The ''Tom and Jerry'' series consists of 163 shorts produced and released between 1940 and 2005. Of these, 162 are theatrical shorts while one is a made-for-TV short, subsequently released in theatres.

1940–1958: Hanna-Barbera/MGM cartoons

The following 114 cartoons were directed by

William Hanna William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and musician who is best known for co-creating ''Tom and Jerry'' and providing the vocal effects for the series' title characters. Alongside Joseph B ...

and

Joseph Barbera Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known as the co-founder of the animation studio Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian Americans, Italian immigrants in New York City, Bar ...

at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in

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. All cartoons were released to theaters by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...

. Rudolf Ising was the producer of ''Puss Gets the Boot''; subsequent cartoons were produced by Fred Quimby through 1955. Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1955 to 1957, Hanna and Barbera produced the shorts until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard

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(1.37:1). Four cartoons were produced for both Academy Ratio and

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formats (2.55:1, later 2.35:1). Finally, 19 cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only (though reissues have the standard Academy ratio 1.37:1 instead). Like the other studios, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when rereleased to theaters. Many pre-1952 cartoons were reissued with Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Because of the 1965 MGM vault fire, all original film of pre-September-1951 MGM cartoons are lost, leaving only the backup prints (usually the altered reissue prints), although some production artwork relating to the missing material has survived, like pencil sketches.

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1961–1962: Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films cartoons

The following thirteen cartoons were directed by

Gene Deitch Eugene Merril Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons ...

, produced by William L. Snyder, and animated at Snyder's Rembrandt Films in

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(now in the

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). All cartoons were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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1963–1967: Chuck Jones/Sib Tower cartoons

Chuck Jones in 1978 The following 34 cartoons were produced by

Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He ...

in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Earlier cartoons were produced in conjunction with Walter Bien's Sib Tower 12 Productions (one or the other credited on the 1963 and 1964 productions), until it was integrated into a new animation department called MGM Animation/Visual Arts. Directors (if other than Jones) or co-directors for each short are listed. All cartoons were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Note: All the Chuck Jones MGM ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts were in Metrocolor. All were released on DVD in 2009 as part of '' Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection''.

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2001–present: Warner Bros. cartoons

2001: Hanna-Barbera Productions/Turner Entertainment cartoon

2005: Warner Bros. Animation cartoons

TV series

* '' The Tom and Jerry Show'' (1975 TV series, 16 episodes) * '' The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show'' (1980 TV series, 15 episodes) * '' Tom & Jerry Kids'' (1990 TV series, 65 episodes) * '' Tom and Jerry Tales'' (2006 TV series, 26 episodes) * '' The Tom and Jerry Show'' (2014 TV series, 71 episodes) * '' Tom and Jerry in New York'' (2021 TV series, 13 episodes) * '' Tom and Jerry Special Shorts'' (2021 TV series, 2 episodes) * ''Tom and Jerry Play'' (2022 TV series, 14 episodes) * ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...

'' (2023 TV series, 7 episodes)

Feature Films

* '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' (1992 feature film) * '' Tom & Jerry'' (2021 feature film)

Direct-To-Video films

Television Specials

* '' Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration'', 1989 live-action TV special * '' Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers'', 2014 TV special * ''A Fundraising Adventure'', 2014 ''

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'' special by BBC

Other appearances

* '' The Alley Cat'' (1941 film, MGM one-shot cartoon) with Butch and Toodles * '' War Dogs'' (1943 film, MGM one-shot cartoon) with Spike cameo * '' Anchors Aweigh'' (1945 film) with Tom and Jerry cameo * '' Dangerous When Wet'' (1953 film) with Tom and Jerry cameo * ''The Three Little Pups'' (1953 film, '' Droopy'' cartoon) with Spike cameo * '' Spike and Tyke'' (1957

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cartoon series) with Spike and Tyke

Notes

External links

Tom and Jerry episode guide: The Hanna–Barbera era (1940–1958)

Tom and Jerry episode guide: The Gene Deitch era (1960–1962)

Tom and Jerry episode guide: The Chuck Jones era (1963–1967)

Tom and Jerry episode guide: Warner Bros. Animation (2000–present)
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