Sylvester the Cat

Sylvester James Pussycat, Sr. is a tuxedo cat who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He often chases Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. When depicted with an owner, he is mainly with Granny, but very early on he would be with Porky Pig. Sylvester, in main roles and cameos, has appeared in 103 Warner Bros. shorts between 1945 and 1966, making him the fourth most frequent character, after Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck, respectively.
==History==
==Personality==
Like Daffy, Sylvester is known for having a sloppy lisp. A common gag used for both Sylvester and Daffy is a tendency to go on a long rant, complaining about a subject and then ending it by saying "Sakes".
He shows a different personality when paired with Porky Pig in explorations of spooky places, in which he does not speak, behaves as a scaredy-cat, and always seems to see the scary things Porky does not see and gets scolded by him for it every time.
==Appearances==
===Original shorts===
1945
*Life with Feathers (3/24/1945, MM) - First appearance and debut of Sylvester; directed by Friz Freleng
*Peck Up Your Troubles (10/20/1945, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
1946
*Kitty Kornered (6/8/1946, LT) - First pairing of Sylvester and Porky Pig; directed by Robert Clampett; only Sylvester cartoon to be solely directed by Robert Clampett
1947 
*Tweetie Pie (5/3/1947, MM) - First pairing of Sylvester and Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Crowing Pains (7/12/1947, LT) - Only pairing of Sylvester and Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg; first pairing of Sylvester and Henery Hawk; directed by Robert McKimson
*Doggone Cats (10/25/1947, MM) - Directed by Arthur Davis
*Catch as Cats Can (12/6/1947, MM) - Directed by Arthur Davis
1948
*Back Alley Oproar (3/27/1948, MM) - First pairing of Sylvester and Elmer Fudd; directed by Friz Freleng
*I Taw a Putty Tat (4/3/1948, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Hop, Look and Listen (4/17/1948, LT) - First appearance of Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
*Kit for Cat (11/6/1948, LT) - Starring Elmer Fudd; directed by Friz Freleng
*Scaredy Cat (12/18/1948, MM) - Starring Porky Pig; directed by Chuck Jones
1949
*Mouse Mazurka (6/11/1949, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Bad Ol' Putty Tat (7/23/1949, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Hippety Hopper (11/19/1949, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
1950
* Home, Tweet Home (1/14/1950, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Scarlet Pumpernickel (3/4/1950, LT) - Starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk and others; first pairing of Sylvester and Daffy Duck; final pairing of Sylvester and Henery Hawk; directed by Chuck Jones
*All a Bir-r-r-d (6/24/1950, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Canary Row (10/7/1950, MM) - Starring Tweety; first appearance of Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Stooge for a Mouse (10/21/1950, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Pop 'Im Pop! (10/28/1950, LT) - Starring Hippety Hopper; first appearance of Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
1951
* Canned Feud (2/3/1951, LT) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Putty Tat Trouble (2/24/1951, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
* Room and Bird (6/2/1951, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tweety's S.O.S. (9/22/1951, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tweet Tweet Tweety (12/15/1951, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
1952
*Who's Kitten Who? (1/5/1952, LT) - Starring Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Gift Wrapped (2/16/1952, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Little Red Rodent Hood (5/3/1952, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Ain't She Tweet (6/21/1952, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Hoppy Go Lucky (8/9/1952, LT) - Starring Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
*A Bird In A Guilty Cage (8/30/1952, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tree for Two (10/4/1952, MM) - First appearance of Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier; directed by Friz Freleng
1953 
*Snow Business (1/17/1953, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*A Mouse Divided (1/31/1953, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Fowl Weather (4/4/1953, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tom Tom Tomcat (6/27/1953, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*A Street Cat Named Sylvester (9/5/1953, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Catty Cornered (10/31/1953, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Cats a-Weigh (11/28/1953, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
1954
*Dog Pounded (1/2/1954, LT) - Starring Tweety and Pepé Le Pew; only Sylvester and Pepé Le Pew pairing; directed by Friz Freleng
*Bell Hoppy (4/17/1954, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
*Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (5/8/1954, LT) - Final appearance of Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier; directed by Friz Freleng
*Claws for Alarm (5/22/1954, MM) - Starring Porky Pig; directed by Chuck Jones
*Muzzle Tough (6/26/1954, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Satan's Waitin' (8/7/1954, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*By Word of Mouse (10/2/1954, LT) - Directed by Friz Freleng
1955
*Lighthouse Mouse (3/12/1955, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
*Sandy Claws (4/2/1955, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tweety's Circus (6/4/1955, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Jumpin' Jupiter (8/6/1955, MM) - Final pairing of Sylvester and Porky Pig; directed by Chuck Jones
*A Kiddie's Kitty (8/20/1955, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Speedy Gonzales (9/17/1955, MM) - First pairing of Sylvester and Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*Red Riding Hoodwinked (10/29/1955, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Heir-Conditioned (11/26/1955, LT) - Starring Elmer Fudd; directed by Friz Freleng
*Pappy's Puppy (12/17/1955, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
1956 
*Too Hop To Handle (1/28/1956, LT) - Starring Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Tweet and Sour (3/24/1956, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tree Cornered Tweety (5/19/1956, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Unexpected Pest (6/2/1956, MM) - Directed by Robert McKimson
* Tugboat Granny (6/23/1956, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (9/1/1956, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Yankee Dood It (10/13/1956, MM) - Final pairing of Sylvester and Elmer Fudd; directed by Friz Freleng
1957
*Tweet Zoo (1/12/1957, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
* Tweety and the Beanstalk (5/16/1957, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Birds Anonymous (8/10/1957, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Greedy for Tweety (9/28/1957, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Mouse-Taken Identity (11/16/1957, MM) - Starring Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Gonzales' Tamales (11/30/1957, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
1958
*A Pizza Tweety Pie (2/22/1958, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*A Bird in a Bonnet (9/27/1958, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
1959
*Trick or Tweet (3/21/1959, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
* Tweet and Lovely (7/18/1959, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Cat's Paw (8/15/1959, LT) - Starring Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
* Here Today, Gone Tamale (8/29/1959, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*Tweet Dreams (12/5/1959, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
1960
*West of the Pesos (1/23/1960, MM) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Robert McKimson
*Goldimouse and the Three Cats (3/15/1960, LT) - Starring Sylvester Jr.; directed by Friz Freleng
*Hyde and Go Tweet (5/14/1960, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*Mouse and Garden (7/16/1960, LT) - Directed by Friz Freleng
*Trip For Tat (10/29/1960, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
1961
*Cannery Woe (1/7/1961, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Robert McKimson
*Hoppy Daze (2/11/1961, LT) - Starring Hippety Hopper; directed by Robert McKimson
*Birds of a Father (4/1/1961, LT) - Starring Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*D' Fightin' Ones (4/22/1961, MM) - Directed by Friz Freleng
* Rebel Without Claws (7/15/1961, LT) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (8/19/1961, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Last Hungry Cat (12/2/1961, MM) - Starring Tweety; directed by Friz Freleng
1962 
*Fish and Slips (3/10/1962, LT) - Starring Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Mexican Boarders (5/12/1962, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*The Jet Cage (9/22/1962, LT) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
1963
*Mexican Cat Dance (4/20/1963, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*Chili Weather (8/17/1963, MM) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*Claws in the Lease (11/9/1963, MM) - Starring Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
1964
*A Message to Gracias (2/8/1964, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Robert McKimson
*Freudy Cat (3/14/1964, LT) - Final pairing of Sylvester and Hippety Hopper; final pairing of Sylvester and Sylvester Jr.; directed by Robert McKimson
*Nuts and Volts (4/25/1964, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng
*Hawaiian Aye Aye (4/25/1964, MM) - Starring Tweety and Granny; directed by Gerry Chiniquy); only Sylvester and Tweety cartoon to be directed by Gerry Chiniquy; final pairing of Sylvester and Tweety
*Road To Andalay (12/26/1964, MM) - Starring Speedy Gonzales; directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt; first DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Sylvester cartoon
1965
*It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1/16/1965, LT) - Starring Speedy Gonzales, Granny and Daffy Duck; final pairing of Sylvester and Granny; directed by Friz Freleng
*Cats and Bruises (1/30/1965, MM)
*The Wild Chase (2/27/1965, MM) - Only pairing of Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones (some footage)
1966
*A Taste of Catnip (12/3/1966, MM)
===Post-golden age media featuring Sylvester===
*Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
*The Yolk's on You (1980)
*Who Framed Roger Rabbit (cameo, 1988)
*Carrotblanca, voiced by Joe Alaskey (1995)
*The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995-2002)
*Space Jam, voiced by Bill Farmer (1996)
*Father of the Bird, voiced by Joe Alaskey (1998)
*Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
*Baby Looney Tunes, voiced by Terry Klassen (2002-2005)
*Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure, voiced by Terry Klassen (2003)
*Looney Tunes: Back in Action, voiced by Joe Alaskey (2003)
*Museum Scream, voiced by Jeff Bennett (2004)
*Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, voiced by Joe Alaskey (2006)
*The Looney Tunes Show, voiced by Jeff Bergman (2011-2013)
*I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat, voiced by Mel Blanc (from archival recordings) (2011)
*Flash in the Pain (cameo, 2014)
*New Looney Tunes, voiced by Jeff Bergman (2017-2020)
*Looney Tunes Cartoons, voiced by Jeff Bergman (2020-present)
*Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam, voiced by Bill Farmer (from archival recordings) (2021)
*Space Jam: A New Legacy, voiced by Jeff Bergman (2021)
*King Tweety, voiced by Eric Bauza (2022)
*Bugs Bunny Builders, voiced by Jeff Bergman (2022-present)
===Webtoons===
*"Twick or Tweety"
*"Aluminium Chef - Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird"
*"Judge Granny - Case 2: Tweety vs. Sylvester"
*"Full Metal Racket"
*"Malltown and Tazboy" (cameo)
*"Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained - #1 Sufferin' Sasquatch"
*"Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained - #5 The Bermuda Short"
*"Toon Marooned" series
*"The Junkyard Run" (parts 1-3)
*"Sports Blab" (numbers 1 and 2}
=Trivia=
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