Tom Cat

Tom Cat
Tom Cat
Tom and Jerry character
	Tom's design in the Hanna-Barbera shorts.
First appearance	Jasper:; Puss Gets the Boot (1940); Tom or Thomas:; The Midnight Snack (1941);
Created by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera;
Designed by	Harvey Eisenberg (1940–1953, 1980, 2002-present); Richard Bickenbach (1953–1958, 2001);
Voiced by	Harry E. Lang (1940–1953); William Hanna (archival recordings; 1942–1958, 1965-1967, 2006-present); Mel Blanc (1946, 1964-1967); Daws Butler (1957); Allen Swift (1961–1962); Terence Monk (1964, 1967); June Foray (1966); John Stephenson (1975); Lou Scheimer (1980); Frank Welker (1990–1993); Richard Kind (speaking; 1992); Alan Marriott (2000); Jeff Bennett (2002); Marc Silk (2002); Bill Kopp (2005); Spike Brandt (2005–2017); Don Brown (2006–2008); Rich Danhakl (2014–2021); Andrew Dickman (2021); Kaiji Tang (2021); Eric Bauza (2022, 2026-present); Megumi Aratake (2022); Rick Zieff (2023);
Developed by	William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
In-universe information
Full name	Thomas Jasper Cat Sr.
Species	Cat
Gender	Male
Family	Unnamed father; Unnamed mother
Relatives	George (cousin)
Nationality	American
Breed	Bicolor British cat

Thomas "Tom” Jasper Cat Sr. is an American cartoon character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, he is a grey-blue and white anthropomorphic (but usually silent) domestic short haired tuxedo British cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot. The cat was initially known as "Jasper" during his debut in the short, but beginning with The Midnight Snack he was known as "Tom" or "Thomas".