Tweety is a

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in the

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'' and ''

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'' series of animated cartoons. The name "Tweety" is a play on words, as it originally meant "sweetie", along with "tweet" being an English

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for the sounds of

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s. His characteristics are based on

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's famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid." He appeared in 46 cartoons during the

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, made between 1942 and 1964.

Personality and identity

Despite the perceptions that people may hold, owing to the long eyelashes and high-pitched voice (which

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provided), Tweety is male although his ambiguity was played with. For example, in the cartoon "

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", when Granny entered a room containing Tweety and Sylvester she said: "Here I am, boys!", whereas a 1952 cartoon was entitled '' Ain't She Tweet'' mphasis added Also, his species is ambiguous; although originally and often portrayed as a young

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, he is also frequently called a rare and valuable "tweety bird" as a plot device, and once called "the only living specimen". Nevertheless, the

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of ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' directly states that he is a canary. His shape more closely suggests that of a ''baby'' bird, which is what he was during his early appearances (although the "baby bird" aspect has been used in a few later cartoons as a plot device). The yellow feathers were added, but otherwise he retained the baby-bird shape. In his early appearances in

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cartoons, Tweety is a very aggressive character who tries anything to foil Sylvester, even kicking the cat when he is down. One of his most notable malicious moments is in the cartoon ''Birdy and the Beast'', where a cat chases Tweety by flying until he remembers that cats cannot fly, causing him to fall. Tweety says sympathetically, "Awww, the poor kitty cat! He faw down and go (''in a loud, tough, masculine voice'') BOOM!!" and then grins mischievously. A similar use of that voice is in ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'' when Tweety, wearing an

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's helmet, suddenly yells "''Turn out those lights!''" Tweety's aggressive nature was toned down when

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began directing the series, with the character more consistently played as a cutesy bird usually going about his business, and doing little to thwart Sylvester's ill-conceived plots, allowing them to simply collapse on their own; he became even less aggressive when Granny was introduced, but occasionally Tweety still showed a malicious side when egged on. Despite this, in comparison with other major ''Looney Tunes'' protagonists like

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and

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, Tweety was not given a complete

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, instead embodying the "innocent child" role offsetting the motives of his superior Sylvester and their guardian figure.

Creation by Bob Clampett

created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short ''

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'', pitting him against two hungry cats named

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(based on the famous comedians

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). On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson, which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon ''

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''. Tweety was created not as a domestic canary, but as a generic (and wild) baby bird in an outdoor nest: naked (pink), jowly, and also far more aggressive and saucy, as opposed to the later, better-known version of him as a less hot-tempered (but still somewhat ornery) yellow canary. In the documentary '' Bugs Bunny: Superstar'', animator Clampett stated that Tweety had been based "on my own naked baby picture." Clampett did two more shorts with the "naked genius", as a

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-ish cat once called him in ''

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''. The second Tweety short, '' Birdy and the Beast'', finally bestowed the baby bird with his new name, and gave him his blue eyes. Many of

's characters are known for speech impediments. One of Tweety's most noticeable is that /s/, /k/, and /g/ are changed to /t/, /d/, or (final s) /θ/; for example, "pussy cat" comes out as "putty tat", later rendered "puddy tat", "Granny" comes out as "Dwanny" and "sweetie pie" comes out as "tweetie pie" (a phonological pattern referred to as 'fronting'), hence his name. He also has trouble with

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s: as with

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, /l/ and /r/ come out as /w/. In ''

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'' and ''

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'', he begins the cartoon by singing a song about himself, "I'm a tweet wittow biwd in a diwded tage; Tweety'th my name but I don't know my age, I don't have to wuwy and dat is dat; I'm tafe in hewe fwom dat ol' putty tat." (Translation: "I'm a sweet little bird in a gilded cage...") Aside from this speech impediment, Tweety's voice is that of

's, one speed up (if ''

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'', which depicts Bugs as an infant, is any indication of that); the only difference is that Bugs does not have trouble pronouncing /s/, /k/ and /g/ as mentioned above.

Freleng takes over

Clampett began work on a short that would pit Tweety against a then-unnamed, lisping black and white cat created by

in 1945. However, Clampett left the studio before going into full production on the short (which had a storyboard produced, where it was titled "Fat Rat and the Stupid Cat"), however Freleng would use Tweety in his own separate project. Freleng toned Tweety down and gave him a cuter appearance, resulting in his long-lashed blue-pupil eyes and yellow feathers. Clampett mentions in ''Bugs Bunny: Superstar'' that the feathers were added to satisfy censors who objected to the naked bird. The first short to team Tweety and the cat, later named Sylvester, was 1947's ''

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'', which won Warner Bros its first Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). Sylvester and Tweety proved to be one of the most notable pairings in animation history. Most of their cartoons followed a standard formula: * Sylvester wants to catch and eat Tweety, but some major obstacle stands in his way – usually Granny or her bulldog

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(or occasionally, numerous bulldogs, or another cat who also wants to catch and eat Tweety). * Tweety says his signature lines "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" and "I did! I did taw a puddy tat!" (Originally "I did! I taw a puddy tat!", but the extra "did" got inserted somehow). In later cartoons, Tweety says "I did! I did tee a puddy tat!" * Sylvester spends the entire film using progressively more elaborate schemes or devices to catch Tweety, similar to

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in his ongoing efforts to catch the Road Runner, Tom's attempts to catch Jerry, and the

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's attempts to catch the

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. Of course, each of his tricks fail, either due to their flaws or, more often than not, because of intervention by either

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or an indignant Granny, or after Tweety steers the enemy toward them or another device (such as off the ledge of a tall building or in front of an oncoming train). In a few of the cartoons, Sylvester does manage to briefly eat Tweety up with a gulp. However, either Granny or another character makes him spit Tweety out right away. In the Christmas special episode, Sylvester was also briefly eaten by Hector the Bulldog, and forced by Granny to spit him out; as punishment, both Sylvester and Hector were tied up with their mouths gagged shut. In 1951, Mel Blanc (with

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's orchestra) had a hit single with "

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", a song performed in character by Tweety and featuring Sylvester. In the lyrics Sylvester sings "I'd like to eat that Thweetie Pie when he leaves his cage", implying that Tweety's name is actually Sweetie Pie. Later the name "Sweetie Pie" was applied to the young, pink female canary in the ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' animated TV series of the early 1990s. From 1945 until the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio closed, Freleng had almost exclusive use of Tweety at the Warner cartoon studio (much like

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), with the exception of a brief cameo in ''No Barking'' in 1954, directed by Chuck Jones (that year, Freleng used

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, a Jones character, for the only time in his career and the only time in a Tweety short, '' Dog Pounded'').

Later appearances

Tweety had a cameo role in ''

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'', making

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(

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) fall from a flag pole by playing "

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" with Valiant's fingers and releasing his grip. The scene is essentially a re-creation of a gag from ''A Tale of Two Kitties'', with Valiant replacing Catstello as Tweety's victim. This was the last time

voiced Tweety. During the 1990s, Tweety also starred in the animated TV series ''

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'', in which Granny ran a detective agency with the assistance of Tweety, Sylvester and Hector. In the series, Tweety has the starring role and is voiced by

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. The storyline carries into the 2000 direct-to-video feature-length animated film ''

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'', where Joe Alaskey reprises his role. Tweety's prototype, Orson, also made an appearance in the series. Tweety also appears in ''

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'' as the mentor of Sweetie Pie, and one of the faculty at Acme Looniversity. He was voiced by

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for most of his appearances and

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in “Animaniacs”. In the 1995 cartoon short ''

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'', a parody/homage to ''

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'', Tweety appeared as "Usmarte", a parody of the character Ugarte played by

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in the original film. In several sequences, Tweety was speaking and laughing in character like Peter Lorre. He also does the

ending instead of

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. This is also notable for being a rare instance where Tweety plays a villain character. Bob Bergen voices the role again. In 1996, Tweety (voiced by Bob Bergen again) appeared in the feature film, ''

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,'' with legendary basketball player

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. In 2001, a younger version of Tweety appeared on ''

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'', thus coming full circle from his earliest appearances. Here he was voiced by

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. In 2011, Tweety was featured, with his

co-stars, in

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's series ''

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.'' He is voiced by

. He appeared in the episode "Ridiculous Journey", where he and Sylvester work together with Taz to get back home to Granny and

. He had been revealed to have fought in World War II alongside a young Granny. Sylvester also asked him how old he was, to which Tweety replied, "I'll never tell." Sylvester then asked if Tweety would at least tell him if he (Tweety) was a boy or a girl. Tweety whispered into his ear and Sylvester had a surprised expression and said "Huh, I was wrong." Tweety has recently appeared as a major character in ''

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'' and ''

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'', where his designs are mostly based on his Freleng heyday with a few Bob Clampett elements to make him more suited for 1942–1944, and his personality reverts him to being more violent and abusive in nature while being toned down to retain his cute facade. He was voiced again by Bob Bergen. On February 17, 2021, it was announced Tweety would star in ''Tweety Mysteries'' which would have been similar to ''

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.'' The series would have been a live-action/animated hybrid aimed towards girls and would have aired on

. However, the series never got off the ground as Cartoon Network announced all live-action productions were scrapped in December 2022. Tweety starred in a direct-to-video film ''King Tweety'' which was released on June 14, 2022. Eric Bauza reprised the role. Tweety appears in the preschool series ''Bugs Bunny Builders'' which aired as part of

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and

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on July 25, 2022.

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reprised his role from ''

''.

Merchandise

Tweety and Sylvester have been used to endorse products such as

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dressing and

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long distance. In 1998, the

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honored Tweety and Sylvester with a 32-cent postage stamp. Tweety also appears in products produced by Warner Brothers Studios.

Modern art

British artist

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's 2008 New York art installation ''

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'' features "Tweety", an

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sculpture of an aged and molting version of the character. In honor of Tweety's 80th anniversary,

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unveiled 80 themed murals done by artists from around the world.

Comic books

Western Publications produced a comic book about Tweety and Sylvester entitled ''Tweety and Sylvester'', first in

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'' series #406, 489, and 524, then in their own title from

(#4–37, 1954–62), then later from

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(#1–102, 1963–72). In 2017, Tweety appeared in the

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special, Catwoman/ Tweety and Sylvester, where Tweety teams up with

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, who he just calls "bwonde wady".

In popular culture

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after the character, and another in 1964 when a two-year old named Timmy gave the name to a 3 week old Ancona chicken. *Tweety was a

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Tweety's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

Directed by Bob Clampett

* ''

'' (1942) * '' Birdy and the Beast'' (1944) * ''

'' (1945) * ''

Baby Bottleneck ''Baby Bottleneck'' is a 1946 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and written by Warren Foster. The cartoon was released on March 16, 1946, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Tweety makes a cameo appearance in the fil ...

'' (1946) - cameo appearance

Directed by Friz Freleng

* ''

'' (1947) * ''

I Taw a Putty Tat ''I Taw a Putty Tat'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 1, 1948, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Both Tweety and Sylvester are voiced by Mel Blanc. The uncredi ...

'' (1948) * '' Bad Ol' Putty Tat'' (1949) * ''

Home Tweet Home ''Home, Tweet Home'' is a 1950 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on January 14, 1950, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot Tweety is washing in the park birdbath and singing "I'm Loo ...

'' (1950) * '' All a Bir-r-r-d'' (1950) * ''

'' (1950) * ''

'' (1951) * ''

Room and Bird ''Room and Bird'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 2, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot Two elderly ladies (one of which is Granny), the owners of Syl ...

'' (1951) * ''

Tweety's S.O.S. ''Tweety's S.O.S.'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 22, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot The story opens with Sylvester patiently rummaging through tra ...

'' (1951) * ''

Tweet Tweet Tweety ''Tweet Tweet Tweety'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 15, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot Sylvester is in Yellowstone National Park and, hearing b ...

'' (1951) * '' Gift Wrapped'' (1952) * ''

Ain't She Tweet ''Ain't She Tweet'' is a 1952 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 21, 1952, and stars Sylvester and Tweety Bird. The title is a play on the song "Ain't She Sweet." Plot Sylvester sta ...

'' (1952) * ''

A Bird in a Guilty Cage ''A Bird in a Guilty Cage'' is a 1952 '' Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 30, 1952, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. The title is a pun on the song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage". Plot Sylveste ...

'' (1952) * ''

'' (1953) * ''

Fowl Weather ''Fowl Weather'' is a 1953 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 4, 1953, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot Granny leaves Hector in charge of looking after Tweety whi ...

'' (1953) * '' Tom Tom Tomcat'' (1953) * '' A Street Cat Named Sylvester'' (1953) * ''

Catty Cornered ''Catty Cornered'' is a 1953 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 31, 1953, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. It features a forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy duo. Plot Tweety, who ...

'' (1953) * '' Dog Pounded'' (1954) * ''

Muzzle Tough ''Muzzle Tough'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 26, 1954, and stars Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Sylvester and Granny (Looney Tunes), Granny. The title is a play ...

'' (1954) * ''

Satan's Waitin' ''Satan's Waitin'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 7, 1954, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. A later short, ''Devil's Feud Cake'' (1963), was re-titled ''Satan's Waitin'' ...

'' (1954) * '' Sandy Claws'' (1955) * '' Tweety's Circus'' (1955) * ''

Red Riding Hoodwinked ''Red Riding Hoodwinked'' is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released October 29, 1955, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray. The cartoon was Warner B ...

'' (1955) * '' Heir-Conditioned'' (1955) – cameo appearance * '' Tweet and Sour'' (1956) * '' Tree Cornered Tweety'' (1956) * ''

Tugboat Granny ''Tugboat Granny'' is a 1956 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 23, 1956, and stars Tweety and Sylvester the Cat. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Fo ...

'' (1956) * '' Tweet Zoo'' (1957) * ''

Tweety and the Beanstalk ''Tweety and the Beanstalk'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray (uncredited). The short was released on July 1, 1957, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. The ...

'' (1957) * ''

Birds Anonymous ''Birds Anonymous'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on August 10, 1957, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot The cartoon starts with T ...

'' (1957) * '' Greedy for Tweety'' (1957) * '' A Pizza Tweety Pie'' (1958) * ''

A Bird in a Bonnet ''A Bird in a Bonnet'' is a 1958 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc, Daws Butler and June Foray. The short was released on September 27, 1958, and stars Tweety and Sylv ...

'' (1958) * ''

Trick or Tweet ''Trick or Tweet'' is a 1959 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on March 21, 1959, and stars Tweety and Sylvester the Cat. Tweety and Sylvester are voiced by Mel Blanc, and Sam, the ...

'' (1959) * '' Tweet and Lovely'' (1959) * ''Tweet Dreams'' (1959) * ''

Hyde and Go Tweet ''Hyde and Go Tweet'' is a 1960 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc. The short was released on May 14, 1960, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. The short is the third ...

'' (1960) * '' Trip For Tat'' (1960) * '' The Rebel Without Claws'' (1961)

Co-directed by
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* ''

The Last Hungry Cat ''The Last Hungry Cat'' is a Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt. The short was released on December 2, 1961, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot The short opens with a shadow of ...

'' (1961) * '' The Jet Cage'' (1962)

Directed by Gerry Chiniquy

* '' Hawaiian Aye Aye'' (1964)

Directed by Chuck Jones

* ''No Barking'' (1954) – cameo appearance

Post-Golden Age of American animation

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'' (1995), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (1995), voiced by

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'' (1996), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (2000), voiced by Joe Alaskey * ''

'' (2001), voiced by Samuel Vincent * '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003), voiced by Eric Goldberg * ''Museum Scream'' (2004), voiced by

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'' (2006), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (2011), voiced by Jeff Bergman * ''

'' (2011), voiced by Mel Blanc (Archive Audio) * ''

'' (2015), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (2020), voiced by

* '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'' (2021), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''King Tweety'' (2022), voiced by Eric Bauza * ''

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'' (2022), voiced by Eric Bauza * ''Tweety Mysteries'' (TBA)

Voice actors

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came to an end, Blanc continued to voice the character in TV specials, commercials, music recordings, and films, such as 1988's ''

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(1951 '' I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat'' cover) * Gilbert Mack (

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bumpers,

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(''You Rang?'' answering machine messages) *

(''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!'', '' Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'', ''Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas'', ''

'', ''

'', ''Bugs Bunny's Learning Adventures'', '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game)'', ''

'', ''A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas'', '' Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor'', '' Looney Tunes: Laff Riot'' pilot, ''

'', ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'', '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', various commercials) * Keith Scott (''

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(chirping sounds in ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' and ''Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'') * Eric Goldberg ('' Superior Duck'', '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'') * Samuel Vincent (''

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('' Museum Scream'') *

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References

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Freleng takes over

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Tweety's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

Directed by Bob Clampett

Directed by Friz Freleng

Co-directed by Hawley Pratt Hawley B. Pratt (June 9, 1911 – March 4, 1999) was an American film director, animator, and illustrator. He is best known for his work for Warner Bros. Cartoons and as the right-hand man of director Friz Freleng as a layout artist and late ...

Directed by Gerry Chiniquy

Directed by Chuck Jones

Post-Golden Age of American animation

Voice actors

References

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Co-directed by
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