Flippy and Flop are a cartoon yellow canary and black-and-white cat duo that appeared in theatrical shorts from 1945 to 1947 by

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for

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. The canary, Flippy, made his debut in 1945's '' Dog Cat and Canary''. Starting in 1946, Flippy partnered with Flop, a cartoon cat.

Plot

The antics of the two characters were similar to that of

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and

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However, unlike Tweety, Flippy had to rely on Sam the household dog to protect him from Flop. The two characters only appeared in four cartoons together before Screen Gems was replaced by

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in 1948, with

' final cartoon releasing the following year. Their popularity never reached that of Columbia's biggest cartoon stars, The Fox and the Crow. Flippy (renamed "Flippity") and Flop lived on only in comic books published by

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until 1962.

Voices

The characters were mostly voiced by

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. (Flop also has a speaking role in ''Cagey Bird'' and ''Silent Tweetment'' by Frank Graham, and Flippy in the end of '' Big House Blues'' by Bill Shaw.)

Filmography

References

External links

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