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{{short description|Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon character}}
{{Infobox character
| name    = Conrad the Cat
| series  = [[Looney Tunes]]
| image   =
| caption =
| first   = ''[[The Bird Came C.O.D.]]'' (1942)
| creator = [[Chuck Jones]]
| voice   = [[Mel Blanc]] (''The Bird Came C.O.D.'' and ''[[Porky's Cafe]]'')<br>[[Pinto Colvig]] (''[[Conrad the Sailor]]'')
| species = [[Cat]]
| gender  = Male
}}
'''Conrad the Cat''' is a fictional [[animation|animated]] Warner Bros. character who was created by [[Chuck Jones]],<ref name="Davis">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRrnBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22&pg=PA59|title=Good Girls & Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation|last1=Davis|first1=Amy M.|date=2007|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780861969012|page=59|chapter=A Brief History of Animation|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sigall">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22|title=Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation|last1=Sigall|first1=Martha|date=2005|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578067497|page=39|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> and starred in three shorts in the 1940s.

He was voiced by [[Mel Blanc]]<ref name="Lawson & Persons">{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=Tim |last2=Persons |first2=Alisa |title=The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors |date=2004 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781578066964 |pages=55, 66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ffdBDDBUYsC&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PA66 |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Ohmart">{{cite book |last1=Ohmart |first1=Ben |title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices |date=2012 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1-59393-259-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PT401 |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> in the first two shorts, and [[Pinto Colvig]] in [[Conrad the Sailor]]. Conrad having been voiced by Colvig, has been compared to [[Goofy]],<ref name="Barrier">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xt5k08yuAXIC&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|last1=Barrier|first1=Michael|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199839223|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Davis" /> but has been criticized as having "only mannerisms (he rubs his nose a lot and grins, and giggles foolishly), and not a personality."<ref name="Barrier" />

== Shorts ==
He first appeared in the 1942 color short ''[[The Bird Came C.O.D.]]''<ref name="Barrier" /><ref name="Sigall" /> before featuring in ''[[Porky's Cafe]]'' (in black and white)<ref name="Sigall" /> and ''[[Conrad the Sailor]]'' (in color).<ref name="Sigall" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/cartoon-alley/conrad-cat/episode/825082/summary.html|title=Conrad Cat|website=[[TV.com]]}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In ''Porky's Cafe'', Conrad appeared with [[Porky Pig]];<ref name="Ohmart" /> in ''Conrad the Sailor'', he appears with [[Daffy Duck]].<ref name="Samerdyke">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWdVCAAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PT75|title=Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng|last1=Samerdyke|first1=Michael|date=2014|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781312470071|access-date=24 November 2019}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> All shorts were released in 1942.

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q30055760|title=The Bird Came C.O.D.}}
{{Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies}}

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[[Category:Looney Tunes characters]]
[[Category:Anthropomorphic cats]]
[[Category:Film characters introduced in 1942]]
[[Category:Animated characters introduced in 1942]]

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