# Tom --- As in Tom and Jerry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-as-in-tom-and-jerry/169900>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 20, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-as-in-tom-and-jerry/169900 "2003-04-20T19:35:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-as-in-tom-and-jerry/169900/1 "2003-04-20T19:35:22Z")

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Was Tom originally named Jasper?

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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-as-in-tom-and-jerry/169900/2 "2003-04-20T21:22:05Z")

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Yep.

In this [listing of episodes](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/page.cgi?g=MGM%2FShorts%2FTom_and_Jerry%2Findex.html), provided by The Big Cartoon Database, it indicates that in the very first episode, the cat’s name was Jasper.