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Tweety Bird

Tweety in Tweety's SOS. Toy made in Tweety's image

Tweety (also known as Tweety Pie or Tweety Bird) is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. Tweety's popularity, like that of The Tasmanian Devil, actually grew in the years following the dissolution of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Today Tweety is considered, along with Taz and Bugs Bunny, among the most popular of the Looney Tunes characters, especially (because of his "cute" appearance and personality) among girls and young women. Despite widespread speculation that he was female, Tweety is and has always been a male character.

History

Creation

Bob Clampett created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short A Tale of Two Kitties, pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians Abbott and Costello). On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson (which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon Wacky Blackouts

Tweety was originally naked (pink), jowly, and far more aggressive and saucy, as opposed to the later, more well-known version of him as a less hot-tempered (but still somewhat ornery) yellow canary. In the movie Bugs Bunny Superstar, animator Clampett stated, in a sotto voce "aside" to the audience, that Tweety had been based "on my own naked baby picture". Clampett did three more shorts with the "naked genius", as a Jimmy Durante-ish cat once called him in Gruesome Twosome. The last of these, Birdy and the Beast, finally bestowed the baby bird with his name.

Many of Mel Blanc's characters are notable for speech impediments. Tweety's most noticeable is that "s" gets changed to "t" or "d"; for example, "pussy cat" comes out as "putty tat" or "puddy tat", and "sweetie pie" comes out as "tweetie pie", although it is doubtful he ever actually called himself by that name on-screen. Aside from this speech challenge, Tweety's voice (and a fair amount of his attitude) is similar to that of Bugs Bunny.

Freleng takes over

Clampett began work on a short that would pit Tweety against a then-unnamed black and white cat lisping created by Friz Freleng in 1945. However, Clampett left the studio before going into full production on the short, and Freleng took on the project. Freleng toned Tweety down and cutsied him up, giving him large blue eyes and yellow feathers. The first short to team Tweety and the cat, later named Sylvester, was 1947's Tweetie Pie, which won Warner Bros. its first Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

The pairing of Sylvester and Tweety was one of the most notable pairings in animation history. Most of their cartoons followed a standard formula:

  • The hungry "puddy tat" wanting to eat the bird, some major obstacle stands in his way – usually Granny or her bulldog Hector (or, more often than not, numerous bulldogs).
  • Tweety says his signature lines ("I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" and "I did, I did taw a puddy tat!").
  • Sylvester spending the entire film using progressively more elaborate schemes or devices to capture his meal. Of course, each of his tricks fail, either due to their flaws or, more often than not, because Tweety steers the enemy cat towards Hector the Bulldog, an indignant Granny (voiced by Bea Benaderet and later June Foray), or other device (such as off the ledge of a tall building or steering him into an oncoming train).

Later appearances

Tweety has a small part in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, by "accidentally" causing Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) to fall from a pole.

During the 1990s, Tweety also starred in an animated TV series called The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, in which Granny ran a detective agency with the assistance of Tweety, Sylvester and Hector. In 2003, a younger version of him premiered on Baby Looney Tunes.

Tweety appeared in an early 1990s public service announcement, warning parents of the dangers of boiling temperature bath water.

In the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures, Tweety appeared in several episodes as the mentor of Sweetie Pie.

Script for The Origin of Tweety that was never used.

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Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies filmography

  • A Tale of Two Kitties
  • Birdy and the Beast
  • A Gruesome Twosome
  • Tweetie Pie
  • I Taw A Putty Tat
  • Bad Ol' Putty Tat
  • Home Tweet Home
  • All A Bir-r-r-d
  • Canary Row
  • Puddy Tat Twouble
  • Room and Bird
  • Tweety's SOS
  • Tweet, Tweet Tweety
  • Gift Wrapped
  • Ain't She Tweet
  • Bird in Guilty Cage
  • Snow Business
  • Fowl Weather
  • Tom Tom Tomcat
  • A Street Cat Named Sylvester
  • Catty Cornered
  • Dog Pounded
  • Muzzle Tough
  • Satan's Waitin
  • Sandy Claws
  • Tweety's Circus
  • Red Riding Hoodwinked
  • Tweet And Sour
  • Tree Cornered Tweety
  • Tugboat Granny
  • Tweet Zoo
  • Tweety And The Beanstalk
  • Birds Anonymous
  • Greedy For Tweety
  • A Pizza Tweety Pie
  • A Bird In A Bonnet
  • Trick Or Tweet
  • Tweet And Lovely
  • Tweet Dreams
  • Hyde And Go Tweet
  • Trip For Tat
  • Rebel Without Claws
  • The Last Hungry Cat
  • The Jet Cage
  • Hawaiian Aye Aye

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Script for The Origin of Tweety that was never used. The idea was invented in a northeastern Scottish takeaway as a sequel to the extremely popular deep-fried Mars Bar. In the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures, Tweety appeared in several episodes as the mentor of Sweetie Pie. Deep-fried chocolate Easter eggs are sold around Easter time in Scottish fish and chips shops. Tweety appeared in an early 1990s public service announcement, warning parents of the dangers of boiling temperature bath water. When boiling hard-cooked eggs for Easter, a nice tan colour can be achieved by boiling the eggs with onion skin. In 2003, a younger version of him premiered on Baby Looney Tunes. This may also be a contest to see who can collect the most eggs.

During the 1990s, Tweety also starred in an animated TV series called The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, in which Granny ran a detective agency with the assistance of Tweety, Sylvester and Hector. An Easter egg hunt is a common festive activity, where eggs are hidden outdoors (or indoors if in bad weather) for children to run around and find. Tweety has a small part in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, by "accidentally" causing Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) to fall from a pole. The most well-known egg roll is done at the White House. Most of their cartoons followed a standard formula:. In the U.S., such an Easter egg roll (unrelated to an eggroll) is often done on flat ground, pushed along with a spoon. The pairing of Sylvester and Tweety was one of the most notable pairings in animation history. A tradition exists in some parts of Britain of rolling painted eggs down steep hills on Easter Sunday.

its first Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). There are many other decoration techniques and numerous traditions of giving them as a token of friendship, love or good wishes. The first short to team Tweety and the cat, later named Sylvester, was 1947's Tweetie Pie, which won Warner Bros. A 27-foot (9 m) sculpture of a pisanka stands in Vegreville, Alberta. Freleng toned Tweety down and cutsied him up, giving him large blue eyes and yellow feathers. The celebrated Fabergé workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial Court. However, Clampett left the studio before going into full production on the short, and Freleng took on the project. A batik-like decorating process known as pisanka produces intricate, brilliantly-colored eggs.

Clampett began work on a short that would pit Tweety against a then-unnamed black and white cat lisping created by Friz Freleng in 1945. Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Poland and other Slavic countries' folk traditions. Aside from this speech challenge, Tweety's voice (and a fair amount of his attitude) is similar to that of Bugs Bunny. One would have been forced to hard boil the eggs that the chickens produced so as not to waste food, and for this reason the Spanish dish hornazo (traditionally eaten on and around Easter) contains hard-boiled eggs as a primary ingredient. Tweety's most noticeable is that "s" gets changed to "t" or "d"; for example, "pussy cat" comes out as "putty tat" or "puddy tat", and "sweetie pie" comes out as "tweetie pie", although it is doubtful he ever actually called himself by that name on-screen. Likewise, in Eastern Christianity, both meat and dairy were prohibited during the fast, and eggs were seen as "dairy" (a foodstuff that could be taken from an animal without shedding its blood). Many of Mel Blanc's characters are notable for speech impediments. In the West, eggs were seen as "meat", which would have been forbidden during Lent.

The last of these, Birdy and the Beast, finally bestowed the baby bird with his name. Easter egg origin stories abound — one has an emperor claiming that the Resurrection was as likely as eggs turning red (see Mary Magdalene); more prosaically the Easter egg tradition may have celebrated the end of the privations of Lent. Clampett did three more shorts with the "naked genius", as a Jimmy Durante-ish cat once called him in Gruesome Twosome. The Jewish tradition may have come from earlier Roman Spring feasts. In the movie Bugs Bunny Superstar, animator Clampett stated, in a sotto voce "aside" to the audience, that Tweety had been based "on my own naked baby picture". The Passover Seder service uses a hard-cooked egg flavored with salt water as a symbol both of new life and the Temple service in Jerusalem. Tweety was originally naked (pink), jowly, and far more aggressive and saucy, as opposed to the later, more well-known version of him as a less hot-tempered (but still somewhat ornery) yellow canary.
Decorated eggs are much older than Easter, and both eggs and rabbits are age-old fertility symbols.

On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson (which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon Wacky Blackouts. These are often hidden, supposedly by the Easter Bunny, for children to find on Easter morning. Bob Clampett created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short A Tale of Two Kitties, pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians Abbott and Costello). The ubiquitous jelly egg or jellybean is made from sugar-coated pectin candy. . Some are delicately constructed of spun sugar and pastry decoration techniques. Despite widespread speculation that he was female, Tweety is and has always been a male character. Candy Easter eggs can be any form of confectionery such as hollow chocolate eggs wrapped in brightly-colored foil.

Today Tweety is considered, along with Taz and Bugs Bunny, among the most popular of the Looney Tunes characters, especially (because of his "cute" appearance and personality) among girls and young women. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute eggs made from chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jellybeans. Tweety's popularity, like that of The Tasmanian Devil, actually grew in the years following the dissolution of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. Tweety (also known as Tweety Pie or Tweety Bird) is a fictional character in the Warner Bros.

Hawaiian Aye Aye. The Jet Cage. The Last Hungry Cat. Rebel Without Claws.

Trip For Tat. Hyde And Go Tweet. Tweet Dreams. Tweet And Lovely.

Trick Or Tweet. A Bird In A Bonnet. A Pizza Tweety Pie. Greedy For Tweety.

Birds Anonymous. Tweety And The Beanstalk. Tweet Zoo. Tugboat Granny.

Tree Cornered Tweety. Tweet And Sour. Red Riding Hoodwinked. Tweety's Circus.

Sandy Claws. Satan's Waitin. Muzzle Tough. Dog Pounded.

Catty Cornered. A Street Cat Named Sylvester. Tom Tom Tomcat. Fowl Weather.

Snow Business. Bird in Guilty Cage. Ain't She Tweet. Gift Wrapped.

Tweet, Tweet Tweety. Tweety's SOS. Room and Bird. Puddy Tat Twouble.

Canary Row. All A Bir-r-r-d. Home Tweet Home. Bad Ol' Putty Tat.

I Taw A Putty Tat. Tweetie Pie. A Gruesome Twosome. Birdy and the Beast.

A Tale of Two Kitties. Of course, each of his tricks fail, either due to their flaws or, more often than not, because Tweety steers the enemy cat towards Hector the Bulldog, an indignant Granny (voiced by Bea Benaderet and later June Foray), or other device (such as off the ledge of a tall building or steering him into an oncoming train). Sylvester spending the entire film using progressively more elaborate schemes or devices to capture his meal. Tweety says his signature lines ("I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" and "I did, I did taw a puddy tat!").

The hungry "puddy tat" wanting to eat the bird, some major obstacle stands in his way – usually Granny or her bulldog Hector (or, more often than not, numerous bulldogs).