Sylvester Junior

"Sylvester J. Pussycat, Junior" is an animated cartoon character; he is the son of Sylvester the cat in the "Looney Tunes" cartoons.

Physically, Junior is basically a miniature version of his father, having a large head in proportion to a small body. Junior has been noted saying that he is three and a half years old. His first appearance was in the short "Pop 'im Pop", directed by Robert McKimson. Mel Blanc voiced both father and son. Later, Joe Alaskey voices both of them.

Junior's personality reflected a degree of respect for his father, though often, when Sylvester did something embarrassing or humiliating, Junior would (melodramatically) often profess feeling ashamed or embarrassed by his father's behavior (sometimes donning a paper bag over his head).

Often, Sylvester and Junior's shorts would feature Sylvester trying to capture Hippety 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. In one particular ship based short Junior was able to outdo his father by capturing Hippety, playing on Hippety's playful nature. Though "Tweet Dreams" was the only pairing of Junior and Tweety in the "Looney Tunes" shorts, it was not a direct one; Junior basically served as a flashback image.

After the original "Looney Tunes" shorts, Junior would show up sporadically in later years. In the 1990s animated series "Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries", Sylvester has a flashback to his childhood in the episode "A Mynah Problem"; in the flashback sequence, as with "Tweet Dreams," Sylvester resembled his son physically.He also appears in Space Jam. He is seen in one of the "Mysterious Phenomenon of the Unexplained" shorts of the Stranger Than Fiction Looney Tunes web shorts compilation DVD alongside his father on a camping trip interrupted by Bigfoot.