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 appearance 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 a pun of "tomcat", which is the 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 appearance, he was quadrupedal and had normal cat intelligence. However, over the years, he has become almost completely bipedal and has human intelligence. Dog Trouble was the episode that Tom stopped being quadrupedal.

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
 * Billy Bletcher: 1944 Short: The Bodyguard, Anchors Aweigh
 * 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, Space Jam
 * Jonathan Watson: Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2
 * Jeff Bennett: Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, Looney Tunes: Back in Action
 * Bill Kopp: Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars, Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry, Charlotte's Web
 * Spike Brandt: 2005 Short: The KarateGuard
 * Spike Brandt, later Don Brown: Tom and Jerry Tales

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