Nancy (Tom and Jerry)

Nancy is an eight-year-old character from the Tom and Jerry franchise. She was shown to be the main antagonist of the episode Baby Puss where she torments Tom by treating him like a baby and always yelling and scolding him. She didn't make another appearance again until the mh:besttvshows:Tom and Jerry Tales episode Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) She was at her absolute worst on her first appearance where she badly treated Tom by pushing him around and treating him like a baby.
 * 2) She had the tendency to scold and threaten poor Tom non-stop.
 * 3) She never realized what Tom was going through while she was gone (Jerry bothering him and the other cats bullying him) even when she saw the other cats.
 * 4) Since her parents were never seen, she was never disciplined or punished for her actions.
 * 5) Her voice by both Sara Berner and Tara Strong is so annoying and grating.
 * 6) Her abuse of Tom worsens when she feeds him castor oil, which made him vomit. She definitely went too far with that.
 * 7) She has no mercy nor sympathy for Tom and doesn't even realize how she was treating him.
 * 8) She never apologizes to Tom for her actions towards him.
 * 9) She didn't learn her lesson when she returned in Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day, where she still mistreats Tom as she takes him to school for Bring Your Pet to School Day, especially when she threatens to send him back to the pound, to the point that Tom imagines himself being locked up and scared by angry dogs.
 * 10) * Furthermore, she used Tom like a tool and always scolded him onscreen. The only reason why she spared Tom was because he got a gold star. If Tom hadn't, she would have left him in the pound with angry dogs.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) While more abusive than Jeannie the Babysitter, she's nowhere near as abusive as Tom's owner from the Gene Deitch-era.
 * 2) At the start of Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day, she did have a valid reason to stop Tom from provoking and eating Jerry because the latter was a pet of one of her classmates.
 * 3) * Although she was never nice to Tom, her final words were "You may not be the nicest cat, but you at least got the gold star for being the best dancer", the only time that she said something that wasn't so mean to him.
 * 4) Unlike most loathsome child characters, she acts quite mature for her age and doesn't do things most spoiled brats would do, like throwing tantrums.

Reception
She became one of the unfavorable characters in the franchise by fans, alongside Tom's notorious owner from the infamous Gene Deitch-era and Jeannie the Babysitter.