Trick or Tweet

Trick or Tweet
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 21, 1959
Starring	Mel Blanc Daws Butler
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Virgil Ross
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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Trick or Tweet is the four hundred and forty-fifth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 21, 1959. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Friz Freleng.

After attempting to steal a nest with Tweety inside it, Sylvester and Sam call a truce and decide to not eat him. But old habits die hard for both cats as they try to outwit each other in getting the bird.

Memorable quotes

Tweety: You know, I never tawt that being a widdle bird can be so compwicated.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tweety	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sam Cat	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City
      • Apartment buildings

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 21, 1959 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the Halloween phrase, "trick or treat".
• Sam has been redesigned in this cartoon and would be given a dimwitted personality.
• The Batman Costume gag from the 1956 Looney Tunes short, Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z is reused in this short.

Everlasting Influence

• Sam would return with the same design in the 1960 Looney Tunes short Mouse and Garden.
• Some of the concepts from this cartoon would be used in the Sega Genesis game Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers.