Grumpy Cat
Grumpy Cat at VidCon 2014
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| Other name(s) | Tardar Sauce |
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| Species | Felis catus |
| Breed | Mixed |
| Sex | Female |
| Born | April 4, 2012 |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Known for | Internet meme |
| Owner | Tabatha Bundesen |
| Residence | Morristown, Arizona, U.S. |
| Parents | Calico mother and unknown father |
| Named after | Tartar sauce |
| http://www.grumpycats.com/ | |
Tardar Sauce (born April 4, 2012), commonly known as Grumpy Cat, is a cat Internet and media personality and actress. She is known for her permanently "grumpy" facial appearance, which is caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism. She came to prominence when a photograph of her was posted on social news website Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha, in September 2012, and lolcats and parodies created from the photograph by Reddit users went viral. She is the subject of a popular internet meme in which negative lolcats (such as "I Had Fun Once... It Was Awful") are made from photographs of her.
Tardar Sauce was one of a litter of four kittens born to a calico mother and a father of an unknown breed at the home of her owner, Tabatha Bundesen. The Bundesens say that Tardar Sauce's face appears grumpy because the feline has a form of dwarfism. She and her brother Pokey were born to normal parents with "a flat face, bubble eyes, and a short tail". Tardar Sauce is undersized and has hind legs that "are a bit different". Although she has a "grumpy" appearance and is called "Grumpy Cat", according to the Bundesens, 99% of the time she is a "normal kitty".
Ben Lashes is Grumpy Cat's manager who also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. Tabatha Bundesen took a leave of absence from her day job at Red Lobster to manage Grumpy Cat's schedule while Bryan Bundesen manages the Grumpy Cat website, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts.
Photo sessions are only once a week, and handling by strangers is limited. At South by Southwest Interactive, Tardar Sauce made limited two-hour appearances each day as Grumpy Cat.
Grumpy Cat has appeared on NBC News's Today, ABC News's 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 the "Garage Logic" radio broadcast the day of the Minnesota State Fair live Internet Cat Film Festival. Grumpy Cat promoted Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book at BookExpo America. She attended her book's launch at Kitson and The Grove's Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles. In 2014, she appeared in a television commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. She also appeared on the season finale of The Bachelorette and was a special guest on the November 17 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw.
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