Jerry Mouse

""Down, please?""

- Jerry

Jeremy "Jerry" Adam Mouse is a fictional animated character and the deuteragonist in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbara, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic mouse, who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot. Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jerry", while Barbara claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. In "Tom and Jerry: the Movie", he was voiced by Dana Hill, and serves as the deuteragonist. He is Tom's rival.

Tom & Jerry cartoons
Jerry appeared in the first episode of Tom and Jerry. He was unamed in the short but was known as "Jinx" and was less smart. However, In the second Tom and Jerry episode (A Midnight Snack), His name was turned into "Jerry". He mostly wins in most of the time, but sometimes gets outsmarted and Tom wins.

Anchors Away
Jerry appeared as a ruler of a kingdom where music is banned because he believes that he lacks talent, and Gene Kelly pursuades the mouse into preforming a song-and-dance number with him. Tom briefly appears as a butler for Jerry.

Dangerous When Wet
In the film, Tom and Jerry did an underwater ballet with the main character, Katie Higgins.

Tom and Jerry Kids
In 1990, Jerry wears a red bowtie and is a more "childlike" version of himself. He appeared with Tom, who also is a childlike version of himself.

Heroic Acts

 * Helps save a girl named Robyn Starling from her wicked Aunt Figg
 * Helps a circus lion return to the African jungle
 * Saves the holiday kingdom from the evil Cat King and his gang
 * Rescues a puppy who was thrown out the car window to drown
 * Saves a new kitten from Tom Cat's cruelty
 * Saves Tom Cat on certain occasions
 * Helps Dorothy and Toto return home to Kansas
 * Protects a baby woodpecker from Tom
 * Saves a baby duckling named Quacker from Tom on occasions
 * Saves his ward Tuffy from Tom on occasions
 * Rescues Spike from the dog catcher

Love Interests

 * Peep (Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars)
 * Lillie Mouse and Marie Mouse (Tom and Jerry cartoon: Tom and Cherie)
 * La Petite Ballerina (Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale)
 * Cherie Mouse and Toots Mouse (The Tom and Jerry Show 2014)

Trivia

 * Although not truly a villain, he is considered a Fan Villain.
 * His name "Jerry" comes from his first name which is Jeremy. His middle name Adam, comes from the fact that he was Tom's very first rival since childhood.
 * Jerry does not appear in Castaras, but is mentioned by Tom many times.