Sylvester J. Pussycat Jr., simply known as Sylvester Jr., is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros.

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series. He was created by

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Appearances

Sylvester Jr. appeared in the following shorts: * '' Pop 'im Pop!'' (1950) * '' Who's Kitten Who?'' (1952) * '' Cats a-Weigh'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Mouse-Taken Identity'' (1957) * '' Cat's Paw'' (1959) (no

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) * ''

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'' (1959) (no Hippety Hopper) (note: flashback cameo in a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon) * ''

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'' (1960) (no Hippety Hopper) (note: the only short directed by

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to feature Sylvester Jr. and the only cartoon where his mother appears) * '' Birds of a Father'' (1961) (no Hippety Hopper) * ''

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'' (1962) (no Hippety Hopper) * ''

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'' (1963) (no Hippety Hopper) * ''

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'' (1964)

Later appearances

After the original ''Looney Tunes'' shorts, Junior would show up sporadically in later years. In the 1990s

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'', Sylvester has a flashback to his childhood in the episode "A Mynah Problem"; in the flashback sequence, young Sylvester looks like Sylvester and, while Sylvester his father looks like the adult Sylvester. He also appears in ''

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''. He is seen in one of the "Mysterious Phenomenon of the Unexplained" shorts of the ''Stranger Than Fiction'' Looney Tunes web shorts compilation DVD alongside his father on a camping trip interrupted by

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. He appears as a boss in the third world in the video game ''

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'', riding his skateboard.

References

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