Turin 🌸🇧🇩 on Instagram: "🎬 Fun Fact: Tom and Jerry (1940–1967) The original creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, made the first Tom and Jerry short, Puss Gets the Boot, in 1940 — but the characters weren’t even named Tom and Jerry yet. In fact, a contest was held at the animation studio to pick better names, and “Tom and Jerry” was suggested by animator John Carr. He won $50 for the idea — a clever nod to the slang term “Tom and Jerry,” which was already known as a British phrase for