Sweetie finally succeeds and Furrball is out, but when she tries to eat Bookworm (reading a book in a plastic tube), she also gets booted out and straight into Furrball's mouth! Despite them both already being kicked out of Elmyra's home, Furrball still spits her out. In Let's Do Lunch, Elmyra gives Furrball a home if and only if he leaves Sweetie alone,but despite Sweetie trying to get him to eat her, he avoids her every plan. The egg hatches and out pops Sweetie, as they instantly clash on their methods of doing things, from flying to catching food. In Egged On Eagle, the stork brings the American Bald Eagle (with a defeathered scalp) an egg, but the Bald Eagle is not married and has to deal with being a single parent. Sweetie presenting her contract in "How Sweetie It Is."
Her episode is divided into three different shorts Egged On Eagle, Let's Do Lunch and The Raven. In How Sweetie It Is, Buster and Babs get ready to host another show, until Sweetie comes up and tells them that she wants an episode of her own too. Sweetie Bird is one of the few characters outside of the main cast of Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Elmyra and Montana Max to get an entire episode devoted to them. Sweetie constantly outsmarts the predatory Furrball by making him look bad in front of his usually sweet-tempered owner, to the point of his eviction (or even voluntarily leaving because of her) from the home or apartment. In the short, Cross-Country Kitty, Sweetie and Furrball are both shown to be living with Mary Melody. In the short, Let's Do Lunch, Sweetie is seen to be owned by Elmyra Duff, who also owns Furrball, setting up the familiar scenario seen in earlier Sylvester and Tweety cartoons. As the cutest thing on two wings, Sweetie plays her "sweet routine" to its saccharin limits, posing coyly and acting like a flying Shirley Temple, but deep in her heart, Sweetie has the survival instincts of an urban guerrilla. Completely sweet, yet totally diabolical, our sleepy-eyed baby hatchling is somewhat of a Dr. Sweetie's personality tends towards behaving in an amiable manner, but is prone to a mischievous streak when dealing with her main enemy and longtime pursuer, Furrball.
In most of these cartoons, Furrball is chasing the little bird, who always manages to annihilate him.Ībandoned as an egg, Sweetie grew up tough on the inside and tender on the outside. Depending on the cartoon, Sweetie lives in a treetop nest, in a birdhouse, or in a cage at Elmyra's house. Often the tables get turned on Sweetie and she is pursued by Furrball, who she inevitably ends up clobbering mercilessly. She usually refers to a bug as "a tiny, little morsel," or "a tasty, tender McBugget." Sweetie has a ravenous appetite for worms, but the elusive Bookworm is much too smart to fall for her "sweet" facade. Sweetie's diet consists mainly of worms, horse-flies and other insects. Sweetie uses a delicate flutter when she flies and toddles on the ground in a cute "baby" walk. Her voice can quickly go from sweet to tough as nails. Her voice rises to a deeper, more sadistic tone when she is about to harm, eat, or squash something or someone. Sweetie is voiced similarly to comedian Judy Tenuta - speaking in a liquid trill followed by a throaty screech (when excited). Sweetie's pink coloring, devious grin, and somewhat mean-spirited personality seem to be a throwback to Tweety's early appearances. Her mentor and favorite teacher is Tweety. She attends Acme Looniversity and lives in Acme Acres. Sweetie is a young, pink female canary, who wears a light blue bowed ribbon in her hair.