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and

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series. He was created by Robert McKimson.

Appearances

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

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'' (1953) * '' Too Hop to Handle'' (1956) * '' The Slap-Hoppy Mouse'' (1956) * '' Mouse-Taken Identity'' (1957) * '' Cat's Paw'' (1959) (no

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) * '' Tweet Dreams'' (1959) (no Hippety Hopper) (note: flashback cameo in a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon) * '' Goldimouse and the Three Cats'' (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) * ''

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'' (1961) (no Hippety Hopper) * '' Fish and Slips'' (1962) (no Hippety Hopper) * '' Claws in the Lease'' (1963) (no Hippety Hopper) * '' Freudy Cat'' (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 '' The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout'', riding his skateboard.

References

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