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If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health, suicide or substance use crisis or emotional distress, reach out 24/7 to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) by dialing or texting 988 or using chat services at suicidepreventionlifeline.org to connect to a trained crisis counselor. A common claim about the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry holds that the final episode of the series ended with both characters committing suicide: This theory likely stemmed from, or at least was popularized by, a list published by Cracked in August 2012, which included an episode of Tom and Jerry called Blue Cat Blues. After recapping the events of the episode, stating that the show faded to black while Tom and Jerry sat on the railroad tracks as a train whistle blew, the author wondered if this was the last episode of the series: The article did accurately describe a real episode of Tom and Jerry that first aired on 16 November 1956: https://youtu.be/lM0JdVobHjQ However, this was not the final episode of the series. It was produced during the initial run of Tom and Jerry from 1940 until 1958, dubbed the Hanna Barbera era after producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The final episode in this run was called Tot Watchers and was released on 1 August 1958, nearly two years after Blue Cat Blues. It didn't feature Tom or Jerry committing suicide. (It did, in a slightly less dark turn, show the characters being taken away by Animal Control for stealing a baby.) Furthermore, slapstick violence was a signature mark of Tom and Jerry cartoons. While Blue Cat Blues certainly hit on darker themes than other episodes in the series, Tom and Jerry survived explosions, burns, falling anvils, misplaced rakes, and even gunshot wounds: https://youtu.be/0VCSUiTI604 Following the logic of the show, we consider it safe to say that they survived the train, too.
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