Tom da Jerry ɗan gajeren fim ne na Ba'amurke . An ƙirƙiri zane-zanen asali a cikin 1940, waɗanda William Hanna da Joseph Barbera suka rubuta kuma suka ba da umarni. An sanya masa suna ne bayan manyan haruffa biyu: kuli mai launin shuɗi mai kama da kyanwa mai suna Tom da Jerry wato ɓeran gida mai ruwan ƙasa. Kowane zane mai ban dariya yana nuna alamun haruffa biyu suna shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na ban dariya ko farauta, a ciki galibi ana cutar da su da zane-zane. Jimlar gajeren wando 114 Tom da Jerry ne aka samar daga majigin katun na Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer daga 1940-1958, farawa da Puss Gets the Boot . Bakwai daga cikin wadannan zane-zanen sun sami lambar yabo ta Kwalejin don Shortananan Short Film . Tom da Jerry har yanzu suna riƙe da tarihin mafi yawan lambobin yabo a cikin Anan wasan gajeren fim, wanda aka ɗaura don farko tare da samar da kiɗa na Walt Disney Silly Symphonies . Daga baya, Gene Deitch a cikin Turai ya sake yin ƙarin zane mai ban dariya na 13 don jerin daga 1961-1962. Bayan haka, Chuck Jones ya samar da ƙarin zane-zane 34 daga 1963-1967.