Some shorts open with him tormenting Jerry despite never being provoked.In reality though, while Tom may not generally have the best relationship with Jerry and seem him as a huge annoyance, the duo actually have a rather complex relationship, since he's shown numerous time that he shares a secret bond with him, can't enjoy his life without him and can even put his differences aside with him to achieve a common goal.
Generally speaking, despite them being the titular main protagonists, both he and Jerry can be classified as anti-heroes as both are abusive, cruel, and villainous at times while antagonizing each other for the sake of getting the best of one another. Part of what's said above, however, considering that Jerry is a pest that isn't welcome in his house, makes his actions rather understandable, as it could simply be said that he is trying to do his job as a house cat under his owner's orders. His love/hate relationship with Jerry existed even as a kitten. He will try to eliminate him in revenge, get him out of the house when he is instructed in doing his job, or even start the fight to a lesser extent on occasions.
His antics involve laying traps for Jerry which most of the time end up failing, despite how clever his strategies are whether they work or not, and some of them can get him to occasionally get the best of Jerry and win in the end. In the game, he and Jerry are voiced by Eric Bauza. In the game, he fights alongside Jerry as a "puppet" character, with him being the main character the player controls. Tom is set to appear as a playable character in the upcoming "platform fighter" video game Multiversus, appearing as an mage/ranged-type character. During the years of development of the Tom and Jerry cartoon, numerous voice-actors voiced Tom the Cat: