Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films
created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry
between its two title characters, Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse, and many
recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy.
In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and
Jerry shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they
won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place with
Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies with the most awards in the category. After the
MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch
directing an additional 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for Rembrandt Films from 1961
to 1962. Tom and Jerry then became the highest-grossing animated short film
series of that time, overtaking Looney Tunes. Chuck Jones then produced another
34 shorts with Sib Tower 12 Productions between 1963 and 1967. Three more
shorts were produced, The Mansion Cat in 2001, The Karate Guard in 2005, and A
Fundraising Adventure in 2014, making a total of 164 shorts.
A number of spin-offs have been made, including the
television series The Tom and Jerry Show (1975), The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
(1980–82), Tom and Jerry Kids (1990–93), Tom and Jerry Tales (2006–08), and The
Tom and Jerry Show (2014–present). The first feature-length film based on the
series, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, was released in 1992, and 13 direct-to-video
films have been produced since 2002.
The series features comic fights between an iconic set of
adversaries, a house cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry). The plots of each short usually
center on Tom's numerous attempts to capture Jerry and the mayhem and
destruction that follows. Tom rarely succeeds in catching Jerry, mainly because
of Jerry's cleverness, cunning abilities, and luck. However, there are also
several instances within the cartoons where they display genuine friendship and
concern for each other's well-being. And despite their endless attacks on one
another, they’ve saved each other’s lives every time they were truly in danger.
The cartoons are known for some of the most violent cartoon gags ever devised in theatrical animation such as Tom using everything from axes, hammers, firearms, firecrackers, explosives, traps and poison to kill Jerry. On the other hand, Jerry's methods of retaliation are far more violent due to their frequent success, including slicing Tom in half, decapitating him, shutting his head or fingers in a window or a door, stuffing Tom's tail in a waffle iron or a mangle, kicking him into a refrigerator, getting him electrocuted, pounding him with a mace, club or mallet, letting a tree or electric pole drive him into the ground, sticking matches into his feet and lighting them, tying him to a firework and setting it off, and so on. Because of this, Tom and Jerry has often been criticized as excessively violent. Despite the frequent violence, there is no blood or gore in any scene.
Generally, there is little dialogue as Tom and Jerry almost never speak; however, minor characters are not similarly limited, and the two lead characters are able to speak English on rare occasions and are thus not mute. For example, the character Mammy Two Shoes has lines in nearly every cartoon in which she appears. Most of the vocal effects used for Tom and Jerry are their high-pitched laughs and gasping screams.
Tom and Jerry Movies:
Sl No.
|
Title
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Release date
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1
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Tom and Jerry:
The Movie
|
July 30, 1993
|
2
|
Tom and
Jerry: The Magic Ring
|
March 12, 2002
|
3
|
Tom and
Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
|
January 18, 2005
|
4
|
Tom
and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
|
October 11, 2005
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5
|
Tom and
Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
|
August 22, 2006
|
6
|
Tom and
Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
|
October 2, 2007
|
7
|
Tom
and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
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August 24, 2010
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8
|
Tom
and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz
|
August 23, 2011
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9
|
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
|
September 28, 2012
|
10
|
Tom and
Jerry's Giant Adventure
|
August 6, 2013
|
11
|
Tom and
Jerry: The Lost Dragon
|
September 2, 2014
|
12
|
Tom and Jerry:
Spy Quest
|
June 23, 2015
|
13
|
Tom and Jerry:
Back to Oz
|
June 21, 2016
|
14
|
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
|
July 11, 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_filmography
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