You have to keep in mind though that if it weren’t for Tom and Jerry, we would not have Hanna Barbera with shows like the Flinstones or Jetsons since that’s a studio made by the same people who made Tom and Jerry. Also, if not for Hanna Barbera, there would be no Cartoon Network with shows like Cow and Chicken, Ed Edd n Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Laboratory, most of which were made at Hanna Barbera studios. Whether you like Tom and Jerry or not, it was an important piece in animation history.

I always wondered since last year what would happen if his scream was instead replaced with cat yowls and hisses each time he got hurt.

…Really?

@Kryptid  
Oh I see

@ianpony98  
Normally, when you scream, there is a short delay time from when you start screaming to when you reach full loudness. He cut the delay out through editing.

@Kryptid  
Maximum Volume?

@ianpony98  
You can thank William Hanna for that. He recorded a scream which was later cut in such a way that it started off at maximum volume instead of building up to it.

@Prof.NightJack  

 
I find the sound level change very annoying, especialy when it switches at the ad breaks eg:
 
_{“I..I’m Fluttershy..[squeak] [wimmper]”}
 
“HI! I’M BARRY SCOTT! BANG! AND THE DIRT IS GONE!”

@Twilatron217  
I’m not scared of the character. It’s only his voice

@ianpony98  
Then turn the volume down some, I know of more modern shows that can go from heard to hear at all to ear piercing in less then a second.  
Something this old you have to have have the volume high for it to be too loud as they know not to be both too low or too high, so they stan in a good range.

@ianpony98  

 
Idea! Get one of those “use your own sound” alarm clocks (your phone or something), never be late again! (you’ll never sleep, afraid of when that sound will occur!)

You must be a complete pussy if your scared by a cartoon cat
 
no pun intended

Pah! OP should have seen the later ones with the surreal, unearthly sounds and bad animation (60s and 70s I think?) now they were scary stuff!

@Joshua  
Yes. I’m more of a guy who likes quiet things but hearing that scream is too loud for my ears

@Kryptid  
Agreed. I actually watched some episodes of that show when I was a kid.

THAT’S the reason you don’t watch Tom and Jerry? That iconic pain scream?

Oh, c’mon! Tom and Jerry was a great cartoon.