"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" ExplanationThe infamous Stock Scream heard when Tom reacts to pain.
"OOOOOWWWW-HWA-HA-HA-HOO!"ExplanationA frequently-used sound for when Tom gets hurt.
Tom shooting himself/Shotgun Tom◊ ExplanationA shot from Mouse Trouble, in which Tom pushes a shotgun into Jerry's mouse hole and prepares to fire, unaware that the barrel had curved, making it poke outside the wall, and is now aimed at his head. This is typically used to comment on ideas that are seen as self-destructive or used as a reaction image/exploitable to show someone/something about to do something that will unknowingly bring harm to themselves.
Warner's questionable crossovers with other retro properties they happen to own (e.g. Willy Wonka) led to some jokes about sticking Tom and Jerry into remakes of non-family-friendly movies (such asThe Shining).
Tom reading the newspaperExplanationA shot from Down Beat Bear, in which Tom looks up from his paper with an annoyed look when Jerry turns on the radio. This is typically used as a reaction image to a confusing, suspicious, and possibly tragic scenario. Other variations feature Tom reading a different publication, or somebody else drawn in the place of Tom.
"One custard pie?! Lemme have it!" explanationJerry's "will" leaves Tom one custard pie, which promptly finds its way into Tom's face. It's used as a snowclone, replacing the contents of the will and likely adding a caption to the pie itself.
Confused/Unsettled TomexplanationAn panel of Tom from Tails Gets Trolled used as a reaction image, usually in the format of you doing a seemingly innocuous action in an inappropriate circumstance, with the image attached to the latter.
Polish Jerry ExplanationA shot from The Milky Waif featuring Jerry with his eyes in mid-blink as he turns his head. This is normally accompanied by a caption telling an offensive joke.
¿Khé Berga? ExplanationFor Spanish speakers this meme is known as "¿Khé berga?" (literally "what the dick?" albeit wrongly spelled, but a more accurate translation would be "what the fuck?") and functions slightly different from its English counterpart. This meme is often used to react to shocking and/or absurd situations.
Sneaky Tom ExplanationA shot from Jerry and the Lion, in which Tom slowly slides his way into a closet and locks it with a devious smirk, thinking he's got Jerry at his mercy, unaware that his new lion friend is also in there ready to pummel him. Ironically, as a meme it's almost always used in the opposite meaning, where Tom represents some sort of misfortune waiting to creep up on an unsuspecting person.
Suicide Tom on the train tracksExplanationThe short Blue Cat Blues features a suicidal Tom sitting on the train tracks waiting for the train to come end his life. At the end, a depressed Jerry shows up, and he moves over to give him room to sit. The short gained Internet notoriety for its dark premise, with some images erroneously claiming that it was the last episode.
That Fucking Cat ExplanationA drawing of Tom peeking from behind a girder and giving an Aside Glance, based on a scene from Bad Day at Cat Rock. The full caption is "If I see that fucking cat one more time...", and comes from a 4Chan post where a user was complaining about their own cat's ridiculous appearance.
I have came across my all time favourite video ever on the internet. ExplanationA tweet with a video of a Japanese museum exhibit, showing Tom & Jerry cartoons where Tom gets a Forcibly Formed Physique, and recreations of what happens to Tom in the cartoon in real life off to the side of the video.
Buff TomExplanationFanart of a massively muscular Tom looming over an aghast Jerry has seen use as an exploitable, garnering particular attention for the fact that many people mistook it for a genuine screencap from one of the shorts.
The Villain Song "What Do We Care" is apparently so much an ear worm that it's spawned numerous Fan Vids starring cartoon villains.
Dr. Applecheeks closing in on an ice cream cart with a Slasher Smile on his face. He looks less like he's going to just steal the ice cream cart, and more like he's going to murder and/or rape the ice cream man first (or even the cart itself).
(Jerry sets Tom on fire) "I can feel it now. It is burning. Burning. Burning." (Tom takes a sniff) "Say, something is burning around here."
Tom's Zoot suit.
One More Time explanation A depiction of Tom's zoot suit as his Stand, named in reference to the above That Fucking Cat. He is commonly depicted as a rival of Daffy Duck, whose own zoot suit is referred to as the Stand "Literally Me".
"Boy, are you corny. How many times have you been told that?"
Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?
Screencaps of some of the human characters in the Willy Wonka movie have reached this due to their absurd-looking facial expressions.
Jerry's Cousin is considered one of the most popular among the MGM series due to the introduction of Muscles Mouse while providing a lot of meme fuel. Or is it the other way round?
"Relax cousin. Nothin's gonna happen." explanationThis line is very memorable for its Tempting Fate.
Telephone calling Tom explanationThe shot of Tom dialing the phone with shades on is very memorable, and consequently sees frequent use as a "calling the cops" punchline in memes.
Tom sending a bunch of hired goons after Muscles (and said goons subsequently getting beaten up) became an exploitable reaction image.
Jerry's cousin invented Gear ThirdexplanationMuscles inflating his fist like a balloon and punching Tom with it is almost identical to (and is likely the inspiration for) Luffy's Gear Third technique.
Chin Cheng HanjiExplanation (Warning: Ear Worm-laden music inbound if you click some links)During the Puss n Toots episode, Tom gets smacked in between two discs of a record player, which made him look like a stereotypical Chinese man. Someone uploaded a Peking Opera-based Chinese rap of a remix of Blaxy Girls' song "If You Feel My Love" (Chaow Mix), which begins with the phrase 'Chin Cheng Hanji' (which previously already got a mondegreen-laden subtitles somewhere, but it didn't get very far), the lines themselves are taken from an installment of Justice Bao opera play. It was the combination of the 'stereotypical Chinese Tom' and the song (Original clip in question begins at 00:34).that ended up going viral in late 2020.
Tom chasing Harry and RonExplanation A template consisting of a scene from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with Harry and Ron in the flying car and panicking at the Hogwarts Express right behind them, with the Express being replaced by Tom with a crazed expression riding a toy train (from "Kitty Foiled"). Often used to represent a surprise attack or someone being blindsided by unexpected circumstances.
Thomas Jasper Cat, Sr.ExplanationTom and Jerry's fighter profile for MultiVersus lists their middle names as "Jasper" and "Jinx", which were their original names inPuss Gets the Boot. Also, the former's "Sr." raised eyebrows due to it implying that Tom has a son.
"DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!!!"explanation In "Sorry Safari", Tom's master yells this when Tom tries to catch Jerry hiding in the barrel of his shotgun. With today's raging debate over firearms, some thought this would make a perfect rallying cry for gun rights advocates.
"Tidak semudah itu, Ferguso."Translation"It's not that easy, Ferguso."ExplanationA rather quirky meme coming from Indonesia. Someone puts up a rather memey laughing face of Tom accompanied with the caption◊, based on an Indonesian Twitter about talking about borrowing homework◊, and the picture goes viral, at least in Indonesia. For the uninitiated, Ferguso comes from a common name for characters in Mexican Telenovela (the genre was popular in Indonesia in the 90s to 2000s), but they're referring mostly to the show Marimar, where the titular character has a pet dog named 'Pulgoso', but changed in the Indonesian dub into "Ferguso". Hence, it can also refer to a rude way to state that the statement is hard to accomplish, something like "It's not that easy, you dog.", only 'softened' with a more 'normal' name based on Telenovela, and Tom's particular face will usually accompany the phrase. The greatest irony is that there is a dog in the Tom and Jerry franchise (Spike), and yet he's not at all involved in the meme.
"Howdy, bitch!"note From this commentary of the opening scene of "Texas Tom", with this line in particular becoming especially memetic.
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