Tom Brown (character) boy, and falls afoul of the school bully, Flashman. Over the course of the novel, Brown changes from a timid boy to a brave young man who has overcome his initial fear of Flashman and his ilk. In the 2005 television adaption, he was played by Alex Pettyfer. In the sequel novel, "Tom Brown at Oxford", Brown is now attending Oxford University as his adventures continue, albeit without Scud East, who has since joined the army. Tom Brown later appears in the historical novel "Flashman's Lady" (1977) by George MacDonald Fraser, in which he is reunited with his former rival,
Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl catapults him onto a harp. Jerry then offers to dance the Du und du with Tom. After they dance together, Jerry sends Tom spinning into a cello, where he is "strung" by the cello player. Tom then gets his revenge and tricks Jerry into dancing with him before walloping Jerry and hurling him into a sousaphone, where he is "squirted" by the sousaphone player. Tom and Jerry continue to try to one-up the other and win the right to conduct the orchestra. When Jerry pleads Tom to let him conduct the orchestra, Tom uses his baton as a snooker cue