"Tom and Jerry" (also translated as "Tom and Jerry") is a world-famous cartoon. Its creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, are legendary figures in the American Hollywood animation industry. William Hanna was born in Melrose, New Mexico. When he was seven years old, he moved to California with his parents. When he grew up, he studied engineering, journalism and music. During the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s, he worked odd jobs in an animation studio as a story editor. His employer soon discovered his talent, so he was constantly promoted until he became an independent animation director. Cartoonist Joseph Barbera was born in New York and had a talent for painting since he was a child. At first, he worked in a bank and was fascinated by animation creation in his spare time. His unusual talent and diligence enabled him to quickly find a job he loved in an animation studio. In 1937, Hanna and Barbera met for the first time at the animation studio of MGM Studios. In 1938, Hanna was engaged in the creation of the cartoons "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies", while Barbera was drawing the cartoon "Terrytoons". Hanna had a talent for comedy and the organizational skills of a famous director, while Barbera had an outstanding talent for painting. They both realized that they should form a cooperative relationship, and from then on began decades of successful cooperation. In 1939, they jointly directed the cartoon "Puss Gets the Boot" for MGM. At that time, the cat in the cartoon was called Jasper and the mouse was called Jinx. Hanna's story was very vivid, and Barbera's image was very well drawn, especially the expressions of the cat and the mouse were full of touching humor. After the first episode of this cartoon was released in 1940, it caused a sensation and was welcomed by countless audiences. Because MGM did not like the names of the two protagonists in the cartoon, it held a reader election and finally changed them to the current Tom and Jerry. "Tom and Jerry" is completely characterized by farce, and the plot is very exciting. Tom is a common gray and white house cat. He has a strong desire to catch Jerry, a mouse who lives in the same room with him but is difficult to catch. He keeps trying to drive away these annoying tenants, but always fails. In fact, the fun he gets from chasing is far greater than catching mice. Even if he occasionally catches Jerry, he doesn't know what to do with the mouse! "Tom and Jerry" uses the prototype of cat and mouse. Their pranks are very interesting. No matter how intense the game is, Jerry knows that he will not suffer any real harm, while Tom will always suffer some physical pain. Jerry lives in the mouse hole of this family with Taffy, a diapered little gray mouse. It seems that he is being monitored by Tom, but Jerry is very clever and can always make Tom's cunning tricks backfire and always make him suffer the consequences. The story of this clever mouse and stupid cat is comparable to the story of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. There is no cruelty of bullying in the animal world, only daily trivia and disputes between two neighbors, such as the little mouse Jerry stealing Tom's cheese, Tom putting the mousetrap at the entrance of Jerry's hole, etc., and countless pranks and humorous clips in between make people feel the long-lost innocence and pleasure. The relationship between them often changes in an instant, from enemies to friends or irreconcilable: when they are enemies, they rack their brains and refuse to give in to each other; when they are friends, they are as close as brothers and no one bears grudges. "Tom and Jerry" has a total of 116 cartoon characters, and each episode selects 2 to 3 characters with different personalities to narrate a gimmick story. Its story content is simple, always unexpected, but reasonable, reflecting the author's superhuman wisdom. It adopts the form of pantomime, relying entirely on funny actions without dialogue. Compared with "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck", it is sometimes not easy to figure out what the latter's story is about, while the pantomime of "Tom and Jerry" is clear and intuitive, leaving a very vivid and profound impression on the audience. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have been popular around the world for decades. Their appearance, dubbing and strong publicity have played an important role. Tom and Jerry has almost no dialogues, relying entirely on vivid images and stories with twists and turns and rich imagination. Tom and Jerry has produced more than 200 cartoons, including Silly Mouse Yankee (1943), Quiet Please (1945),