Top 10 Darkest Moments in Tom and Jerry

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[@realBIG1500]

How was this comment made four days ago , but the video came out seconds

[@tateharrisnerdboi4281]

21 views in one minute watchmojo has really fallen off😅😅😅😅

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Have never watched it before

[@garthdavis4320]

You left out the uncertain fate with Jerry and Quacker when Tom lowered the umbrella at the beach.

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

Too much darkness in years

[@ЯрославШ-ж9м]

Its better having a true enemy than a fake friend - Tom and Jerry

[@Coyote-e6d]

Amen

[@Manxsee]

Well said.

[@quintinjxander]

Real Shit! 💯

[@Reezyntafillepepe]

1:40 why is butch dead...

[@Mac14329]

Words to live by.

[@CatsOverBrats]

You never grow too old for tom & Jerry. I loved it as a kid in the 80's and I still love it today. Number 2 on this list is one of my favorite episodes.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Absolutely

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I laughed when Jerry held a paper that said, "Is there a doctor in the house?" 😂😂

[@williamjones7163]

In a similar Bugs Bunny short, Bugs turns to the Doctor and says: What's Up Doc?

[@SPAnComCat]

@@williamjones7163 Bugs Bunny: Is there a Doctor in the House? x2 Audience Member: I'm a Doctor. Bugs Bunny: Eeyeeeh, What's up Doc?

[@vanessasandoval96]

Yeah i know how funny it is about Jerry peak inside didn’t know Tom was in there

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

​@@SPAnComCat Which cartoon was that?

[@WilliamDearthwd]

​@michaelpalmieri7335 Oh, Hair Raising Hare. That featured Gossamer. I. E. the red hairy monster who wears those sneakers. 👟 👟

[@flexivefowl8186]

That train ending disturbed me when I first saw it, and I was an adult, imagine seeing it as a kid.

[@xXxFiizziixXx]

Unfortunately, I was a child when I first saw that. Watching that did give me nightmares for a long while.

[@thecountoftuscany3447]

I saw it as a kid and didn't understand it It hit real hard knowing the scene a few years later, and then getting into a nasty irl breakup in 2023

[@Spikero2]

Didn't even noticed the meaning of the train tracks until a few years later. Holy crap.

[@nazarethjoseph9464]

For me as a child, I was confused at first and didn't know what to make of the ending. Fast Forward, at 10, I not only felt like crying, but I was going insane over the cliffhanger. I'm surprised they actually redid this and to be honest, I've never felt more sad and distressed for Tom and Jerry than I ever have in my whole life.

[@duaneullery2133]

Right? It's a lot like that Popeye cartoon - one of the older black and white ones - where it ends with someone committing suicide by shooting themself.

[@MarvyG23]

Old cartoons had so many dark moments but as kids we didn’t notice some of them

[@MDCSWildcats86]

Ever seen the 1970s PBS children's classic ZOOM? They had a "Play of the Week" called "The Bridge" (1972) that is WAY OUT THERE. and it was written by a young girl from Houston, TX.

[@SlipperySoap]

I know what you mean!

[@trijosh5208]

Facts

[@هايالقناةفقطتجربة]

bro every cartoon from the 1920s to the 1960s had many dark moments

[@parkerthomson7130]

yes> Cause every classic cartoon back then had thier own roller coaster of emotions from happy to Tramatic then scary and Sad and Finally happy again.

[@jcoolguy1548]

It goes past the 60s. The 70s, 80s, 90s, and even modern cartoons have dark moments.

[@هايالقناةفقطتجربة]

@@jcoolguy1548 true there are cartoons in the 90s like the cowardly dog that still had many dark moments

[@prkingjim]

Every dark moment still revealed a life lesson throughout the episode though. ❤

[@kyleholt9812]

I actually remember watching these shorts as a kid and thought nothing of it. But recapping as an adult is quite sad. Now I wanna rewatch Tom & Jerry again.

[@滋榎本]

The Hannah-Barbara style was the golden era of Tom and Jerry's animation history I grew up watching Tom and Jerry. It was a cartoon that I love for it's slapstick gags and a large amount of violence that they got away with back during the '40s and '50s. As an adult, I have to say that after 8 decades, these classic shorts still hold up really well. Heck, I'd even argue that the slapstick holds up better than Looney Tunes. William Hanna and Joesph Barbara did a really fantastic job with the comedic timing of the gags and they established the one single rule that the title characters aren't allowed to talk with a few exceptions of course. Overall, Tom and Jerry will always hold a special place in my childhood as a timeless classic and will always be considered one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

[@teijaflink2226]

Definitely, the clips from the 60s look so uninspiring compared.

[@bernardlovesadventures6649]

Yeah I never enjoyed the Chuck Jones ones. They were violent in an over-the-top unnecessary kind of way like the humour in it is for the sake of being flashy and juvenile. At least the Hanna Barbera ones (the classic ones) usually held some sort of deeper meaning, art styles, music and voice acting.

[@hayeonkim7838]

0:01 I remember being shocked by this episode when I was young Thanks for meaningful and valuable video as always 😂

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Almost every cartoon has a dark moment.

[@SVD978]

Not almost. Every

[@XJIcequeen]

Fact

[@MikosVlog]

Exactly

[@kendallmasterssank369]

No

[@CCdollar]

SpongeBob doesn’t. It’s comedy gold

[@garthdavis4320]

Fun Fact: Tom's owner in the Gene Deitch cartoons was ironically named Clint Clobber.

[@Akira625]

I think that name was coined by Tom & Jerry fans.

[@akganimationstudioproducti3779]

I’d like to see Clint arrested for animal abuse

[@olddogmaster6643]

I heard there was a lot of complaints against the creator those cartoons. Unfortunately some of them were even threats that's just how hated that character was in the franchise.

[@disneyfan8178]

Actually Clint Clobber was a Terrytoons character, which I think was created by Gene Deitch when he worked at that studio.

[@stephenholloway6893]

​@disneyfan8178 That's true but rather or not Gene had the rights to the name in the Tom and Jerry shorts is another matter.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Tom and Jerry Is One Of Those Classic Cartoons that I watched 24/7 on Cartoon Network like Looney Tunes The Flintstones and Scooby Doo I was considering watching the 2021 movie but I have a busy schedule so many things to watch

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

The part with the lion was admittedly hilarious. The owner limps back to Tom, takes a moment to take a sip from the thermos, proceeds to count to ten in the raspiest voice possible before braining him with said thermos.

[@OfficialBulldozerStudios]

Clubber had absolutely zero redeeming moments in his brief 3 existence. No wonder he got removed from the show.

[@vanessasandoval96]

Yeah I love the part when Clint gets attacked by the lion 🦁 when gave Jerry gave Tom a water bottle instead of the gun

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

@@vanessasandoval96 The Guy isn’t called Clint Clobber. The design was similar to Clint’s. Wrong guy.

[@patrickoehlke9984]

I honestly thought the kittens in the bag was darker because of the whole innocence factor!

[@The_Legend47]

True true

[@motherlove202]

Fluff, Muff and Puff were their names, I believe hearing him say

[@The_Legend47]

@@motherlove202 from "The Aristocats," I believe? I could be wrong....

[@WWChampion16]

Those kittens look like the same ones who tormented Tom and Jerry behind Mammy Two Shoes' back.

[@The_Legend47]

@@WWChampion16 possibly....

[@BigFella117]

I know we’re supposed to root for Jerry, but sometimes I really wanted to give Tom a hug when I watched Tom and Jerry as a kid

[@gerardorodriguez7500]

Tom is the victim, Jerry is the real bad guy

[@jcoolguy1548]

Nah, I don't think they want you to root for Jerry. I think it's up to the viewer who they want to root for. For me, I was always on team Tom.

[@alihamza14729]

Majority actually roots for tom

[@jayasmrmore3687]

In every episode it’s like Jerry finds some stupid way to get away, then again if he got eaten the show would have ended

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

I'm impressed by how many of these episodes I actually remember,and boy some of them are DARK

[@zackquickshot]

I remember seeing some of the Tom and Jerry cartoons and but I never knew that most episodes can have a dark side. But heavenly puss was the one of the darkest cartoons I saw when I was a child.

[@mrhappytommy5865]

My favourite show. Such a childhood Always loved watching it from around 2011-2014. Good old days. Its humours amazing but exploring the dark tones can sometimes be interesting. As a kid we usually routed for jerry but when we grow up we begin to feel bad for tom, ngl ive always been a tom supporter. Good vid btw!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

*interesting

[@thedarkprinceiv]

As a kid I didn’t see the last one as them ready to off themselves but it taught me one thing never fall for a gold digger

[@Blu_X_RE]

I liked how you evolved more with sound effects added for commentary even more to make more sense.

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

I love how the background music keeps changing

[@MrJoshinJosh]

That’s because that Jerry tested Tom’s patience one time too many and is glad that Toodles is on his side again. It took me forever to understand this cartoon, but it’s the end that counts the most.

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

I love this cat & mouse duo

[@Animeguy300]

It was shocking to watch this especially how Tom's owner is abusive

[@raymondhopwood9393]

The Chuck Jones cartoons a few years later were much better than those, but they couldn't beat the Hanna-Barbera originals.

[@saveThe90s88]

​@@raymondhopwood9393like the Tom and Jerry kids? What a show.

[@akganimationstudioproducti3779]

@@raymondhopwood9393the Chuck Jones ones are among my favorites

[@bernardlovesadventures6649]

@@raymondhopwood9393 ​ Yeah I never enjoyed the Chuck Jones ones. They were violent in an over-the-top unnecessary kind of way like the humour in it is for the sake of being flashy and juvenile. At least the Hanna Barbera ones (the classic ones) usually held some sort of deeper meaning, art styles, music and voice acting.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

Tom actually dies in at least five episodes. It wasn't just the guillotine and the train.

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I think the darkest moments were when the series had occasional insensitive humor segments against certain groups of people. 😨 I used to watch Tom and Jerry all the time, and they aired the uncensored episodes on TV up until the early 90s or so.

[@victorramirez420]

I've seen them all at the age of 8 to 12, and now I know why I love dark shows and dark animes. Thank you, Tom & Jerry. Thank you

[@cumulus3341]

@WatchMojo You should also do top 10 best Tom&Jerry Episode. The show is so ahead of its time, unmatched illustration, animation, music, plot even to this day.

[@benitosierrajr3958]

Heavenly Puss still scares me to this day especially with the images of Hell and what Tom has to go through, and Blue Cat Blues hits me very hard when Tom and Jerry lost their love interest in favor of their rivals and they wait for a train to commit suicide, I feel extremely bad for them, and I went through a similar process, they’re always my favorite cat and mouse rival duo, but sometimes it’s not all fun and games.

[@IAmTheRawls]

I was actually talking about this since yesterday. One of the darkest moments in Tom and Jerry was when they was on that railroad track. Just when I started talking about it, I see notifications for it. Why am I so good at predicting the future?

[@The_Legend47]

LMAO I do that w/ MUSIC sometimes....random song pops into my head, and some time in the near future, after it popped into my head, it plays on w/e I'm listening 2 at the time

[@IAmTheRawls]

@@The_Legend47 Good point, 47.

[@The_Legend47]

@@IAmTheRawls that is pretty much the **extent** of my "future-telling abilities," though LOL

[@IAmTheRawls]

@@The_Legend47 Reminds me of what some people say about it.

[@shreyashvaidya2773]

That train sound in the end haunted me for years when i was a kid

[@jamesrippy1161]

As dark as the Tom & Jerry shorts were capable of being it doesn’t take away from the fact that Tom & Jerry were nominated for 13 Oscar’s & won 7 in the animated short category.

[@stephenholloway6893]

Plus winning 4 of them in a row.

[@nathanielbilirancocoba4037]

Poor Tom.

[@deanwilliamson1929]

Oh hells yeah! Another Tom and Jerry list. Thanks WatchMojo.

[@KemmetMedia]

The kittens in the wet napsack at heaven's door was pretty bleak for a cartoon. A low key hint at animal cruelty even if we didn't get it as kids.

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

I'm glad I wasn't smart enough to figure the implications of that as a child. Now, it sounds either dreadful or just saddening.

[@ManekiNeko1972]

Blue Cat Blues stopped airing I think in the mid-2000s. It only took adults 50 years to realize that the characters committing suicide via train might be a bit much for kids.

[@CC-Productions]

Some of these are sad and tragic

[@duncan3998]

That guillotine was traumatizing...even to this day i get nightmares from it.

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

Before I watch this I'm just going to leave this comment: in one of the Tom and Jerry's , (it's the one where Tom dies and is not going to be let into heaven) and that's when you see a sack full of kittens going past the Saint Peter angel cat... when I was a little kid I understood what it meant and it made me cry my eyes out to my grandmother and I guarantee you that's going to be on this list but I had to say it before I watched it just because that was the saddest thing I've ever seen in Tom and Jerry and it made me FREAKING BAWL😱😫😭😭 but then again this is like 1981 and I'm like 4 years old LOL

[@paulalexander7188]

Didn’t expect tom and jerry to have dark moments 😪

[@OfficialBulldozerStudios]

You clearly haven't seen The Fast and The Furry. Tom straight up murdered an old woman and her dog, and didn't show any remorse for it. He is one bad kitty.

[@duncan3998]

You're probably a Gen Z

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Anger management wouldn’t go over well for Tom’s owner, given how much violence he resorted to in his three episodes: “High Steaks,” “Down and Outing,” and “Sorry Safari.”

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

There was a character similar to Tom's mean owner in the cartoon called "Dicky Moe." This character was a sea captain who's obsessed with capturing a gigantic white whale, whose name is Dicky Moe, which is an obvious reversing of the name of the titular whale in the classic novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. The obsessed captain is apparently based on Captain Ahab, the mad seaman who's determined to capture and KILL Moby Dick, as revenge for his having lost a leg to the elusive white whale. In the cartoon, the mean captain hires Tom and Jerry as sailors to accompany him in his search for Dicky Moe. As might be expected, he treats the cat and mouse like slaves, making them do the hardest labors on the ship, yelling at them whenever they mess something up, and generally making their lives miserable. I don't quite remember exactly how the film ended. All I recall is that somehow, the whale floats away with Tom stuck on him, while the enraged captain chases after them, screaming "Come back here with my whale!" I think Jerry survives unharmed.

[@aracerrun14]

You don't realise how brutal the franchise is till you get older

[@duncan3998]

indeed. The guillotine one was traumatizing...even to this day i still get nightmares from it.

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

​@@duncan3998I watched that episode several times as a kid and I barely ever understood that. Also, Tom gets killed off many times. Remember the one where he turns to fireworks?

[@k-lee481]

One dark Tom and Jerry moment that lives in my mind is from the episode "The Missing Mouse". Towards the end of the episode, Tom tries to kick out a white mouse and then it explodes; afterwards, Tom says, "Don't you believe it" in the most disturbing and souless voice ever. I'll never forget it 😅

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

Buddy, that "dark and soulless" voice is one of the most colorful things in that whole cartoon. Also, that voice first appeared in that episode where Tom uses various means to trap Jerry.

[@Elsewhen404]

@@ibrahimihsan2090 In the Tom and Jerry theatrical short subject cartoon Mouse Trouble (1944).

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

@@Elsewhen404 Iyesu.

[@Elsewhen404]

@@ibrahimihsan2090 What does that mean?

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

@@Elsewhen404 It means yes. I wanted to imitate how the Japanese say it for humor purposes. Sorry if it annoyed you.

[@xXcircusticketnerd372Xx]

Witch Hazel sounds exactly like the one from Disney's Trick-Or-Treat when she took Huey Dewey and Louie for a joyride after finishing her brew potions to bring along and possess different objects like the jack-o'-lantern and the ghost trio themselves. absolutely amazing,

[@stephenholloway6893]

That's because June Foray did both roles and the witch and owner in the Tom and Jerry short that was on the list.

[@xXcircusticketnerd372Xx]

@@stephenholloway6893 what about the one from Looney Tunes?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Yes but her debut short. That was Bea Benedict.

[@Elsewhen404]

@@stephenholloway6893 Or Bea Benederet.

[@mojo3318]

I think I've seen all these episodes. I didn't realize they were dark, especially as a kid.

[@thyristo]

T&J had many dark moments...every time Tom ripped up that book.

[@duaneullery2133]

I'm genuinely surprised the final scene in "Southbound Duckling" wasn't the number one choice. For the uninitiated, the short involves Tom going after Quacker with Jerry intervening. By the end of the cartoon, Quacker and Jerry are relaxing on a Florida beach, when Tom pops up behind them, slamming a toy bucket over them and trapping them. As we hear Quacker demanding to know what's going on from under the bucket, we see Tom pull their beach umbrella down with an evil grin, hiding what he's about to do. That's how it ends. Basically, it's HEAVILY implied in this cartoon Tom caught and ate them both. Still the darkest moment I've ever seen in a Tom and Jerry short, particularly considering it's how the cartoon actually ENDS, meaning there's no last minute save.

[@terrancedixon248]

Yes at least put it up for a honorable mention.If Jerry can’t get out of a trap by Tom, you know something eerie’s gonna happen

[@trexadvent4726]

Good thing everyone is a toons here meaning no one actually gets hurt physically

[@jaylene.turner6524]

The last episode was very dark.

[@Dbzmaster159]

You mean when Tom got his heart ripped out and hit rock bottom, drinking, and then waiting for a train?

[@jaylene.turner6524]

@@Dbzmaster159 Yes.

[@athul3950]

​@@jaylene.turner6524 It's not the last bro. Tot watchers is the last one.

[@mr.skateandwatch]

It’s wild that some of Gene Deitch’s shorts(especially Tom’s owner) made it to Cartoon Network for a time

[@zacharyk.2766]

You misspelled "Gene"

[@liquidimagination8735]

You forgot to mention Spike he was a bully and a half I hated him when I was a kid and I still hate him how he treated Tom

[@everlenaoliver6912]

Any moment where the characters are contemplating Suicide is to dark for kids.

[@RBunny-lol]

This brings back memories 😊

[@brianmunyon5669]

In Two Mouseketeers the sound of Tom's tail being cut off still cracks me up! Schlouk!

[@matthewescudero4287]

Please do a top 20 version of this list soon. And the same for Looney Tunes.

[@هايالقناةفقطتجربة]

the darkest moment in tom and jerry is when you realise most kids today don't know who tom and jerry is...

[@thumperinasworldYT]

7:46 I first saw this episode at probably 4 or 5 years old and didn't see anything wrong with it then when i turned 14 rewatched this and the parts where the king says he'll behead Tom and the guillotine part overwhelmed me so much that i went into a full-blown panic

[@areasquirrel]

Even though when you become an adult you realise what a massive jerk Jerry is, it's interesting to see in this list that some of the darkest stuff doesn't come from him. Sometimes it happens to him as well as Tom.

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

Not really

[@allhailzamasu69]

These new kids would probably think this show is boring. Smh

[@daSrilankanCat]

If we abandon brainrot, and teach them better, maybe they'll be interested

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

Frankly they won't.

[@wareqo9768]

Some of these were some of my favorite episodes too

[@MySweetBlake]

Love Me, Love Mu Mouse is one of my favorites

[@josephbonczyk3182]

When looking back on some of these moments now as an adult, all of it was anything but a harmless game of cat and mouse.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Tom over there looking strung out in the thumbnail 😂 🤦🏾‍♀️. He hasn't 💤😴 for days

[@bengray3245]

Number 6 is quite disgusting, even by my standards.

[@shockwavesgt3313]

The Gene Dietch episode Buddies thicker than water I really liked the episode as a kid However the ending of the episode was dark becauze while yes Jerry did the right thing and left tom outside in the cold You then realized he was willing to let him freeze to death and then the triumphant ending music was playing as Jerry was creepily smiiling at the camera before going back in the apartment and started sleeping peacefully in the next shot Idk playing it repeatedly made me realize it but holy shit it was another death episode for tom 😂😂

[@mrhappytommy5865]

When i saw blue cat blues, i was very young. I just watched the whole episode asking myself when the next funny episode was, since all i cared about was something funny to happen in tom and jerry so i didnt show much emotion, but now that ive grown up i feel insanely bad for tom.

[@gabrielarkangelo]

One of the darkest moments for me was when Tom was drowned by the giant octopus.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Sounds dark at what I’m about to write, but my favorite is Blue Cat Blues. At least both Tom and Jerry are sad together than being sad separately. Sometimes a little bit of a cry isn’t always so bad. Depending upon what it is.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can't imagine why the producers would make moments like these in a wacky sitcom

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

The one that ends with Tom & Jerry both sitting on Train Tracks waiting for the train, was The Darkest episode I saw growing up.

[@Notathug]

Never noticed with the witch episode that the tombstone number eight had the name "Butch" on it. The same name as a black cat that appeared in some of the other Tom and Jerry cartoons.

[@OfficialBulldozerStudios]

I'm amazed Tom & Jerry: The Fast and The Furry didn't make the list, or even the honorable mentions, since it shows Tom at his most ruthless, cutthroat, and evil. If he were sentenced for his crimes, he'd be facing death row for his actions in that film alone, including straight up murder. Don't let that puddytat fool you; He can be down right evil when he wants to be.

[@LukeLintula]

I was really young when I watched these cartoons, and I didn’t understand most of the jokes, I just enjoyed Tom and Jerry beating each other up. It is a bit dark now that I look back, but I kinda enjoy dark humor so…

[@dylan8435]

Man jasper pie knows how to find dark moments 😂

[@justinw7323]

Tom wearing a wig was priceless after his injuries.

[@sanken21]

Even Chuck Jones 's version of Tom and Jerry has one creepy things

[@Akira625]

The one where Tom goes to hell is by far the darkest moment for me.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I think the bag of drowned kittens from the episode Heavenly Puss will be on here

[@Coyotek4]

Now for Top 10 T&J episodes where Tom gets the best of Jerry

[@jamesmoss3424]

Blue Cat Blues is the most darkness one of all time.

[@MissTV36]

I'd just like to say this about blue cat blues. It's doesn't really make sense. I mean Tom's been hit by bowling balls, anvils, safes, pianos, been sawed in half, blown up by fireworks, and even beheaded. I highly doubt a train would've got him.

[@kiyan2ndchannel944]

Tom: OUCH “Saws it in half” Jerry: 😲 is there a doctor in the house? 3:28 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vickiwhite7748]

The exploding mouse when Tom says, Don't you believe it.

[@O-DogKubrick]

Their feud definitely needs to come to an end. No more destruction and mayhem.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

Top 5 British Kids' Shows 1. Teletubbies 2. Make Way For Noddy 3. Thomas & Friends 4. Bob The Builder 5. Little Robots

[@MySweetBlake]

Where's Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids? That one is one of my favorites!

[@Bitcoin18]

Love how episodes play while she’s talking love u watch mojo

[@nathanapplegate5374]

You should have included the other moment in Heavenly Puss. While Tom was at the gates of Heaven, cat St. Peter called up “Fluff, Muff, and Puff.” (To those who don’t know, that’s the names of the three kittens who absolutely tormented both Tom and Jerry in another episode) when he calls them up, we hear a splashing sound as cat Peter looks down. We then are shown a soaking wet bag hopping up to the gate. It opens up to reveal the three kittens inside. 😂

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

0:20 Oof :( poor tom

[@Bobbb-f3i]

The toodles story actually makes sense, felines of all types nurture other young as they are coming into season and then when ready to mate, they either eat it or it starves cos she can't mother it properly. It's why there are so many videos of felines being "nice" to young of their prey species. I worked on a farm that had loads of feral cats and we'd see them with chicks and ducklings all the time and once found the remains of a puppy where a cat had nested with her kittens and never found where she stole the puppy from. So, it's a kind of joke around that I think

[@Mamaluigi13]

Man looking back, blue cat blues is kind of hilarious The idea of tom and jerry opening up with tom about to kill himself is just funny for some reason

[@cyber-thundr_]

8:22 this was back when suicide was hilarious in cartoons

[@Michael_Knight823]

Yep. Those cartoons would never had made it off the drawing board had the animators tried to make them in today's times.

[@G1Grimlock94]

Poor Tom feel sad about the finale

[@MDCSWildcats86]

High honorable mention: CANNERY RODENT and JERRY, JERRY, QUITE CONTRARY. Both are from the Chuck Jones "Fat Jerry" era.

[@Coyotek4]

"Year of the Mouse" was also from that era and deserves HM, for the way Jerry and that other mouse psychologically tortured Tom throughout the episode. I liked the ending, at least.

[@MDCSWildcats86]

@@Coyotek4 That was a "moral" remake of Hubie and Bertie's "Mouse Chasers". I agree. Better ending in YOTM, though.

[@MySweetBlake]

@@Coyotek4I agree

[@MySweetBlake]

Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary's one of my favorite CJ T&J cartoons

[@OutsideTheRopes]

I’ve always hated Jerry. I remember wishing Tom would finally get him.

[@HMSConqueror]

9:14 remember, that is not violence against men.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Tom by the train was sad. 🎉

[@theshawnkelly]

7:14 that part always made me sad

[@lucalone]

From my memory when I watched tom and jerry as kid the 1966/67 episodes were the most brutal overall; but also the best^

[@soumyadeepsaha7510]

"Blue Cat Blues" is the only ep from here which I haven't seen on TV. Dunno it was even aired or not

[@stephenholloway6893]

It rarely aires nowadays. But to my knowledge it's not forbidden to still air.

[@gerardorodriguez7500]

Jerry is the bad guy not Tom, Tom is the victim