History DethroningMoment / TomAndJerry

** Someone had actually made [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7735698/1/Betraying_a_Friend a fanfic]] deconstructing this whole thing with Spike finding out the "truth" and does a little bit of something we had waited years to [[TakeThatScrappy come back at Jerry.]]

** Supernintendo128: This episode freaked me out too. Especially the scene where Tom [[AndIMustScream descends into hell.]] Anyway, yeah. Looking back, Jerry was more of a {{Jerkass}} [[UpToEleven than usual here.]] Who thought this short was a good idea?

* One moment per work to a {{troper}}. If multiple entries are signed to the same troper the more recent one will be cut.

!![[''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'' The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)]]

!![[''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'' The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)

* savagegenius: Let's get one from the 2014 show, shall we? Specifically, the episode "Springtime For Spike." In this episode, tom's current owner Ginger introduces her husband, Rick, a French poodle named Sabrina. As you'd expect, Tom gets fearful about her, as one would expect, but they eventually share a mutual bond. "Mutual" being the key word here; When Spike sees Sabrina, he instantly falls in love at first sight, but his attempts to woo her make her feel uncomfortable. Tom then steps in to stop Spike, but he just smashes Tom into the ground, which she calls him out on. Now I will admit, this first act, along with Jerry helping Spike in the second act, are quite amusing. But here's where the true DMoS comes in: After finally managing to get through to her at the start of the third act, Spike spends the last few minutes of the episode dating Sabrina, leaving her no time to spend with Tom. And the ending with her abruptly leaving, with Spike's "dog instincts" causing him to get one last punch on Tom... What the hell?!! Why did they have to add this ending solely to [[YankTheDogsChain end on a sour note for Tom?!!]] Now this isn't what I consider the worst episode (that honor would belong to "Tic Tyke Doh"), but this ending is just more insulting to me. Don't worry, though, we'll get that episode eventually...
* eirigfi: So I decided to remove my last entry because I found something worse for a show I love. As much as I believe that the''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'', needs more love, I had a lot of choices to pick including the first ep but I'll talk about "Pranks for Nothin". Or to be more clear the ending. So as Tom and Jerry fight after thinking the other is breaking a peace treaty that Spike makes for them, Spike then walks away and then reveals that [[TheChessmaster he started the duo's doubt of each other in the first place.]] And why did he do this? [[ItAmusedMe Because he was bored!]] Well and it being April Fools day but that make it's worse because that to me is not a joke. All it is is Spike [[ParanoiaFuel preying on the duo's minds thinking the other will prank the other]] just for the heck of it. Oh and you'd think that with Spike knowing how many times the duo can break things you'd think [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Spike would realize that they may destroy the freaking house with their antics!]] And just how smug he sounds when he says that he has to have some fun just made my blood boil. And what is worse? The duo did nothing to Spike in the first place. All in all, while the ending is meant to be a epic moment for Spike, all it did was [[KarmaHoudini make him a smug psychopath who'd do anything to laugh]] and make me want to bash his head with a shovel.

* savagegenius: Let's get one from the 2014 show, shall we? Specifically, the episode "Springtime For Spike." In this episode, tom's current owner Ginger introduces her husband, Rick, a French poodle named Sabrina. As you'd expect, Tom gets fearful about her, as one would expect, but they eventually share a mutual bond. "Mutual" being the key word here; When Spike sees Sabrina, he instantly falls in love at first sight, but his attempts to woo her make her feel uncomfortable. Tom then steps in to stop Spike, but he just smashes Tom into the ground, which she calls him out on. Now I will admit, this first act, along with Jerry helping Spike in the second act, are quite amusing. But here's where the true DMoS comes in: After finally managing to get through to her at the start of the third act, Spike spends the last few minutes of the episode dating Sabrina, leaving her no time to spend with Tom. And the ending with her abruptly leaving, with Spike's "dog instincts" causing him to get one last punch on Tom... What the hell?!! Why did they have to add this ending solely to [[YankTheDogsChain end on a sour note for Tom?!!]] Now this isn't what I consider the worst episode (that honor would belong to "Tic Tyke Doh"), but this ending is just more insulting to me. Don't worry, though, we'll get that episode eventually...

** Tropers/{{curiouskat}}: Seconded. What exactly was Jerry hoping to get out of this other than the [[ForTheEvulz satisfaction of torturing Tom just for fun?]] It's not like Tom was going to share any of his fortune with him, and with everything else he goes through he deserved this inheritance. But I guess [[StatusQuoIsGod Tom can't win]], not even when he isn't directly antagonizing Jerry...The ending doesn't give me a CatharsisFactor either, with Tom throwing away his rightly-awarded money just to escape a lifetime of torture. It almost feels like a kick in the teeth.

* Tropers/{{HMSaph}}: I've yet to see "Blue Cat Blues" which I hear is the worst of the worst, so for now I'll have to go with "Baby Puss". I've already given it the bashing it deserves on TV.com, but it still amazes me how a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon from the 40's can fail so hard in every single aspect. Here Tom is forced to wear baby clothes against his will, and when he is caught he is mercilessly bullied, tormented, and humiliated by Jerry and the epitome of CatsAreMean in the form of three feline douchebags, and we're supposed to find this funny? It was so painfully mean-spirited and my heart welled with pity for poor Tom because he did nothing to deserve his torture. Oh, and the cartoon ends with Tom and Jerry swallowing castor oil and being violently sick, so Tom never gets the chance to get revenge. I didn't laugh once throughout the entire cartoon. If the souls of Will and Joe can hear me, bullying isn't funny and anybody who thinks otherwise needs psychiatric help.
** TT454: Totally agreed. I always refused to watch this episode during my childhood, and still do today. It's easily the worst episode in the series and also one of my least favourite episodes of any series. It's so painful to watch that even the thought of it makes me shudder. Not only is the "comedic bullying" episode theme absolutely shameful, but the musical number is irritating, the scene where Tom has his diaper changed by Butch is disturbing (it brings "diaper fetishes" to mind) and Tom's "owner", the girl, is such an annoying, mean-spirited little brat that, as a kid, it made me want to be her mother so I could spank her. Hell, even the scene where Tom simply acts like a baby by himself comes off as creepy. And of course, the ending is just as depressing as the whole episode.
* gene0129: It's not my personal DMOS, but I figured someone should mention "Pecos Pest" It's a Tom torture porn where he doesn't even deserve it this time. All the cat wanted was to be left in peace, but no, Uncle Pecos, Jerry's uncle, would not leave the poor cat alone, just for a whisker so he could play his guitar. However, it's the ending where it really ticks me off. Long story short, Uncle Pecos' guitar string breaks on TV, Tom laughs and it's cathartic, but a massive YankTheDogsChain takes place when he (Pecos) impossibly grabs the last whisker anyways. Fuck this episode.

* [=SampaCM=]: To me, the shorts "Busy Buddies" and "Tot Watchers" are the worst of the worst, as both involve the duo looking after a baby, but I'll pick "Tot Watchers" which I think is the worst of the two: An airheaded teenager named Jeannie ([[TheScrappy I really hate her]]) is in charge of looking after a baby, while his parents are out, but instead of doing her job, she pays more attention to the phone, so Tom and Jerry decide to work together to prevent the baby from hurting himself, but what does Jeannie do? She hits Tom with a broom because she thinks he's bothering the baby. Later, the baby escapes and enters a construction site, and poor Tom and Jerry [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter have to go through a lot of hell to bring him back home,]] where... Surprise! Jeannie is for the first time in the two shorts, worried about the baby. The duo comes back home with the baby, but they're arrested for kidnapping. So, what the heck have I just watched? To begin with, Jeannie unfairly mistreated Tom for doing her job, UngratefulBastard isn't enough to describe that airheadad girl, and the cherry on top of the cake is that the policeman that unfairly arrested Tom and Jerry for kidnapping jumped to conclusions too fast. What made them think such ending was fun?

** Someone had actually made [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7735698/1/Betraying_a_Friend a fanfic]] deconstructing this whole thing with Spike finding out the "truth" and does little bit of something we had waited years to [[TakeThatScrappy come back at Jerry.]]

* Marioking9834: Let's flip the script a bit and show off a instance where Tom wins and ''didn't'' deserve it. Tom pretty much kidnaps Jerry who was basically doing nothing this entire time, paints him white, and sells him to a pet store for $50, which is almost $500 today. Tom's owner ends up finding the money, and decides to buy Jerry back, thinking he's another white mouse. Slapstick antics ensue with the owner scolding Tom for trying to attack her new mouse, like she should. The episode ends with Tom painting himself white, tricking the owner into believing he was just jealous of Jerry, before stomping all over Jerry in the end. End episode. Jerry loses just because Tom was greedy in the first place.
* savagegenius: Let's get one from the 2014 show, shall we? Specifically, the episode "Springtime For Spike." In this episode, tom's current owner Ginger introduces her husband, Rick, a French poodle named Sabrina. As you'd expect, Tom gets fearful about her, as one would expect, but they eventually share a mutual bond. "Mutual" being the key word here; When Spike sees Sabrina, he instantly falls in love at first sight, but his attempts to woo her make her feel uncomfortable. Tom then steps in to stop Spike, but he just smashes Tom into the ground, which she calls him out on. Now I will admit, this first act, along with Jerry helping Spike in the second act are quite amusing. But here's where the true DMoS comes in: After finally managing to get through to her at the start of the third act, Spike spends the last few minutes of the episode dating Sabrina, leaving her no time to spend with Tom. And the ending with her abruptly leaving, with Spike's "dog instincts" causing him to get one last punch on Tom... What the hell?!! Why did they have to add this ending solely to [[YankTheDogsChain end on a sour note for Tom?!!]] Now this isn't what I consider the worst episode (that honor would belong to "Tic Tyke Doh"), but this ending is just more insulting to me. Don't worry, though, we'll get that episode eventually...

* Marioking9834: Let's flip the script a bit and show off a instance where Tom wins and ''didn't'' deserve it. Tom pretty much kidnaps Jerry who was basically doing nothing this entire time, paints him white, and sells him to a pet store for $50, which is almost $500 today. Tom's owner ends up finding the money, and decides to buy Jerry back, thinking he's another white mouse. Slapstick antics ensue with the owner scolding Tom for trying to attack her new mouse, like she should. The episode ends with Tom painting himself white, tricking the owner into believing he was just jealous of Jerry, before stomping all over Jerry in the end. End episode. Jerry loses just because Tom was greedy in the first place.

* eirigfi: I honestly don't know how Tom and Cherie didn't make it here. Tuffy is sent on a letter spree while he gets attacked by Tom. All Jerry cares about is if he delivers his stupid letters and shows no concern for his "student". Not helped that it's just the same boring formula every time Tuffy goes out the door. It just left me a bad taste in my mouth and made me hate Jerry more.

* Dghcrh: I'm going with the Chuck Jones episode "Jerry Go Round". Throughout the series, it's annoying how other animals always love Jerry and hate Tom, but it's most prominent in this episode, with that {{Yandere}} elephant which dotes on Jerry and hurts Tom every time he puts his hands on the mouse. It's not the only episode where something like this happens, (Spike in "TheBodyguard" anyone?), but here Jerry gets more benefits, takes part in circus plays and parades with the elephant and Tom? Has nothing but abuse.

** curiouskat: Seconded. What exactly was Jerry hoping to get out of this other than the [[ForTheEvulz satisfaction of torturing Tom just for fun?]] It's not like Tom was going to share any of his fortune with him, and with everything else he goes through he deserved this inheritance. But I guess [[StatusQuoIsGod Tom can't win]], not even when he isn't directly antagonizing Jerry...The ending doesn't give me a CatharsisFactor either, with Tom throwing away his rightly-awarded money just to escape a lifetime of torture. It almost feels like a kick in the teeth.

* bobdrantz: For me, it's the short "The Million Dollar Cat" where Tom will inherit a million dollars so long as he doesn't harm a mouse for the rest of his life. And, how does Jerry react? He acts like a complete [[JerkAss asshole towards Tom]] and torments him throughout the short. [[DesignatedHero Ok, remind me again why we're supposed to cheer for Jerry?]] About the only saving grace the short has is that it ends with Tom getting his revenge on Jerry when he decides that a million dollars is not worth being tortured. But, it still leaves a somewhat bitter taste in my mouth knowing that Tom could've led a peaceful mouse-free life if Jerry had just left Tom instead of taking advantage of him like that.

* Tropers/{{HMSaph}}: I've yet to see "Blue Cat Blues" which I hear is the worst of the worst, so for now I'll have to go with "Baby Puss". I've already given it the bashing it deserves on TV.com, but it still amazes me how a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon from the 40's can fail so hard in every single aspect. Here Tom is forced to wear baby clothes against his will, and when he is caught he is mercilessly bullied, tormented and humiliated by Jerry and the epitome of CatsAreMean in the form of three feline douchebags, and we're supposed to find this funny? It was so painfully mean-spirited and my heart welled with pity for poor Tom because he did nothing to deserve his torture. Oh, and the cartoon ends with Tom and Jerry swallowing castor oil and being violently sick, so Tom never gets the chance to get revenge. I didn't laugh once throughout the entire cartoon. If the souls of Will and Joe can hear me, bullying isn't funny and anybody who thinks otherwise needs psychiatric help.

* stavan101: I don't mind the Creator/ChuckJones shorts, but there are two shorts that I can't stand and those two are "The Year of the Mouse" and "Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary". The former because it involves Jerry and a unnamed mouse tormenting Tom by trying to hurt him while he's trying to sleep. And the poor guy didn't do anything that annoyed them in the first place. And then there's the latter. It's the same but Jerry is sleepwalking and tormenting him at the same time. And the ending. The former at least had Tom get revenge at the end. But in this, Tom gets no comeuppance and decides to move away from the house. And the kicker is that Jerry follows him. So basically Jerry doesn't learn his lesson at all and wins for tormenting Tom even though he didn't do anything. This is a reason why there are times where I don't like Jerry.

* Valkyrie: It was seriously aggravating to witness Spike The Dog slowly become a regular overpowered pawn for Jerry to turn against Tom - by the 50s' shorts, most Spike-related shorts were merely one-sided affair at the cat, nothing short of becoming a living hell in the process. For example, in ''Fit To Be Tied'', Jerry once receives a bell to summon Spike after helping him out, and renders conflict with Tom pointless. Naturally, Jerry sees this as a way to [[VillainProtagonist turn Tom to his slave]] - and even past Spike getting tied in the middle of the short that leads to Tom tormenting him for his amusement, he ends up in the same situation anyway, the short ending with Spike getting to kick a tied-up Tom every bell ring at a time from Jerry. Then there was ''Slicked-Up Pup'', which felt uncomfortable due ironic disregard on Tyke from Jerry's end where he keeps making the puppy get somehow dirty. Of course Tom ends up taking all the brunt despite trying his hardest to keep puppy clean, and is punished after taking extreme actions to disguise Tyke from Spike. The true dethroning moment though, would be in ''That's My Pup!'', which features Tom literally trying to not be involved getting barked up to a tree by Tyke (or Jerry) as part of Spike's "cat chasing training" - yet he gets ''antagonized'' for that according to the cartoon, leading to an ending where he's forced to run up a greasy flagpole indefinitely to the night with Tyke behind him. No surprise there were rumors about "hate mail" from fans of Tom telling Hanna-Barbera to give him a break, leading to less appearances from Spike and Tyke and the formula from their shorts overall, along with some victories for Tom in the next ones. Probably most difference can been seen in the short ''Hiccup Pup'' that came after above ones, which had Tom emerge victorious compared to the shorts before it.

* eirigfi: I honestly don't know how Tom and Cherie didn't make it here. Tuffy is sent on a letter spree while he gets attacked by Tom. All Jerry cares is if he delivers his stupid letters and shows no concern for his "student". Not helped that it's just the same boring formula every time Tuffy goes out the door. It just left me a bad taste in my mouth and made me hate Jerry more.

* Dghcrh: I'm going with the Chuck Jones episode "Jerry Go Round". Throughout the series, it's annoying how other animals always love Jerry and hate Tom, but it's most prominent in this episode, with that {{Yandere}} elephant which dotes on Jerry and hurts Tom every time he puts his hands on the mouse. It's not the only episode where something like this happens, (Spike in "TheBodyguard" anyone?), but here Jerry gets more benefits, takes part in circus plays and parades with the elephant and Tom? Has nothing but abuse.

** Tropers/legomaniac90: Agreed, and I would like to point out that they are all Musketeers, meaning they ''are'' (supposedly) ''on the same side''. Not only that, but the guillotine wasn't even invented at the time the short took place (the musketeers were disbanded before the reign of Louis XVI, and the guillotine wasn't invented until the late 1700's). And "C'est la guerre?" ''You all are Musketeers and you sent your fellow Musketeer to his death''.

* No RealLife examples, including ExecutiveMeddling. [[InternetBackdraft It only invites a flame war.]]

** TT454: Totally agreed. I always refused to watch this episode during my childhood, and still do today. It's easily the worst episode in the series and also one of my least favourite episodes of ANY series. It's so painful to watch that even the thought of it makes me shudder. Not only is the "comedic bullying" episode theme absolutely shameful, but the musical number is irritating, the scene where Tom has his diaper changed by Butch is disturbing (it brings "diaper fetishes" to mind) and Tom's "owner", the girl, is such an annoying, mean-spirited little brat that, as a kid, it made me want to be her mother so I could spank her. Hell, even the scene where Tom simply acts like a baby by himself comes off as creepy. And of course, the ending is just as depressing as the whole episode.

* stavan101: I don't mind the Creator/ChuckJones shorts, but there are two shorts that I can't stand and those two are "The Year of the Mouse" and "Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary". The former because it involves Jerry and a unnamed mouse tormenting Tom by trying to hurt him while he's trying to sleep. And the poor guy didn't do anything that annoyed them in the first place. And then there's the latter. It's the same but Jerry is sleepwalking and tormenting him at the same time. And the ending. The former at least had Tom get revenge at the end. But in this, Tom gets no comeuppance and decides to move away from the house. And the kicker is that Jerry follows him. So basically Jerry doesn't learn his lesson AT ALL and wins for tormenting Tom even though he didn't do anything. This is a reason why there are times where I don't like Jerry.

* No RealLife examples, including ExecutiveMeddling. It only invites a flame war.

* No RealLife examples, including ExecutiveMeddling. [[InternetBackdraft It only invites a flame war.]]

* Valkyrie: It was seriously aggravating to witness Spike The Dog slowly become a regular overpowered pawn for Jerry to turn against Tom - by the 50s' shorts, most Spike-related shorts were merely one-sided affair at the cat, nothing short of becoming a living hell in the process. For example, in ''Fit To Be Tied'', Jerry once receives a bell to summon Spike after helping him out, and renders conflict with Tom pointless. Naturally, Jerry sees this as a way to [[VillainProtagonist turn Tom to his slave]] - and even past Spike getting tied in the middle of the short that leads to Tom tormenting him for his amusement, he ends up in the same situation anyway, the short ending with Spike getting to kick a tied-up Tom every bell ring at a time from Jerry. Then there was ''Slicked-Up Pup'', which felt uncomfortable due ironic disregard on Tyke from Jerry's end where he keeps making the puppy get somehow dirty. Of course Tom ends up taking all the brunt despite trying his hardest to keep puppy clean, and is punished after taking extreme actions to disguise Tyke from Spike. The true dethroning moment though, would be in ''That's My Pup!'', which features Tom literally trying to not be involved getting barked up to a tree by Tyke (or Jerry) as part of Spike's "cat chasing training" - yet he gets ''antagonized for it again'' leading to an ending where he's forced to run up a greasy flagpole indefinitely to the night with Tyke behind him. No surprise there were rumors about "hate mail" from fans of Tom telling Hanna-Barbera to give him a break, leading to less appearances from Spike and Tyke and the formula from their shorts overall, along with some victories for Tom in the next ones. Probably most difference can been seen in the short ''Hiccup Pup'' that came after above ones, which had Tom emerge victorious compared to the shorts before it.

* Valkyrie: It was seriously aggravating to witness Spike The Dog slowly become a regular overpowered pawn for Jerry to turn against Tom - by the 50s' shorts, most Spike-related shorts were merely one-sided affair at the cat, nothing short of becoming a living hell in the process. For example, in ''Fit To Be Tied'', Jerry once receives a bell to summon Spike after helping him out, and renders conflict with Tom pointless. Naturally, Jerry sees this as a way to [[VillainProtagonist turn Tom to his slave]] - and even past Spike getting tied in the middle of the short that leads to Tom tormenting him for his amusement, he ends up in the same situation anyway, the short ending with Spike getting to kick a tied-up Tom every bell ring at a time from Jerry. Then there was ''Slicked-Up Pup'', which felt uncomfortable due ironic disregard on Tyke from Jerry's end where he keeps making the puppy get somehow dirty. Of course Tom ends up taking all the brunt despite trying his hardest to keep puppy clean, and is punished after taking extreme actions to disguise Tyke from Spike. The true dethroning moment though, would be in ''That's My Pup!'', which features Tom literally trying to not be involved getting barked up to a tree by Tyke (or Jerry) as part of Spike's "cat chasing training" - yet he gets ''antagonized for it again'' leading to an ending where he's forced to run up a greasy flagpole indefinitely to the night with Tyke behind him. No surprise there were rumors about "hate mail" from fans of Tom telling Hanna-Barbera to give him a break, leading to less appearances from Spike and Tyke and the formula from their shorts overall, along with some victories for Tom in the next ones. Probably most difference can been seen in the short Hiccup Pup that came after above ones, which had Tom emerge victorious compared to the shorts before it.