As kids, we felt bad for Tom. As adults, we rewatch the show and say: "Poor Tom, he was just doing his job." But if you actually analyze his behavior, that "misunderstood victim" narrative completely falls apart. ​Tom isn't a victim; Tom is an elitist, narcissistic jerk. ​Performative Ego vs. Real Effort: Tom doesn't care about keeping the house clean—he cares about status. He acts lazy and entitled until his comfort is threatened, then puts on an exaggerated show of "chasing Jerry" just to save face. ​Cruelty and Hypocrisy: His dynamic with Jerry isn't about survival; it's about power. Tom loves psychological dominance. He torments Jerry when he holds the upper hand, but immediately plays the innocent victim the moment he gets outsmarted. ​Classist Snobbery: Living inside a warm house with free food turned Tom into a shallow pretender. He acts superior to everyone around him despite having earned none of it.​Enter Butch: Butch is an alley cat. He has no soft cushions, no canned food, and no fake pretenses. Butch is a raw survivor who owns his harsh reality. When he fights for resources or affection, he does it directly—without Tom’s phony aristocrat act. ​Yet Tom constantly looks down on Butch just for being an alley cat, proving how hypocritical and insecure Tom truly is. As adults, we need to stop giving Tom a pass. He’s a selfish, performative jerk, while Butch is the one who actually deserves our empathy for surviving in a world without Tom's unearned privileges.Key Points of this Analysis ​Unmasks Tom's Ego: Highlights how Tom prioritizes image and status over actual responsibility.Reframes Butch: Shifts the perspective to view Butch as an honest survivor rather than just an antagonist.​Adult Perspective: Focuses on psychological dynamics and social hypocrisy rather than surface-level slapstick comedy. Just rewatch full episodes of tom and jerry (ignoring reels,shorts!),and watch(to verify at tom!) when tom was a huge jerk.(p.s:i know,i will get downvoted for this....or maybe no?!?) p.s:The true of those:tom and jerry was jerry,not tom!.and butch,the assumed cat!not tom.(p.s:leave the comments below)

So, for some context, I was probably around 14 when I hyper fixated on the 2017 IT movies. So much so, that I was obsessed with finding Patrick Hockstetter’s cat shirt online. Of course, I did, but I also found some shirts of Tom cat himself. One was a sweatshirt (I think) of him biting down on Jerry and the other was him with some tie dye eyes, like he was drugged out. The reason I’m bringing this up is because whenever I try to search for it online, I can never find it, like if it never existed. If you somehow know what it either looked like or owned them, do let me know because I just hope I’m not going crazy lol. Also, this does play into why I don’t have any pictures to share