Tweety
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"Charming Tweety" (MOC)
Tweety is an animated bird in the Warner Brothers cartoons. He is often pursued by Sylvester the cat.
Dispenser Information
Tweety is also called "Tweety Bird" or "Tweety Pie." The name is both a play on the word "sweetie" and a reference to the "tweet" sound that birds make.
Based on
A real-life Yellow canary
Variations
- A (1978 - 1980's)
- a: Blue eyes, no pupils, removable whites of eyes. Blue, Dark blue and Red stems.
- b: Blue eyes, black pupils, removable whites of eyes. Blue, Red and Yellow stems.
- c: Blue Pupils
- B (1980's): Etched and painted eyes (low)
- a: Hinge holes. Blue and yellow stems.
- b: No hinge holes. Blue, Dark blue, Neon red, Red, Teal and Yellow stems.
- C (1992): Flat, stenciled eyes (center). Blue, Dark blue, Neon red, Red and Yellow stems.
- D (1999): Large, decal blue eyes. Neon red and Red stems.
- a: Black lashes, © WARNER BROS. INC. 1980
- b: Black lashes, © WARNER BROS. INC. 1998
- c: Blue lashes, © WBEI (s06)
- E (1999): Cool Looney Tunes "Charming Tweety"
- a: Blue, Neon green stems
- XXX: 2008
- Stem printing: Tweety! with white flowers on pink stem
- Stem printing: Tweety! on light blue stem
- Stem printing: Tweety! with flowers
- F: Looney Tunes Active!
- G: Looney Tunes Active!
- Back in Action "French Tweety"
- World Cup Looney Tunes (2006) - "Football Fan Tweety". I (heart) Soccer printed on red stem.
Years Produced
- 1978 - year*
- See dispenser variations above for individual production years.
Feet
Patents & Countries
- 3.4 / Spain
- 3.9 / Austria, China, Hong Kong, Jugoslavia, Yugoslavia
- 4.9 / Austria, China, Hungary, No Country (IMC 1 & 5), Slovenia
- 5.9 / Hungary
- 7.5 /
Stems
- Blue, Dark blue, Light blue, Red, Yellow
- See variations for individual dispenser information.
Fun Facts
- A Tweety Pez dispenser was featured in an episode of the TV series Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld also voiced the character Barry B. Benson in the film Bee Movie.
