Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the supervillain, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character, as seen in the "Austin Powers" film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons "Inspector Gadget" with the character of Dr. Claw and "Danger Mouse" with the character of
A Street Cat Named Sylvester A Street Cat Named Sylvester A Street Cat Named Sylvester is a 1953 animated short featuring Sylvester and Tweety. The title is a play on "A Streetcar Named Desire", a play later made into a film. Tweety stumbles into Sylvester's house looking for shelter and Sylvester hesitates if he saw a tweety bird in the same manner Tweety wonders if he saw a 'Putty Tat'. Sylvester snatches him inside but has to hide Tweety in a vase covered by books when Granny appears. While Hector remains bedridden, having injured himself while chasing Sylvester, the cat causes whatever diversion he can