Sylvester the Cat and Sulley Too

Sylvester the Cat and Sulley Too is a 2014 animated feature from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was later added as a segment to the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Sylvester the Cat. A soundtrack album was released simultaneously and featured such songs as "The Creamy Tree" and "Birthday, Birthday." The film, whose name is a play on the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" made famous during the 1840 United States presidential election, is based on the fourth and seventh chapters of The House at Sylvester Corner, the second Sylvester the Cat book by J. K. Rowling.

Plot
During the fall, Sulley has been jumping on anyone he comes across for fun, especially Wags when he is digging, which angers Wags, so he calls a meeting with Sylvester and Tweety and formulates a plan to abandon Sulley in the woods, and find him the next day so hopefully Sulley will stop jumping on his friends unexpectedly. Initially the plan seems to work, but when Wags, Sylvester, and Tweety cannot find their way home, Sylvester makes a suggestion about following a sandpit in order to find their way out of the forest. Determined to prove Sylvester wrong, Wags wanders away. Sylvester and Tweety then fall asleep, but are woken by Sylvester's empty stomach. He explains to Tweety that his creamypots have been calling to his tummy from home and that he couldn't hear them over Wags' voice. Sylvester and Tweety find their way out of the forest, but are immediately jumped by Sulley. Tweety, realizing that the plan failed, mentions Wags' plan, and Sulley goes into the forest to find him. Wags walks through the forest, and is scared by various noises such as a caterpillar eating a leaf and frogs croaking. Wags tries to run away in a panic, only to be tackled by Sulley. Wags is humiliated that his plan to lose Sulley had failed. Sulley explains to him that "Monsters never get lost", and takes Wags home..

Wintertime comes and Chomper wants to go play. Dorothy cannot be with him so she calls on Sulley to look after Chomper as long as he comes back in time for Chomper's nap. Sulley gladly accepts. Along the way through the woods, Sulley and Chomper see Wags skating on the ice. Sulley tries to teach Chomper how to ice skate by doing it himself, but unfortunately, he loses his balance and collides with Wags while trying to regain it. In moments Sulley slides into a snowbank and Wags crashes into his house. Sulley then decides that he does not like ice skating. Later on, while bouncing around the woods with Chomper on his back, Sulley accidentally jumps to the top of a very tall tree and is afraid to climb down. He gets even more scared when Chomper uses Sulley's tail as a swing, making Sulley think he's "rocking the forest".

Meanwhile, Sylvester and Tweety are investigating strange animal tracks that are really Sulley and Chomper's. Suddenly, they hear Sulley roaring, for help and quickly hide. At first, Sylvester mistakes Sulley's roar for the sound of a "Monster"; but after seeing that it is only Sulley and Chomper in the tree, he and Tweety come to the rescue. Shortly afterward, Kurt Von Trapp, Wags, and Dorothy arrive and the gang uses Kurt's coat as a net for Sulley and Chomper to land in once they jump from the tree. Chomper successfully jumps down, but Sulley, who is still too frightened to move, makes up several excuses to not come down. Wags then decides that the group will just have to leave Sulley in the tree forever, on which Sulley promises never to bounce again if he ever is released from his predicament. At that moment, the narrator chimes in for help. Sulley begs him to "narrate" him down from the tree, and he tilts the book sideways, allowing Sulley to step onto the text of the page. Sulley starts to feel better that he made it this far but before he can do otherwise, the narrator tilts the book back the other way, causing Sulley to fall into the snow.

Happy, Sulley attempts to bounce but Wags stops him reminding Sulley of the promise he made. Devastated, Sulley realizes he cannot jump anymore and slowly walks away and Wags feels better that there will be peace. Everyone else is sad to see Sulley depressed and remind Wags of the joy Sulley brought when he was jumping. Then Wags shows sympathy for Sulley and takes back the promise they had agreed on; he is then given a friendly tackle by an overly-excited Sulley. Sulley invites everyone to jump with him and even teaches Wags how to do it. For the first time, Wags is happy to be jumping, as is everyone else as Sulley sings his signature song once more before the short closes.

Voice cast

 * Jeff Bergman – Sylvester
 * John Goodman – Sulley
 * Paul Field – Wags
 * Cannon Young – Chomper
 * Jeff Bergman – Tweety
 * Joe West – Kurt Von Trapp
 * Carolyn Ferrie – Dorothy
 * Narrated by Tim Allen

Awards
In 2015, Sylvester the Cat and Sulley Too won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children (this fact is mentioned during the pop-up facts during the film as a bonus feature for the 2017 DVD release of The Many Adventures of Sylvester the Cat). It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

Sylvester the Cat featurettes

 * Sylvester the Cat and the Creamy Tree (2010)
 * Sylvester the Cat and the Blustery Day (2012)
 * Sylvester the Cat and Sulley Too (2014)
 * Sylvester the Cat and a Day for Pumbaa (2018)