Tom's Owner (Gene Deitch era)

Tom's Owner is an unnamed character who appeared only in the Gene Deitch era (1961-1962) of Tom and Jerry shorts, serving as Tom's owner, as well as an antagonist. He appeared in Down and Outing, High Steaks and Sorry Safari shorts. He was voiced by Allen Swift.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) Unlike Tom's previous owners, he is very brutal and savage in punishing Tom for his actions, even when he is innocent.
 * 2) * Even Spike Bulldog in the original Hanna Barbera-era of Tom and Jerry cartoons isn't as brutal and savage in clobbering Tom for his actions as this character, and only clobbers Tom for justified reasons.
 * 3) His punishments are very cruel and they are borderline animal abuse for instance: Searing Tom's face or forcing him to drink an entire bottle of a carbonated drink!
 * 4) Aside from punishing Tom with very brutal and violent methods, he hardly ever shows any sort of love or compassion whatsoever towards Tom unlike previous owners.
 * 5) In "Down and Outing" he drives recklessly and he yelled at driver for calling him out which shows that he's oblivious for the fact that he's bad, and also stomped on Tom's hand.
 * 6) He lacks a personality aside from being just a violent grouch.
 * 7) He blames Tom for every thing that Jerry does without any research and assaults him as innocent person.
 * 8) He didn't care when Tom's nose got stuck in a shotgun, but he wrapped it around Tom's head and fired it!
 * 9) He is the main reason why the Gene Deitch-era of Tom and Jerry is poorly received by critics and fans.
 * 10) With the minor exception of "Sorry Safari", he never gets any comeuppances for his actions
 * 11) He's sadistic, because he smiles evilly and laughs when Tom gets hurt.
 * 12) His character design bears a striking resemblance to Gene Deitch's created character Clint Clobber from Terrytoons, whom is nowhere near of a jerk as this character here. Because of his striking resemblance to Clint Clobber and the fact that he is an unnamed character, he often gets mistaken for the real Clint Clobber from Terrytoons by most fans, and therefore it makes the character seem like an insult to the original Clint Clobber character from Terrytoons. Why would Gene Deitch ruin his own created character Clint Clobber by creating an evil, flanderized version of said character (which is this character btw) in Tom and Jerry?

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He only appeared in three episodes and was never seen again. However, that’s your decision to think of his appearances as a redeeming quality, since Gene Deitch added him since he thought the show would be boring, and if he were to make another appearance, there should be an episode where he fully gets his comeuppance.
 * 2) He finally got comeuppance in "Sorry Safari".
 * 3) To be fair, he wasn’t aware of the fact Jerry caused the problems since he didn’t see him do the crappy deeds.
 * 4) He isn’t as cruel as Peter Griffin since Peter himself killed a cat and a whale.