Editing Jerry Mouse (section)

===''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''.<ref name="JBarberaPuss"/> While the idea of a cat-and-mouse duo was considered shopworn by the 1940s,<ref name="JBarberaPuss"/> Hanna and Barbera decided to expand upon the standard expected cat and mouse relationship. Instead of being a "cowering victim" of [[Tom Cat|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.<ref name="HannaonTJ">{{Cite book|last=Hanna|first=William| author-link=William Hanna|title=A Cast of Friends|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2000|page=20|isbn=978-0-7864-0728-6}}</ref>

In later ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, Jerry acquired a young ward: a small grey mouse called "[[Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)|Tuffy]]" or "Nibbles" depending upon the cartoon,<ref name="JBarberaTuffy"/><ref name="MaltinTuffy"/> who was left on Jerry's doorstep as a [[Child abandonment|foundling]] baby in the 1946 short ''The Milky Waif''.<ref name="MaltinTuffy">{{Cite book|last=Maltin|first =Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons|publisher=Plume|orig-year=1980|year=1987|location=New York|pages=303–304|isbn=978-0-452-25993-5}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="JBarberaTuffy">{{Cite book|last=Barbera|first=Joe|author-link=Joseph Barbera|title=My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century|publisher=Turner Publishing|year=1994|location=Atlanta, GA|page=[https://archive.org/details/mylifeintoonsfro00barb/page/96 96]|url=https://archive.org/details/mylifeintoonsfro00barb/page/96|isbn=978-1-57036-042-8}}</ref> The first of these shorts, ''[[The Two Mouseketeers]]'', won the 1951 [[Academy Award for Animated Short Film|Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons]].<ref name="JBarberaTuffy"/>

Hanna and Barbera served as writer/directors of the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons until 1956, when they also became the producers.<ref name="BarrierMGMclosing">Barrier, Michael (1999). ''Hollywood Cartoons''. New York: Oxford University Press. Pg. 547–548. {{ISBN|0-19-516729-5}}.</ref> Fourteen ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons between 1940 and 1954 were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, with seven of the shorts winning that award.<ref name="IndVallanceB">{{cite news|title=Joseph Barbera: Animation pioneer whose creations with William Hanna included the Flintstones and Tom and Jerry |last=Vallance|first=Tom| date=2006-12-20|work=The Independent (London)}}</ref>{{rp|32}} MGM shut down its animation department in 1957, but new ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons were produced by [[Gene Deitch]] and later [[Chuck Jones]] during the 1960s. Jerry would also appear in later ''Tom and Jerry'' productions made for television, a series of direct-to-video features, and ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'', a 1992 theatrical film.<ref name="JBarberaTJMovie">{{Cite book|last=Barbera|first=Joe|author-link=Joseph Barbera|title=My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century|publisher=Turner Publishing|year=1994|location=Atlanta, GA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mylifeintoonsfro00barb/page/234 234–239]|url=https://archive.org/details/mylifeintoonsfro00barb/page/234|isbn=978-1-57036-042-8}}</ref> Later productions eschewed much of the violence the 1940s and 1950s shorts were known for, and in several of the television shows Jerry was given a red bowtie and a kinder disposition in ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]''.<ref name="MaltinLater">{{Cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|author-link= Leonard Maltin|title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons| publisher=Plume|orig-year=1980|year=1987|location=New York|pages=306–309|isbn=978-0-452-25993-5}}</ref>

Tom and Jerry aren't always enemies; they have been known to team up on occasion. The first Tom and Jerry short/film that Jerry was in is ''Puss Gets the Boot'', and the last is ''The Karate Guard'', the 163rd Tom and Jerry film. Jerry has been on the Tom and Jerry film series from 1940 to the present.