Tweety is an animated character, a yellow canary bird in the

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'' and ''

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'' series of animated cartoons. His characteristics are based on

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's famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid". He appeared in 46 cartoons during the

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, made between 1942 and 1964.

Personality and identity

Despite the perceptions that people may hold, owing to the long eyelashes and high-pitched voice (which

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provided), Tweety is male although his ambiguity was played with. For example, in the cartoon " Snow Business", when Granny entered a room containing Tweety and

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she said: "Here I am, boys!". Another confirmation that Tweety is male comes from the cartoon ''Greedy for Tweety'' in which during a hospital stay, Granny (portrayed as a nurse) utters "Oh the poor little Tweety bird, let's makes him a little more comfortable", as she adjusts his bed. Nonetheless, a 1952 cartoon was entitled '' Ain't She Tweet''. Also, his species is ambiguous; although originally and often portrayed as a young canary, he is also frequently called a rare and valuable "tweety bird" as a plot device, and once called "the only living specimen". Nevertheless, the

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of ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' directly states that he is a canary. His shape more closely suggests that of a ''baby'' bird, which is what he was during his early appearances (although the "baby bird" aspect has been used in a few later cartoons as a plot device). The yellow feathers were added, but otherwise he retained the baby-bird shape. In his early appearances in

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cartoons, Tweety is a very aggressive character who tries anything to foil his feline adversary, even kicking the cat when he is down. One example of a malicious moment is in the cartoon ''Birdy and the Beast'', where a cat chases Tweety by flying until he remembers that cats cannot fly, causing him to fall. Tweety says sympathetically, "Awww, the poor kitty cat! He faw down and go (''in a loud, tough, masculine voice'') BOOM!!" and then grins mischievously. A similar use of that voice is in ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'' when Tweety, wearing an air raid warden's helmet, suddenly yells "''Turn out those lights!''" Tweety's aggressive nature was also initially characterized by

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when he began directing the series, but would later be toned-down to instead have him be portrayed as a cutesy bird usually going about his business, and doing little to thwart Sylvester's ill-conceived plots, allowing them to simply collapse on their own; he became even less aggressive when Granny was introduced, but occasionally Tweety still showed a malicious side when egged on. Despite this, in comparison with other major ''Looney Tunes'' protagonists such as

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, Tweety was not given a complete

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, instead embodying the "innocent child" role offsetting the motives of his superior Sylvester and their guardian figure.

Creation by Bob Clampett

created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short ''

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'', pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians

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). On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson, which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon ''

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''. Tweety was originally created not as a

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canary, but as a generic (and wild) baby bird in an outdoor nest: naked (pink), jowly, and also far more aggressive and saucy, as opposed to the later, better-known version of him as a less hot-tempered (but still somewhat ornery) yellow canary. In the documentary '' Bugs Bunny: Superstar'', animator Clampett stated that Tweety had been based "on my own naked baby picture." Clampett did two more shorts with the "naked genius", as a

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-ish cat once called him in '' A Gruesome Twosome''. The second Tweety short, '' Birdy and the Beast'', finally bestowed the baby bird with his new name, and gave him his blue eyes. After the first three cartoons, censors declared that the character was nude, and they made the studio paint him yellow to make it look as if he was covered in feathers. The change made Tweety look like a regular yellow

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. Many of

's characters are known for speech impediments. One of Tweety's most noticeable is that /s/, /k/, and /g/ are changed to /t/, /d/, or (final s) /θ/; for example, "pussy cat" comes out as "putty tat", later rendered "puddy tat", "Granny" comes out as "Dwanny" and "sweetie pie" comes out as "tweetie pie" (a phonological pattern referred to as 'fronting'), hence his name. He also has trouble with

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s: as with

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, /l/ and /r/ come out as /w/. In '' Canary Row'' and '' Putty Tat Trouble'', he begins the cartoon by singing a song about himself, "I'm a tweet wittow biwd in a diwded tage; Tweety'th my name but I don't know my age, I don't have to wuwy and dat is dat; I'm tafe in hewe fwom dat ol' putty tat". (Translation: "I'm a sweet little bird in a gilded cage...") Aside from this speech impediment, Tweety's voice is that of

, one speed up (if '' The Old Grey Hare'', which depicts Bugs as an infant, is any indication of that); the only difference is that Bugs does not have trouble pronouncing /s/, /k/ and /g/ as mentioned above.

Freleng takes over

Clampett began work on a short that would pit Tweety against a then-unnamed, lisping black and white cat created by

in 1946. However, Clampett left the studio before going into full production on the short (which had a storyboard produced, where it was titled "Fat Rat and the Stupid Cat"), however Freleng would use Tweety in his own separate project. Freleng toned Tweety down and gave him a cuter appearance, resulting in his long-lashed blue-pupil eyes and yellow feathers. Clampett mentions in ''Bugs Bunny: Superstar'' that the feathers were added to satisfy censors who objected to the naked bird. The first short to team Tweety and the cat, later named

, was 1947's ''

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'', which won Warner Bros. its first Academy Award for Best Short Subject. Sylvester and Tweety proved to be one of the most notable pairings in animation history. Most of their cartoons followed a standard formula: * Sylvester wants to catch and eat Tweety, but some major obstacle stands in his way – usually Granny or her bulldog

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(or occasionally, numerous bulldogs, or another cat who also wants to catch and eat Tweety). * Tweety says his signature lines "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" and "I did! I did taw a puddy tat!" (Originally, like in ''A Tale of Two Kitties'', it was "I did! I taw a putty tat!", but the extra "did" got inserted, starting with Freleng's first cartoon, somehow). In later cartoons, such as '' Home, Tweet Home'', Tweety says "I did! I did! I did taw a puddy tat!" * Sylvester spends the entire film using progressively more elaborate schemes or devices to catch Tweety, similar to Wile E. Coyote in his ongoing efforts to catch the Road Runner, Tom's attempts to catch Jerry, and the

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's attempts to catch the

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. Of course, each of his tricks fail, either due to their flaws or, more often than not, because of intervention by either Hector the Bulldog or an indignant Granny, or after Tweety steers the enemy toward them or another device (such as off the ledge of a tall building or in front of an oncoming train). In a few of the cartoons, Sylvester does manage to briefly eat Tweety up with a gulp. However, either Granny or another character makes him spit Tweety out right away. In the 1952 Christmas-themed short '' Gift Wrapped'', Sylvester was also briefly eaten by Hector the Bulldog, and forced by Granny to spit him out; as punishment, both Sylvester and Hector were tied up with their mouths gagged shut. In 1951, Mel Blanc (with

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's orchestra) had a hit single with " I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat", a song performed in character by Tweety and featuring Sylvester. In the lyrics Sylvester sings "I'd like to eat that Thweetie Pie when he leaves his cage", implying that Tweety's name is actually Sweetie Pie. Later the name "Sweetie Pie" was applied to the young, pink female canary in the ''

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'' animated TV series of the early 1990s. From 1945 until the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio closed, Freleng had almost exclusive use of Tweety at the Warner cartoon studio (much like

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), with the exception of a brief cameo in ''No Barking'' in 1954, directed by Chuck Jones (that year, Freleng used Pepé Le Pew, a Jones character, for the only time in his career and the only time in a Tweety short, '' Dog Pounded'').

Later appearances

Tweety had a cameo role in ''

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'', making

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(

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) fall from a flag pole by playing " This Little Piggy" with Valiant's fingers and releasing his grip. The scene is essentially a re-creation of a gag from ''A Tale of Two Kitties'', with Valiant replacing Catstello as Tweety's victim. He also appears near the end of the film alongside other animated characters. This was the last time

voiced Tweety. During the 1990s, Tweety also starred in the animated TV series '' The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'', in which Granny ran a detective agency with the assistance of Tweety,

and Hector. In the series, Tweety has the starring role and is voiced by

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. The storyline carries into the 2000 direct-to-video feature-length animated film ''

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'', where Joe Alaskey reprises his role. Tweety's prototype, Orson, also made an appearance in the series. Tweety also appears in ''

'' as the mentor of Sweetie Pie, and one of the faculty at Acme Looniversity. He was voiced by

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for most of his appearances and

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in "Animaniacs". In the 1995 cartoon short '' Carrotblanca'', a parody/homage to ''

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'', Tweety appeared as "Usmarte", a parody of the character Ugarte played by

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in the original film. In several sequences, Tweety was speaking and laughing in character like Peter Lorre. He also does the

ending instead of

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. This is also notable for being a rare instance where Tweety plays a villain character. Bob Bergen voices the role again. In 1996, Tweety (voiced by Bob Bergen again) appeared in the feature film, '' Space Jam'', with legendary basketball player

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. In 2001, a younger version of Tweety appeared on '' Baby Looney Tunes'', thus coming full circle from his earliest appearances. Here he was voiced by Sam Vincent. In 2011, Tweety was featured, with his

co-stars, in

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's series ''

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.'' He is voiced by

. He appeared in the episode "Ridiculous Journey", where he and Sylvester work together with Taz to get back home to Granny and

. He had been revealed to have fought in World War II alongside a young Granny. Sylvester also asked him how old he was, to which Tweety replied, "I'll never tell". Sylvester then asked if Tweety would at least tell him if he (Tweety) was a boy or a girl. Tweety whispered into his ear and Sylvester had a surprised expression and said "Huh, I was wrong". Tweety has recently appeared as a major character in '' New Looney Tunes'' and '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'', where his designs are mostly based on his Freleng heyday with a few Bob Clampett elements to make him more suited for 1942–1944, and his personality reverts him to being more violent and abusive in nature while being toned down to retain his cute facade. He was voiced by Bob Bergen in ''New Looney Tunes''. ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' is the first time that

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voices Tweety. On February 17, 2021, it was announced Tweety would star in ''Tweety Mysteries'' which would have been similar to '' The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries''. The series would have been a live-action/animated hybrid aimed towards girls and would have aired on

. However, the series never got off the ground as Cartoon Network announced all live-action productions were scrapped in December 2022. Tweety starred in a direct-to-video film '' King Tweety'' which was released on June 14, 2022. Eric Bauza reprised the role. Tweety appears in the preschool series '' Bugs Bunny Builders'' which aired as part of

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and

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on July 25, 2022. In the series, similar to ''Baby Looney Tunes'' and the finale of ''The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'', he is friends with Sylvester. Eric Bauza reprised his role from ''Looney Tunes Cartoons''.

Merchandise

Tweety and Sylvester have been used to endorse products such as

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dressing and

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long distance. In 1998, the

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honored Tweety and Sylvester with a 32-cent postage stamp. Tweety also appears in products produced by Warner Brothers Studios.

Modern art

British artist

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's 2008 New York art installation '' The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill'' features ''Tweety'', an

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sculpture of an aged and molting version of the character. In honor of Tweety's 80th anniversary,

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unveiled 80 themed murals done by artists from around the world.

Comic books

Western Publications produced a comic book about Tweety and Sylvester entitled ''Tweety and Sylvester'', first in

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'' series #406, 489, and 524, then in their own title from

(#4–37, 1954–1962), then later from

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(#1–102, 1963–1972). In 2017, Tweety appeared in the

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special, Catwoman/ Tweety and Sylvester, where Tweety teams up with

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, who he just calls "bwonde wady".

Filmography

Directed by Bob Clampett

* ''

'' (1942) * '' Birdy and the Beast'' (1944) * '' A Gruesome Twosome'' (1945) * '' Baby Bottleneck'' (1946) - cameo appearance

Directed by Friz Freleng

* ''

'' (1947) * '' I Taw a Putty Tat'' (1948) * '' Bad Ol' Putty Tat'' (1949) * '' Home Tweet Home'' (1950) * '' All a Bir-r-r-d'' (1950) * '' Canary Row'' (1950) * '' Putty Tat Trouble'' (1951) * '' Room and Bird'' (1951) * '' Tweety's S.O.S.'' (1951) * '' Tweet Tweet Tweety'' (1951) * '' Gift Wrapped'' (1952) * '' Ain't She Tweet'' (1952) * '' A Bird in a Guilty Cage'' (1952) * '' Snow Business'' (1953) * '' Fowl Weather'' (1953) * '' Tom Tom Tomcat'' (1953) * '' A Street Cat Named Sylvester'' (1953) * '' Catty Cornered'' (1953) * '' Dog Pounded'' (1954) * '' Muzzle Tough'' (1954) * '' Satan's Waitin''' (1954) * '' Sandy Claws'' (1955) * '' Tweety's Circus'' (1955) * '' Red Riding Hoodwinked'' (1955) * '' Heir-Conditioned'' (1955) – cameo appearance * '' Tweet and Sour'' (1956) * '' Tree Cornered Tweety'' (1956) * '' Tugboat Granny'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1957) * '' Tweety and the Beanstalk'' (1957) * '' Birds Anonymous'' (1957) * '' Greedy for Tweety'' (1957) * '' A Pizza Tweety Pie'' (1958) * '' A Bird in a Bonnet'' (1958) * '' Trick or Tweet'' (1959) * '' Tweet and Lovely'' (1959) * ''Tweet Dreams'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * '' Trip For Tat'' (1960) * '' The Rebel Without Claws'' (1961)

Co-directed by
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* '' The Last Hungry Cat'' (1961) * '' The Jet Cage'' (1962)

Directed by Gerry Chiniquy

* '' Hawaiian Aye Aye'' (1964)

Directed by Chuck Jones

* ''No Barking'' (1954) – cameo appearance

Post-Golden Age of American animation

* '' Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales'' (1979), voiced by

* ''

'' (1988), voiced by Mel Blanc * ''

'' (1990), voiced by

and

* '' Carrotblanca'' (1995), voiced by Bob Bergen * '' The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'' (1995), voiced by

* ''Superior Duck'' (1996), voiced by Eric Goldberg (cameo appearance) * '' Space Jam'' (1996), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (2000), voiced by Joe Alaskey * '' Baby Looney Tunes'' (2001), voiced by Samuel Vincent * '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003), voiced by Eric Goldberg * ''Museum Scream'' (2004), voiced by

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* '' Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' (2006), voiced by Bob Bergen * ''

'' (2011), voiced by Jeff Bergman * '' I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat'' (2011), voiced by Mel Blanc (Archive Audio) * '' New Looney Tunes'' (2015), voiced by Bob Bergen * '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'' (2020), voiced by

* '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'' (2021), voiced by Bob Bergen * '' King Tweety'' (2022), voiced by Eric Bauza * '' Bugs Bunny Builders'' (2022), voiced by Eric Bauza

Voice actors

Voice artist

originated the character's voice. After the

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came to an end, Blanc continued to voice the character in TV specials, commercials, music recordings, and films, such as 1988's ''

'', which was one of Blanc's final projects as Tweety. Before and after Blanc's death in 1989, several voice actors have provided the voice in his stead. These voice actors are: *

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(1951 '' I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat'' cover) * Gilbert Mack ( Golden Records records, ''Bugs Bunny Songfest'') * Malcolm McNeill (''Spin a Magic Tune'') *

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Noel Blanc Noel Barton Blanc (born October 19, 1938) is an American commercial producer, retired voice actor, and the son of the late cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc. Early life and career Blanc was born on October 19, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. He ...

(''You Rang?'' answering machine messages, '' 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400'') *

(''Tiny Toon Adventures'', '' Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball'', '' Looney Tunes River Ride'', '' Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!'', ''Tweety's Global Patrol'' live show, '' Bugs Bunny Goin' Hollywood,'' ''

Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers ''Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'' is a 2D computer graphics, 2D platform game featuring the Looney Tunes characters Sylvester (Looney Tunes), Sylvester and Tweety. It was released for the Sega Genesis, Genesis/Mega Drive console in 1994 an ...

'', ''Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas'', '' Carrotblanca'' read-along, ''Carrotblanca'' short, '' Space Jam'', ''The Looney West'', '' Space Jam (pinball)'', ''Bugs Bunny's Learning Adventures'', '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game)'', '' Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'', ''A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas'', '' Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor'', '' Looney Tunes: Laff Riot'' pilot, '' New Looney Tunes'', ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'', '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', various commercials) * Keith Scott ('' Looney Tunes Musical Revue'', ''The Christmas Looney Tunes Classic Collection'', Westfield commercial, HBF Insurance commercial, '' Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza'',

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'', '' Warner Bros. Kids Club'', '' Quest for Camelot'' promotion) *

('' The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'', ''Bugs & Friends Sing Elvis'', ''Warner Bros. Sing-Along: Quest for Camelot'', ''Warner Bros. Sing-Along: Looney Tunes'', ''Crash! Bang! Boom! The Best of WB Sound FX'', ''

'', ''The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas'', ''Looney Tunes Dance Off'', ''Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics'', various video games, webtoons, and commercials) *

Frank Welker Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He began his career in the 1960s, and held around 850 film, television, and video game credits as of 2020, making him one of the most prolific v ...

(chirping sounds in ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' and ''Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'') * Eric Goldberg ('' Superior Duck'', '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'') * Samuel Vincent ('' Baby Looney Tunes'', '' Baby Looney Tunes: Egg-straordinary Adventure'') *

Tom Kenny Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He has been voicing SpongeBob SquarePants (character), the titular character in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and associated media since its debut in 1999. Kenny has voice ...

(''Twick or Tweety'' (as Vampire Tweety)) *

('' Museum Scream'') *

Kevin Shinick Kevin Thomas Shinick ( ; born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, producer, director and actor, as well as a comic book creator. Shinick received an Emmy award for his work on the stop-motion animated series ''Robot Chicken'', and an Emmy nom ...

('' Mad'') *

Patrick Warburton Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American actor. His live action TV roles include David Puddy on ''Seinfeld'', the Tick (character), title character on ''The Tick (2001 TV series), The Tick'', Jeb Denton on ''Less than Perfect'' ...

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Seth Green Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor. His film debut was '' The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supporting roles in comedy films in the 1980s, including '' Radio Days'' ( ...

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Dee Bradley Baker Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of his work has consisted of vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as '' Adventure Time'', ''American Dad!'', '' Avatar: The Las ...

(''New Looney Tunes'' (monster form)) *

(''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'' (monster form), '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'', ''Bugs Bunny in The Golden Carrot'', '' King Tweety'', '' Bugs Bunny Builders'', ''ACME Fools'', Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi commercial, '' Lights, Camera, Action: A WB100th Anniversary Celebration'', ''Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports'', '' Tiny Toons Looniversity'', '' Coyote vs. Acme'') * Tom Sheppard (''Robot Chicken'')

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Hawley Pratt Hawley B. Pratt (June 9, 1911 – March 4, 1999) was an American film director, animator, designer and illustrator. He is best known for his work for Warner Bros. Cartoons and as the right-hand man of director Friz Freleng as a layout artist and ...