a little yellow canary named Tweety. Voiced by Mel Blanc, the innocent Tweety is said to have been inspired by Warner Bros. animator Bob Clampett's fond remembrances of baby birds he saw in nature films as a child, baby pictures of himself, and his own young son. Audiences grew to love Tweety because he remains unruffled in the face of danger (usually
Sylvester's jaws) and continuously outsmarts his drooling predators�but also because, well� he's sooooo cute! In 1947's Oscar-winning Tweetie Pie bird and cat first officially lock horns. In another early Tweet, Tweety manages to outfox the cunning cat. And from then on it was a match made in�well�almost.
The cat-and-bird chase scenario became a favorite for Warner Bros. and audiences alike in classics like Jet Cage, Putty Tat Trouble, Gift Wrapped and Rebel Without Claws, in which Tweety, a Confederate courier carrying an inconsequential message, battles Sylvester, a threatening Union soldier. In Tom Tom Tomcat, Tweety and Granny play Westward-bound pioneers who are attacked by a tribe of Sylvester-like Indians. The chases also take place in less exotic locations -- Sylvester hunts Tweety in a department store in Bird In A Guilty Cage; and in Room And Bird, Sylvester pursues Tweety in a residential hotel.