History WesternAnimation / SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird

* ButtMonkey: Unlike other variations of the chase formula such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' (where the cat was frequently granted LaserGuidedKarma when the victim rather than the bully); Sylvester nearly ''always'' lost, whether his protagonist instigated the feud or not. Ironically the few times he was the victor of the short was when he was ''dishing'' out the ComedicSociopathy (eg. heckling Porky or Elmer in cartoons such as "Kitty Kornered" or "WesternAnimation/BackAlleyOproar").

* CatchPhrase:
-->'''Tweety:''' I tawt I taw a putty tat. I did! I did taw a putty tat!
-->'''Sylvester:''' Sufferin' succotash![[note]]or as he pronounces it, "Thufferin' thuccotash!"[[/note]]
-->'''Tweety:''' Bad ol' putty tat!
** Tweety had two others during the Clampett era.
-->'''Tweety:''' Aww, the poor putty tat. He ''*describes said cat's injury*''
-->'''Tweety:''' You know, I lose mooore putty tats that way.

* CatsHaveNineLives: The ending gag in ''Tweet and Lovely'', where Sylvester accidentally blows himself up off-screen, then ventures back on camera, transparent and sporting wings, to rip up his blueprints.

* WesternAnimation/ATaleOfTwoKitties: Official debut of Tweety Bird (although he was named "Orson" on the original model sheet).

* Tree Cornered Tweety

* Canary Row: With Tweety.

* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: Sylvester serves as the Coyote to both Tweety and WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales' Road Runners, given that his franchise also features the trope namers themselves. In "[[WesternAnimation/TheWildChase The Wild Chase]]", [[VillainTeamUp he even teams up with Wile E.]] so they can catch both Speedy and the Road Runner during a race the two are having.

* BuffoonishTomcat: The titular Sylvester is a 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.

** In his initial appearances 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. A lot of early cartoons his tail was completeley black, lacking the white tip that would only become a permenant part of his design towards the end of the golden age

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* Snow Business
* A Mouse Divided: First appearance of Friz Freleng's drunken stork character (there ''was'' a drunk stork character in Creator/BobClampett's ''WesternAnimation/BabyBottleneck'', but he was a OneSceneWonder that may or may not have inspired Freleng's version of the character)

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* Gift Wrapped: With Tweety.

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* Greedy for Tweety

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'''Sylvester:''' Listen, buster, I'm ''not'' a nice pussycat. I just don't relish the idea of having p-p-pizzicatos played on my in some string section.

** Many cartoons have Hippety Hopper, a kangaroo, escaping from the zoo, causing Sylvester and his son to think that he is actually a large mouse.

* {{Flanderization}}: Tweety started out as a character that was cute but violent and hilarious at the same time in Creator/BobClampett Tweety cartoons. Although Creator/FrizFreleng's first few Tweety cartoons, like I Taw a Putty Tat (1948), retain that same flavor, the little yellow bird gradually became a character that played cute only for the sake of being cute.

* LatexPerfection: Sylvester has done this a few times, such as his female dog suit in "Muzzle Tough" (so convincing it [[GoneHorriblyRight fooled a dog catcher]]!) and goat mask in "Fowl Weather" (but Tweety wasn't fooled by it.)

* GoneHorriblyRight: In one story, Sylvester paints a white stripe on his back so the dogs guarding Tweety will mistake him for a skunk and flee. He does scare the dogs away but now has to put up with WesternAnimation/PepeLePew.

* Dog Pounded

** 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. A lot of early cartoons his tail was completley black, lacking the white tip that would only become a permenant part of his design towards the end of the golden age

* ChimneyEntry: In "A Mouse Divided", where Sylvester 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.

* Tweet and Sour

* WesternAnimation/Scaredy Cat: First of three cartoons with Porky and Sylvester visiting strange places (the others are ''Claws for Alarm'' and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'').

* Scaredy Cat: First of three cartoons with Porky and Sylvester visiting strange places (the others are ''Claws for Alarm'' and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'').

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The duo’s second outing “I Taw a Puddy Tat” arguably has it more than “Tweetie Pie”. While Tweety still retains some of his Clampett-era characterization (outright fighting back against Sylvester), shockingly for viewers more familiar with 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 dual AshFace/{{Blackface}} gag ([[{{Bowdlerization}} which unsurprisingly is now cut on television]]).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The duo’s second outing “I Taw a Puddy Tat” arguably has it more than “Tweetie Pie”. While Tweety still retains some of his Clampett-era characterization (outright fighting back against Sylvester), shockingly for viewers more familiar with 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]]).

''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.

* 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 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]]).

* 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]]).