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** Also, fans who view Jerry as the [[Villain Protagonist]].
* [[Archive Panic]]: The original MGM series [[Long Runner|lasted for the better part of 20 years]], and that's not counting the Deitch and Jones shorts, TV shows, and movies, [[One Hundred Percent Completion|if you're really a completist]].
* [[Contested Sequel]]: Or series in this case. The [[Chuck Jones]] shorts, while generally considered better than most if not all other post-[[Hanna
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: "Solid Serenade" and "Saturday Evening Puss".
* [[Designated Hero]]: Jerry skirts this line in many cartoons.
* [[Designated Villain]]: By the same token, we're almost ''never'' meant to be rooting for Tom, even if he didn't actually do anything to provoke Jerry (or if Jerry doesn't even have the right to be provoked, like in the short when he screws with Tom's opera recital because it was disturbing his sleep; nevermind that Jerry's the idiot who decided to set up shop in a concert hall. Other 'genius' places he's decided to set up shop include inside a piano and inside a pool table.).
* [[Dork Age]]: The Gene Deitch shorts, which wreck the formula by giving Tom a [[Jerkass]] owner who beats the stuffing out of him whenever he slips up. Moreover, it suffered a lot of [[Off
* [[Downer Ending]]: Opinions may include Jerry losing to Tom, or one of them dying.
* [[Family
** It's arguably meant to act as [[Truth in Television]]. Jerry is a mouse and thus takes whatever food is available to survive, making him more of a [[Loveable Rogue]]. Though granted there are shorts where he steals ''a bit'' more than his own means.
{{quote| '''Human:''' Besides, a mouse doesn't eat very much...<br />
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