List of Tom and Jerry characters

This is a list of characters in the Tom and Jerry cartoon short series. Most of these characters did not appear in all of the movies.

Main characters

Tom Cat

Main article: Tom Cat

Thomas "Tom" Cat 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".

Jerry Mouse

Main article: Jerry Mouse

Jerry Mouse is a brown anthropomorphic mouse, who first appeared as an unnamed mouse in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot. Years later, William Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jinx", while Joseph Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance.

Kipper

Main article: Kipper

the 6 year old protagonist

Recurring characters

Spike

Main article: Spike (Tom and Jerry)

Spike (occasionally referred to as Butch or Killer) is a stern but occasionally dumb British bulldog who is particularly disapproving of cats, but a softie when it comes to mice, and later, his son Tyke. In the shorts Jerry would often try to get Tom in trouble with Spike making him a shoo-in for a beating from the bulldog. Spike has a few weaknesses that Tom tries to capitalize upon: his possessiveness about his bone and his ticklishness. He made his first appearance in the 1942 Tom and Jerry cartoon Dog Trouble, and his first speaking role was in 1944's The Bodyguard, where he was voiced by Billy Bletcher up until 1949, from which point he was voiced by Daws Butler.

Tyke

Main article: Tyke (Tom and Jerry)

Tyke is the son of Spike. Unlike his father Spike, Tyke does not speak. He only communicates by yapping, wimpering, growling, facial expressions and wagging his tail. In Tom and Jerry Kids, Tyke does have a speaking role in the programme and is the first time that viewers were able to hear Tyke speak.

Butch

Butch is a black and white alley cat - who first appeared in the 1943 short, Baby Puss alongside Topsy and the already-established Meathead. Butch is the leader of the alley cat bullies who usually help Tom catch Jerry. In his first appearance, however, Butch was an antagonist, tormenting Tom after Tom's young girl owner treated him like a baby—to the point of dressing Tom up in a diaper, a bonnet, and pink paw mittens. Thus costumed, Tom couldn't help but be a figure of fun—both for Butch and his gang, and for Jerry.

Toodles Galore

Toodles Galore is an attractive female, white cat, and is supposedly Tom's usual love interest. Although Tom is a reputed playboy, and had other love interests before and after Toodles. Toodles is the only love interest who appeared more than thrice, and is probably the most favored. During the classic era, Tom had to compete twice against Butch and even once against Spike/Killer for Toodles' affection, and he lost them all. Toodles is one of the most anthropomorphic animals in the series, with the only cat features being her tail, nose and ears.

Mammy Two Shoes

Main article: Mammy Two Shoes

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Mammy Two Shoes, the owner of Tom, who made many appearances in the 1940s and early 1950s Tom and Jerry shorts, as seen in 1947's Old Rockin' Chair Tom. Over the years, Tom and Jerry cartoons featuring Mammy have been censored or removed from broadcast.

From the beginning, Tom also has to deal with Mammy Two Shoes (voiced by Lillian Randolph), a mammy African-American domestic housemaid. In the earliest shorts, Mammy is depicted as the maid taking care of the often opulent home in which Tom and Jerry reside. Later Tom and Jerry shorts are set in what appears to be Mammy's own house. Her face is never seen (with the exception of 1950's Saturday Evening Puss, in which her face is very briefly seen as she runs towards the camera), and she usually wallops the cat with a broom when he misbehaves. When Mammy was not present, other humans would sometimes be seen, usually from the neck down as well. Mammy would appear in many cartoons until 1952's Push-Button Kitty. Later cartoons would instead show Tom and Jerry living with a 1950s Yuppie-style couple. Soon after, virtually all humans in the series had visible faces.

Tuffy

Main article: Tuffy

Tuffy is a mouse who is close to Jerry and appears frequently with him, especially in the comics. He is sometimes seen as Jerry's nephew, but occasionally referred to as an orphan. In many cartoons, Tuffy is seen eating a lot (he's always hungry). In his first animated appearance, he was left on Jerry's doorstep, abandoned by his parents. Tom enjoys chasing Tuffy much as he does with Jerry.

Though Tuffy was created under that name for the comics in 1942, his early animated appearances (from 1945) gave him the alternate name Nibbles. From the 1950s, the mouse was called Tuffy on-screen as well. Oddly, in the more recent Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, the name Nibbles was used again—and the character was depicted as a pet-store mouse whom Jerry doesn't know.

In Mouseketeer shorts, Tuffy speaks in French and English. He also isn't Jerry's nephew; rather, he is the son of Francois Mouse—who doesn't make an appearance, but his name was given in two letters in the short Touche, Pussy Cat!

Quacker

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Quacker at the end of That's My Mommy

Another recurring character in the series was Little Quacker the duckling, who was later adapted into the Hanna-Barbera character Yakky Doodle. He appears in Little Quacker, The Duck Doctor, Just Ducky, Downhearted Duckling, Southbound Duckling, That's My Mommy, Happy Go Ducky and The Vanishing Duck. Quacker talks a lot compared to Tom and Jerry. In many episodes, he is the only one who speaks. He's very trusting, even trusting Tom in many situations in which Tom wishes to eat him. He's a friend of Jerry, but unlike Jerry harbours no hard feelings towards Tom.

Lightning

Lightning is an orange-red cat - who first appeared in the 1948 short, Old Rockin' Chair Tom, as Tom's rival. Lightning is named as such because in his first short, he practically moved at the speed of lightning. In later cartoons, Lightning often appeared as one of Tom's alley cat buddies/rivals. Fans have occasionally confused Lightning with Meathead, though the two are not the same and have appeared side-by-side in two cartoons.

Topsy

Topsy is a small gray/brown cat. He is either a friend of Tom's or befriends Jerry. He first appeared in Baby Puss, then he latter appeared in Saturday Evening Puss and his final golden age appearance was in Scat Cats. He also appears in Tom and Jerry Tales with a more yellowish color than before.

In Professor Tom Topsy is explicitly a house cat; more often, he is depicted as an alley cat or a cat of unknown origin.

Meathead

This brown, mangy, generally dull-witted cat first appeared in the 1943 short, Sufferin' Cats!, as Tom's rival. Meathead later reappeared in Baby Puss and additional shorts as one of Tom's alley cat buddies/foes. Fans have occasionally confused Meathead with Lightning, though the two are not the same and have appeared side-by-side in two cartoons.

Droopy

Main article: Droopy

Droopy is an anthropomorphic dog (supposedly a Basset Hound) with a droopy face, hence the name Droopy. He was created by Tex Avery, for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, in 1943. Essentially the polar opposite of Avery's other famous MGM character, the loud and wacky Screwy Squirrel, Droopy moved slowly and lethargically, spoke in a jowly monotone, and, though he didn't look like much, was shrewd enough to outwit his enemies and, when finally roused to anger, capable of beating adversaries twice his size with a comical thrashing.

The character first appeared, nameless, in Avery's 1943 cartoon Dumb-hounded. Though he would not be called "Droopy" onscreen until his fifth cartoon, Señor Droopy (1949), the character was officially first labeled Happy Hound, a name used in the character's appearances in Our Gang Comics. After the demise of the Droopy series in 1958, the character has been revived several times for new productions, often television shows also featuring MGM's other famous cartoon stars, Tom and Jerry.

George and Joan

George and Joan are an average middle class white couple, who first debuted on the 1954 episode Pet Peeve. They are the new owners of Tom and Spike, but Tom likes to keep Joan company and Spike likes to keep George company. Joan is George's wife and is often seen either cooking in the kitchen, or sitting on her armchair knitting or sewing a dress with Tom keeping her company. George on the other hand is Joan's husband, he hates the monthly bills and complains that they're too expensive. But when he's not complaining about the bills, he is sitting on his armchair or on the sofa reading the newspaper wearing his smart purple or grey suit and Spike keeping him company. Both George and Joan are very kind and polite towards each other and Tom and Spike. In Pet Peeve, George and Joan decided that they keep Jerry as a pet because he is easy to look after and doesn't eat too much and tell Tom and Spike to leave. However, in later episodes with George and Joan, Tom and Spike still happily live with them and Jerry is not known by the couple and he is not a pet anymore.

Jeannie

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Jeannie has a habit of talking on the phone to friends.

Jeannie is an average teenager who spends much of her time talking on the phone to school friends about their dates and her own activities. Jeannie is the babysitter of George and Joan's baby, and they often call on her to look after the baby if they're going out. Jeannie proceeds to leap straight onto the phone just as George and Joan shut the front door, which tells us that she is very negligent about her job. Despite this, Jeannie is very kind, friendly, cheerful and rarely loses a smile—except to scold Tom for "bothering the baby," which she thinks he is doing on purpose to annoy her. Jeannie was seen in two episodes, Busy Buddies and Tot Watchers.

Cousin George

Cousin George is Tom's cousin seen on the 1957 episode Timid Tabby and episode of Tom and Jerry Kids Show. George is a look alike to Tom, but he is terrified of mice. Cousin George has the same voice tone and act of phobia as Piglet from Winnie the Pooh, although a different voice actor provides the voice of cousin George. And the first Winnie the Pooh featurette would be released 9 years later in 1966.

Cousin Muscles

Cousin Muscles is Jerry's cousin and was only seen in the episode Jerry's Cousin. He is same height as Jerry, but he speaks with a tough stance and his strength can easily knock down a fully grown man. Cousin Muscles was called to Jerry because Jerry was having problems with Tom. When Muscles sees Tom, he grabs him and says Spike's famous "Listen pussy cat!" catchphrase, but in a more tougher tone.

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

The following characters were introduced in Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

Robyn Starling

Robyn is an "orphan" girl who Tom and Jerry met under an old bridge. She is not happy and wants to live with her father, who she thinks he dies. She lives with his guardian named Pristine Figg.

Aunt Pristine Figg

Aunt Figg is a fat lady and Robyn's guardian who likes to steal a lot of money and the main antagonist in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. She acts as Robyn's aunt who lets her sleep in an attic. She receives a telegram, discussing that Daddy Starling is still alive and is making sure that Robyn doesn't know. She says that money is everything for her. She wants that Robyn is just in her house.

Lickboot

Lickboot is Figg's lawyer and the second main antagonist of the film. Just like Figg, he says that the money is their whole world. He gets the telegram of Daddy Starling is alive.

Puggsy

Puggsy is an street-dog that Tom and Jerry met where he tells them to be good friends. He lives in a broken jeep with his friend, Frankie. In the end of the film, he reads a newspaper containing that Tom and Jerry save Robyn.

Frankie DaFlea

Frankie is an green flea and Puggsy's best friend who also teaches them both how to be good friends.

Daddy Starling

Daddy Starling is Robyn's father who lefts his daughter and Robyn thinks that he dies in an avalanche. It is known that he is alive after Figg receives an telegram.

Dr. Applecheek

Dr. Applecheek is an "sweet" man who adores many pets and most of his allies are the stray-catchers and a recurring antagonist in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. When Figg brought Tom and Jerry into his house, it is revealed that he is not kind to animals and he wants to make money as his business. His defeat is after he falls into a destroyed bridge while riding on a ice cream truck and was left lost in the lake.

Ferdinand

Ferdinand is Aunt Figg's dog who is always in his skateboard as they go in places and the third main antagonist.

Captain Kiddie

Captain Kiddie is an old captain who owns a kiddie land full of anything and is a supporting antagonist of the film.

Squawk

Squawk is Kiddie's puppet who is talking and can do things. He looks like a parrot and is also one of the minor antagonists of the film.

Tom & Jerry Kids

The following characters were introduced in the television series Tom & Jerry Kids.

Dripple

The son of Droopy. He is very intelligent and seductive with many girls. He is always with his father and they always do the same (although sometimes Dripple thinks “better” than his father). The identity of his mother is never mentioned or even addressed, although, due to Droopy's frequent relationships with Miss Vavoom, it can be assumed that his mother is either dead or is divorced from Droopy with no visitation rights. He is voiced by Charlie Adler.

McWolf

The villain of the "Droopy and Dripple" segments. A bad and cruel wolf whose only mission is to ruin the life of Droopy and Dripple (and sometimes to remain with Miss Vavoom). Sometimes for of crazy scientist whom it loves to dominate the world, of space villain, a criminal fat person (known as "The Chubby Man"), etc. He is voiced by Frank Welker.

Miss Vavoom

The attractiveness and is contiguous woman of the show. She is very seductive and she always takes different hairdos. She always is conquered by Droopy and most of times is the greater target of McWolf. Sometimes she is called Bubbles Vavoom, Ultra Vavoom, Sugar Vavoom, etc.. She is voiced by Teresa Ganzel.

Calaboose Cal

A gold cat owner of a show of demonstration and participation. He is arrogant (sometimes), has a rancher accent, and is sometimes presented as an enemy to Thomas Cat. He is voiced by Phil Hartman.

Urfo

Urfo is a six-legged alien dog that arrives on Earth many times and helps Jerry fend off Tom. His owners often send people to retrieve him.

Minor characters

• Yolker A rooster thief that tries to stole banks, he is a enemy (besides of Mc Wolf) of Droopy and Dripple, voiced by Pat Fraley
• Harriet the Stork: A young Stork who's the cast Timmy Time. Voiced by Don Messick.
• Buzzy: He is a young boy who sees one day unloading in his room Urfo. Voiced by Tim Curry.
• Clyde: He is a fat cat that often one puts in problems, and when Tom and Jerry save it, he promises to be its better friend (Although for Tom and Jerry he is like a punishment). Voiced by Brian Cummings.
• Kyle the Cat: A vicious cat that always tries to eat to Jerry. Voiced by Pat Fraley.
• Wildmouse: A gray, shaggy fanged mouse who occasionally helps Jerry and outwits his foes. Like Tom and Jerry, Wildmouse is voiced by Frank Welker.
• Moncy: A cougar who loves torment the rest. He wants to eat Tyke (and Spike gives deserved his him).
• Muscle Guy: As his name says it, he is muscular and jealous. He is the boyfriend of Miss Vavoom in an episode.
• The Vermins: A trio of rocker mice who Jerry loves. He becomes a part of the group.
• The Chubby Man: McWolf known name in "Droopy, Master Detective". He is fat, cruel, bad and vicious.
• Mystery Lady: Miss Vavoom known name in The Calaboose Cal shorts. She is the assistant of Calaboose Cal.
• Mr. Sheboygan: The owner and manager of Sheboygan Records, Inc. (a fictional studio). He requests cats (including Tom, whom he refers to "cat baby" or "pussycat baby") to help get rid of mice (including Jerry) whom they believe are a threat to the performers on the stage. He also has an assistant who similarly resembles Miss Vavoom, but wears glasses unlike Vavoom. Hence the name being derived upon a Wisconsin city, the series mainly takes place in California where Hanna-Barbera's headquarters were located.
• Tim: A cat who states he was a fraidy cat in the past, and is no longer a fraidy cat. He looks exactly like Tom, but wears a yellow baseball cap with a green stripe, and has a speaking role; and he claims that Tom is his twin brother, despite the fact that Tom has no siblings. When Tim sees Jerry, Jerry starts scaring him to make his evidence fall through. He is finally chased away by Tom inside of a giant robot mouse as a monstrous imitation of Jerry.
• The White Tabby: An unnamed white quadrupedal cat whom Tom first believes is his first lover, but is revealed to be more interested in mice, which she often describes as "Fuzzy Wuzzy". She is depicted with a high-pitched voice, and often behaves like a biped when she carries things in her forefeet including gifts among other things. She does not accept kisses unless she receives a mouse. When Tom brought Jerry to her, she cuddled Jerry, and then they both went out in a limousine, while Tom was left out from going along. The tabby in this cartoon is based upon Toodles Galore from the classic shorts, although Toodles is a biped, in contrast this character.
• The Babysitter: An unnamed teenage girl who is instructed to babysit the baby while the baby's mother is gone, but relies on the telephone most of the time. Tom points to her that she needs to watch the baby and spend less time on the phone, but refuses to listen and objects him anyway, believing he's trying to bother the baby and also refers to Tom by insulting names. After she kicked Tom out of the house believing that he bothered the baby, Tom gets back inside and gets the baby back in the crib for her. When the baby's mother returns home, the babysitter hides the truth about what she did the whole time. The babysitter in this cartoon is based upon Jeannie from the shorts: Busy Buddies and Tot Watchers; but had orange hair in pigtails, and had on a yellow T-shirt with a bluish-green sleeveless shirt over it, a pair of white pants, and was briefly seen wearing a bluish-green hat.
• Chase School Teacher: A teacher at Cat and Mouse Chase School, featuring a golden statue of Tom chasing Jerry. He teaches the cats and mice on opposing sides on how Tom chases after Jerry while Jerry evades or backfires Tom. When the opposing sides debate over which species are the best, the teacher commands them to settle down by yelling out "Order!". When the cats and mice in the audience start fighting each other for the last time, he says that he will call the police on them, but they throw a pan of pie into his face anyway, and continue fighting, turning everything into a disaster.
• Sergeant Boffo: A martial arts coach cat and head of "Sgt. Boffo's Ferocious Feline Mouse-Bashing School". His trainees are depicted as tough-looking and wear white keikogi with black belts and also wear different-colored hachimaki, and he often refers to them as "troops". He called Tom through the TV and was training him to be tough enough in catching mice. Boffo is depicted as often arrogant and quick-tempered and wears a green military uniform top with a black tie and wears a green beret. He also mentioned that he was formerly a plumber, himself.
• Tundo: An elephant who performed in a circus and was originally a buddy to Jerry. In his final appearance in Two Stepping Tom, he is later afraid of mice, and he jumps up in fright of Jerry in sight, and any attempt to land on Jerry, he lands on Tom instead.
• Super Mouse: A super-hero mouse of the space. Voiced by Joe Alaskey.
• Slowpoke Antonio: Jerry's cousin from Texas and probably the son of his uncle Pecos. They share the same traits, such as singing, playing guitars and superstrength. He wears a blue cowboy hat, a green neckerchief, and brown gloves and speaks with a Texas drawl (just like Slowpoke Rodriguez from the Looney Tunes). Voiced by William Callaway.