Tom and Jerry
About Tom and Jerry
After the last of the Deitch cartoons were released, MGM turned to American director Chuck Jones and partner partner Les Goldman. Jones and Goldman went on to produce 34 shorts, and while all are distinctively Chuck, Jones never seemed to 'get' the Tom & Jerry shtick.
Jones had trouble adapting his style to Tom and Jerry's brand of humor, and a number of the cartoons favored poses, personality, and style over storyline. The characters underwent a slight change of appearance: Tom was given thicker, Boris Karloff-like eyebrows, a less complex look, and furrier cheeks, while Jerry was given larger eyes and ears, and a sweeter, Porky Pig-like expression.
MGM ceased production of animated shorts in 1967, by which time Sib Tower 12 had become MGM Animation/Visual Arts, and Jones had already begun to move on to television specials and the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth.
Cartoons
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Pent-House Mouse
The luxurious life of Tom, a penthouse puss, goes to the dogs after poor mouse Jerry falls from a construction site onto his terrace. A wild chase ensues, and Tom ends up pursed by the entr…
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Much Ado About Mousing
When a bulldog tells Jerry to "just whistle" any time that he needs him, Tom's in for big trouble until he puts earmuffs on the mutt.
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Snowbody Loves Me
Waif mouse Jerry, encrusted with snow, peers through a warmly lit window at Tom asleep by the fire in a room full of cheese. Once in the house, Jerry jumps into a wheel of Swiss and proceed…
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The Cat Above And The Mouse Below
Tom, famous baritone Signor Thomasino Catti-Cazzaza, enthralls a concert audience with his rendition of "Largo al factotum", from Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," while Jerry strives fo…
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The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Tom enjoys the role of top cat until an adorable red-and-white-haired kitten is brought into the house of a young blonde woman. Resenting the little cat's presence, Tom tries to get rid of…
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Is There A Doctor In The Mouse?
Jerry mixes and drinks a high-acceleration potion which renders him so fast that he eats all of Tom's food before the bewildered cat can even see him. Tom tries various traps, but Jerry's t…
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Tom-ic Energy
Jerry leads Tom through fire escapes, rooftops and manholes in staying just a step ahead of the contentious cat. Tom smashes into a passing bulldog and is temporarily derailed until Jerry r…
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Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
In a trip into the abstract, Jerry, chased by Tom and falling through the air, grabs onto a question mark and floats gently to the ground, while the cat grabs an exclamation point and plumm…
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Haunted Mouse
Jerry's uncle, with the top hat and cloak of a stage magician and the powers of a real wizard, makes life miserable for poor Tom, who temporarily loses his nose to the tiny sorcerer. And wh…
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Of Feline Bondage
The title alludes to "Of Human Bondage," a brooding MGM flick from 1964; the story is much lighter. A fairy princess (in the form of a mouse) gives Jerry a magic potion which renders him in…
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I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Tom knocks Jerry off his roller skates and eventually onto a Ping-Pong table, where he volleys the little mouse. Jerry grabs a mallet and sends a very alarmed Tom down an elevator shaft, ou…
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The Year Of The Mouse
The classic movie "Gaslight" retold, as Jerry and a nameless gray mouse (his cousin) team up to make Tom think that he's going crazy. Jerry has his cousin lower him down the chimney on a fi…
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Bad Day At Cat Rock
In a titular reference to MGM's own "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955), it's a bad day for poor Tom. First Jerry lures him into a dark manhole where a stash of TNT explodes, then the rascally m…
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The Cat's Me-Ouch
When Jerry buys a mouse-sized dog as a protector, Tom believes that he's going to have a field day. But the tiny dog is too tough for the cat, who ends up in a hospital bed with both a band…
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The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
Another MGM film (and Dostoevsky novel), "The Brothers Karamazov," provided the title for this outing. Here, Tom's efforts to entice Jerry to him with food are defeated before they're begun…
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Jerry-Go-Round
Circus hijinks as Jerry hides from Tom in the big top, disguised as a clown. When the little mouse pulls a nail out of an elephant's foot, the grateful pachyderm falls in love with Jerry an…
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Guided Mouse-Ille
In the year 2565, Tom and Jerry use mechanical replicas of themselves to do their battling, using ray guns, lasers and explosives. But with one futuristic blast too many, they blow themselv…
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O-Solar-Meow
Tom and Jerry's Space Odyssey: living aboard a satellite, the chase continues, with the vehicle's gadgets used for weapons. A supply satellite arrives at Space Station No. 1, where Tom (des…
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Puss 'N' Boats
Shipboard shenanigans as this cartoon opens with a sleeping Jerry aboard a cargo ship taking delivery of items, including some choice cheese. Tom is the cat on watch duty who must keep Jerr…
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Love Me, Love My Mouse
When the enamored Tom offers his girlfriend Jerry in a champagne cork, she protectively mothers the little mouse, repeatedly rescuing him from Tom's jaws. Then, kissing Jerry, she smacks he…
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Cat And Dupli-Cat
Beneath a crescent moon, Tom and Jerry are singing "Santa Lucia" (and Tom is trying to swallow the mouse) when a shabby red tabby appears. First mimicking Tom's actions and then vying with…
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Catty-Cornered
As Tom and a yellow feline foe attack Jerry (with a fly swatter, bows and arrows and explosives) through different entrances to a mousehole, both become convinced that a supermouse is insid…
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Filet Meow
This fishy tale starts with Jerry rescuing a goldfish from Tom, goes on to relate how the cat ends up submerged in the basement, and ends with a shark in the bathtub.
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Duel Personality
Each having submitted his challenge card to the other, Tom and Jerry meet in a field to duel, using as weapons swords, pistols, bows and arrows, cannons and slingshots.
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The A-Tom-Inable Snowman
In the Alps, Tom gets knocked out chasing Jerry, and is revived, revitalized and intoxicated by a St. Bernard with a keg of brandy. After several such episodes, Tom escapes with Jerry to a…
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Matinee Mouse
This "wraparound" cartoon uses sequences from vintage Hanna and Barbera-era Tom and Jerry in a story that has the cat and mouse at the movies, watching their earlier escapades. This late en…
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Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Jerry is sleepwalking, and Tom's in trouble. The little mouse, fearless in slumber, attacks the sleeping cat (and keeps playing vile jokes on Tom) without waking- until Tom strikes back. To…
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Purr-Chance To Dream
Tom is dreaming of a bulldog driving him into the ground when he is awakened by Jerry and a playful pup. Tom tries to rid himself of the pesky duo and, finally able to go back to sleep, pic…
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Rock 'N' Rodent
Tom can't sleep for the noise from a cellar club combo in which Jerry stars on drums. His efforts to stop the noise only incur the wrath of a big bulldog, and when the racket finally ends a…
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Cannery Rodent
In a twist on John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row," Tom and Jerry find themselves tinned in a canning factory. Once out of their cans, they end up in the sea, pursued by a shark.
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Advance And Be Mechanized
Another space odyssey in which Tom and Jerry use cat and mouse robots to do the chasing. This time, the metal mechanos, tired of being bashed, switch roles with the furry feuders, and the r…
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Surf-Bored Cat
Tom is a way-out surfer cat, anxious to hang ten on some tough waves. But a shark, an octopus and Jerry play havoc with his plans, and poor Tom, swallowing the surfboard, ends up riding the…
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The Mouse From H.U.N.G.E.R.
Playing on the superspy craze of the day and MGM's own TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," superspy Jerry sets out in his roadster to capture a refrigerator full of cheese in a castle guar…
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Shutter Bugged Cat
Another "wraparound" cartoon, this one had Tom reviewing old film footage (including Designs on Jerry) of his efforts to catch the mouse. The mouse, munching popcorn, watches along with him…
