Sylvester Junior

Sylvester Junior

Sylvester James Pussycat, Jr, often shortened to "Sylvester Junior" or simply "Junior," is an animated cartoon character. He is the son ofSylvester the Cat and (presumably)Sylvia. Physically, Junior is basically a miniature version of his father in kitten form, having a large head in proportion to a small body.

History[]

Golden Age[]

He debuted in the cartoon "Pop 'Im Pop!", directed byRobert McKimson.Bob Bergen andJoe Alaskey (both after Mel Blanc's death) voiced him with the latter voicing his father as well. Junior possesses a degree of respect for his father, although often, when Sylvester does something embarrassing or humiliating, Junior often displays shamed and/or embarrassment of his father's behavior (sometimes donning a paper bag over his head). Often, Sylvester and Junior's shorts would feature Sylvester trying to captureHippety Hopper, a baby kangaroo, to prove a point to his son. Each attempt at capture, of course, failed miserably, owing to Sylvester's invariably mistaking the kangaroo for a "giant mouse," and as such being taken completely by surprise by the kangaroo's athletic prowess, with Sylvester losing every fight, often in spectacularly humiliating fashion.

"Tweet Dreams" has been the only pairing of Junior andTweety in theLooney Tunes shorts, though it was not a direct one, since Junior served as a flashback image.

Deep down inside, Junior loves his father deeply as does Sylvester, even patting him on the head.

Post-Golden Age[]

After the originalLooney Tunes shorts, Junior would show up sporadically in later years. InSpace Jam, he made a cameo appearance as one of the spectators viewing the basketball game between the Tune Squad (which had been led byMichael Jordan) andThe Nerdlucks (in their "Monstars" form).

Junior also appeared in the 1993 Sega Genesis video gameSylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers as a sidekick to his father to help him catch Tweety by giving him navigations, in the 1999 Game Boy Color video gameLooney Tunes as an enemy to Tweety to help his father catch him, and in the 2000 Game Boy Color video gameLooney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!

Junior was originally considered for a role in the storyboard concepts ofSpace Jam: A New Legacy, specifically in the scene where his father appears obese after lazing around inThundercats world since the firstSpace Jam. It was deleted from the final film.^[3][4]

Filmography[]

Cartoons[]

1.  "Pop 'Im Pop!" (1950) 
2.  "Who's Kitten Who?" (1952) 
3.  "Cats A-weigh!" (1953)
4.  "Too Hop to Handle" (1956) 
5.  "The Slap-Hoppy Mouse" (1956)
6.  "Mouse-Taken Identity" (1957)
7.  "Cat's Paw" (1959)
8.  "Tweet Dreams" (1959)
9.  "Goldimouse and the Three Cats" (1960)
10.  "Birds of a Father" (1961)
11.  "Fish and Slips" (1962)
12.  "Claws in the Lease" (1963)
13.  "Freudy Cat" (1964)

In other media[]

The film:

• Space Jam (1996)

TheWebtoons cartoon:

• "Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained"

Looney Tunes Cartoons

• "Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!"

Gallery[]

Main article:Sylvester Junior/Gallery

References[]