quacker appearances ended with [[TeamRocketWins Tom as the victor]].
361* MommasBoy: Exploited by Tom, and [[MoralityPet then used against him]] in "That's My Mommy". [[TruthInTelevision This does have its basis in reality]]; baby birds are known to imprint on the first thing they see after hatching, recognizing it as their mother.
362* NoisyDuck: He has a voice that can best be described as an exaggerated WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, making it rather hard to tell what he's saying most of the time.
363* PaletteSwap: He appears with a mallard duck's colors in "The Duck Doctor".
364* TheUnintelligible: His voice is best described as "WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck up to eleven", making it rather hard to tell what he's saying most of the time.
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder:Butch]]
368[[quoteright:317:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_and_jerry_butch_7.jpg]]
369->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Graham, Dick Nelson (''Trap Happy''), Creator/DawsButler, Nicky Jam (''Film/TomAndJerry2021'')
370
371A black alley cat who is either an ally or enemy of Tom's.
372----
373* AdaptationalWimp: As mentioned above, Butch in the 2014 is no longer the superior rival to Tom and has been made considerably weaker in comparison. He now has to rely more on underhanded tactics than before, similar to Tom's ordeals with Spike in the MGM shorts.
374* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
375** He nearly always wins when competing with Tom for a woman. He also usually is able to be better than Tom in a fight. His losses can also result from a stronger force defeating him ([[AngryGuardDog Spike]] for example).
376** Mostly averted in the ''2014'' show where he consistently loses to Tom and ends up getting beaten up by him, Jerry and Spike.
377* AnthropomorphicShift: Though he was always more of a FunnyAnimal than Tom, Butch similarly became less cat-like as cartoons went on.
378* ArchEnemy: Tom, DependingOnTheWriter. He's also pretty much always antagonistic towards Jerry.
379* BigEater: Eats Tom and Jerry out of house and home while pretending to be a DoorstopBaby in one short.
380* BuffoonishTomcat: Like [[KarmicButtMonkey Tom]], Butch can be prone into having his moments of stupidity & [[TheChewToy short-sighted reactions]] (mostly around [[AngryGuardDog Spike]]), and can be prone to slapstick when being tricked by Jerry especially. This has been made more apparent in the 2014 show where he's almost as unfortunate as [[TheChewToy Tom]].
381* ButtMonkey: He becomes this throughout the ''Tom and Jerry Show (2014)''. Almost to the same extent as Tom and is constantly losing against him. They seem to have swapped roles this time around.
382* CanonForeigner: Butch actually originated from his own earlier MGM short "The Alley Cat" before becoming a regular in the ''Tom and Jerry'' series. He also crossed over into the ''Spike and Tyke'' shorts, where the duo were absent.
383* CatsAreMean: If you take Tom and remove every single one of his likable traits, then you get Butch in a nutshell.
384* DarkIsEvil: What else do you expect from a black cat who sometimes acts all antagonistic and malicious towards Tom?
385* DependingOnTheWriter:
386** He and Tom are often at odds with one another, but in some shorts, he's part of Tom's group of buddies.
387** Exactly what role he plays is often subject to variation depending on the short: he can be anything from a mere alley cat to an accomplished mouse exterminator to Tom's incredibly rich rival.
388* DualBoss: You have to fight him and Meathead simultaneously in ''Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks''.
389* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: In "The Alley Cat", he talks in a high pitched throaty voice, much closer to that of Quacker's voice than the gravelly Bronx voice he would be given in his ''Tom and Jerry'' appearances.
390* EvilCounterpart: He's essentially Tom, minus any redeeming or likeable qualities. Whenever he comes into conflict with Tom or Jerry, he's shown to be much worse than Tom could ever be.
391* FriendlyRival: In several shorts a goal doesn't come between them, he is shown partying or hanging out with Tom.
392* GangOfBullies: His group of alley cats consisting of himself, Meathead, Topsy, Lightning, and sometimes Tom (when he's not the target of their abuse) could be seen as one of these.
393* HatesBaths: In one episode of the 2014 series, Butch got a bath from Ginger and ''didn't'' like it. Justified because he's a cat.
394* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of like Tom, except not at all sympathetic, and a double-crossing louse as well. He also frequently acts like a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at times.
395* JerkassHasAPoint:
396** Yes, it was harsh for Butch to call Spike "dumb". However, [[DogsAreDumb it's still clearly true]].
397** In "Top Cat", Butch calls out Tom on his incompetence at catching Jerry. While this was rude and done to get other cats to support him instead of Tom, it's still correct.
398* {{Leitmotif}}: In several of the modern movies and shows, a jazz-styled guitar riff plays whenever Butch appears on-screen.
399* MurderTheHypotenuse: Tom and Butch try to do this to each other whenever there's a woman involved.
400* TheRival: To Tom (DependingOnTheWriter).
401* TheScream: Usually lets of the [[StockScream same screams as Tom]].
402* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tom (also DependingOnTheWriter).
403* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Gains these in ''Tom and Jerry Show (2014)'', which complimenst his new charcter direction in that show quite well, as he often has to resort to trickery to get what he wants due to no longer being as strong as past incarnations.
404[[/folder]]
405
406[[folder:Toodles Galore]]
407[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toodles_galore.png]]
408
409Toodles Galore is an attractive white female cat and Tom's usual love interest, although Tom is a reputed playboy and has had other love interests before and after Toodles.
410----
411* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Whenever people fight over her, the one who's winning always seems to be the one she's most attracted to.
412* AnthropomorphicShift: She went from a slinky cat that walked on all fours in "The Alley Cat" to a HumanoidFemaleAnimal in her ''Tom and Jerry'' appearances.
413* CanonForeigner: Like Butch she first appeared in "The Alley Cat" before crossing over to the ''Tom and Jerry'' series.
414* CatsAreMean: Averted. She's a cat and she clearly has no interest in eating Jerry, and therefore never shows any aggression towards him any time they interact and her only real negative trait is that she's shown to be quite shallow, going with whichever cat out of Tom and Butch impresses her more. Otherwise, she's always shown to be very laid-back and mild-mannered.
415* HeadTurningBeauty: Tom and Butch are instantly smitten with her, and even Jerry and Spike were attracted to her.
416* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Her design is much more humanoid than most of the other characters.
417* InterspeciesRomance: A few shorts end with her and Jerry becoming a couple.
418* MamaBear: In "Love Me, Love My Mouse", Tom offers Jerry to her as a present, but Jerry invokes this trope by acting cute, causing her to treat him like her child. It only lasts until she gives him a kiss, at which point she realizes he tastes pretty good.
419* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: On the occsaions where she goes after Jerry herself, she is generally depicted as much better at it than Tom. This trait is composited into Toots in the 2021 film.
420* MythologyGag: In many of her appearances, Butch is a rival for her affection, much like he was in "The Alley Cat" before Tom.
421* NeutralFemale: In many shorts where either Tom and Jerry or Tom and Butch fight and cause shenanigans she almost always just sits in the background or off screen, and she usually doesn’t even appear in the endings except for for Casanova Cat and Solid Senerade.
422* TheSpeechless: She speaks in a deep sultry voice in "The Alley Cat", but is mostly mute in her ''Tom and Jerry'' appearances.
423[[/folder]]
424
425[[folder:Toots]]
426[[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toots_version_1.png]]
427[[caption-width-right:231:[[labelnote:''Click here to see her new design in The Zoot Cat episode'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toots_version_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
428An attractive cat that Tom instantly likes.
429----
430* AnthropomorphicShift: In Puss N' Toots, she began as a silent semi-anthropomorphic cat similar to Tom. In later appearances, she is more humanoid and has speaking roles.
431* DependingOnTheWriter: Toots can range anywhere between a ShrinkingViolet who is visibly smitten by Tom or a DeadpanSnarker with a very blunt "No means no" approach.
432* HairTriggerTemper: Some episodes like “Tom Quixote” where she throws vases and pans at Tom when angered. Also in the 2021 movie where she gets very crazy and vicious when she sees Jerry.
433* WomenAreWiser: Even though in some episodes of The Tom and Jerry Show she can she can be shallow like the original Toodles Galore, she is shown to be at least slightly more smart then Tom. For example in “Here Comes The Bribe”, not only did Tom didn’t pick up the fact that she was talking about him at the beginning but he also acted pretty oblivious and rude later on, as one time he drank all of the drinks she brought for him and her dad, and somehow didn’t get that the drinks weren’t all for him. Tom also has been revealed to have previously forgotten her birthday and Valentines Day before, which makes Tom at best really stupid to forget, or a jerk at worst. Averted sometimes though like in “Toodle Boom” where she was oblivious to Tom wanting to continue their date and became obsessed with chasing Jerry and Nibbles.
434[[/folder]]
435
436[[folder:Lightning]]
437An orange cat who's one of Tom's friends, at least DependingOnTheWriter.
438----
439* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In his debut, he's more effective as a mouse-catcher compared to Tom.
440* LazyBum: He's potrayed as this in "Mucho Mouse" as he doesn't seem to have passion about his job as a mouse-catcher.
441* MeaningfulName: In his debut appearance, he had super speed represented by him physically appearing to become lightning.
442* PaletteSwap: His design can almost resemble Butch if not for the color scheme.
443* SuddenlySpeaking: Speaks in "Mucho Mouse", which he doesn't do that in his previous and next appearances.
444[[/folder]]
445
446[[folder:Meathead]]
447[[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/debut_of_meathead_the_cat.png]]
448[[caption-width-right:337:[[labelnote:''Click here to see his new design in the 2014 series'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meathead_the_cat_in_2014_update.png[[/labelnote]]]]
449
450An alley cat who usually appears around Tom or Butch, Meathead is generally the least intelligent member of the gang.
451----
452* AdaptationalVillainy: Big time in the ''Film/TomAndJerry2021'' film, where he was a member of [[CatsAreMean Butch]]'s gang that encounter Tom. Along with [[Characters/TomAndJerryKids Clyde]].
453* BuffoonishTomcat: He was a more [[InsufferableImbecile dull-witted, selfish]] version of Tom that can be easily prone to {{slapstick}} when outsmarted or tricked by Jerry along with Tom or just Tom himself tricking Meathead over Jerry. However, in later adaptions like ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'', he's just [[DumbIsGood mildly goofy, usually friendly]] and [[CaptainOblivious oblivious]] due to him being [[TheDitz "a meathead"]].
454* DodgyToupee: Several theatrical shorts depict Meathead as wearing an oddly colored hairpiece [[AmusingInjuries when skulled by Tom and growing a bump on his head]] for example.
455* TheDragon: He's a recurring crony of Butch in his attempts to eat Jerry, bully Tom, or commit robberies in the original series. He returned to being this character in the ''Film/TomAndJerry2021'' movie because of his AdaptationalVillainy.
456* DualBoss: During his boss fight in ''Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks'', he's fought alongside Butch.
457* TheFool: In one 2014 short, Meathead repeatedly catches Jerry and Nibbles within seconds due to blind luck, without understanding what the big deal was.
458* KindheartedSimpleton: A friendly, harmless side-character who's [[TheDitz not the brightest]], [[CloudCuckooLander quite oblivious, in his own world]], sometimes [[TheFool lucky]] yet good-natured and cooperative in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014 The Tom and Jerry 2014 series]]''.
459* MeaningfulName: Being called [[TheDitz a meathead]] by [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator]] since that was his actual name in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014 The Tom and Jerry 2014 series]]'' and this was mentioned in Season 3 Episode 17 of said show called "Lost Marbles" as it implies that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin meathead's the recurring cat in the show who lacks intelligence and is always presented by name when around Butch.]]
460* PaletteSwap: In the 2014 series he's basically just Butch colored red and brown instead of black. But Meathead also has a slight difference with his snout and overall design.
461[[/folder]]
462
463[[folder:Topsy]]
464A small alley cat, often appearing around Butch.
465----
466* VagueAge: Different media will flip flop on portraying him as a short adult, or a child.
467[[/folder]]
468
469!!!Minor Animal Characters
470
471[[folder:Uncle Pecos]]
472[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unclepecos.png]]
473->'''Voiced By:''' Shug Fisher (1955), Creator/ScottMcNeil (2006), Creator/StephenStanton (2014-present)
474
475Jerry's country-singing uncle from Texas who's rather oblivious to everything happening around him, though it could probably just be his hat covering his eyes.
476----
477* AnimalFacialHair: A mouse with a white mustache.
478* {{Determinator}}: Nothing will stop Uncle Pecos from getting his guitar string. He'll even take a full-sized axe to a door!
479* {{Expy}}: His original 1955 appearance is a (only slightly) exaggerated version of Shug's acting persona, complete with his trademark "tooth-rattle" stutter.
480* OneShotCharacter: Of the original shorts, he only appeared in "Pecos Pest", though ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'' brought him back for several more episodes.
481* PorkyPigPronunciation: He stutters a lot, both when speaking and singing--something that Shug Fisher himself has a talent for invoking at will.
482* ScatterbrainedSenior: His rather advanced age has made him unaware of dangerous situations he accidentally gets into, forcing Jerry to rescue him.
483[[/folder]]
484
485[[folder:Muscles Mouse]]
486[[quoteright:341:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/muscles_mouse.png]]
487->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulFrees (1951), Creator/StephenStanton (2014-present)
488
489Jerry's [[SuperStrength super-strong]] cousin who has never been defeated by any known cat.
490----
491* BadassAdorable: He looks almost as cute as his cousin, but is much stronger and can easily defeat cats much bigger than he is.
492* BigBrotherInstinct: He seems to have this for Jerry, as he willingly came to his cousin's aid when Jerry reached out to him asking for his assistance with Tom.
493* TheDreaded: Given his immense strength and the fact that no cat can best him, he is feared by any cat living in his neighborhood.
494* MeaningfulName: His name means "Little Mouse" in Latin, and he's a PintSizedPowerhouse.
495* NighInvulnerability: He gets smashed by Tom's fist, a bowling ball dropped on top of him and beaten up by the members of Dirty Work Inc. and each time he shrugs it off like nothing.
496* OneManArmy: Given how [[EstablishingCharacterMoment he shown to casually beating up so many cats on the first few seconds in his debut short]].
497* OneShotCharacter: Of the original shorts, he only appeared in "Jerry's Cousin", though ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'' brought him back for several more episodes.
498* PintSizedPowerhouse: Almost to exaggerated levels. He can punch Tom across an entire room, and even took down three members of the Dirty Work Inc. who were essentially the feline equivalent of him.
499* SignatureHeadgear: Wears a green bowler.
500[[/folder]]
501
502[[folder:Cousin George]]
503[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_44921.jpg]]
504->'''Voiced by:''' Bill Thompson
505
506Tom's identical cousin who [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes happens to be afraid of mice]].
507----
508* CowardlyLion: An total [[ObligatoryJoke scaredy-cat]] who with Tom's help, manages to put aside his fear of mice to successfully [[HoistByHisOwnPetard scare Jerry away]].
509* {{Expy}}: In the sense that he has WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} Dog's voice paired with cousin Tom's look.
510* OneShotCharacter: He only appeared in "Timid Tabby" and hasn't been brought back.
511* ShrinkingViolet: [[DownplayedTrope Completely Downplayed,]] while he made himself seem shy and timid when seeing Tom again, [[SituationalSociability his self-esteem grows when working together with Tom to scare off Jerry.]]
512* UncannyFamilyResemblance: He looks exactly like his cousin Tom, such to Jerry's delight.
513* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's scared of a lot of things, but ''especially'' mice. Jerry, [[UncannyFamilyResemblance mistaking him for Tom]], is perfectly happy to use this to [[{{Troll}} screw with him]].
514[[/folder]]
515
516%%[[folder:Tiny Bulldog]]
517%%[[/folder]]
518
519[[folder:Porpoise]]
520[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/porpoisetj.jpg]]
521->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MelBlanc
522
523A shark who occasionally goes after Tom and Jerry (usually the former) in the Creator/ChuckJones shorts.
524----
525* AlwaysABiggerFish: As soon as he enters the picture, the story usually becomes about his efforts to chase Tom, rather than Tom going after Jerry.
526* CanonImmigrant: Zig-zagged. Chuck Jones originally designed him for some WesternAnimation/BugsBunny comics in the late 1950s, but his ''Tom and Jerry'' appearances are the first time he actually appeared on-screen. Jones would then use him again for some of his latter ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons in the 1980s and 1990s.
527* DependingOnTheArtist: The shorts directed by Jones himself give Porpoise a more cartoonish look, while the ones directed by Abe Levitow depict him as a more realistic shark.
528* ADogNamedDog: Subverted. He's a shark named "Porpoise"; porpoises are more closely related to whales than sharks.
529* StockSoundEffects: His roar is actually the MGM lion's roar, just sped up very slightly.
530* {{Troll}}: At the start of "Cannery Rodent" he seems content to just terrorize Tom whenever he falls into the water. That quickly changes when Tom drops an anchor on his head, causing Porpoise to switch to actually trying to kill and eat him.
531* TheVoiceless: He never has discernable dialogue on-screen, but "Cannery Rodent" gives him an EvilLaugh, and has him muttering what sound like obscenities after Tom drops an anchor on his head.
532[[/folder]]
533
534[[folder:Circus Elephant]]
535A female elephant who befriends Jerry after he removes a golden tack that was stuck in her foot.
536----
537* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' try to get between her and Jerry.
538* HonorableElephant: She decides to protect Jerry from Tom as a "thank you" for removing a tack from her foot.
539* OneShotCharacter: She makes her only appearance in "Jerry-Go-Round".
540* SneezeOfDoom: After Tom invokes a PepperSneeze on her while she's holding Jerry, she ends up sneezing so violently that Jerry pops out of the circus tent and is sent absolutely ''flying.''
541
542[[/folder]]
543
544[[folder:Butch the Dog]]
545[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/butch_dog_transparent.png]]
546->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Joe Alaskey}}
547A bulldog who often serves as a minor antagonist. He is featured in several of the movies, and the most recent TV show.
548----
549* BerserkButton: Butch hates being called a liar and will respond with violence.
550* IdenticalTwinMistake: One short has Butch and his littermate Spike being mistaken for each other a few times.
551* {{Oireland}}: Butch always has a thick Irish accent. In some versions, he's also an IrishCop.
552* OneSteveLimit: Butch has the same name as Tom's cat frenemy. He also has a brother with the same name as Spike.
553* TheOldConvict: In one short, Tom is sent to the pound and shares a cell with Butch, a long-serving inmate (due to leash law violations) who befriends Tom and tells him about the place.
554* RoguesGalleryTransplant: You might recognize him as WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'s nemesis.
555[[/folder]]
556
557[[folder:Tin, Pan and Alley]]
558[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tin_pan_and_alley_in_a_hd_shot.jpg]]
559[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Alley, Pan and Tin]]
560->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Greg Ellis}} (the voice of Tin), Creator/{{Jess Harnell}} (the voice of Pan) and Creator/{{Richard McGonagle}} (the voice of Alley)
561A trio of Siamese cats who serve as henchmen to several movie antagonists.
562----
563* CatsAreMean: The trio serves as the antagonists to Tom and Jerry themselves or otherwise were sent to do dirty work.
564* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Pan always has goofy expressions on him.
565* DirtyCoward: They're a trio of villains who tend to scream and run in the face of danger.
566* GogglesDoNothing: Pan is always wearing goggles and ''never'' took them off since he was a kitten.
567* LeParkour: The three cats are quite acrobatic and nimble in chase scenes.
568* ShoutOut: [[MeaningfulName Their names]] come from the 1943 Creator/WarnerBros short "WesternAnimation/TinPanAlleyCats."
569* TerribleTrio: They're a triad of [[CatsAreMean evil cats]].
570* UncannyFamilyResemblance: All of them are Siamese cats, but they look so similar (aside from Pan's SphereEyes underneath his goggles) that telling them from apart would be hard to do unless they were referred by name.
571[[/folder]]
572
573[[folder:Newt]]
574[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newt_from_tom_and_jerry_2014_1.jpg]]
575->'''Voiced by:''' Rene Mujica
576A newt owned by a pair of witches Tom belongs to in some of the 2014 shorts.
577----
578* ADogNamedDog: Newt is his name because of being a newt.
579* EyeScream: Implied. Newt wears an eyepatch, presumably due to the witches needing the eye of a newt for a past spell.
580* OnlySaneMan: Newt often provides advice and insight to Tom and Jerry as the two of them indulge in wild antics.
581[[/folder]]
582
583[[folder:Hamster]]
584[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hamster_from_tom_and_jerry_2014.jpg]]
585An [[InsufferableGenius intelligent but arrogant]] hamster who lives in the lab of a scientist in some of the early ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'' shorts.
586----
587* BrainyBrunette: Sorta. Hamster is intelligent, has brown fur, and is a male example.
588* ADogNamedDog: Hamster is both his name and his species.
589* GeniusBruiser: Hamster is usually shown reading a textbook or making a gadget. Sometimes, though, he is shown practicing martial arts or trying to break a record for how long he can run on his wheel.
590* InsufferableGenius: Very intelligent and shows lots of [[SilentSnarker silent]] arrogance.
591* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hamster acts [[InsufferableGenius superior and doesn't socialize much with the other animals]]. Nonetheless, he will usually help Jerry when asked. In one episode, he shows a surprising amount of emotion and bravery while trying to stop Tom from eating a goldfish.
592* TheQuietOne: The most dialogue Hamster ever has in an episode is three sentences. Another episode has Hamster only say two words. In at least one episode, he says nothing at all.
593* SilentSnarker: Has shown this.
594* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Like his scientist owner, Hamster is a GadgeteerGenius and wears spectacles.
595[[/folder]]
596
597[[folder:Napoleon]]
598[[/folder]]
599
600[[folder:Count DeCalorie]]
601A gluttonous and hungry, yet polite mouse, who is Jerry’s uncle.
602----
603* BalloonBelly: He continually eats so much, he becomes enormously fat. Even too fat for his clothes.
604* BigEater: He has an appetite for food, including desserts.
605* BigFun: Although he’s slow, due to his size, he is good at playing table tennis with his nephew, Jerry.
606* FatComicRelief: He may be fat, but he is funny.
607* FormerlyFit: He is shown to have lost weight, since Jerry last saw him, but he puts it back on, afterwards.
608* GentleGiant: He is very gentle, although obese.
609* YourSizeMayVary: Although he is large, he can accidentally sit on Jerry, sometimes.
610[[/folder]]
611
612!!Humans
613[[folder:Mammy Two-Shoes]]
614[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Mammytwoshoes_805.jpg]]
615->'''Voiced by:''' Lillian Randolph (theatrical release), Creator/JuneForay (60's redubs) Thea Vidale (90's redubs)
616
617One of Tom's owners.
618----
619* AccentAdaptation:
620** In the Mexican Spanish dubs, she normally speaks with an over-the-top Cuban accent, as a way to remind the audience that she's black.
621** Downplayed for the 90s English redubs, where she is still a SassyBlackWoman, but has some of her more outdated mannerisms and dialect edited out.
622* AudienceSurrogate: In the sense that she was written to be a bridge between the everyday human world and the insane antics of Tom and Jerry, and is often the only human character present in the shorts she's in.
623* ButtMonkey: Sometimes, when she has to deal with Tom and Jerry's antics.
624* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Often subjected to this.
625* EekAMouse: She hates mice. Especially Jerry.
626* TheFaceless: And who never wanted to see her face as a kid? Come on, hands up! Her face is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/9/9b/PDVD_002-1-.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110403125621 very briefly seen]] in "Saturday Evening Puss". She was also sometimes drawn in full view [[https://cartoonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Tom-Jerry-Dinah-Maid.jpg in early comics.]]
627* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In the 1952 episode "Triplet Trouble", she considers the triplet kittens "little angels" and fails to notice the fact that they are utter ''menaces'' to the house.
628* JerkassBall: When she ends up punishing Tom for something he didn't even do! In her defense, every time she does it it at least seems like Tom is to blame or he failed a job he had.
629* LargeHam: "And when I says 'Out', Jaspah, I mean 'Out!' O-U-W-T, ''out''!"
630* {{Mammy}}: Though it wasn't made apparent whether she was a housekeeper who lived in a nice house or if that was her house. Given the time period, one would assume the former, but evidence such as the non-appearance of the white family she supposedly works for seems to indicate the latter would be more accurate. At the very least, most of her later appearances heavily suggest that she is the homeowner, like in ''Saturday Evening Puss'' where she says ''"A party?! In MY house?!"'' while on the phone.
631* NamedByTheAdaptation: While she was never named on-screen, the comic books made during the cartoons theatrical run gave her two different names; Mandy for very early on, and Dinah afterward.
632* NoNameGiven: The Maid is never named on-screen in any of the cartoons. Its become a modern misconception that her name was Mammy Two-Shoes (a name that actually belongs to a very similar character from the Disney Silly Symphonies short "Three Orphan Kittens"), but absolutely no evidence exists, whether it be in production art or interviews, that she was ever intended to have a real name in the cartoons. For what its worth, the comic books of the time gave her two different names: Mandy and Dinah.
633* OnlySaneWoman: Not that she has much choice, with Tom and Jerry in the same house. Downplayed in some shorts, as she can pursue quite horrifying punishments against Tom. Granted, it's all {{slapstick}} and Tom usually recovers immediately, but still.
634* PutOnABus: Her original character is replaced after 1952, with ''Push-Button Kitty'' serving as her final appearance.
635* RaceLift:
636** In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales'', The Maid became a white version of herself, whose accent now sounded like a mix between Irish and Southern U.S. Here, she is explicitly named "Mrs. Two-Shoes".
637** In the 1960s [[{{Bowdlerization}} edited for TV]] versions of some Tom and Jerry cartoons (done by Chuck Jones when he was hired by MGM), she was redrawn, usually as a white, Irish-accented version of herself (similar to the one that would be used in ''Tom and Jerry Tales''). In "Saturday Evening Puss", however, she was redrawn and redubbed as a teenaged white girl named Jeannie who's going out to dance with her boyfriend instead of playing bridge with her club. This is an odd decision given that her face was still kept off-camera (even going to the effort of keeping it obscured in the very brief scene where her face could originally be seen), and an even odder one given that the story now had [[MusclesAreMeaningless a slim teenage babysitter breaking down a door with her bare hands]].
638** Inverted on the Turner versions which keeps the her original design. Their versions just have her voice redubbed by African-American voice actress Thea Vidale.
639* SassyBlackWoman: Talks like one and has many of the mannerisms.
640-->'''Mammy:''' [[BuffoonishTomcat Thomas]], if [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain you]]'re a mouse-catcher, ''I'm'' [[Creator/LanaTurner Lana Turna]], [[CaptainObvious which I'm not]].
641[[/folder]]
642
643[[folder:Jeannie the Babysitter]]
644[[quoteright:148:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeannie_hd.png]]
645->'''Voiced by:''' Julie Bennett
646
647A teenage babysitter, but isn't really that responsible about it.
648----
649* BabysitterFromHell: She's something of a downplayed case, but the same standard applies since she spends all her time talking on the phone rather than doing her job. If it wasn't for Tom and Jerry watching out for the baby, it probably would have come to harm a long time ago due to her irresponsibility.
650* DumbBlonde: Unintelligent and has blonde hair.
651* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She always thinks Tom is bothering the baby, unaware he's either chasing Jerry or the two are putting the baby back on the crib or carriage. She would hit him on the head with a broom afterwards, and tell her friend on the phone about the "mean cat" before resuming their chat.
652* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Very noticeable.
653* KarmaHoudini: It is never shown/revealed whether or not she gets punished or even called out on for her neglectful behavior to the baby.
654* LazyBum: She would rather be on the phone instead of doing her job.
655* PhoneaholicTeenager: She's too busy on the phone to even keep an eye on the baby she's supposed to be watching. [[SarcasmMode Babysitter of the year, everybody.]]
656* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a pink sweater.
657* SexySweaterGirl: She does have a snug sweater that shows off her figure.
658* SkewedPriorities: Again, she would rather gossip with her friends on the phone rather than properly doing her job as a babysitter.
659* UngratefulBitch: She gives no gratitude to Tom whatsoever whenever the latter helps lookout for the toddler she neglects while she spends hours on the phone and often beats him over the head with whatever object is handy. Granted, she doesn't know Tom actually helps.
660[[/folder]]
661
662[[folder:The Owner]]
663[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clintclobbertj.jpg]]
664->'''Voiced by:''' Allen Swift
665
666Tom's obese, violent owner in three of the Creator/GeneDeitch-directed shorts.
667----
668* AxCrazy: [[HairTriggerTemper God help you if you make him mad]]. Luckily, he's not this {{trope}} when laid-back and relaxed (which is... rare to say the least).
669* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: And boy, does it show a lot! He has tortured Tom in so many horrendous ways that it's hard to identify which exact one is worst.
670* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: He beats Tom (a feline) senseless for the [[DisproportionateRetribution smallest of slights]], which are supposed to be funny when they actually aren't, several times even doing so with a SlasherSmile. Understandably, his excessively cruel methods of punishing Tom actually horrified and angered many ''Tom and Jerry'' fans and got him universally despised by them. Heck, if he existed in real life, he'd be jailed for animal cruelty ten times over and receive a banning from owning animals for life.
671* BerserkButton: Almost everything, from Tom unintentionally misbehaving to even the slightest things going wrong, makes him frighteningly mad, but the one thing that enrages him the most is touching his guns.
672* DisproportionateRetribution: Not only is he far more violent than The Maid was when it comes to punishing Tom, but he tends to do it in response to even just being mildly irritated by him; in contrast, she usually only got especially angry at Tom when he damaged things.
673* DontTouchItYouIdiot: In "Sorry Safari" he delivers his memetic scream quote '''DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!'''
674* {{Expy}}: Bears a ''damning'' resemblance to Clint Clobber, a character created by {{Creator/Terrytoons}} in 1957. The only thing he lacks is the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]] Clint could sometimes display. In fact, Creator/GeneDeitch himself confirmed they are not the same character, and it shows.
675* FatBastard: Overweight and a hideously abusive owner.
676* HairTriggerTemper: He is ''easily'' angered, especially when set off by Tom's antics toward Jerry. He never sees Jerry, which means he thinks Tom is misbehaving for no reason at all and will [[DisproportionateRetribution severely punish him]] for it.
677* {{Jerkass}}: He frequently [[DisproportionateRetribution pounds the snot out of Tom for any perceived slight, no matter how big or small it is]]. He also appears to enjoy hurting him, considering he's flashed {{Slasher Smile}}s before or after doing so. Indeed, his treatment of Tom is so bad that Spike and The Maid would be disgusted with how he treats Tom if they were to meet.
678* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Due to the horrible way he mistreats Tom, this guy has violated a law against animal cruelty so many times that it's a wonder why he still hasn't been arrested and banned from animal ownership for life yet... until his final short, "Sorry Safari"; he gets mauled by a lion, attacked by an angry rhino, and ultimately tied to a stick alongside Tom and said rhino.
679* LackOfEmpathy: Don't expect him to show any empathy for Tom when he hurts him. Also, his reaction to him dangling on a tree by his shotgun stuck to his nose, in danger of being shot?
680-->'''Owner:''' That's MY GUN! ''Give it to me!''
681* PetTheDog: Believe it or not, he did it in a certainly twisted way in "Sorry Safari". After encountering a lion, the owner asks Tom for a shotgun, only for the cat to give him a coffee thermos thanks to Jerry´s interference, and gets mauled as a result when he tries to use the thermos to attack the lion. After that, the owner goes to Tom and he firstly takes his time to take a coffee sip and count to ten in an attempt to calm down instead of unleashing his fury on the poor cat. At the end, he '''only''' whacks Tom in the head with the thermos, which is pretty tame in comparison with what he usually does to his pet. It is probably the only time in all of his appearances that at least has tried to not immediately giving Tom a savage beating after becoming angry.
682* {{Sadist}}: Judging by the [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]] whenever he's abusing Tom, he seems to enjoy it.
683* UnstoppableRage: And god, he's a completely grouchy and abusive owner to the point that his face turns red complete with sharp teeth.
684[[/folder]]
685
686[[folder:Rick]]
687[[quoteright:204:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rick_from_tom_and_jerry_2014.jpg]]
688->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenStanton
689One of Tom and Spike's owners in ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014''. He favors Spike, unlike his wife who favors Tom.
690----
691* AssholeVictim: If anything bad happens to Rick, it's generally well-deserved.
692* CompositeCharacter: Of the Spike-favoring George (Tom's owner in the later Hanna-Barbera shorts), the abusive owner from the Gene Deitch shorts, and TheFaceless Mammy Two-Shoes of the earlier Hanna-Barbera shorts.
693* TheFaceless: We never see what his face looks like, just like his wife.
694* FatBastard: He's fat and an utter {{jerkass}} to Tom.
695* {{Jerkass}}: Ill-tempered, hostile, and abusive towards Tom. Not as much as the above character though...
696* JerkassHasAPoint: Sorta. Despite being a {{Jerkass}}, Rick states Tom would eat Ginger's mother's bird in "BirdsOfAFeather". He also ''very'' nearly did so and later technically succeeded with doing just that. However, he coughed up the birdy the lattermost time.
697* PetTheDog: Literally. He tends to treat Spike with kindness.
698[[/folder]]
699
700[[folder:Ginger]]
701[[quoteright:204:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faceless.PNG]]
702->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle
703One of Tom and Spike's owners in ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014''. She favors Tom, while her husband favors Spike.
704----
705* CompositeCharacter: She takes her [[TheFaceless facelessness]] from Mammy of the earlier Hanna-Barbera shorts and her favoritism towards Tom from Joan of the later Hanna-Barbera shorts.
706* TheFaceless: Like her husband Rick, we never get to see what her face looks like.
707* HartmanHips: It's very noticeable.
708* KindheartedCatLover: She's usually kind to Tom and sympathetic towards him, unlike her husband.
709* TookALevelInJerkass: Initially, Ginger was [[KindheartedCatLover kinder and more loving towards Tom and would more often than not defend him if her husband, Rick abused him]]. By season 3, this side of her has been toned down and she has become much stricter and harsher towards Tom. However, she does seem to revert back to her motherly side after "Un-Welcome Home" (possibly due to him leaving in that episode).
710[[/folder]]
711
712%%[[folder:Beatie and Hildie]]
713%%[[/folder]]
714
715%%[[folder:Dr. Bigby]]
716%%[[/folder]]
717
718%%[[folder:Maude]]
719%%[[/folder]]

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