History WesternAnimation / SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their second outing “I Taw a Puddy Tat” arguably has it more than “Tweetie Pie”. While Tweety still retains some if his Clampett-era characterization (outright fighting back against Sylvester), shockingly for viewers more familiar with their later shorts, Sylvester is all but stated to have ''successfully eaten five previous canaries'' (as well as several mice) before Tweety’s arrival, as Sylvester would never have such luck eating live prey again. Perhaps not so shockingly (and unfortunately) for a late 1940s cartoon, Sylvester is also the victim of a BlackFace gag, ([[{{Bowdlerization}} which unsurprisingly is now cut on television]]).

* ChainedHeat: The basic plot of "D'Fightin' Ones" involves Sylvester being chained to a dog as they are being taken to the city pound. Needless to say, they don't like each other very much. The pound truck hits a bump and the door opens, allowing the cat and dog to flee, after which they spend much of the cartoon trying to get themselves free of the chain holding them together. Ultimately, they succeed, [[HereWeGoAgain only to get one of their legs caught together in a pipe]].

* NiceMice: Usually played straight against Sylvester with characters such as Speedy. Exceptions occur in cartoons such as "Canned Feud", "Claws for Alarm", and "Snow Business", where Sylvester is tormented by sociopathic vermin for no established reason.

* Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy

''Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird'', created by [[Creator/FrizFreleng]] and [[Creator/BobClampett]] respectively, are two of the most well known characters in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] stable. They had dozens of cartoons together, with Tweety encountering Sylvester at least 48 times during their heyday.

''Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird'' are two of the most well known characters in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] stable. They had dozens of cartoons together, with Tweety encountering Sylvester at least 48 times during their heyday.

* The Scarlet Pumpernickel: With Porky and Daffy.

* Stooge for a Mouse

* Tweety's Circus

* CassandraTruth: In his few appearances in a series of horror-themed cartoons by Creator/ChuckJones, Sylvester, who is the pet of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, seems to be the only one aware of any danger that they appear to be getting into and continuously saves the oblivious Porky from said danger, which he tries to point out to his master, only for Porky to dismiss Sylvester as insane.

** In his initial appearences Sylvester was intended to resemble a baggy-pants comedian with a round belly, a low sagging pair of hips and an overly large red nose. This was toned down later, as the early design was hard to animate.

While Tweety was almost always seen opposite Sylvester, Sylvester sometimes had other opponents, like Hippety Hopper the kangaroo or WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales.

'''Red and Tweety:''' ''(makes a punching motion)'' [[Series/TheHoneymooners POW! Right in the kisser!]]
* BigShutUp: Sylvester was particularly fond of an obnoxious "AAHHHHH, SHADDUP!!!", most often to Hector barking furiously at him.

* BuffoonishTomcat: The titular Sylvester is an ChewToy that is characterized by tons of {{slapstick}} humor or [[PluckyComicRelief just humorous silliness itself when he's not trying to catching Tweety at the same time,]] and is an tomcat that can lack in tons of common-sense [[DidntThinkThisThrough in his traps, decisions and plans]] that usually lead to his buffoonery or {{Epic Fail}}s as a backfire.

* CatsAreMean: Again [[TheChewToy Sylvester,]] but is also an a IneffectualSympatheticVillain out of the bunch thanks to his usual, [[PluckyComicRelief buffoonish]], {{slapstick}}-prone demeanor.

** Played with for Sylvester. His character was pretty much fully developed in his first appearance in "Life With Feathers" however as other directors took shots at the character he went through several different directions before returning to his original characterisation. Creator/BobClampett portrayed him as an extroverted ScrewballSquirrel-type in "Kitty Kornered", while Art Davis used a dopier, more deadpan variant.
* ChimneyEntry: In "A Mouse Divided", where Sylvester the Cat is the protective father of a baby mouse, a cat tries to enter into the house through the chimney, pretending to be Santa Claus, only it's the wrong time of the year, so Sylvester sends a balloon up the chimney stack with a stick of dynamite attached to it and blows the cat up through the stack and away from the house.

* MotiveDecay: Later cartoons put more spotlight on a protective bulldog (later named Hector in ''Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries'') who guarded over Tweety. As such more emphasis was put on Sylvester [[MurderTheHypotenuse trying to dispose of the dog to reach Tweety]]. Some cases evolve more into a vengeful EscalatingWar for his constant pummellings that he seems to forget about going after Tweety (eg. "Greedy For Tweety").

* TeamRocketWins: Sylvester never won against Tweety, though he got the last laugh in a handful of alternate appearances. He succeeded in eating an AssholeVictim parrot in "Catch As Cats Can" and outwitted Porky in throwing him out for the night in "Kitty Cornered".

* TheBigBadWolf: In ''Red Riding Hoodwinked'', Sylvester the Cat teams up with the Big Bad Wolf so that he could get at Tweety Pie, whom Little Red Riding Hood brings to her grandmother. Of course, the Big Bad Wolf is constantly forgetful of Little Red Riding Hood's name and gets prompted by Sylvester from time to time. However, [[NeverMessWithGranny Little Red's grandmother is no pushover]], as she knocks both the Big Bad Wolf and Sylvester off the bus she's driving at the end of the story.

** Taken literally in ''WesternAnimation/SatansWaitin'' where Sylvester eventually uses up all nine of his lives and is consigned to hell.

* PlotArmor: No matter how implausible the circumstances, Tweety will straight up ''bend the rules of reality and the cartoon'' to avoid getting eaten. From a HyperspaceArsenal of whatever he needs whenever he needs it, to being bailed out by Granny or the dog no matter how far away they were previously, to characters from other shorts inexplicably appearing to foil Sylvester. When it seems like he's finally been eaten or defeated, ItWasAllJustADream and Sylvester is no closer than when he really started, or something happens to undo his victory as LaserGuidedKarma.

* WesternAnimation/KittyKornered: First time Sylvester and Porky appear in the same short. Runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.

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