Tom Cat

Thomas "Tom" Cat is a fictional character and half of the academy-award winning Tom & Jerry cartoon cat-and-mouse duo. He is a blue/grey anthropomorphic cat who first appeared in the 1940 animated short Puss Gets the Boot. Tom was originally known as "Jasper" during his debut in that short, however, beginning from his next appearance in The Midnight Snack and onwards, he is known as "Tom". Unlike popular belief, "Jasper" is not his last name. His full name "Tom Cat" is based on "tomcat", a phrase which refers to male cats. He is very rarely heard speaking with the exception of a few cartoons (such as Tom & Jerry Tales' League of Cats) and "Tom and Jerry: The Movie" He is continuously after Jerry Mouse, for whom he sets traps, many of which backfire and cause damage to him rather than Jerry. Tom rarely sets out to eat Jerry, only to hurt or compete with him. However, Tom actually gets along with Jerry at times. Tom has changed remarkably over the years, especially after the first episodes. For example, in his debut, he was quadrupedal and had normal cat intelligence. However, over the years (since the episode Dog Trouble), he has become almost completely bipedal and has human intelligence.

Voice actors

 * Clarence Nash: Vocal Effects in The Hanna-Barbera era (1940 - 1941)
 * William Hanna: Vocal Effects in The Hanna-Barbera era (1942 - 1958) shorts, Baby Puss
 * Billy Bletcher: 1944 Shorts: The Bodyguard, Zoot Cat''
 * Daws Butler: 1956 Short: Mucho Mouse (and a few others as well)
 * Allen Swift: Vocal Effects in the Gene Deitch era (1961 - 1962) shorts
 * Mel Blanc: Vocal Effects in the Chuck Jones era (1963 - 1967) Shorts
 * Terence Monck: 1964 Short: The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
 * Frank Welker: The Tom and Jerry Show, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, Tom & Jerry Kids
 * Richard Kind: Tom and Jerry: The Movie,
 * Jeff Bennett: Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
 * Bill Kopp: Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars, Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
 * Spike Brandt: 2005 Short: The Karate Guard
 * Spike Brandt, later Don Brown: Tom and Jerry Tales
 * Don Brown: Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

Love interests
Likes - Friend Jerry When His Friend Nina William,s From Tekken
 * Toots, a non-speaking cat who appeared in Puss n' Toots.
 * Sheikie/Toots, a cat who appeared in The Zoot Cat.
 * An unnamed non-speaking appears in The Bodyguard.
 * Sheike, a cat who appeared in The Mouse Comes to Dinner.
 * Tara, a non-speaking cat who appears in Texas Tom.
 * Toodles Galore, a non-speaking reccuring cat who sometimes adores Tom. She appears in multiple shorts.
 * A cat who looks like Toodles that Tom is attracted to appears in Blue Cat Blues.