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7.6/10   265 votes
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Release Date:
20 February 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Short | Comedy more
Plot:
Feline "Jasper" is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out! Rodent Jerry... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Animation King Barbera Dead at 95
 (From WENN. 19 December 2006)
User Comments:
Jasper and Jinx? more (13 total)

Cast

  (in alphabetical order)
Lillian Randolph ... Mammy Two-Shoes (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Barbera (uncredited)
William Hanna (uncredited)
Rudolf Ising (uncredited)
 
Produced by
Rudolf Ising .... producer
Fred Quimby .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Scott Bradley (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Pete Burness .... animator (uncredited)
Tony Pabian .... animator (uncredited)
Carl Urbano .... animator (uncredited)
Jack Zander .... animator (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
9 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | South Korea:All
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first Tom & Jerry cartoon. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Tiny Toon Adventures: Test Stress (#1.4)" (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Three Blind Mice more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Jasper and Jinx?, 21 May 2004
8/10
Author: Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse

I prefer them to be called Tom and Jerry. This cartoon was made way back in 1940 and features the very first appearance of the troublesome twosome. Though they look rather different.

I guess Hannah-Barbera didn't know, at the time, what a massive franchise they had in their hands. Puss gets the Boot almost seems like a one-off short. Granted, Tom and Jerry never really did anything else than chase, and that's exactly what they do here.

It also features the Tom's owner (or owners slave), the highly racist and so un-PC black woman with the stripey socks. This would never be allowed today unless in satire. How glorious the early 20th century was.

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