While "Blue Cat Blues" certainly hit on darker themes than other episodes in the series, Tom and Jerry survived explosions, burns, falling anvils, misplaced rakes, and even gunshot wounds: https ...

Another oft-cited candidate is Blue Cat Blues from 1956. This darker episode shows Tom and Jerry sitting depressed on some railroad tracks, waiting for a train to end their sadness over lost loves.

In one of the 1956 episode called Blue Cat Blues, Tom signs on all his ‘will papers’ and is seen sitting on the railway tracks and one can hear train sounds. Tom says, “In a few minutes, it ...