Tardar Sauce (born April 4, 2012), commonly known as Grumpy Cat , is an American celebrity internet cat. He is known for his permanently "grumpy" face appearance, caused by underbite dwarfism and cats. She became famous when a photo of her was posted on social news website Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, brother of Tabatha's owner, in September 2012, and lolcats and parodies made from photos by Reddit users became viral. He is the subject of a popular internet meme in which negative, cynical lyrics are made from photographs of him.
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Tardar Sauce is one of four kittens born to the mother calico and the father of an unknown type in the home of its owner, Tabatha Bundesen. The Bundesens says that Tardar Sauce's face looks fierce because the cat has a form of dwarfism. He and his brother Pokey were born from normal parents with "flat face, bubble eyes, and short tail". The Tardar sauce is small and has a slightly different "hind leg". Although she has a "grumpy" appearance and is called "Grumpy Cat", according to Bundesens, 99% of her time is "normal cat".
Ben Lashes is the manager of Grumpy Cat, which also represents the Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. Tabatha Bundesen takes time off from his job at Red Lobster to manage Grumpy Cat's schedule while Bryan Bundesen manages Grumpy Cat's website, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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Media appearance
Photo sessions are only once a week, and handling by strangers is limited. At South by Southwest Interactive, Tardar Sauce makes two-hour appearances every day as Grumpy Cat.
Grumpy Cat has appeared on NBC News Today, ABC News Good Morning America CBS Evening News Anderson Live , VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live , The Soup and FOX's American Idol . Grumpy Cat appeared on "Garage Logic" radio broadcasting the day of the Minnesota State Fair Live Internet Cat Film Festival. Grumpy Cat promotes Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book at BookExpo America. He attended the launch of his book at Kitson and The Grove's Barnes & amp; Noble in Los Angeles. In 2014, he appeared in a television commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. She also appeared at the end of The Bachelorette season and was a special guest on the November 17th issue of WWE Monday Night Raw.
In March 2013, Grumpy Cat attends SXSW Interactive, held at Mashable House. Friskies paid travel costs to Austin to make the movie "Will Kitty Play With It?" CNN, CBS, and CNET refer to Grumpy Cat as the undisputed "largest star" of SXSW Interactive over Elon Musk, Al Gore and Neil Gaiman. More than 600 fans, including Dennis Crowley, waited hours in line, nearly three blocks long, to take photos. Ian Somerhalder took a photo with Grumpy Cat and called her "my new love", "very exciting", "sweet like pumpkin cake", and "extraordinary kind".
In October 2016, Grumpy Cat made a special appearance on Disney Channel's Bizaardvark .
Starting November 2017, Grumpy Cat has 2.4 million followers on Instagram.
As of June 5, 2018, Grumpy Cat has 2.5 million followers on Instagram and 1.54 million followers on twitter.
Sponsor friskies
Grumpy Cat appeared on the episode of the YouTube Friskies game show "Will Kitty Play With It?" In September 2013, it was announced that Grumpy Cat would become the Official Spokescat of Friskies. TMZ reports that Friskies pay for first-class flights, private hotel rooms with king-sized beds, personal assistants, chauffeurs and unlimited Friskies food and bottled water. On March 22, 2013, Grumpy Cat traveled to New York City to promote the show and appeared on Good Morning America and Anderson Live and visited Time to a photo shoot. Michael Noer "interviewed" Grumpy Cat for Forbes , released March 25.
Merchandising
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Database, "Grumpy Cat Limited" is applied to the "Grumpy Cat" trademark and image itself in late January 2013. Licensed merchandise such as t-shirts and mugs are advertised on websites and sold on Hot Topics. Stuffed toys are also available, the official luxury goods produced by Gund. Ganz, the company behind Webkinz, also has a small Cat Grumpy doll that allows anyone to play with it on their Webkinz page. There are also various key chains and unofficial luxury products being produced. Bryan said that in March 2013 they obtained a "medium number five" and a "low six digits" in May 2013. The company has an estimated value of $ 1 million. Grenade Beverage LLC makes Grumpy Cat ice coffee "Grumppuccino". In December 2015, Grumpy Cat, Ltd. sued the Beverage Grenade for trademark infringement when the beverage company expanded the Grumpy Cat coffee line; However, Grenades argue the lawsuit was unfounded. In January 2018, a California Federal Court jury sided with Grumpy Cat Limited and ordered Grenade to pay $ 710,000 in damages for copyright and trademark infringement, as well as a $ 1 nominal damage charge for breach of contract.
The official Grumpy Cat book, Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book , was published on July 23, 2013, by Chronicle Books. This book is available in print and digital format from retailers worldwide. It debuted at # 8 Hardcover Nonfiction in the best seller list of Weekly Publishers and # 7 in the New York Times Bestseller List . Additionally, Chronicle Books publishes The 2014 Grumpy Cat Calendar Wall on July 23, 2013. Grumpy Cat's other book entitled The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations by Grumpy Cat published by Chronicle Books, which debuted at # 3 on the New York Times Top Selling List . Dynamite Entertainment published a comic book about Grumpy Cat and her brother, titled The Misadventures of Grumpy Cat and Pokey. Dover publications have also published dolls, stickers, coloring, and Grumpy Cat tattoos. An official video game called Grumpy Cat: Unimpressed was released by Ganz Studios and can be played on Facebook, iOS devices and Android devices. This game is a match of three games where if a combo is done, Grumpy Cat humiliation will appear. The players open their memes as they pass through each level and he can be angered with meows, hairballs, and laser pointers.
Movies
Grumpy Cat appears in Lil Bub & amp; Friendz , an inaugural documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013, and won the Best Feature Film of the Tribeca Online Festival. In May 2013 Broken Road Productions selected Grumpy Cat for the adaptation of the " Garfield -like" movie. Producer Todd Garner says "We think we can build great family comedy around this character".
On June 11, 2014, it was announced that Lifetime would produce a movie about Grumpy Cat, entitled The Worst Christmas Made of Grumpy Cat , which debuted on November 29, 2014. Filming took place over the summer, and Tim Hill and Jeff Morris wrote the script. It was reported that Aubrey Plaza will lend his voice talent to the Grumpy Cat character. Plaza is also a producer in the film and on November 6, 2014, Lifetime released a video containing the "casting" and "process" of the Plaza to become Grumpy Cat's voice.
Recognition
- MSNBC named the most influential Cat Grumpy Cat cat.
- Swarm by Foursquare released a limited edition sticker featuring Grumpy Cat.
- Grumpy Cat won Buzz of the Year Award BuzzFeed at the 2013 Webby Awards.
- Grumpy Cat won the first Golden Kitty prize at the second annual Internet Cat Videos Film Festival.
- Grumpy Cat wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at Friskies 2013.
See also
- Cat and the Internet
- List of internet phenomena
- List of the richest animals
- Cat Keyboard
- Nyan Cat
References
External links
- Official Website of Grumpy Cat
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