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[[caption-width-right:300:Tom and Jerry as ''friends?!'' Uh... yeah, good luck with that.]]

''The Tom and Jerry Show'' is just what it sounds like: a TV show based on [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]'s classic ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, made by Creator/HannaBarbera, the company whose owners created the franchise. The show, which originally aired on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] in 1975, was first aired together with ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe''. It starred Tom and Jerry, now made friends (or at least {{Friendly Rival|ry}}s), as they competed in sports, solved mysteries, ran from villains or did whatever else made hilarity ensue.

Needless to say, some fans were not pleased (though it still has its followers) and the show only ran two seasons (only one of which was new episodes) before being sent to reruns. In the [[TheSeventies late 70s]] and TheEighties, select cartoons from this show were routinely mixed in with the classic theatrical shorts in local UHF stations' airings of ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons; and even today, they are sometimes mixed in with other ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts that play on Creator/CartoonNetwork and Boomerang (often also incorporating shorts from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow 1980 Filmation series]]).

[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014 Another show with the same title]] was made in 2014 and aired on Cartoon Network coming on the heels of 2006's ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''. Unlike previous shows, this show was made with UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash but otherwise follows the usual formula of the series.

Hanna-Barbera would later go on to make another ''Tom and Jerry'' series in 1990, entitled ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''.
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!!Tropes found in the original 1975 ''The Tom and Jerry Show'':
* AnimationBump: The animation for the syndicated opening is noticeably smoother than that of the first-run series.
* ContinuityNod: It may be considered this for those that recall some of the older shorts where Tom and Jerry worked together happily. As it certainly didn't originate in this show.
* CryptidEpisode:
** Bigfoot tracks are actually left by a diminutive hillbilly hermit who lives all alone because he's tired of people making fun of his giant feet.
** The "never before photographed, fuzzy-feathered Pipsquacker Bird" might also count.
* FlatJoy: In an episode from the 1975 series, Robin Hood (here called Robin Ho Ho) tries to get his Merry Men to laugh, and they all respond with a mirthless "ha ha ha...ho ho ho...hee hee hee." This kind of laugh becomes the RunningGag of the whole episode right up to the end, when the Merry Men break out of this habit and have a truly joyous laugh at Robin Hood's expense.
* FriendlyRivalry: The titular duo in many cases.
* LighterAndSofter: There's little to no violence and the main duo were friends instead of the enemies they were in the originals. This was due to the series being made in TheSeventies, when animation aimed at children was heavily policed by MoralGuardians, and the older, more violent cartoons were Bowdlerized to hell and back. This didn't change until the advent of MerchandiseDriven cartoons in TheEighties.
* MilesGloriosus: In "The Super Cape Caper", Super Cape is a cowardly expy of Franchise/{{Superman}}, so Tom and Jerry try to boost his confidence.
* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: From the episode "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse", Tom and Jerry both disguise themselves as the titular superheroes and visit the bulldog whose beauty sleep is being interrupted by their watching the titular show, with both characters lip-syncing to a record playing out the voices of the superheroes. The bulldog catches on that he's being duped when the record player hidden behind Tom's back skips on "Cosmic Zinger", and so he decides to fix them by having the record player speed up so that Tom and Jerry are lip-syncing faster and at a higher pitch.
* RunningGags: After many mishaps and plenty of damage done to the ship (it sinks 5 times!)
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse'', from the episode of the same name. The characters even appear outside their television show to give the bulldog a taste of their (real) power in order to defend Tom and Jerry who want to peacefully watch their show.
* StrictlyFormula: Outside the changes to Tom and Jerry, the show stuck to the usual formula of Tom and Jerry competing over things or when they're not competing, being friends, and when there is a villain, the duo often runs from them.
* SuperheroEpisode: "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse" and "The Super Cape Caper".
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