Cuddles (Rabbit)

"Cuddle me, cuddle you!"

- Cuddles

Cuddles (Czech: “Mazlení Sedlec”) is a character in the Pat & Mat franchise. He is a cream and white cuddly rabbit who is Pat’s pet rabbit, he is given of the Christmas present when he was a teenager. he is a world’s oldest rabbit in Brno which he has been gotten older, and he had rather longer ears like hare does. He also appeared in MGM cartoons in later 1940 to 1954 as well, he is introduced in the short Home Sweet Cuddles.

Background
Cuddles lived in the beautiful house which it’s the number 12 with his co-owner Lucy (a grandmother to Pat) and his owner Pat, he is the only rabbit that had cream and white with dark pink nose, pink inside ears and the fluffy cottontail. he is the world’s oldest rabbit to be in Czechoslovakia, he can be either cuddled or be held by his owners. he can hop, jump, run, and walk around, he can also help other people to solve problems. he had a friend who is a brown cocker spaniel named Sat, he likes to play around with him and teaming up with each other. however Cuddles became the first world’s oldest rabbit in the country, however in Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space where he is severely ill which Pat claimed it was poisoned with contaminated water that he drink with portion of sickness. he later passed away in his owner’s arms when his grandmother Lucy comes back, which he had severe illness. in the TV series named Pat & Mat, Cuddles still appears to be taking place in the sequel where he had love interest named Betsy.

He also appears in the other TV series …and That’s It!: The Show, The New …and That’s It! Show, The Rabbit Called Cuddles, Pat, Mat, and Sat: The Animated Series, and Pat & Mat Solves Problem Again! (which he is in six episodes). he eventually appears in advertisements in several countries (like GEICO, McDonald’s, Burger King, ČPP, KFC, Sony, Pizza Hut, Build-a-Bear, Tesco, etc.).

Cuddles is also a worker rabbit who ever he was named after the old lady’s pet parrot (also named after the Croatian toy rabbit from fictional toys and books), he can do the same trademark gesture as Pat and Mat does (especially his friend Sat, and the other animal friends). he can be also appeared in the special The Pat & Mat’s Christmas Spectacular, he recently appears in some animated theatrical shorts. Cuddles has some amount of care, and some other things that he only cares about is some chew toys, and some of other stuff. like most rabbits, Cuddles can eat grass and some other stuff that he eats. he only accompanies his owner more than Sat does, and he can be sometimes get very excited or something that he can get. Cuddles is just one and only lovable rabbit who actually likes to care about his friends and his owners, he also likes to be cuddled or being held by people. His birthday is January 1st on New Year’s Day, which his favorite holiday about the new year.

Development
In 1938, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera came up an inspiration for Lauren’s friendly pet white rabbit named Edwin. Hanna and Barbera created the Cuddles character between October 1938 to May 4, 1939 along with the character Lucy, they first showed the real life Edwin and Lauren during the walk while working on the short film about cat and mouse. they have chosen two characters (Lucy and Cuddles) who remarked on their adventures, however it was later given a few shorts between 1940 to 1954.

In later 1980, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera bought back the two characters for the show. then …and That’s It!: The Show has been made in development before the TV premiere, Hanna and Barbera came up with the Czechoslovakia series about two handymen when they adapted it into a said cartoon series. it was chosen that Cuddles is now the owner to Pat (first handyman), he was later appeared in another Hanna-Barbera show in 1984.

However he was given to other designers (including Don Bluth, Phil Roman, Darrell Van Citters, etc.), which he was later around in the series, shorts, and movies by other companies.

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Trivia
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