 | What Does Tweety Bird Mean? |
Someone explain this to me: Why do I see so many women with tattoos of Tweety Bird?
What does Tweety Bird represent? Is there some deeper cultural meaning to Tweety Bird that I don’t understand?
Is there a Tweety Bird code that only people who have Tweety Bird tattoos can interpret?
How is someone with a Tweety Bird tattoo different with than someone with no Tweety Bird tattoo?
What I know about Tweety Bird:
Can’t really fly.
Big round head.
Huge eyes.
Irritatingly cute.
Kept by a grandmother with a dangerous umbrella.
At war with a hungry cat.
Most people don’t even watch Looney Tunes cartoons any more. So what gives? Why does Tweety Bird remain important? Is there a fundamental archetype that Tweety Bird represents?
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I always thought he was ugly and annoying, but some people think he’s cute in his baby-like way.
Comment by HareTrinity — 7/27/2006 @ 3:02 pm
That might be part of it: when a symbol is no longer in live use, its meaning can easily drift. Maybe, for the tattoo people, Tweety Bird doesn’t mean “that ditzy little bird in the cartoon”; it just means “a cute little icon”.
Comment by John Stracke — 7/27/2006 @ 3:34 pm
i think the idea is that he looks sweet and innocent, but is completely capable of taking care of himself, cleverly or by force. which would be well and good, except that he does it selfishly and at the deteriment of others. he’s not jsut self-sufficient, he’s cruel.
he personifies the cutesy & dumb act that works so well in american culture — 51% angel, 49% bitch is another facet of that. and i think it will be around for a while.
of course, some people might just like the big eyes. *shrug*
Comment by Vynce — 7/27/2006 @ 3:36 pm
I read somewhere about archetypes. Tweety is cute, sweet I agree that he is sweet as nitre) but if you think he is weak, easy prey, take advantage of him (or try to) you do so at your peril.
A condutor I know told me that he had beem asked about the Bugs Bunny “Barber of Seville” parody. He thought about it for a minute and said he figured that it was just fine, children everywhere heard the good Rosinni overture, and the Bugs Bunny charactor was in the place of Figaro, the Barber of Seville with good reason, they were actually the same charactor.. Nobility was very uncomfortable with Figaro (my friend says that there are similarities that go back to Odysseus) because of what he was. Figaro and Bugs Bunny. Both of them weak, humble, non confrontational. But they best their “betters by using their wits, entities which are their “superior” by most standards. Nobility and wealth for Figaro, carnivores for Bugs. They use their wits, they are smart, learn their adversaries weakness and use it against them, they lie, use subterfuge, are brave, and mean. REALLY mean, if you mess with them. They tend to brag a bit, too. Maybe Tweety indicates a “steel magnolia”. Or a snapdragon that just might grow real teeth or breath real fire.
Two of my four favorite ladies, my Rev’d cousin in law and my wife, well, I sometimes wonde if I shoudn’t have been scared to death of them for close to forty years, what with the things that sort of peek out every once in a while.
Comment by Sarge — 7/27/2006 @ 3:52 pm
Tweety Bird is a rat fink! And Granny is a fascist bully.
Sylvester is a much maligned, abused, hungy pussy cat just trying to get a square meal.
Signed S#$&^ster.
Comment by Terry — 7/28/2006 @ 5:46 pm
fuck all yall tweety haters!!
Comment by tweety — 11/10/2006 @ 3:01 pm
i just love tweety bird. there is no reason. i just think hes cute. i have been collecting tweety bird memorabilia since i was a kid.
Comment by jennifer — 2/26/2007 @ 5:36 am
i’m in love with tweety bird. to me he symbolize a funny and slick character. many people just hve tweety bird tatoos because he so cute and precious.
Comment by Jasmine — 4/23/2007 @ 3:19 pm
So why not have a tattoo of a golden baby doll? Cute and precious, right?
Hm. Maybe that’s what Tweety bird is - a golden baby doll.
Comment by J. Clifford — 4/23/2007 @ 3:55 pm
he is so sweet and innocent, how can you say anything bad about him?
Comment by GG — 4/23/2007 @ 8:03 pm
I THINK TWEETY BIRD IS SO SEXY AND I WOULD LOVE TO MEET TWEETY IN HERSHEY PARK OR SIX FLAGS BUT WHEN I GO , I NEVER SEE HIM. SO CAN U SEND ME A SCHDUEL OF WHEN I COULD SEE THEY LOONEY TOON CHARACTERS!!!!!!!!!!! THANK U SO MUCH 4 READING MY COMMENT!!!!!!!!!
Comment by venessa — 5/11/2007 @ 12:11 pm
Why are they hatin on tweety he’s so cute and innocent and for all yall that be hatin on my favorite cartoon character can go where the sun dont shine he might be fake but his character is makin more money than his haters…..Love ya Tweety
Comment by Countrygal09 — 5/11/2007 @ 12:52 pm
i think tweety is gay n he need 2 get off t.v. n he needs help
Comment by Anonymous — 6/6/2007 @ 12:23 pm
Thank you, Ali G.
Comment by Jim — 6/6/2007 @ 2:51 pm
I love tweety bird he is sooooooooooo cute!!! For all the people that be hatin’ and dont like him and think he’s ugly and a waist of time; they just jealous because they dont have the looks, fame, or the money that he has. He might be just a cartoon but he’s more than that to me!!!
Comment by Victoria — 8/25/2007 @ 9:31 pm
Why does tweety lovers are constantly bringing his money as an argument? What does it have to do as a quality for a cartoon character? So except the fact that it is found cute, there’s no great thing to say about it, it’s a very primar attachment, as for kitten or babies.
By the way, what does ”tweety” means?
Comment by Eric B. — 9/10/2007 @ 7:39 pm
i think some of these poeple are dumb and their are still poeple the watch looney tunes. I LOVE TWEETY!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by nekia — 9/17/2007 @ 10:41 am
Sometimes it fascinates me which threads on this website seem to attract the completely illiterate responses. As for the people referring to “all you Tweety haters” — uh… how many Tweety haters are there in this thread? As far as I can tell, there are more vocal Tweety-hater-haters than Tweety haters, so there’s probably no need to complain about the tweety-hating “dominance” of the thread. (this is a tactic we often see from politicians who have nothing of actual consequence to say — they just complain about the forum, instead, or say that the debate is being controlled by their opponents who don’t want to hear their side. it’s pretty stupid, as debate tactics go, but unfortunately, it seems to work on the general public very well.)
which brings me to my other point — why do people so vehemently defend capitalist icons? tweety has never done anything for you, personally — he does exist, so he certainly doesn’t give to charity or employ your grandmother or otherwise demonstrate any caring for you… so why do you feel the need to give a corporation using his likeness your money,a dn then turn around and vehemently “defend” him from people who merely ask why on Earth you’d choose to do so? but I don’t just mean for tweety — i mean for anybody out there with a corporate character fetish. it’s just part of a larger thing i don’t get about american culture. He makes money on his popularity as a money maker. some people are famous for being celebrities. I don’t get it.
(To be clear and honest, I like Spider-Man, and I have even come own two Spider-Man t-shirts, but I don’t go around railing on all the Spidey-haters, or Batman fans. When asked why I like the wall-crawler, I never say it’s because he’s got mad bling, or the hottest girl in marvel universe, or that he sells tons of merch in the real universe — if I were an advertising executive, that might be what I liked about him. But as a cog in this capitalism, what i like about him is the character he was written to be; the sense of humor and the morality reflected in some of the canon were better than other superheroes of his time, in my opinion, makinghim more interesting an socially relevant than the average — in my opinion. why would i care how good he is at making money, except as a sideways measure of how effective he is as a vehicle for his message?)
p.s. Eric B: “Tweety” refers to “tweet” — an onomatopoeic word meaning a particular nooise a bird can make. “Tweety” would mean “of or like a tweet” or in this case “one who tweets” — a pretty stupid name for a bird, on the surface. However, it is almost certainly also a play on “sweetie”: a term of endearment, usually used for children or lovers.
Comment by Anonymous — 9/17/2007 @ 12:59 pm
Tweety is the best around because he is cute and addorible no matter how big his head may be. Tweety is still very attractive to me. So please stop hating on my baby.
Comment by Benita — 9/21/2007 @ 12:42 pm
You gave birth to a bird?
Comment by Jim — 9/21/2007 @ 1:39 pm
i think that tweety bird is pretty ‘NOT’ ugly.if you look on tweety you can see that tweety is pretty
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Comment by anika brown — 9/29/2007 @ 9:59 pm
Tweety RULES!!!!! Been a huge fan for many years. Between his color and his looks, he rocks!
Comment by Anonymous — 9/29/2007 @ 10:01 pm
oh my god i luv tweety bird so dag on much man!!!!!!
Comment by brionna hall — 9/30/2007 @ 4:59 pm
OH NO BOO DATS MY BABY SORRY HE IS ALREADY TAKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by brionna hall — 9/30/2007 @ 5:01 pm
Eject! Eject! Abort mission!
Comment by The Animist — 10/1/2007 @ 11:33 am
4 AlL u HaT3Rz Dat r HatIn on Tweety he RoCkZ Hell Y3Ah SO iF u HatIN FUK U!!!
Comment by karla — 10/4/2007 @ 11:10 pm
TWEETY ROCKS
Comment by Yella — 10/17/2007 @ 12:13 pm
i have a tweety bird on me to it is nice
Comment by Anonymous — 11/1/2007 @ 4:12 pm
I LOVE YOU TWEEY YOU ARE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CUTIE
Comment by Anonymous — 12/11/2007 @ 12:15 pm
No one has mentioned Tweety’s speech, er, can we say impediment? It’s not really a real lisp though. Tweety’s most famous line is “I taught I taw a putty tat,” which is Tweety for “I thought I saw a pussy cat”. So, for starters, Tweety can’t pronounce “s”. But instead of saying thaw for saw, like the classic lisp, Tweety says “taw”. Tweety can’t say “th” either. And Tweety has to use “t” for “c” as well.
Now who does that? Babies for one. Children who are learning how to talk. All of which are pre-pubescent and asexual. Could that be Tweety’s attraction?
I have been saying Tweety, Tweety, Tweety, trying to avoid the personal pronoun whereby I would have to declare Tweety’s gender, because I’m really not that sure, but the posters above have clearly decided Tweety is a “he”. But a non-sexually-threatening “he” that is their “baby” and can’t even lithp properly. Is that Tweety’s secret?
Comment by Iroquois — 12/11/2007 @ 10:34 pm
“Dats my Tweety all da” I luv Tweety
Bird dats my favorite character on Looney Tunes “YAHHHHH DIGGGGGGG”
Comment by Chanel .D. — 1/25/2008 @ 7:05 pm
this is sooooo cute
Comment by bre — 2/4/2008 @ 4:51 pm
4 EVERYBODY THAT SAYING TWEETY BIRD UGLY AND WATEVA ELSE..STOP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE HE’S NOT UGLY,HE IS A BOY,AND IS THE CUTESTLITTLE THING U CAN HAVE IN YOUR HOME.NOW I LOVE TWEETY HE’S IM MY ROOM EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!EVERYBODY MAY NOT LIKE TWEETY BUT I DO AND I TENDS TO GET VERY VERY MAD WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM OR SAY SOMETHING AND THEY DONT KNO WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by SHANICE CLAY — 2/24/2008 @ 6:15 pm
I love tweety i can’t get enough of it . HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE AND FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love him
Comment by sexy mama — 3/3/2008 @ 2:03 pm
Really? Name me one funny thing Tweety Bird has done.
Comment by F.G. Fitzer — 3/3/2008 @ 2:12 pm
Tweety is the epitome of happiness. He always “looks on the bright side of life” no matter who’s trying to eat him and he looks all cute and innocent but totally isn’t…
Who doesn’t want to look sweet and adorable but know deep down that they can take care of shit when they need too…
Comment by mell — 3/13/2008 @ 3:12 am
Are there seriously a bunch of 3 tooth Tweety supporters typing “fuck all yall tweety haters” ? Wow.
All I can say is that Tweety is a bratty twat, and any girl with a tweety tattoo should be drowned in the shallow gene pool she crawled out of.
Comment by Leslie — 3/19/2008 @ 3:20 pm
za mene je twwety kao stvarna osoba no ipak je samo lik iz crtića možda me to i podsjeÄa da je živa.Ali ona je samo lik iz crtića i jedna prekrasna žuta ptiÄica
Comment by slatka — 3/21/2008 @ 2:46 pm
Why you all haters hating on my “Tweety”? and I do say “MY Tweety” cause I collect him and things that have his picture. What has he done to you all? He’s just the cutest cartoon, that’s all, so stop “Hating”. You all just jealous cause he’s too cute. Anyways, one important aspect in all this hating hides a reason for hatred in it self, cause hatred is causing killings around the world, if you know what I mean. So stop hating already, bet ya you all don’t even like you all selves.
Comment by Chelse — 4/2/2008 @ 2:35 pm
But Chelse, why Tweety Bird and not Hello Kitty?
Hello Kitty is cute too.
Comment by F.G. Fitzer — 4/2/2008 @ 2:48 pm
Who are all these people who are hating “on” Tweety and why aren’t they posting here?
And why don’t they hate “in” Tweety or “under” Tweety? Are they trying to crush Tweety?
Comment by Iroquois — 4/2/2008 @ 5:39 pm
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It has been a secret symbol for years for the gay community haha now your secret is out sandie R.
Comment by teresa — 4/3/2008 @ 12:30 pm
My secret that I don’t understand the secret symbols of the gay community?
Comment by J. Clifford — 4/3/2008 @ 12:52 pm
eeeeee i dnt like the pic soz abt tht
Comment by soso — 4/6/2008 @ 10:16 am
What I find absolutely hilarious is that I went looking for a random picture of Tweety Bird, and what do you know? I found a site with comments that range from absolutely hilarious to the most idiotic to the intelligent comments about Tweety’s “lisp”. And yet, not one person actually answered the original question posted for this thread. I am truly amazed.
And as for Tweety “haters”, I feel deeply sorry that you feel that much emotion towards a cartoon figure meant for little kids to laugh at. As to my comment regarding the original question, I can not personally answer that, because I neither idolize Tweety in any way nor do I look into the deep meaning of what Tweety represents. So I’m sorry that I can not provide an answer to the question, but I do think Tweety is fun to watch, not because I think it represents something, but because it can help one unwind. Good day to you all. 
Comment by Michelle McDonald — 4/20/2008 @ 8:41 pm
I think Vynce’s comment:
addresses the question pretty well.
Comment by Jim — 4/21/2008 @ 8:07 am
for me the appeal of tweety is in the line “i tawt i saw a putty cat, i did i did see a putty cat”. the idea that tweety is about seeing. enormous eyes. we “think” we see something. then we confirm that we do. how many other cartoon characters are about vision and perception?
tweety lovers abound because now, we’re living in a time when what we are seeing is changing so rapidly, and what we are seeing is so unclear, a cartoon character who is about vision resonates. at a time when veils between worlds lifting, ufo’s? conspiracies? activating DNA? a shift to a new level of human consciousness, an ability to use our intuitive sense of knowing, tweety seems like a bright little glimmer of learning to look carefully, openly and with optimism.
Comment by beth — 4/23/2008 @ 4:28 pm
i lovevtweety bird cuz my boyfriend call me dat. he say i have a kewt voice like em an …. lol a big head. he just playin tho. but tweety bird is my hubby
LOVE U TWEETY!! i have yo ballon and bag.. i sorry i cudnt find the necklace
Comment by leasy — 4/28/2008 @ 1:23 pm
Fa all y’all bitches sayin tweetybird is y’alls guest no he is mine fuck all y’all thats my HUSBAND YA DIGG
Comment by Mz.Tweety — 5/6/2008 @ 10:19 am
it’s me again this is my boo KNO DAT FUCK U BITCHES. H@ H@ H@ H@ H@ H@ H@ H@ H@ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Mz.Tweety — 5/8/2008 @ 9:30 am
So, apparently for some people, Tweety Bird represents Tourette’s Syndrome, and the simple pleasure of babbling idiocy.
Comment by J. Clifford — 5/8/2008 @ 10:12 am
i always thought he was a girl then when i found out he was a boy i thought he was gay. so i am not so sure what to think about tweety bird. i think he is cute and all but not reallworht gettin tatted with
Comment by shay lanore — 5/9/2008 @ 9:21 am
How cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by hbchvhvkhghv — 5/9/2008 @ 6:55 pm