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| othername = Grumpy Cat, Tard
| othername = Grumpy Cat, Tard
| species = ''[[Cat|Felis catus]]''
| species = ''[[Cat|Felis catus]]''
| breed = Mixed
| breed = Munchkin

| gender = Female
| gender = Female
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2012|04|04}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2012|04|04}}

Revision as of 07:41, 2 June 2013

"Tardar Sauce" redirects here. For the sauce, see Tartar sauce.
Tardar Sauce
Grumpy Cat at the 2013 South by Southwest festival
Other name(s)Grumpy Cat, Tard
SpeciesFelis catus
BreedMunchkin
SexFemale
Born (2012-04-04) April 4, 2012 (age 12)
Morristown, Arizona
Known forGrumpy facial expression
OwnerTabatha Bundesen

Grumpy Cat (born April 4, 2012), real name Tardar Sauce,[1][2] is a female cat and Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression.[3] Her owner Tabatha Bundesen says that her permanently grumpy face is due to feline dwarfism.[3][4] Grumpy Cat's popularity originated from a picture posted to the social news website reddit by Tabatha's brother Bryan on September 22, 2012.[3][5][6] It was made into an image macro with grumpy captions. "The Official Grumpy Cat" on Facebook has over 956,000 Likes.[7] Grumpy Cat stars in Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary directed by Andy Capper and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013.[8][9] Grumpy Cat won BuzzFeed's Meme of the Year Award at the 2013 Webby Awards.[10][11] Grumpy Cat was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2013.[12]

Background

The Bundesens say that Tardar Sauce's face appears grumpy due to feline dwarfism and an under bite.[3][4][13] She and her brother Pokey were born to normal parents with "a flat face, bubble eyes, and a short tail."[13] Grumpy Cat is undersized and has hind legs that "are a bit different."[3][4] Ironically, Grumpy Cat is calm and Pokey has a grumpy personality.[8]

File:Austin Marathon 2013 Grumpy Cat.jpg
"I ran once...it was horrible". A sign paying homage to Grumpy Cat at the Austin Marathon

According to the Bundesens, Grumpy Cat is a normal cat "99% of the time."[3][4][14] Photo sessions are only once a week and handling by strangers is limited.[3]

Merchandise

Ben Lashes is Grumpy Cat's manager who also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat.[8][15] Tabatha took a leave of absence from her day job to manage Grumpy Cat's schedule[14] and Bryan manages her website, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.[5] According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, "Grumpy Cat Inc. Corp. Ohio" applied to trademark "Grumpy Cat" and an image of her at the end of January 2013.[16] Licensed merchandise like t-shirts and mugs are advertised on the website and sold at Hot Topic.[3][8] Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book will be released October 15, 2013 by Chronicle Books.[17][12] Plush toys are in the works.[8] Bryan said that by March 2013 they earned "mid-five figures"[5] and "low-six-figure" by May 2013.[12] Grenade Beverage LLC will make Grumpy Cat beverages.[12]

Media appearances

Friskies

Grumpy Cat appeared in episodes of the Friskies YouTube game show "Will Kitty Play With It?"[4][18][19][20] On March 22, 2013, Grumpy Cat traveled to New York City promoting the show and appeared on Good Morning America[21] and Anderson Live[22] and visited Time for a photoshoot.[23] Michael Noer "interviewed" Grumpy Cat for Forbes, released March 25.[24]

2013 SXSW Interactive

In March 2013, Grumpy Cat attended SXSW Interactive, sponsored by Friskies and hosted at the Mashable House.[4][5][18][25] TMZ reported that Friskies paid for flying first class, private hotel room with king-sized bed, personal assistant, chauffeur and unlimited Friskies food and bottled water.[18] CNN, CBS and CNET called Grumpy Cat the undisputed "biggest star" of SXSW Interactive over Elon Musk, Al Gore and Neil Gaiman.[5][26][27] Over 600[23] fans waited for hours in the line which was nearly three blocks long to take a photo [4][5][28] and included Dennis Crowley.[28] Ian Somerhalder took photos with Grumpy Cat and called her "my new love," "very peaced out," "sweet as pumpkin pie," and "kind of amazing."[29][30][31][32][33]

Film project

In May 2013, Broken Road Productions optioned Grumpy Cat for a "Garfield-like feature film" adaptation.[12][34][35][36]

References

  1. ^ "What a sourpuss! Tardar Sauce the Grumpy Cat becomes latest Internet sensation". Daily Mail. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Yes, You Could Totally Meet Grumpy Cat at SXSW: And here's an interview with the people behind the varmint - SXSW Blog". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-03-15. On her paperwork, though, from the vet? It's spelled right, with a "T" – for the record.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h September 30th, 2012 post by Grumpy Cat (2012-09-30). "About Grumpy Cat | Grumpy Cat™ - The internet's grumpiest cat!". Grumpycats.com. Retrieved 2013-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Grumpy Cat: The Internet's Favorite Sour Cat Draws Crowds at SXSW - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "The unlikely star of SXSW: Grumpy Cat". CNN.com. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  6. ^ "Meet grumpy cat : pics". Reddit.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  7. ^ "The Official Grumpy Cat". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Yes, You Could Totally Meet Grumpy Cat at SXSW: And here's an interview with the people behind the varmint - SXSW Blog". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  9. ^ "'Lil Bub & Friendz' Trailer: From Meme To The Movies (VIDEO)". Huffingtonpost.com. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  10. ^ Name * (2013-05-15). "Grumpy Cat wins Meme of the Year at The 17th Annual Webby Awards! | Grumpy Cat™ - The internet's grumpiest cat!". Grumpycats.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  11. ^ "Patton Oswalt Presents Meme of the Year". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  12. ^ a b c d e Rosman, Katherine. "Grumpy Cat Has an Agent, and Now a Movie Deal". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  13. ^ a b "Internet finds world's grumpiest cat, named Tardar Sauce". Fox News. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  14. ^ a b Harrington, Kristine. "Grumpy Cat back home in Arizona after stealing show at SXSW | azfamily.com Phoenix". Azfamily.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  15. ^ Rothman, Lily (2013-03-07). "'Lil Bub & Friendz': Internet Cats, Behind the Memes | TIME.com". Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  16. ^ Slind, Victoria. "Bayer, Apple, Spanx, Grumpy Cat: Intellectual Property". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  17. ^ "Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book: Grumpy Cat: 9781452126579: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  18. ^ a b c "Grumpy Cat - Pamprrrrd at Friskies Photo Shoot". TMZ.com. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  19. ^ Helen A.S. Popkin (2012-10-24). "Sex, death and Grumpy Cat: The true meaning of SXSW - Technology on". Nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  20. ^ "Grumpy Cat on Friskies® Cat Game Show, "Will Kitty Play With It?"". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  21. ^ 03/22/2013. "Grumpy Cat Interview 2013 on 'GMA': Meme Star Exclusive Video | Video - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2013-03-22. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  22. ^ "Grumpy Cat in the House!". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  23. ^ a b "Internet Celebrity Grumpy Cat Is Not Impressed by TIME's Photo Shoot | TIME.com". Newsfeed.time.com. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  24. ^ "Grumpy Cat: The Forbes Interview". Forbes. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  25. ^ Dani Fankhauser (2011-11-18). "SXSWi Day 1: Grumpy Cat, 3D Printing and Other Highlights". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  26. ^ March 11, 2013, 5:54 PM. "As SXSW Interactive winds down, Grumpy cat is clear winner". CBS News. Retrieved 2013-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ Terdiman, Daniel (2013-01-23). "If Grumpy Cat is the biggest news of all, is SXSW in trouble? | SXSW - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  28. ^ a b Elise Hu and Laura Sydell (2013-02-28). "The Most Talked About Tech And Culture Trends At SXSW Interactive : All Tech Considered". NPR. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  29. ^ Schwartz, Alison (2013-01-14). "Ian Somerhalder Meets Grumpy Cat at SXSW 2013 : People.com". Peoplepets.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  30. ^ "'Vampire Diaries' star falls for a certain grumpy cat – The Marquee Blog - CNN.com Blogs". Marquee.blogs.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  31. ^ "Twitter / iansomerhalder: Me and my new love". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  32. ^ Door ian somerhalder @iansomerhalder. "Twitter / iansomerhalder: Oops! I left out Grumpy cat!!!". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  33. ^ "Ian Somerhalder's New Love: She Is a Sweetie Pie With Beautiful Eyes". E! Online. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  34. ^ "That "Grumpy Cat" Meme Gets A Movie". Dark Horizons. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  35. ^ Deming, Mark (2013-05-30). "What Fans Want From Grumpy Cat, the Movie". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  36. ^ Fleming, Mike. "Grumpy Cat Gets Garfield-Like Movie Deal". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
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