| Rudolph the Cat | |
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Real Name |
Rudolph |
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First Appearance |
Puss n' Booty (December 11, 1943) |
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Original Publisher |
Warner Bros. |
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Created by |
Cal Dalton and Warren Foster |
Origin[]
A pet owner comes home to find that her pet canary Dicky is gone. As she searches around, her cat Rudolph burps the feathers of Dicky, but also stages that Dicky flew out the window. Stating that's the fifth canary that flew out on her, she calls the pet shop to get her a new bird. As the delivery truck arrives, Rudolph waits outside in hopes to get another meal. He peeps inside of the cage, revealing a small bird who shivers on sight of the cat, fearing impending doom from being eaten.
The owner names the bird Petey, and gives him and Rudolph their food. However, Rudolph is disgusted with drinking milk and attempts to eat Petey. As Rudolph leaps for the bird, Petey lifts his cage quickly, directing Rudolph into a wall. Rudolph attaches strings to the cage and attempts the same jump again, but Petey opens both doors of the cage and flies out of the way, leading Rudolph outside of the window and slamming into a fountain.
That night, Rudolph sneakily tries to nab his dinner while Petey is sleeping, but Petey smashes Rudolph's hand with a mallet and drops another one on his head giving a rather malicious grin. Later on, Rudolph then drops from above of the cage, ricocheting up and down repeatedly until he is flung to the door. Petey quickly escapes from the cat's mouth and flies back into his cage, which has Rudolph waiting inside to eat him.
After a large fight (that Petey apparently wins) ensues that wakes up the owner, she comes out of her room and finds out that Rudolph is now missing. Petey wordlessly states he doesn't know where Rudolph is, and goes back to sleep but not before the canary burps up Rudolph's neck bow in a hiccup implying that Rudolph has suffered the same fate that he himself bestowed on his owner's previous five canaries.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Puss n' Booty (1943)
Notes[]
- This cartoon entered the public domain in 1972 due to Warner Bros. failing to renew the copyright in time. It is the most recent Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies short in the public domain.
- This short's concept would later be redone with Sylvester and Tweety in "I Taw a Putty Tat".