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Cat's Paw is a 1959 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot[]

Sylvester is taking Junior up a mountain so he can earn his Bird Stalking merit badge. Sylvester asks why they need to climb so high, and Junior points to a huge buzzard nearby. Sylvester says they should stalk small birds instead. Junior sees a small bird in a nest above them. As Sylvester climbs higher, Junior's bird book identifies it as a very dangerous dwarf eagle.

When Sylvester reaches the nest, the bird's shrill squawk shocks him, and he falls to the ledge below. Sylvester tries again, but the bird thrashes him, and tears off patches of fur. With Junior's encouragement, he tries again, and is pummeled again. He hits the bird with a boomerang, but when it returns he is thrashed yet again. He climbs up above the nest and drops a boulder on it, but the branch springs the boulder back up to smash Sylvester.

Through with birds, Sylvester tosses his stalking equipment and starts chasing butterflies instead. He catches one, but it thrashes him as easily as the dwarf eagle did. Junior puts a bag over his head in shame.

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  • Cat's Paw marks the first cartoon to star Sylvester and Sylvester Junior together without Hippety Hopper.

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Sylvester Cartoons
1945 Life with FeathersPeck Up Your Troubles
1946 Kitty Kornered
1947 Tweetie PieCrowing PainsDoggone CatsCatch as Cats Can
1948 Back Alley OproarI Taw a Putty TatHop, Look and ListenKit for CatScaredy Cat
1949 Mouse MazurkaBad Ol' Putty TatHippety Hopper
1950 Home, Tweet HomeThe Scarlet PumpernickelAll a Bir-r-r-dCanary RowStooge for a MousePop 'Im Pop!
1951 Canned FeudPutty Tat TroubleRoom and BirdTweety's S.O.S.Tweet Tweet Tweety
1952 Who's Kitten Who?Gift WrappedLittle Red Rodent HoodAin't She TweetHoppy Go LuckyA Bird in a Guilty CageTree for Two
1953 Snow BusinessA Mouse DividedFowl WeatherTom Tom TomcatA Street Cat Named SylvesterCatty CorneredCats A-weigh!
1954 Dog PoundedBell HoppyDr. Jerkyl's HideClaws for AlarmMuzzle ToughSatan's Waitin'By Word of Mouse
1955 Lighthouse MouseSandy ClawsTweety's CircusJumpin' JupiterA Kiddies KittySpeedy GonzalesRed Riding HoodwinkedHeir-ConditionedPappy's Puppy
1956 Too Hop to HandleTweet and SourTree Cornered TweetyThe Unexpected PestTugboat GrannyThe Slap-Hoppy MouseYankee Dood It
1957 Tweet ZooTweety and the BeanstalkBirds AnonymousGreedy for TweetyMouse-Taken IdentityGonzales' Tamales
1958 A Pizza Tweety-PieA Bird in a Bonnet
1959 Trick or TweetTweet and LovelyCat's PawHere Today, Gone TamaleTweet Dreams
1960 West of the PesosGoldimouse and the Three CatsHyde and Go TweetMouse and GardenTrip for Tat
1961 Cannery WoeHoppy DazeBirds of a FatherD' Fightin' OnesThe Rebel Without ClawsThe Pied Piper of GuadalupeThe Last Hungry Cat
1962 Fish and SlipsMexican BoardersThe Jet Cage
1963 Mexican Cat DanceChili WeatherClaws in the Lease
1964 A Message to GraciasFreudy CatNuts and VoltsHawaiian Aye AyeRoad to Andalay
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseCats and BruisesThe Wild Chase
1966 A Taste of Catnip
1980 The Yolks on You
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 Father of the Bird
2011 I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
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