Jerry Mouse

Jerry Mouse
Tom and Jerry character
Jerry's design in the Hanna-Barbera shorts.
First appearance
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In-universe information
Full nameGerald Jinx Mouse[1]
SpeciesHouse mouse (Mus musculus)
GenderMale
FamilyNibbles (ward)
Relatives
  • Pecos and Harry (uncles)
  • Muscles and Merlin (cousins)
  • Dinky and Sniffles (nephews)
  • Unnamed mother
  • Geraldine Mouse (sister)
NationalityAmerican

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.

  1. ^ "MultiVersus Roster". MultiVersus.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Barbera, Joe (1994). My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing. pp. 73–76. ISBN 978-1-57036-042-8.
  3. ^ Hanna, William (2000). A Cast of Friends. Da Capo Press. pp. 39–46. ISBN 978-0-306-80917-0.