Which Looney Tunes character is a small yellow canary?

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Tweety is the small yellow canary in the Looney Tunes cast. The character’s innocent appearance and high-pitched voice contrast with his clever ability to evade Sylvester, who is constantly trying to catch him.

Tweety first appeared in the 1942 cartoon “A Tale of Two Kitties,” created by Bob Clampett. Early cartoons presented the bird as a naked-looking pink hatchling, but Tweety’s familiar yellow design developed soon afterward. His recurring phrase, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat,” became a signature line.

Tweety is often mistakenly treated as simply a baby bird, but the character is specifically depicted as a canary. Granny is his protective owner, and Sylvester is usually the pursuing cat. Road Runner is also a bird, but he is a larger desert-running species and belongs to a separate series of cartoons.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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