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Jerry Mouse is one of the two main characters from Tom and Jerry franchise.
History[]
Tom and Jerry cartoons[]
The name "Jerry" was chosen by Geraint Rowlands, who submitted "Tom and Jerry" as potential names for the duo after an important Loews Inc. distributor in Texas asked for follow-ups to Puss Gets the Boot. Hanna and Barbera decided to expand upon the standard expected cat and mouse relationship. Instead of being a "cowering victim" of Tom, he took delight in besting, and even torturing, his feline frenemy (even if Tom is just following orders or is even just minding his own business and is antagonized by Jerry). Hanna and Barbera considered Tom and Jerry "the best of enemies", whose rivalry hid an unspoken amount of mutual caring and respect for one another.
In later Tom and Jerry cartoons, Jerry acquired a young ward: a small grey mouse called "Tuffy" or "Nibbles" depending upon the cartoon, who was left on Jerry's doorstep as a foundling baby in the 1946 short The Milky Waif. Jerry and Tuffy were also featured together in a sub-series of Tom and Jerry cartoons set in 17th century France which featured the characters as musketeers. The first of these shorts, The Two Mouseketeers, won the 1951 Academy Award for the Best Short Subject: Cartoons.
Trivia[]
- His French ancestor, Capitaine Jerry, is the protagonist of The Two Mouseketeers (1952), Touché, Pussycat! (1954), Tom and Chérie (1955), and Royal Cat Nap (1958), along with his ward, Tuffy.
- In Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars, Jerry meets a Martian girl named Peep and the other Martians after he and Tom accidentally goes on Mars.