Line #13 Trivia/TomAndJerry


1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting:
2	** As the titular duo demonstrates with their actions instead speech, in real life cats prefer to communicate and show emotion through body language rather than vocal sounds and mice vocalizations cannot be heard by human ears.
3	** In the 1955 cartoon "That's My Mommy!", Quacker mistakes Tom for his mother. In 2013, a real-life case was documented of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=570khFoaE4s mother cat adopting orphaned baby ducklings]]. There have been also recorded cases of mother cats adopting ducklings.
4	* AdoredByTheNetwork:
5	** The shorts had gotten this treatment on Creator/CartoonNetwork for the longest time. They were reran on the network nearly ''25 years straight'', from the channel's launch in 1992 up to 2017, always finding its way back on the schedule, and marathons happened frequently as well, promoted or otherwise.
6	** Its adoration by Boomerang[[note]]A TV network that airs cartoons and other media that are mostly aimed for children[[/note]] is the stuff of a legend. Aside from being the only program to have aired continuously since the channel's launch, it gets frequent and daily reruns, a lot of promotion (to the point where an ad from the network's rebrand turned into MemeticMutation), and gives it more marathons than Cartoon Network ever did.
7	** Within the series, the shorts directed by Creator/ChuckJones are some of the most frequently rerun. One reason is that compared to earlier shorts in the series, they lack racist imagery and have comparatively less violence.
8	* BannedEpisode: In addition to all of the racially insensitive shorts (see below), the Tom and Jerry section on Creator/HBOMax is missing "The Two Mouseketeers" and "Downhearted Duckling", possibly because of Tom's death in the former and the duckling's suicide attempts in the latter.
9	* ColbertBump: Please raise your hand if you actually heard of Franz Liszt's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT36za3Gyos Hungarian Rhapsody No.2]], the music used for "WesternAnimation/TheCatConcerto", and the overture to Johann Strauss II's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPybrOxRoT4 Die Fledermaus]]'', the music used in "The Hollywood Bowl", ''before'' watching this show. It is noted that the classical music pieces used in various other shorts are mostly responsible for classical music being appreciated and studied in the 21st century.
10	* CreatorBacklash: Both Creator/GeneDeitch and Creator/ChuckJones stated they believed their renditions didn't match up to Hanna Barbera's. This is [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter quite ironic]] in the case of Jones, who created the Road Runner series specifically as parody of the simplicity of the Tom and Jerry series.
11	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Joe Barbera's favourite shorts were ''WesternAnimation/TheCatConcerto'' and ''WesternAnimation/JohannMouse''.
12	* CreatorsOddball: The series was this to Hanna-Barbera, being a lavishly animated, theatrically-released production in a sea of their LimitedAnimation tv shows. It’s actually a shame to see what the duo was capable of given proper resources.
13	* CrossdressingVoices:
14	** Although he's male, some voice actresses have voiced Jerry.
15	** Several females have played Nibbles/Tuffy, who's a guy.
16	* DescendedCreator: Series co-creator Bill Hanna provided Tom's iconic "leather-lunged" screams. Thankfully, even after Hanna's passing in 2001, some or most of Hanna's screams provided for Tom are still recycled or reused whenever necessary.
17	* FandomLifeCycle: Like ''Westernanimation/LooneyTunes'' and the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, it is one of those cartoons that never goes away, helped by constant reruns, the limited dialogue making it very easy to export, and revivals like ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''.
18	* FlipFlopOfGod: Regarding the name of the proto-Jerry in [[WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot "Puss Gets the Boot"]]. Joe Barbera claimed the mouse was nameless, while Bill Hanna claimed in his biography that the mouse was named Jinx, though some have questioned the validity of that statement since it was made decades after the fact, and ''no'' physical evidence has surfaced of that ever being the mouse's name, not even in the characters original model sheet. Muddling things further is that according to [[https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/02/metro-myths.html?spref=fb&m=1 a press story made for the cartoon]], the mouse's name was supposed to be Pee-Wee.
19	* InMemoriam: ''Tom and Jerry: Return to Oz'' was dedicated to the memory of Creator/JoeAlaskey (who voiced the Wizard of Oz, Butch, and Droopy) and died several months before the film was released.
20	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
21	** "Casanova Cat" and "Mouse Cleaning", which weren't present on the Spotlight Collections. They are available on VHS and Laserdisc, though.
22	** "His Mouse Friday" is pretty easy to find on home video... in its edited versions. There are two edited versions as mentioned on the main page, but the uncensored version has become increasingly hard to find. And even the edited versions rarely air on TV.
23	** Likewise, the two shorts from the 1957 spin-off series ''Spike and Tyke'', "Give and Tyke" and "Scat Cats", are only available on ''The Art of Tom and Jerry: Volume 2'' Laserdisc.
24	** "The Mansion Cat" has never been on any home media.
25	* MissingEpisode:
26	** The [=CinemaScope=] remakes of "The Little Orphan", "Hatch Up Your Troubles" and "Love That Pup", "Feeding the Kiddie", "The Egg and Jerry" and "Tops with Pops", respectively, rarely air on TV in favor of their originals because they have to air in PanAndScan.
27	** Starting sometime around 2010 or later, Cartoon Network and Boomerang ceased to broadcast any of the shorts which feature The Maid in them, in acknowledgement of the character being racially insensitive or outright offensive (though this doesn't stop the two networks from including clips from cartoons with her in their promos [albeit without the character]). They are also absent from Boomerang's streaming service and Creator/HBOMax.
28	* MoneyDearBoy: Reportedly, Gene Deitch hated ''Tom & Jerry'' and this was the only reason he agreed to direct shorts.
29	* TheOtherDarrin:
30	** Since 1940, Tom and Jerry characters (including Tom and Jerry themselves) have had multiple voice actors, notably William Hanna, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Daws Butler, John Stephenson, Don Brown, Spike Brandt and even Frank Welker. Yeah, Tom & Jerry suffered from DiedDuringProduction for years, even their creators' deaths. [[note]]William Hanna died in 2001, and Joseph Barbera in 2006.[[/note]] Also Hanna provides the voice of Tom's screams. Some or most of these screams provided by William Hanna are still reused and recycled to this day.
31	** At one point, for Tom & Jerry's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Movie first film appearance in 1992]], since they talked entirely for the first time in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Movie film]], they are voiced by Richard Kind and Dana Hill, the latter who would made her last film appearance before her death in 1995.
32	** Spike was originally voiced by Billy Bletcher, known for his booming baritone voice. Starting with the Tom and Jerry short "Love That Pup," Spike was voiced by Daws Butler using a Jimmy Durante impersonation.
33	** The Creator/ChuckJones era featured voice legend Mel Blanc providing the voices of Tom and Jerry (with June Foray also providing some voice work of her own)
34	** While it's also a role reprisal from the Sherlock Holmes movie, Creator/JeffBergman replaces Joe Alaskey as the voice of Droopy in the DVD movie line due to the latter's death.
35	* OutOfOrder: For Creator/HBOMax. While there is no need for every short to be in exact order, you know something is up when ''Creator/TexAvery's'' [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons MGM cartoons]] are listed in the ''Tom and Jerry'' section. This is in stark contrast to how the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' sections are organized on the same service.
36	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There's a recurring rumor that final original short released was one where Tom and Jerry [[TheHeroDies die]] by being SpurnedIntoSuicide. That short ''does'' exist but the rumor is false. The episode is the 103rd episode, 1956's [[WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues "Blue Cat Blues"]]. It is not the last episode. Heck, one month later "Barbecue Brawl" was released. The final MGM short was 1958's "Tot Watchers" but the franchise continued even after that.
37	* PosthumousCredit: Creator/JoeAlaskey (the voice of The Wizard of Oz, Butch, and Droopy) in both ''Tom and Jerry: The Wizard of Oz'' and ''Tom and Jerry: Return to Oz''', passed away several months before the latter film was released.
38	* RecycledScript:
39	** "Busy Buddies" was later remade as the final ''Tom & Jerry'' cartoon, "Tot Watchers"; while the type of gags were different, the basic premise (Jeannie the babysitter is talking on the phone instead of watching the baby, while Tom & Jerry have to make sure the baby doesn't get into any harm) is the same.
40	** The very first T&J short, [[WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot "Puss Gets the Boot"]], was later remade as "Mouse Cleaning". In both cartoons, the black mammy-type maid warns Tom not to make a mess or out he goes. Naturally, Jerry tries to make the biggest mess possible, while Tom tries frantically to clean it up. The main difference between the two films is that "Mouse Cleaning" is, befitting the cartoons of the period, DenserAndWackier, something out of a Creator/TexAvery cartoon of the same period.
41	** A couple of shorts were re-animated in the new [=CinemaScope=] aspect ratio, but had virtually identical plots and gags: "Hatch Up Your Troubles" was redrawn as "The Egg and Jerry", and "The Little Orphan" was redrawn as "Feedin' the Kiddie".
42	** The Chuck Jones short "The Year of the Mouse" is essentially a remake of the Hubie & Bertie short ''Mouse Wreckers''.
43	* ReferencedBy: Has [[ReferencedBy/TomAndJerry its own page]].
44	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: ''Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection'' vol. 2. Hoo boy... where to begin. The set was slated for release in 2013; everything about the set was done: The cartoons had been restored, the liner notes had been written, and (presumably) the discs had been pressed. But before its release, fans reacted to the press release of the set's contents with disgust: They had skipped over "Casanova Cat" and "Mouse Cleaning" ''again''! The reaction was understandable, considering this line was meant for collectors, who recognize the historical significance of the shorts (warts and all), not the kid/family audience, and it was going through the filmography in order, so omissions more easily stand out. Warner had previously confirmed that "Mouse Cleaning" would be included, and that they were restoring it from the original negative, and Jerry Beck confirmed that he wrote liner notes for it. This led to some fans boycotting this set before it was even released, including leaving one-star reviews on Amazon. Unfortunately, this bad publicity for Warner Bros. had the opposite effect of what was intended: Instead of WB delaying the release, going back and including these two cartoons, they simply postponed the set indefinitely. So instead of getting a set that admittedly would've been incomplete, we got nothing. Supposedly Warner wants to release the set with the cartoons (most likely with disclaimers), but there's a higher-up that refuses to release them while she works there.
45	* UnfinishedEpisode: There were numerous stories on the drawing board that didn't make it to the screen. One cartoon, "Little Bird-Mouse" (thought up before the MGM cartoon studio closed), ended up being rewritten as a ''[[WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks Pixie & Dixie]]'' short at Hanna & Barbera's own studio.
46	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hanna and Barbera only parted from the series because MGM closed down their studio, at which point they decided to move their direction to television animation. Who knows how differently their history and influence on the medium, along with ''Tom and Jerry's'' own future, may have played if MGM hadn't let them go:
47	** Less than a week before MGM's animation unit closed, a studio messenger boy named Creator/JackNicholson (yes, THAT Jack Nicholson) was interviewed for a job as a cleanup artist.
48	** Only a year prior to the shut down, Hanna and Barbera dabbled with a spin off series of cartoons for Spike and Tyke. Only two were made, with the final year devoted to completing whatever ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts the unit had started on.
49	** In the early 1960s, Tedd Pierce of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' fame penned a script involving WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester\|the Cat and Tweety Bird}} and WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales that Creator/RobertMcKimson disapproved of. Pierce sold it to Creator/GeneDeitch, who was desperate for a good ''Tom and Jerry'' story; the script became 1962's ''Tall in the Trap''.

Context Trivia / TomAndJerry