In its original run , Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM from 1940 to  1958.

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During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, the most in this category.

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The awards were followed by Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies in first place. After MGM Cartoon Studios closed in 1957

MGM revived the series, with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for Rembrandt

Films from 1961 to 1962. Tom and Jerry went on to become the highest-grossing animated short film series of the time.

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Looney Tunes. Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts between 1963 and 1967 with Sib Tower 12 Productions. Three more shorts were

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produced,The Mansion Cat in 2001, Karate Guard in 2005 and A Fundraising Adventure in 2014, totaling 164 shorts

Several spin-offs have been created,including the television series The Tom and Jerry Show (1975), The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982)

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Tom and Jerry Kids (1990–1993), Tom and Jerry Tales. 2006–2008), and The Tom and Jerry Show (2014–2021). The first

feature-length film based on the series,Tom and Jerry the Movie, was released in 1992, and 13 direct-to-video films

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have been produced since 2002,with a live-action/animated hybrid film released in 2021 Is. The musical adaptation of the

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series, Tom and Jerry: Poor- Chance to Dream, debuted in Japan in 2019 ahead of the 80th anniversary of Tom and Jerry.