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Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. [6] The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main character for a decade before Popeye's 1929 appearance.
Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in A Street Cat Named Sylvester and Greedy for Tweety, where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls.
In his early appearances in Bob Clampett 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.
The film. A Tale of Two Kitties is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, and was released on November 21, 1942. [2]The short features the debut of Tweety, originally named Orson until his second cartoon, who delivers the line that would become his catchphrase: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"
Granny, whose full name is presented as Emma Webster, is a fictional character created by Friz Freleng, best known from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated short films of the 1950s and 1960s. She is the owner of Tweety Bird and, more often than not, Sylvester and Hector.
Olive Oyl for President is a 1948 entry in the Popeye the Sailor animated short subject series, produced by Famous Studios and released on January 30, 1948 by Paramount Pictures. [2] The short is a reworking of a 1932 Betty Boop cartoon, Betty Boop for President , and depicts what Popeye imagines the world would be like if Olive Oyl were president.
Tweet Tweet Tweety is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on December 15, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester . [ 3 ]
Cartoons chronicling how Tweety Bird's appearance and personality have changed since his debut cartoon. Shorts featured include A Tale of Two Kitties , Tweetie Pie , and Canary Row , with clips from the live-action movie Citizen Kane and the animated shorts Papa Gets the Bird , The Cagey Canary , Birdy and the Beast , A Gruesome Twosome , and ...