Granny
Emma Webster, better known as Granny, is a recurring character and one of the few major humans in the Looney Tunes animated franchise. Created by Friz Freleng, she is the owner of Tweety Bird, and more often than not, Sylvester and Hector. Her voice was originated by Bea Benaderet until 1955, and then by June Foray, who voiced the character for almost 60 years.
Character Description
Granny is normally portrayed as a nice, good-natured widow through her many appearances. She is highly protective of beloved pet bird Tweety, which is especially evident when he is threatened, usually by Sylvester. Despite her outward appearance as a harmless, elderly woman, she is shown to be very highly clever and resourceful. She is consistently proven to be much smarter and stronger than any character would assume, going to great lengths to overcome any obstacle in her path.
Granny is also presented as someone with old-fashioned tastes, which extend to her choice of transportation (such as riding on vintage automobiles or horse buggies) and inability to relate to contemporary fads. These traits were especially prevalent in her appearances up until the mid-1950s; however, such characteristics were toned down significantly since, as she had taken on newer jobs apart from her regular position as Tweety's protector.
She is usually seen wearing circular glasses, a grayish-white hair bun, an old-fashioned schoolmarm dress, and a necklace pendant. The appearance of her clothes varies depending on her appearances, usually ranging from a singular blue dress, to a white, long-sleeved shirt with a purple skirt.
Appearances
TV series
Movies
Shorts
- Looney Tunes
- Merrie Melodies
- Canary Row
- Tweety's S.O.S.
- Gift Wrapped
- Ain't She Tweet
- Snow Business
- Tom Tom Tomcat
- A Street Cat Named Sylvester
- Muzzle Tough
- Sandy Claws
- This is a Life?
- Red Riding Hoodwinked
- Tweet and Sour
- Tugboat Granny
- Greedy for Tweety
- A Pizza Tweety-Pie
- A Bird in a Bonnet
- Tweet Dreams
- Trip for Tat
- The Last Hungry Cat
- The Jet Cage
- Hawaiian Aye Aye
- It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
- Corn on the Cop
- I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
Comics
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Theme parks
Biography
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Debut series
We're All a Little Looney
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
Come On and Slam! And Welcome to the Jam!
The Baby Looney Tunes Way
Duck Dodgers of the 24th and One Half Century
Granny Gets Modern
Going Down the Rabbit Hole
Granny Gets Retro
Jamming in the Serververse
Educating in Looniversity
Granny Sells Out
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Granny/Gallery
Toys and merchandise
Behind the scenes
- While she is commonly known as just "Granny," she was referred to as "Emma" (and later "Emmy") by Yosemite Sam in the 1953 short Hare Trimmed. Later at the end of the 1965 short Corn on the Cop, Granny is called by a cop as "Ms. Webster."
- In The Looney Tunes Show episode "Eligible Bachelors," the two aformentioned names are referenced when her full name is revealed to be Emma Webster.
In popular culture
- In the Archer episode "Liquid Lunch," Archer says that On the Town was Bea Benaderet's film debut, but when the others don't know who he's talking about, he tries to jog their memories by telling them she was Tweety's Granny.
- In the Velma episode "Private Velmjamin," Fred wants to return a nativity miniature model with the Looney Tunes to Father O'Rourke, after Fred briefly became Catholic. Elmer Fudd is baby Jesus, Sylvester is Joseph, Granny is Mary, and Daffy, Porky, and Bugs are the three wise men.
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