Jenny
Babysitter who gets absorbed in the phone and forgets the baby
A blonde ponytail babysitter character who gets absorbed in phone calls and neglects childcare. She often misunderstands the commotion while Tom and Jerry watch over the baby.
Quotes
- Don't fight, get along
Trivia
- Typical role of forgetting childcare due to being absorbed in the phone
- Called Jimmy or Ginny in some works
- Doesn't notice even when the baby is on her body
- Misunderstands Tom and Jerry's commotion as baby bullying and gets angry
- Voiced by Shoko Fujita in 1960s Japanese TBS dubbed version
Alternate names
Jimmy
Ginny
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Female
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- Young woman with blonde hair tied in a ponytail. Depicted in the typical babysitter look from the 1950s to 1960s. Her characteristic trait is getting absorbed in the phone and forgetting about the baby.
- Hair color
- Blond
- Distinguishing features
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- Blonde ponytail
- Youthful facial features
- Iconic items
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- Telephone
- Babysitter uniform (depending on the work)
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Careless
- Detailed personality
- Gets absorbed in phone calls with friends, neglecting the baby and forgetting about it. Even when the baby causes trouble, she doesn't notice and often misunderstands Tom and others' actions, becoming critical.
- Keywords
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- Inattentive
- Talkative
- Short-tempered
- Weak maternal instincts
- Dependent
- Talents
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- Babysitting duties
- Skills
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- Phone handling
- General housework
- Childcare (incomplete)
- Motivation
- To take safe care of the baby, but she can't execute it because she's absorbed in phone calls.
- Habits
- Habit of long phone conversations, not noticing even if the baby climbs on top of her.
- Favorite foods
- Unknown
- Hobbies
- Phone
- Disliked situations
- When she has to take care of the baby, Getting involved in commotion
History
- Backstory
- Babysitter for the house where Tom and Jerry live. While the client couple is out, she's entrusted with the baby but tends to neglect it because she's absorbed in phone calls. Tom and Jerry watch over the baby and cause commotion, but Jenny misunderstands it and scolds Tom.
- Debut date
- February 10, 1940
- Work title
- There Is One Above
- Media type
- Anime
First appearance
- Significant event
- First appearance
- Description
- First appears as a babysitter, establishing her character trait of neglecting childcare due to being absorbed in the phone.
Misidentification incident
- Significant event
- Misidentification incident
- Description
- When the baby goes back and forth between Tom and Jerry causing commotion, Jenny misidentifies it as Tom abusing the baby, leading to a police-level uproar.
Relationships
Media appearances
Tom and Jerry
Anime / Supporting
Short animation series from 1940 onward
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Movie / Supporting
1992
Tom & Jerry (2021 film)
Movie / Supporting
2021
One-off short works
Supporting
Voice cast and creators
Shoko Fujita
- Voice actor
- Shoko Fujita
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TBS version
- Notes
- Mainly voiced in 1960s dubbed versions
Miyoko Shoji
- Voice actor
- Miyoko Shoji
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TBS version and others
- Notes
- Voiced in later dubbed versions
Ikue Otani
- Voice actor
- Ikue Otani
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- Current software
- Notes
- Voiced in recent dubbed versions
William Hanna
- Creator name
- William Hanna
- Role
- Original author
Joseph Barbera
- Creator name
- Joseph Barbera
- Role
- Original author
Related goods
Jenny figure (unofficial merchandise)
- Item name
- Jenny figure (unofficial merchandise)
- Category
- unknown
- Availability
- Regular
Babysitter-related accessories (rare)
- Item name
- Babysitter-related accessories (rare)
- Category
- Accessory
- Availability
- Limited