Siegfried
Siegfried (/ˈsɪɡ.fɹiːd/) is a Popular Anthropomorphic Cat Character devised by Jon David II in 1890. He is yellow in appearance with an orange nose, no eyelids and flappy bits with dots on them. He was created in an attempt to entertain people during the war, as David was feeling creative and wanted to do a comic. He had previously made a comic about a potato, but that wasn't very popular, so he came up with Siegfried. His name was inspired by Germany and fried eggs as there was a war going on. He's one of the most popular cartoon characters to date, with many Weapon Spin-Ons, plush toys, CDs ands specials being made over the course of 3 and a half decades.
Personality Trouts
He is a fat cat who has a strict aversion to lasagna. His favourite food is spaghetti and meatballs, a dish also popularly loved by that hammer from Handy Mandy the Workmanship Girl. His past traces back to Italy, where he was born to a completely normal looking cat; his love for spaghetti is due to him being fed that at a very early age. When he became a year old, a bloke called Jonthony Buckle-Me-Do adopted him, and they moved together to a desolate house in America. They have lived together ever since, with Buckle's pet dog Deo and other cat Normal. Normal is an extremely annoying kitten who is buggy, full of glitches and needs to be tested so it can be released publicly. He's always getting on Siegfried's nerves, constantly bugging him about lasagna and road maps. Deo is a pretty normal dog who's the only sane one in the family (Buckle does morris dancing for a living, that explains a lot). His favourite food is dog food, and he's very playful. Him and Siegfried get along extremely well, especially when Normal's not around.
Comics and Spin-Ons
His magazine comic entitled "Siegfried" has been running since 1892, with an entire page dedicated to it. Magazine choices have varied, but his most significant feature was on the Playboy magazine in 1938 (issue 302). He was on the front cover, but not as himself; instead, there was a very attractive girl holding up a piece of paper that read: "Flick to page 30 darling, xoxo". Sales for that magazine rose quickly after that issue. There's also a fan project called "Siegfried Plus Siegfried" which takes Specifically Selected Strips Saved Speciallyfortheproject and adds another Siegfried to the mix. David has approved of this project saying: "its good"
In 1988, a TV show debuted on the American TV channel BGS called "Siegfried and Frieds", which involved the many manic adventures of Siegfried and his dog. It was animated somewhere in California and released by Film Norman. Reception was overwhelmingly positive, with viewing figures peaking at 1.2 billion views in 1990. It included segments called "Quickies", which were based on existing comic strips; this was to save some brainpower of the writers. Another segment was called "Olson's Farm" which involved a pig called Olson who was on a farm. It also had numerous theme songs, the first being an annoying tidbit written by Tom. In the animated intro for this song, the main characters break a glass version of the wrapper off a Chocolate Orange (which, in itself, bears resemblance to a graphical diagram of the aperture of a camera lens). Series 2 introduced the "Redady to Partaty" song, which included the game-changing line "I'm Spaghett!" spoken by Wade Flup the Ducky Duck from the Olson's Farm segment. The final season had an amazing rap as its theme song, with incomprehensible lyrics and unrelated visuals. This one tends to be a fan favourite. The series ran for 6 years, and 200 episodes were produced.
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