Responding to Sound - Tom & Jerry

The Tom & Jerry shorts are all perfect with their use of sound. They are timed perfectly and normally work well with the animation and the situation they are used in. Plus, in true Hanna-Barbera fashion, the sound effects used are all unrealistic and over-the-top but work well with the lighthearted, surreal, and comical tone of the show. The show's use of sound effects has basically set a standard for conventional cartoons, like the use of certain sounds when a character jumps or even changing expressions just fits the tone and keeps the audience in the same wave-length as the series. It has probably the best use of a human scream sound effect; by giving Tom a human-like scream, it adds to the humour because Tom never speaks so the idea that he has a human scream adds an extra kick to the slapstick humour.