Editing Tweety (section)

== Personality and identity ==
Despite the perceptions that people may hold, owing to the long eyelashes and high-pitched voice (which [[Mel Blanc]] provided), Tweety is male<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |author-link1=Jerry Beck |title=Tweety – Male or Female? |url= https://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/tweety-male-or-female-1094.html |publisher=Cartoon Brew |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121223203654/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/tweety-male-or-female-1094.html|archive-date=December 23, 2012 |date=May 27, 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Looney Tunes – Stars of the Show – Tweety |url= http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/stars_of_the_show/tweety/tweety_story.html |publisher=Warner Bros. |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021001185859/http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/stars_of_the_show/tweety/tweety_story.html |archive-date=October 1, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvester and Tweety |url=https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/sylvester/doc/ |publisher=Cartoon Network |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010123221200/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/sylvester/doc/ |archive-date=January 23, 2001}}</ref> although his ambiguity was played with. For example, in the cartoon "[[Snow Business]]",<ref>{{cite web |title=Excerpt of "Song of the Marines" |url= https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x816o |website=Daily Motion|date= July 17, 2006 }}</ref> when [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]] entered a room containing Tweety and [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] she said: "Here I am, boys!". Another confirmation that Tweety is male comes from the cartoon ''Greedy for Tweety'' in which during a hospital stay, Granny (portrayed as a nurse) utters "Oh the poor little Tweety bird, let's makes him a little more comfortable", as she adjusts his bed. Nonetheless, a 1952 cartoon was entitled ''[[Ain't She Tweet|Ain't '''She''' Tweet]]''. Also, his species is ambiguous; although originally and often portrayed as a young [[Domestic canary|canary]], he is also frequently called a rare and valuable "tweety bird" as a plot device, and once called "the only living specimen". Nevertheless, the [[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries#Opening song|title song]] of ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' directly states that he is a canary. His shape more closely suggests that of a ''baby'' bird, which is what he was during his early appearances (although the "baby bird" aspect has been used in a few later cartoons as a plot device). The yellow feathers were added, but otherwise he retained the baby-bird shape.

In his early appearances in [[Bob Clampett]] cartoons, Tweety is a very aggressive character who tries anything to foil his feline adversary, even kicking the cat when he is down. One example of a malicious moment is in the cartoon ''Birdy and the Beast'', where a cat chases Tweety by flying until he remembers that cats cannot fly, causing him to fall. Tweety says sympathetically, "Awww, the poor kitty cat! He faw down and go (''in a loud, tough, masculine voice'') BOOM!!" and then grins mischievously. A similar use of that voice is in ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'' when Tweety, wearing an [[Air Raid Precautions#Wardens|air raid warden]]'s helmet, suddenly yells "''Turn out those lights!''"

Tweety's aggressive nature was also initially characterized by [[Friz Freleng]] when he began directing the series, but would later be toned-down to instead have him be portrayed as a cutesy bird usually going about his business, and doing little to thwart Sylvester's ill-conceived plots, allowing them to simply collapse on their own; he became even less aggressive when Granny was introduced, but occasionally Tweety still showed a malicious side when egged on. Despite this, in comparison with other major ''Looney Tunes'' protagonists such as [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Foghorn Leghorn]], Tweety was not given a complete [[character arc]], instead embodying the "innocent child" role offsetting the motives of his superior Sylvester and their guardian figure.