Jerry Mouse | |
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Tom and Jerry character | |
![]() Jerry's design in the Hanna-Barbera shorts. | |
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Full name | Gerald Jinx Mouse[1] |
Species | House mouse (Mus musculus) |
Gender | Male |
Family | Nibbles (ward) |
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Nationality | American |
Gerald Jinx "Jerry" Mouse is an American cartoon character and one of the two titular characters in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films and other animated media, usually acting as the protagonist opposite his rival Tom Cat. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is an anthropomorphic (but usually silent) brown house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot.[2] Hanna gave the mouse's original name as "Jinx",[3] while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance.