Marc Antony and Pussyfoot

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Marc Anthony & Pussyfoot
Tuxedo cat
GenderMarc Anthony: Male
Pussyfoot: Female
NationalityAmerican

Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot are

Kiss Me Cat (1953) and Cat Feud (1958).[2] They also appear in one Claude Cat cartoon, Feline Frame-Up (1954).[3]

Description

Marc Antony is a burly

tuxedo cat to whom Marc Antony is utterly devoted with motherly passion. The characters seem to be named as an allusion to Mark Antony and Cleopatra, who were lovers detailed in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Chuck Jones
, the creator, has discussed the efforts to maximize the kitten's sheer adorableness. All head and eyes, she is black with a white face and belly and a white tip on her fluffy tail.

Influence

Pussyfoot has appeared in some Warner Bros.

Another Froggy Evening
(1995).

Jones would later revisit the idea of a cute kitten having an unlikely protector in an

The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964), with Jerry becoming a kitten's friend and protector against a selfish and jealous Tom (the plot of which was borrowed from Feline Frame-Up (1954)). In Feline Frame-Up, Claude Cat
attempts to convince their human owner that Marc Antony wants to harm Pussyfoot.

A segment of Feed the Kitty, in which an apparently "inconsolable" Marc Antony believes that Pussyfoot has been turned into a cookie (and unaware that the kitten is actually perfectly safe), was the subject of a homage in the 2001 Pixar film Monsters, Inc. in which Sulley believes that a little human girl he is protecting has fallen into a trash compactor, and reenacts the scene with Marc Antony nearly shot-for-shot.[4]

A reference is also made to Feed the Kitty in the 13th and 14th episodes of season 14 of South Park with Eric Cartman acting as Pussyfoot and Cthulhu as Marc Antony in his "cute kitten" routine.

In the series Archer, the relationship between Archer and his daughter A.J. was inspired by their cartoons, according to series creator Adam Reed.[5]

Feed the Kitty is available on DVD, appearing on the compilations Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1, disc 3 and Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, and on Blu-ray, on Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1.

Alternate names

Marc Antony is referred to as "Marc Anthony" on his food dish in Feed the Kitty and therefore his name should be spelled "Marc Anthony" throughout this article. Pussyfoot is sometimes called "Kitty" or "Cleo" in some WB animation history books. She was later renamed "Pouncy" for her appearances in Bugs Bunny Builders.

Appearances

Classic shorts

Marc Antony also makes a cameo appearance in

Another Froggy Evening
(1995).

Other media

Films
Television series
  • Animaniacs (Pussyfoot only in "Cat on a Hot Steel Beam")
  • Toon Marooned (Marc Antony cameo at "Fowl By Comin' Round the Mountain")
  • Parallel Porked (Marc Antony cameo)
  • New Looney Tunes
  • Looney Tunes Cartoons (starring in "Boarding Games"; cameo at "Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!")
  • Bugs Bunny Builders (Pussyfoot only, renamed as "Pouncy")
Video games

References

  1. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
    .
  2. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7
    . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7
    . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ Doggone Sweet: The 70th Anniversary of “Feed the Kitty”
  5. ^ Stern, Marlow (2017-07-12). "'Archer' Creator Adam Reed on the Big Twist and the End of 'Vice'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-08-08.

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