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Nibbles/Tuffy even occasionally lampshades it in the 2014 series. Cats Are Mean: He's often shown to be deceitful, self-serving, and catty.Butt-Monkey: He rarely wins, and suffers all kinds of slapstick and cartoon violence.But overall, he is STRONGLY slapstick-prone due to his cartoony nature in his clumsiness (See The Chew Toy, Butt-Monkey, and Iron Butt Monkey as examples of describing his slapstick-prone nature). He is perfectly capable of comically making a fool of himself or an easy target with klutziness when making traps on Jerry, his enemies, or others easily deceiving him. Buffoonish Tomcat: One of the many, many influences for this trope, because while he is presented to be just a typical clumsy cat and not an utterly dumb housecat, he has had so many moments when he can hilariously or amusingly lack in common-sense, and is mainly characterized by humor when being a complete fool.

Break the Haughty: He gets mocked and outsmarted by Jerry, who he clearly underestimated and toyed with, then kicked out by The Maid.Big Ol' Eyebrows: He has a pair of quite thick eyebrows, especially in comparison to most other characters, who have lines for eyebrows.Big Eater: Not as much as Jerry, but he is shown to have a huge appetite.Rarely does a minute go by without at least one of them trying to kill or otherwise harm the other. Arch-Enemy: His conflict with Jerry is considered to be among the most famous rivalries of all time.There was also an episode where Jerry tricked him out of anger into going to his owner's bed when Tom's snoring got on his nerves. His owners would also want him to catch mice so that they don't munch on their food.

Anti-Villain: There have been times where he does not start the conflict, only trying to protect the house, doing his job, or other things.

He still wants to catch Jerry, but he has no problems teaming up with him whenever a bigger problem comes along.

Anti-Hero: Depending on the episode and occasionally in the DTV movies, Tom sometimes plays a heroic role.

His duration of shorts through the forties would gradually evolve him into his trademark more humanoid design.

Anthropomorphic Shift: In " Puss Gets the Boot", he's barely recognizable as a four-legged cat, and has only subtle anthropomorphic mannerisms.

Afraid of Needles: His response to learning he'll get a shot in "What a Pain"? Oh, Crap!.

Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, he usually leaves Jerry and Tuffy alone, resorting to chasing them only when he's provoked or ordered to.

Adaptational Heroism: Some of the movies, including the first film outright portray Tom as being heroic, saving Jerry from harms way on occasion and caring for others besides himself.

He's also more likley to come out on top as the victor than before and even best Spike and especially Butch the cat, both of which had had previously dominated him in the original shorts. However, this may be because of Spike's Adaptation Relationship Overhaul. In the 2014 series, however, Tom has become less likely to deal with Spike's stuff and deal with him head-on, sometimes giving it as good as he gets.

Adaptational Badass: In the original theatrical shorts, when it comes to Spike, Tom would rather use sneaky, backhanded tactics to deal with him due to the large difference in power dominance.

Then Jerry inevitably gets involved and they all get humbled. In certain cases they even hold him in high regard, often gathering at his home or grouping up with him in charge when Butch isn't speaking for all of them. Among shorts with other cats around, like Butch, Depending on the Writer Tom is either a dimwit in their eyes that they laugh at and bully, or the guy that they can't hold a candle to. Other shorts bolster his intelligence to super genius IQ, to the point of creating highly elaborate traps and advanced technology - but it's almost never enough to beat Jerry. In particular, if he's playing a pool table or some sort of sport and not being a Butt-Monkey, then he's probably pulling off shots that go Beyond the Impossible and disobey the laws of physics. The Ace: Notably, if he isn't a complete fool that Jerry runs circles around with ease, some shorts have made him extraordinarily skilled at certain feats relevant to the story at that moment.One of the titular characters, a blue-grey house cat who always hunts Jerry and never catches him.