Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)


Nibbles is a fictional character from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short The Milky Waif. Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short The Little Orphan, as well as Two Little Indians and The Two Mouseketeers.
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Origin and development

The character's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book Our Gang Comics #1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. Nibbles was created by Gaylord Du Bois. In the comics, the gray mouse's name was given as "Tuffy" from the start, a name later used in subsequent appearances. In the animated shorts, Nibbles is depicted as a hungry and curious orphaned mouse where he is mentioned to live at the fictional Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home.
After his first three appearances in Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts, Nibbles starred in The Two Mouseketeers and was voiced by Francoise Brun-Cottan where the character mostly speaking in French. She would later voice the character again with three sequels of the trilogy and the last was Royal Cat Nap in 1958 and that year, Lucille Bliss voiced Nibbles in Robin Hoodwinked, where the character made his final theatrical appearance at the time of the Golden Age of Animation. Nibbles would continue to appear in subsequent Tom and Jerry media, most recently appearing in Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land from 2022.

Featured cartoons

''[Tom and Jerry]''

The Milky Waif The Little Orphan Safety Second The Two Mouseketeers Two Little Indians Life with Tom Little School Mouse Mice Follies Touché, Pussy Cat! Tom and Chérie Feedin' the Kiddie Royal Cat Nap

''[The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show]''

Pied Piper Puss
  • ''No Museum Peace''

''[Tom & Jerry Kids]''

  • ''Musketeer Jr.''

''[Tom and Jerry Tales]''

Cat NebulaCat Show CatastropheCat of Prey Sasquashed
  • ''DJ Jerry''

''[The [Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)]]''

Haunted MouseWhat a PainTurn AboutTuffy LoveJust Plane NutsPets Not WelcomeCruisin' for a Bruisin'Hunger StrikesSay CheesePicture ImperfectSlinging in the RainThe Paper Airplane ChaseSay UncleHere Comes the BrideTuffy's Big AdventureDandy Do-GoodersTom-FuToodle BoomSplinter of DiscontentPinch HitterCat Match FeverWhen You Leash Expect ItHome Away from HomeCostume Party SmartyHockey JockeyHyde and ShriekKiss and MakeupKnighty Knight KnightMirror Image
  • ''Gym Rat''

Voice actors

;English
;Japanese
  • Eri Tanaka: Tom and Jerry Gokko
  • Nana Kumagai: ''Tom and Jerry Gokko''