Tom is just a normal house cat. He’s asleep, peacefully, then suddenly Jerry is stealing his food, andd Tom is just supposed to stand there and let it happen? Tom has always been potrayed as the bad guy in all the shows, but that is totally wrong. Jerry is always provoking Tom and yet Tom has to face the consequences. I just watched the Tom and Jerry movie on HBO max, and the first 10 minutes of the movie prove this. Tom sets up his piano and plays in the park. Everyone is clapping and giving him money. Jerry sees this, and to profit off this, he puts up his poster right on top of tom’s then starts dancing. So now everyone’s focused on jerry. Tom tells Jerry to go away, but then Jerry breaks tom’s piano. Jerry is selfish and does anything to get what he wants. Warner Bros stop trying to shove jerry down our throats.
Edit: I only joined reddit a few months ago, and now I awake in the morning and I have 3.1k karma?!
Edit: I can’t reply to all the comments, but the theory on tom and jerry are friends, and tom just does it not to get kicked out is nice, and I wish it did apply to all the shows, but it doesn’t. T and J being friends is also good, but whenever there’s a scene where they agree and stuff, animators just have to add a cat chase mouse conflict. And btw, tom is a cat, jerry is invading his space, you wouldn’t want a rat in your fridge, and what jerry did at the beginning of the movie to tom is unacceptable