Jerry Mouse

Jerry Mouse
Jerry Mouse
Tom and Jerry character
	Jerry's design in the Hanna-Barbera shorts
First appearance	Jinx or Pee-Wee:; Puss Gets the Boot (1940); Jerry or Gerald:; The Midnight Snack (1941);
Created by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera;
Designed by	Harvey Eisenberg (1940–1953); Richard Bickenbach (1953–1958);
Voiced by	William Hanna (1940–1958, 2006, 2014–present); Harry E. Lang (1943–1945); Sara Berner (1944–1945); Paul Frees (1951, 1956); Manuel Paris (1957); Allen Swift (1961–1962); Mel Blanc (1963–1967); Terence Monk (1964); June Foray (1965–1967); Dale McKennon (1967); John Stephenson (1975); Lou Scheimer (1980); Frank Welker (1990–2002); Dana Hill (also speaking; 1992); Alan Marriott (2000–2002); Marc Silk (2002); Bill Kopp (2005); Spike Brandt (2005–2017); Sam Vincent (2006–2008); Rich Danhakl (2014–2021); André Sogliuzzo (2021); Andrew Dickman (2021); Eric Bauza (2022); Aya Yonekura (2022);
In-universe information
Full name	Gerald/Jerome Jinx Mouse
Species	House mouse (Mus musculus)
Gender	Male
Family	Nibbles (ward)
Relatives	Pecos and Harry (uncles); Muscles and Merlin (cousins); Dinky and Sniffles (nephews); Unnamed mother; Geraldine Mouse (sister);
Nationality	American

Gerald Jinx Mouse, known simply as Jerry, is an American 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 in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot.

The character was not referred to by name in his debut cartoon; Hanna said that the mouse's original name as "Jinx", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. A 1940 article from MGM's Short Story magazine, however, would refer to the character as "Pee-Wee".