Published by IPACS on 2026-01-13
In a dusty, forgotten corner of Madrid, inside a small tienda de segunda mano , 72-year-old Carlos stumbled upon a box of old VHS tapes. The label on the box, handwritten in fading marker, read: “PELÍCULAS DE TOM Y JERRY EN ESPAÑOL — COMPLETAS” .
That night, alone in his silent apartment, Carlos dusted off his old VCR. He slid the first tape in. The screen flickered, and then — the classic MGM lion roared, followed by the familiar trumpet intro. But this time, the narrator’s voice was warm and crisp in Spanish: “Tom y Jerry, en su más divertida aventura…”
Carlos held the note to his chest, tears streaming, but smiling. On the screen, the final frame of the cartoon showed Tom and Jerry sitting together on a log, watching a sunset.
He bought the tapes for one euro.
But then, the last tape ended. The screen went blue. And Carlos noticed something tucked inside the box — a small envelope, yellowed with age. Inside was a handwritten note:
For the next two hours, Carlos watched every episode. El ratón volador , El concierto de gatos , Duelo a la antigua . He laughed at the slapstick. He whispered the punchlines along with the characters, remembering how Elena would finish them too.
In Spanish, Jerry whispered: “¿Amigos?” Tom nodded: “Siempre.”
Carlos smiled. As a child in the 1960s, he had watched Tom y Jerry every Saturday morning on a tiny black-and-white TV. The Spanish dub — with Tom’s dramatic “¡Ay, caramba!” and Jerry’s squeaky “¡Toma eso!” — was the soundtrack of his childhood. His late wife, Elena, used to laugh until tears rolled down her cheeks when Tom got flattened by an iron.
“Carlitos — Para cuando te sientas solo. Nos vemos en cada risa. — Elena”
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He realized then: Elena had secretly recorded these tapes for him years ago, before she got sick. She had searched everywhere for “Tom y Jerry en español completas” , just to give him one last gift.
And Carlos whispered back, “Siempre, Elena.”