Tom Cat

Tom Cat is a MGM character from the MGM series. Tom Cat made a total of 174 appearances during the golden age of animation.

Overview
Tom Cat was voiced by Billy Bletcher (1944/1962) and Mel Blanc (1963/1967) and his first appearance was in the cartoon Puss Gets the Boot in 1940. Tom Cat would appear in a total of 174 cartoons during the golden age of animation with the final appearance in the cartoon Purr-Chance To Dream in 1967.

Appearance/Personality
Tom Cat is a cat with bluish/gray fur and a white belly with white feet and hands and pink ears. Tom's personality 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 superhuman level of intelligence. As a slapstick cartoon character, Tom has a superhuman level of elasticity. Tom Cat rarely spoke in his cartoons but he did speak in a few shorts the first being in 1944. Tom is usually defeated (or very rarely, killed) with Jerry getting the best of him in the end, although there are some stories where he outwits, defeats, and gets the best of Jerry. Tom would only appeared in a cartoon if Jerry was in the episode too. Tom & Jerry appeared in the most cartoons for MGM.

1940/1967

 * Cartoons 93-118 were produced in cinema scope format while the rest are in full.