Meathead

Lightning is a Tom and Jerry character - a orange-red cat - who first appered in the 1948 short, Old Rockin' Chair Tom, as Tom's rival. Lightning is named as such because in his first short, he practically moved at the speed of lightning. In later cartoons, Lightning often appeared as one of the alley cat bullies whose leader is Butch, and which also includes Topsy, but the alley cat bullies became buddies of Tom instead of rivals, as shown in Sl... more

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Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (pronounced /bɑrˈbɛrə/ bar-BERR-ə);(March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an influential American animator, director, producer,...

William Hanna

William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon...

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