Editing Tweety (section)

{{short description|Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon character}}
{{Redirect|Tweety Pie|the cartoon|Tweetie Pie}}
{{about|the Warner Bros. fictional character}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Tweety
| series = [[Looney Tunes]]/[[Merrie Melodies]]
| image = Tweety.svg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = Tweety in the Friz Freleng design. This is also his current appearance.
| first = ''[[A Tale of Two Kitties]]'' ({{Start date and age|1942|11|21}}) (as Orson)<br> ''[[Birdy and the Beast]]'' ({{Start date and age|1944|08|19}}) (as Tweety)
| creator = [[Bob Clampett]]
| lbl1 = Developed by
|eyes = Blue
|
 data1 = {{plainlist|
* [[Friz Freleng]]
* [[Warren Foster]]
* [[Tedd Pierce]]
* [[Michael Maltese]]
}}
| designer = {{Ubl
| [[Rod Scribner]] (1942)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Clampett's "A Tale Of Two Kitties" (1942) {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bob-clampetts-a-tale-of-two-kitties-1942/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref>
| [[Thomas McKimson]] (1944–1945)
| [[Friz Freleng]] (1947–present)<ref>{{Cite book |title=I tawt I taw a puddy tat : fifty years of Sylvester and Tweety |last=Beck |first=Jerry |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |year=1991 |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |pages=48}}</ref>}}
| voice = {{Ubl<!-- Do not change any dates without a reliable source -->
| [[Mel Blanc]] (1942–1989)
| [[Jeff Bergman]] (1990–1993, 2004, 2011–2018)
| [[Bob Bergen]] (1990–2021)
| [[Greg Burson]] (1994, 1997–1998)
| [[Joe Alaskey]] (1995–2011)
| [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]] (1996, 2003)
| [[Sam Vincent (voice actor)|Sam Vincent]] (''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]''; 2001–2006)
| [[Billy West]] (2003–2004)
| [[Eric Bauza]] (2018–present)
| ([[#Voice actors|see below]])}}
| alias = Tweety Bird<br>Tweety Pie
| species = [[Domestic canary]]<br>Generic bird (originally)
| relatives = [[List of Loonatics Unleashed characters|Tweetums]] ([[Loonatics Unleashed]])
| nationality = American
| significant_other = Aoogah
| gender = Male
}}
'''Tweety''' is an animated character, a yellow [[Domestic canary|canary]] bird in the [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series of animated cartoons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons |date=1987 |publisher=Plume |isbn=0-452-25993-2 |edition=Revised |pages=256–258}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Canaries in the Clouds |url=https://artsoftheworkingclass.org/text/canaries-in-the-clouds |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=artsoftheworkingclass.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> His characteristics are based on [[Red Skelton]]'s famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Charney |first1=Maurice |title=Comedy: A Geographic and Historical Guide |volume=1 |date=2005 |publisher=Praeger |isbn=9780313327148 |page=143 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og4ntxFQP2cC&pg=PA143 |access-date=14 April 2020 |chapter=Animation}}</ref> He appeared in 46 cartoons during the [[Golden age of American animation|golden age]], made between 1942 and 1964.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/151/mode/2up |pages=151–152}}</ref>