You think rabbits like to eat carrots. In fact, although rabbits also eat carrots, they don’t like them that much. You might think that rats like cheese, but rats actually eat anything. Given a choice, rats would definitely prefer cereal to cheese. And Tom's favorite thing to eat is milk. Tom and Jerry both like to eat, and roast chicken. Cheese was a well-known food in the United States at that time

So, why does Jerry like to eat cheese in the cartoon? I searched for a lot of information. First, I started looking at the original shape of the cheese. The result is that this cheese is originally derived from Swiss delicacy, Emmentalk?se cheese. It’s all this cheese with big holes. So why does Jerry in "Tom and Jerry" like to eat this kind of cheese?

So I looked up Tom and Jerry’s parents, screenwriter William Hanna and director Joseph Barbera. Saw the history of their drawing of Tom and Jerry. Cheese makes its first appearance in the second episode, "Midnight Snacks." Jerry went to the refrigerator late at night to steal cheese. Big hole cheese makes its debut. The reason is also very simple. At that time, there were few well-known delicacies in the United States. Apart from cheese, there were sandwiches, bread, beef and other foods. It is definitely far behind compared to China.

Tom and Jerry were born on February 10, 1940. At that time in the United States, cheese was one of the most recognized delicacies in the United States. Basically every household eats cheese. In addition to Jerry's favorite cheese, Tom also likes to drink milk. Eat butter bread, eat turkey, eat steak, eat all kinds of pies, eat macaroni. Of course, the most photographed items are still cheese and milk. Art comes from life. Any form of art, in the final analysis, is still an abstraction of the objective world

And artists often like to magically modify the rest after abstracting out the essential relationships they want. For example, mice that like to eat cheese. Second, the talking cat. Also, the loving mantis who murdered her own husband. In fact, it doesn't matter, don't bother going to this kind of place.

Mainly because Westerners like to eat steak, bacon, cheese and other foods, and their homes are relatively well stocked, rats often look for food in Westerners’ homes. Of course, the possibility of stealing these foods will also greatly increase. Most of this type of cartoons are shot in the West. There are no or very few cartoons in Japan where cats and mice chase each other and fight each other.

So designing a distinctive image requires distinctive and unique features. If it is stealing meat, then dogs will steal it, and cats will steal it. If it is stealing vegetables, it will be no different from rabbits, so the image of a mouse is The design needs a distinctive feature, which is to steal cheese, which will give the audience a distinct feeling.