![]() ![]() animated projects such as The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries voiced by Jim Cummings and Joe Alaskey. The pair have made few appearances since then, mainly cameos in modern Warner Bros. The final scene shows Catstello eating cheese and reading a book on living alone, before turning to the audience and once again reciting " Oh - I'm a baaaaadd boy!" Catstello trickes Babbit with his Yosemite Sam like voice makes Babbit utter a deliberately misworded variation on the Lone Ranger's classic catchphrase - "Hi yo, Sliver, awaaayy!" - before he and the cat gallop away. Finally, Catstello becomes fed up with Babbit making him the fall guy, and turns the tables on both Babbit and the cat, hypnotizing them into believing they are, respectively, a cowboy and his trusty steed. This results in Catstello running back and forth between the two as they continue use hypnosis. However, the cat soon studies hypnosis and is able to reverse Babbit's spell. Babbit has Catstello believe he's a dog in order to scare off the cat so they can get to the food in the refrigerator. ![]() Angrily, Catstello beats him up and begins force-feeding the cheese, uttering one of his archetype Lou Costello's famous lines: " Oh - I'm a baaaaad boy!"įinally, six months later in October 1946, Robert McKimson returned to the pair in The Mouse-Merized Cat, wherein Babbit uses a book to hypnotize Catstello. However, in the end, it is Swiss cheese, which Babbit can't stand. Babbit attempts to coerce Catstello (often by beating him up) into going after the cheese solo, using various methods to get it (which involved Catstello getting hurt). Their goal in this cartoon was the cheese in the kitchen's refrigerator, the only obstacle being the resident housecat. Though their characterizations were the same, the two were now mice, living in a hole in the wall of a typical cartoon kitchen. Three years later, Babbit and Catstello reappeared in the similarly named Tale of Two Mice, directed by Frank Tashlin. ![]() The hapless duo fail in every attempt to capture the bird, establishing the pattern that would be used time and again in future Tweety cartoons. ![]() Originally, the pair were cats in pursuit of a small bird for their meal in the 1942 Bob Clampett-directed cartoon A Tale of Two Kitties, a cartoon notable for the first appearance of the bird character, who would eventually become Warner Bros. In their first three cartoons, the "Babbit" character was voiced by Tedd Pierce, and Mel Blanc performed "Catstello". Although the short, fat character calls the other one "Babbit", the tall, skinny one never addresses his partner by name the name "Catstello" was invented later. He is small in height.Īn angry fish appears in the following shorts: Pagan Moon, Bosko at the Zoo, A Day at the Zoo, A Star Is Bored, and Sandy Claws.ī Babbit and Catstello Main article: Babbit and Catstelloīabbit and Catstello are cats based on the comedic duo Abbott and Costello. They were seen in A Cartoonist's Nightmare, Hare-abian Nights, and Water, Water Every Hare.Īngus MacRory Main article: Angus MacRory Angel Packed CatsĪngel cats who have appeared in 3 shorts: Angel Puss, Back Alley Oproar, and Notes to You.Īn unnamed ant character is seen in the short, Foney Fables. His only appearance is in The Fifth-Column Mouse.Īnimal predators who attempt to eat up their prey. They appeared in The Girl at the Ironing Board, Buddy's Lost World, Porky's Hero Agency, Porky in Wackyland, and Hollywood Steps Out.Īdditionally, the title of their film Soup to Nuts was parodied in the title of Duck Soup to Nuts.Īdolph Kitler is a cat that is a parody of Hitler. The Three Stooges are three humans than seem to parody the actual Three Stooges. 19.11 Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier. ![]()
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