High-resolution 'Tom and Jerry' : 001 Puss Gets the Boot February 10 1940First Tom and Jerry cartoon nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects, Cartoons.Tom is known as "Jasper" in this short. Jerry is unnamed in this short, but is officially known as Jinx. First appearances of Tom, Jerry, an owner for Tom, and Mammy Two Shoes. Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood, California