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Tom and Jerry comic books have been out of print in the United States since 1991. Not surprisingly, as time passes, fewer staffers working on modern Tom and Jerry products remember the comics and the continuity they introduced. For this reason, Tuffy's name has sometimes changed back to Nibbles in new product: notably the Tom and Jerry movie, ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'', and the new TV series, [[Tom and Jerry Tales]]. The reference books ''Hanna-Barbera Cartoons'' by [[Michael Mallory]] and ''The Hanna-Barbera Treasury'' by [[Jerry Beck]] refer to the character only as Nibbles, without mentioning his alternate name at all. |
Tom and Jerry comic books have been out of print in the United States since 1991. Not surprisingly, as time passes, fewer staffers working on modern Tom and Jerry products remember the comics and the continuity they introduced. For this reason, Tuffy's name has sometimes changed back to Nibbles in new product: notably the Tom and Jerry movie, ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'', and the new TV series, [[Tom and Jerry Tales]]. The reference books ''Hanna-Barbera Cartoons'' by [[Michael Mallory]] and ''The Hanna-Barbera Treasury'' by [[Jerry Beck]] refer to the character only as Nibbles, without mentioning his alternate name at all. |
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Tuffy was more often a speaking character than Jerry. In the "Mouseketeer" subseries, he spoke mostly in [[French language|French]], resorting to [[English language|English]] whenever a [[slapstick |
Tuffy was more often a speaking character than Jerry. In the "Mouseketeer" subseries, he spoke mostly in [[French language|French]], resorting to [[English language|English]] whenever a [[slapstick]] humor depended on it. In the ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' episode ''[[Cat Nebula]]'', Nibble appeared as Jerry's sidekick and had a younger voice. Strangely, he spoke in a ''feminine'' French accent in the non-mouseketeer ''Tales'' shorts ''[[Cat Show Catastrophe]]'' and ''[[Cat of Prey]]''. |
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== Featured Cartoons == |
== Featured Cartoons == |
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Revision as of 20:58, 18 February 2008
Tuffy (originally Nibbles) is a fictional character from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. He is the little grey, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short The Milky Waif. Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 award-winning short The Little Orphan. The reason why Tuffy wears a diaper is unknown, but could possibly imply that he is younger than Jerry, and could also imply that Tuffy cannot control his excretions.
Tuffy's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book Our Gang Comics 1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. In the comics, the grey mouse's name was given as Tuffy Mouse from the start.
When the smaller Nibbles design was introduced to animation in 1946, the comics' Tuffy was retconned to match, almost immediately shrinking in size and age. But Tuffy's name in the comics stayed Tuffy. In the comics, Tuffy remained an orphan mouse with no relatives. But in 1953, the animation writers decided to change his on-screen relationship to Jerry. He became Jerry's nephew in Life with Tom.
Now it was the cartoons' turn to retcon, changing the screen name Nibbles to Tuffy in the 1957 cartoon Feedin' The Kiddie.
Tom and Jerry comic books have been out of print in the United States since 1991. Not surprisingly, as time passes, fewer staffers working on modern Tom and Jerry products remember the comics and the continuity they introduced. For this reason, Tuffy's name has sometimes changed back to Nibbles in new product: notably the Tom and Jerry movie, Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, and the new TV series, Tom and Jerry Tales. The reference books Hanna-Barbera Cartoons by Michael Mallory and The Hanna-Barbera Treasury by Jerry Beck refer to the character only as Nibbles, without mentioning his alternate name at all.
Tuffy was more often a speaking character than Jerry. In the "Mouseketeer" subseries, he spoke mostly in French, resorting to English whenever a slapstick humor depended on it. In the Tom and Jerry Tales episode Cat Nebula, Nibble appeared as Jerry's sidekick and had a younger voice. Strangely, he spoke in a feminine French accent in the non-mouseketeer Tales shorts Cat Show Catastrophe and Cat of Prey.
Featured Cartoons
Tom and Jerry
- The Milky Waif
- The Little Orphan
- Safety Second
- The Two Mouseketeers
- Two Little Indians (Probable appearance)
- Life with Tom (Cameo appearance)
- Little School Mouse
- Mice Follies
- Touché, Pussy Cat!
- Tom and Chérie
- Feedin' The Kiddie
- Royal Cat Nap
- Robin Hoodwinked
Trivia
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- In the classic era, Tuffy spoke only in the Mouseketeer cartoons, with exception of Robin Hoodwinked where he talked purely in Saxon English and had a different, rougher voice. Tuffy looked somewhat more mature in Hoodwinked as well, despite the fact that he still wore his diaper.
- The Mouseketeer shorts almost always featured sequences in which Tuffy got drunk. In his last appearance in Robin Hoodwinked, he is also shown to be drunk as the cartoon comes to a close.
