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 Barbera, 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 Barbera 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 lacks talent, and Gene Kelly pursuades the mouse into preforming a song-and-dance number with him. Tom brefly 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.

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
 * Jerry does not appear in Castaras, but is mentioned by Tom many times.