History WesternAnimation / TheTomAndJerryShow

[[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/{{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.

''The Tom and Jerry Show'' is just what it sounds like: a TV show based on [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]'s classic ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, made by Creator/HannaBarbera, the company whose owners created the franchise. The show, which originally aired on Creator/{{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|s}}.

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).]]

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 late 70's and 80's, 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).]]

* TookALevelInKindness: The main duo, to the point of [[InNameOnly no recognition]].

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 late 70's and 80's, 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 (which also often incorporate shorts from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow 1980 Filmation series).]]

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. Select cartoons from this show are sometimes mixed in with other ''Tom and Jerry'' series that play on Creator/CartoonNetwork and Boomerang.

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. Select cartoons from this show are often mixed in with other ''Tom and Jerry'' series that play on Creator/CartoonNetwork and Boomerang.

''The Tom and Jerry Show'' is just what it sounds like: a TV show based on MGM's classic ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, made by Creator/HannaBarbera, the company whose owners created the franchise. The show, which originally aired on Creator/{{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|s}}.

[[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.

* 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 TheEighies.

* 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.

* LighterAndSofter: There's little to no violence and the main duo were friends instead of the enemies they were in the originals.

* 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.

* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: The LimitedAnimation, the one change to the [[StrictlyFormula formula]] that made Tom and Jerry {{friendly rival|ry}}s, and the [[{{Bowdlerise}} removal of much of the comedic violence]] that made Tom and Jerry famous resulted in a show that a lot found forgettable.

* TookALevelInKindness: The main duo, to the point of no recognition.

* 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.

* BowtiesAreCool: Jerry wears one in this version.

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.

!! Tropes in the 2014 series:
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Toodles Galore and her two baby sisters wear bows on their heads, their mom wears a hat and a pearl necklace, Tyke the puppy wears a collar, and Marvin the FatCat wears a fez.
* [[AccordionMan Accordion Cat]]. Meathead becomes one courtesy of a Spike beatdown.
* UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash: The main style of this version which is pretty noticeable by the animation style and the use of no colored outlines for the characters.
** Outlines are now used in the second season.
* AlternateContinuity: Of a sort. A short can take place in a number of different settings: along with their standard suburban house (which often have Tom and Spike as the pets of Rick and Ginger), there's also a witch's hut (where Tom and Jerry are the familiars of two competitive witch sisters, Beatie and Hildie, in what's implied to be a medieval fantasy era), a scientist's lab (where Jerry lives in a cage with Napoleon the rat and Hamster the hamster and the three are pets to Dr. Bigby), and a FilmNoir parody setting set in Tolucaville (after Tom's gumshoe owner leaves for the night, he and Jerry team up as the Cat & Mouse Detectives), among others. Each one has a different image for the title card.
** And then in "Say Cheese," Tom's hallucination from eating tainted cheese product brings them all together.
* ArtShift: To the HD UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash style.
* BearsAreBadNews: The bear in "Tom's In-Tents Adventure" takes over Spike's usual job.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Any shorts featuring a narrator are definitely this, as the InteractiveNarrator is able to directly converse with the characters. In "Tom's In-Tents Adventure", Jerry gets so annoyed by the narrator that he punches the camera and cracks the lens.
* BigEater: Jerry, who is able to eat something over twice his size. Though this seems [[DependingOnTheWriter inconsistent between shorts]], as sometimes Jerry's stomach matches that of a real mouse. One time he had trouble swallowing a noodle strand, and another he takes a long time to eat a single popcorn.
* CallBack: The episode "Superfied" appears to be a call back to classic Tom & Jerry Short "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse" with Jerry gaining super strength and beating up Tom.
* CameraAbuse: In "Tom's In-Tents Adventure", Jerry gets annoyed by the InteractiveNarrator and punches the camera, cracking it.
* CatsAreMean: Wilson as an orange-furred kitten who resembles Puff is an AxeCrazy variant of this trope, but his old, grey furred self that looks a bit like an elderly Tom averts this trope. Butch, on occasion, as well, though he often vacillates between being Tom's FriendlyRival, shifty con-artist, and out-and-out JerkAss.
* ChasteToons: Tuffy is Jerry's nephew in this show. Averted with Spike as he is Tyke's father.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa's Little Helpers"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The FilmNoir shorts use the desaturation sepia variation.
* ADogNamedDog:
** Hamster the hamster in the "Lab Mice" shorts.
** Also Newt the newt in "The Witches" shorts.
* FatCat: Marvin the light brown cat in the episode, "Top Cat"
* GuileHero: Jerry is very manipulative.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Tuffy the grey mouse wears a diaper.
* HammerSpace: Tuffy's diaper serves as this, as he can hide all sorts of objects in there. Including a camera which is bigger than he is.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Averted with Toodles Galore in this series, unlike her earlier incarnations in the classic ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons and in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''. She is no more anthropomorphic than Tom or Butch the male cats this time.
* InteractiveNarrator:
** In the "Cat & Mouse Detective" shorts, the characters can hear him. In fact in one episode where they spy on Butch, the narrator's voice over gives away their presence and Butch tells them not to bring the narrator along.
** This is also the case for the narrator in the "Tom's In-Tents Adventure". At one point Jerry gets annoyed with him and [[CameraAbuse punches the camera]], cracking the screen.
* LemonyNarrator: The same guys mentioned above.
* MasculineLinesFeminineCurves: Dee the female robot in the episode, "Molecular Breakup" is curvier than Bot the male robot.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Road Trippin" features "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom The Doggy of Doom]]," ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]''.
* Non-MammalMammaries: "Molecular Break-up" featured Cozette, a French white cat with Her bust size slightly bigger than normal.
* ShoutOut: In "The Paper Airplane Chase," the music plays a familiar first few notes when Tom runs into a [[WoodyWoodpecker woodpecker]].
* TheSilentBob: Tom and Jerry communicate almost entirely by hand gestures, charades, and facial expressions. Jerry also occasionally whistles to get other's attention.
* TheSpeechless: Unlike the original Tom and Jerry shorts where they were just [[TheVoiceless untalkative, but could still speak on occasion]]. Here they're portrayed as actually being mute, and resort to nodding, shaking, or using charades in conversations. Jerry also has a tendency to whistle.
* StoryArc: The four shorts of episodes 18 and 19 have Rick and Ginger go on vacation to Hawaii with Tom and Spike... and Jerry and Tuffy. HilarityEnsues as the couple is banned from airlines and kicked out of their hotel for trying to sneak pets in, followed by taking a cruise ship back to the mainland and having to drive a rickety car to Ginger's aunt's house.
* SuperStrength: Jerry definitely qualifies. The old cartoons had him struggle to carry a piece of cheese, but here he's able to effortlessly carry Tom, and even push a refrigerator.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Toodles Galore and her two baby sisters wear bows on their head, but her baby brother doesn't. Also, Toodles and her mom have eyelashes, as do almost all other female characters in the show. Subverted with Jerry though as he is male and has prominent eyelashes.
* TinCanRobot: Bot and Dee
* VitriolicBestBuds: While they still chase and hurt each other, Tom and Jerry are no longer mortal enemies and are often shown working together, especially the "Cat & Mouse Detective" shorts.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: The narrator in the "Cat & Mouse Detective" shorts serves as this for Tom and Jerry. This is especially the case in the episode where they are detective rivals with Butch, who literally says that he couldn't believe they let the narrator do all the talking for them.
* WholePlotReference: The episode "Little Quacker & Mr. Fuzzy Hide" is one to the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Hyde and Go Tweet", complete with Quacker's Hyde form reminiscent of Tweety's.

''The Tom and Jerry Show'' is just what it sounds like: a TV show based on MGM's classic ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, made by Creator/HannaBarbera, the company whose owners created the franchise. The show, which originally aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1975, was first aired together with ''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|s}}.

* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: The LimitedAnimation, the one change to the [[StrictlyFormula formula]] that made Tom and Jerry {{friendly rival|ry}}s, and the [[{{Bowdlerise}} removal of much of the comedic violence]] that made Tom and Jerry famous resulted in a show that a lot found forgettable.

* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: The LimitedAnimation, the one change to the [[StrictlyFormula formula]] that made Tom and Jerry [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rivals]], and the [[{{Bowdlerise}} removal of much of the comedic violence]] that made Tom and Jerry famous resulted in a show that a lot found forgettable.
* FlatJoy: In an episode from the 1975 series, Robin Hood 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.

* 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.
* 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.