Nibbles/Tuffy
Tom and Jerry character
Nibbles pats in delight after eating a whole turkey in The Little Orphan (1949).
First appearanceThe Milky Waif (1946)
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voiced byFrancoise Brun-Cottan (1952–1958)
Lucille Bliss (1958)
Lou Scheimer (1980)
Frank Welker (1980)
Alan Marriott (2000–2002)
Tara Strong (2002)
Reece Thompson (2006)
Chantal Strand (2007)
Kath Soucie (2010–present)
Eri Tanaka (2022)
In-universe information
SpeciesHouse Mouse
GenderMale
RelativesJerry (uncle/brother)
Muscles Mouse (cousin)
Merlin Mouse (cousin)
Uncle Pecos (great uncle)
NationalityAmerican
French (Mouseketeers trilogy)

Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short The Milky Waif.[1] Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short The Little Orphan,[2] as well as Two Little Indians and The Two Mouseketeers (both 1952).[3]

Origin and development

The character's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book Our Gang Comics #1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. Nibbles was created by Gaylord Du Bois. In the comics, the gray mouse's name was given as "Tuffy" from the start.[4] In the animated series. Tuffy is depicted as a hungry and curious orphaned mouse where he is mentioned to live at the fictional Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home. After his first three appearances in Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts, Tuffy starred in The Two Mouseketeers and was voiced by Francoise Brun-Cottan where the character mostly speaking in French. She would later voice the character again with three sequels of the trilogy and the last was Royal Cat Nap in 1958 and that year, Lucille Bliss voiced Nibbles in Robin Hoodwinked, where the character made his final theatrical appearance at the time of the Golden Age of Animation.

Featured cartoons

Tom and Jerry

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

Tom and Jerry Kids

Tom & Jerry Tales

The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)

Tom and Jerry in New York

Voice actors

English
Japanese

References

  1. ^ Barrier, Michael (2014). Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0520283909.
  2. ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). "MGM, 1939-1952". Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198020790.
  3. ^ Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Revised ed.). Plume. p. 303. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
  4. ^ Becattini, Alberto (2019). "MGM: Home of Tom and Jerry". American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume One. Seattle, WA: Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901860.
  5. ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Musketeer Junior (Hanna-Barbera Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions...)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 15 February 2020.[dead link]
  6. ^ Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 192.
  7. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 648. ISBN 978-1-5381-0374-6. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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