Tweety is an animated character, a yellow
canary bird in the
Warner Bros. ''
Looney Tunes
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'' and ''
Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons.
His characteristics are based on
Red Skelton
Richard Bernard Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national old-time radio, radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program ''The Red Skelto ...
's famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid". He appeared in 46 cartoons during the
golden age
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during wh ...
, 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
Mel Blanc 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
Sylvester
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...
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
title song
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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
Bob Clampett
Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, film director, director, film producer, producer and puppeteer best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' animated series from Warner Bros. as well as the te ...
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
Friz Freleng 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
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger, Leon Schlesinger Productions) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the ' ...
and
Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety was not given a complete
character arc
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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
Bob Clampett
Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, film director, director, film producer, producer and puppeteer best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' animated series from Warner Bros. as well as the te ...
created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short ''
A Tale of Two Kitties'', pitting him against two hungry cats named
Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians
Abbott and Costello). On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson, which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon ''
Wacky Blackout''.
Tweety was originally created not as a
domestic
Domestic may refer to:
In the home
* Anything relating to the human home or family
** A domestic animal, one that has undergone domestication
** A domestic appliance, or home appliance
** A domestic partnership
** Domestic science, sometimes cal ...
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
Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side New York accent, accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced son ...
-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
domestic canary.
Many of
Mel Blanc'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
liquid consonant
In linguistics, a liquid consonant or simply liquid is any of a class of consonants that consists of rhotics and voiced lateral approximants, which are also sometimes described as "R-like sounds" and "L-like sounds". The word ''liquid'' seems ...
s: as with
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
, /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
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger, Leon Schlesinger Productions) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the ' ...
, 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
Friz Freleng 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
Sylvester
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...
, was 1947's ''
Tweetie Pie'', 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
Hector
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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
Aardvark's attempts to catch the
Ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
. 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
Billy May
Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), T ...
'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 ''
Tiny Toon Adventures
''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling a ...
'' 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
Yosemite Sam), 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 ''
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...
'', making
Eddie Valiant (
Bob Hoskins) 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
Mel Blanc 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,
Sylvester
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...
and Hector. In the series, Tweety has the starring role and is voiced by
Joe Alaskey. The storyline carries into the 2000 direct-to-video feature-length animated film ''
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'', where Joe Alaskey reprises his role. Tweety's prototype, Orson, also made an appearance in the series.
Tweety also appears in ''
Tiny Toon Adventures
''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling a ...
'' as the mentor of Sweetie Pie, and one of the faculty at Acme Looniversity. He was voiced by
Jeff Bergman for most of his appearances and
Bob Bergen in "Animaniacs".
In the 1995 cartoon short ''
Carrotblanca'', a parody/homage to ''
Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
'', Tweety appeared as "Usmarte", a parody of the character Ugarte played by
Peter Lorre in the original film. In several sequences, Tweety was speaking and laughing in character like Peter Lorre. He also does the
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...
ending instead of
Porky Pig
Porky Pig is a cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his celebrity, star power, and the animators created man ...
or
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger, Leon Schlesinger Productions) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the ' ...
. 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
Michael Jordan
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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
Looney Tunes
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co-stars, in
Cartoon Network
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's series ''
The Looney Tunes Show.'' He is voiced by
Jeff Bergman. He appeared in the episode "Ridiculous Journey", where he and Sylvester work together with Taz to get back home to Granny and
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger, Leon Schlesinger Productions) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the ' ...
. 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
Eric Bauza 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
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched 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
Cartoonito on
Cartoon Network
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and
HBO Max
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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
Miracle Whip dressing and
MCI Communications
MCI Communications Corporation (originally Microwave Communications, Inc.) was an American telecommunications company headquartered in Washington, D.C. that was at one point the second-largest long-distance provider in the United States.
...
long distance.
In 1998, the
United States Post Office
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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
Banksy's 2008 New York art installation ''
The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill'' features ''Tweety'', an
animatronic sculpture of an aged and molting version of the character.
In honor of Tweety's 80th anniversary,
Warner Bros. Discovery 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
Dell Comics
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''
Four Color'' series #406, 489, and 524, then in their own title from
Dell Comics
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(#4–37, 1954–1962), then later from
Gold Key Comics (#1–102, 1963–1972).
In 2017, Tweety appeared in the
DC Comics
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special, Catwoman/ Tweety and Sylvester, where Tweety teams up with
Black Canary
Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As one of the earliest female superheroes in the DC Comics universe, the character has made numerous appearances in prominent team-up titles, ...
, who he just calls "bwonde wady".
Filmography
Directed by Bob Clampett
* ''
A Tale of Two Kitties'' (1942)
* ''
Birdy and the Beast'' (1944)
* ''
A Gruesome Twosome'' (1945)
* ''
Baby Bottleneck'' (1946) - cameo appearance
Directed by Friz Freleng
* ''
Tweetie Pie'' (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)
* ''
Tweet Zoo'' (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)
* ''Hyde and Go Tweet'' (1960)
* ''Trip For Tat'' (1960)
* ''The Rebel Without Claws'' (1961)
Co-directed by Hawley Pratt
* ''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
Mel Blanc
* ''
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...
'' (1988), voiced by Mel Blanc
* ''
Tiny Toon Adventures
''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling a ...
'' (1990), voiced by
Jeff Bergman and
Bob Bergen
* ''
Carrotblanca'' (1995), voiced by Bob Bergen
* ''
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'' (1995), voiced by
Joe Alaskey
* ''Superior Duck'' (1996), voiced by Eric Goldberg (animator), Eric Goldberg (cameo appearance)
* ''
Space Jam'' (1996), voiced by Bob Bergen
* ''
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'' (2000), voiced by Joe Alaskey
* ''
Baby Looney Tunes'' (2001), voiced by Sam Vincent (voice actor), Samuel Vincent
* ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003), voiced by Eric Goldberg
* ''Museum Scream'' (2004), voiced by Billy West
* ''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' (2006), voiced by Bob Bergen
* ''
The Looney Tunes Show'' (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
Eric Bauza
* ''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
Mel Blanc originated the character's voice. After the Golden Age of American Animation came to an end, Blanc continued to voice the character in TV specials, commercials, music recordings, and films, such as 1988's ''
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...
'', 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:
* Danny Kaye (1951 ''I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat'' cover)
* Gilbert Mack (Golden Records records, ''Bugs Bunny Songfest'')
* Malcolm McNeill (''Spin a Magic Tune'')
*
Jeff Bergman (''The Earth Day Special'', ''
Tiny Toon Adventures
''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling a ...
'', Tyson Foods commercial, ''Tweety's Global Patrol'' PSA,
Cartoon Network
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bumpers, Boomerang (TV network), Boomerang bumper, ''
The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Looney Tunes Dash'', ''Daffy Duck Dance Off'', ''Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, Ani-Mayhem'', ''Little Red Tweety Hood'')
* Noel Blanc (''You Rang?'' answering machine messages,
''2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400'')
*
Bob Bergen (''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,
''Six Flags Great America, Bugs Bunny Goin' Hollywood,''
''Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'', ''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'', ''The Looney Tunes Show, Looney Tunes: Laff Riot'' pilot, ''
New Looney Tunes'', ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'', ''Space Jam: A New Legacy'', various commercials)
* Keith Scott (voice actor), Keith Scott (''Looney Tunes Musical Review, Looney Tunes Musical Revue'',
''The Christmas Looney Tunes Classic Collection'',
Westfield Group, Westfield commercial, HBF Health Fund, HBF Insurance commercial,
''Warner Bros. Movie World, Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza'',
KFC commercials,
''Six Flags Great Adventure, Looney Tunes: We Got the Beat!'',
''Warner Bros. Movie World, Looney Tunes on Ice'', ''Looney Tunes LIVE! Classroom Capers'',
''Christmas Moments with Looney Tunes'', ''The Looney Tunes Radio Show'',
''Looney Rock'', ''Carols by Candlelight, Looney Tunes Christmas Carols''
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* Greg Burson (''Animaniacs'', ''Six Flags Great Adventure, Warner Bros. Kids Club'', ''Quest for Camelot'' promotion)
*
Joe Alaskey (''
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'',
''
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'', ''The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas'', ''Looney Tunes Dance Off'', ''Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics'', various video games, webtoons, and commercials)
* Frank Welker (chirping sounds in ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' and ''Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'')
* Eric Goldberg (animator), Eric Goldberg (''Superior Duck'', ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action'')
* Sam Vincent (voice actor), Samuel Vincent (''
Baby Looney Tunes'', ''Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure, Baby Looney Tunes: Egg-straordinary Adventure'')
* Tom Kenny (''Twick or Tweety'' (as Vampire Tweety))
* Billy West (''Museum Scream'')
* Kevin Shinick (''Mad (TV series), Mad'')
* Patrick Warburton (''Family Guy'')
* Seth Green (''Robot Chicken'')
* Dee Bradley Baker (''New Looney Tunes'' (monster form))
*
Eric Bauza (''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, ''Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, 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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Film characters introduced in 1942
Animated characters introduced in 1942
Fictional characters with speech disorders
Anthropomorphic birds
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Male characters in animated films
Characters created by Friz Freleng
Characters created by Bob Clampett