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'''Tardar Sauce''' (April 4, 2012<ref name="16facts" /> – May 14, 2019), nicknamed '''Grumpy Cat''', was an American [[Internet celebrity]] cat. She was known for her permanently "[[wikt:grumpy#English|grumpy]]" facial appearance, which was caused by an [[Malocclusion|underbite]] and [[dwarf cat|feline dwarfism]].<ref name="16facts" /><ref name="news.com.au">{{cite news |last=Colvin|first=William|url= https://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-finds-worlds-grumpiest-cat-named-tardar-sauce/news-story/d7027c05bf9f296d988a72f4dc8faac5|title=Internet finds world's grumpiest cat, named Tardar Sauce |website=[[news.com.au]] |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=May 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/03/grumpy-cat-the-internets-favorite-sour-cat-draws-crowds-at-sxsw/|title=Grumpy Cat: The Internet’s Favorite Sour Cat Draws Crowds at SXSW|last=Stern|first=Joanna|date=March 10, 2013|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=May 22, 2019}}</ref> She came to prominence when a photograph of her was posted on September 22, 2012, on social news website [[Reddit]] by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha Bundesen.<ref name="16facts">{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/53217/16-fun-facts-about-grumpy-cat|title=16 Fun Facts About Grumpy Cat|last=McCarthy|first=Erin|date=October 16, 2013|website=Mental Floss|accessdate=August 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite news|last=Griggs|first=Brandon|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/10/tech/web/grumpy-cat-sxsw/index.html|title=The unlikely star of SXSW: Grumpy Cat|date=March 11, 2013|accessdate=May 22, 2019n2019|publisher=CNN}}</ref> [[Lolcat]]s and [[Parody|parodies]] created from the photograph by Reddit users became [[Viral phenomenon#Viral|viral]]. She was the subject of a popular [[Internet meme]] in which negative, cynical images are made from photographs of her.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grumpy-cat|title=Grumpy Cat|work=Know Your Meme|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref>

Tardar Sauce was one of a litter of four kittens born to a [[Calico cat|calico]] mother and a blue-and-white [[tabby]] putative father at the home of her owner, Tabatha Bundesen of [[Morristown, Arizona]].<ref name="16facts" /> The Bundesens said that Tardar Sauce's face appeared grumpy because the feline had a form of [[Dwarf cat|dwarfism]].<ref name="about" /> Though the mother and father were described as "normal sized [[Domestic short-haired cat|domestic short hair cats]]",<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.grumpycats.com/about|title=About Grumpy Cat|website=grumpycats.com|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> Tardar Sauce was undersized and had hind legs that are "a bit different".<ref name="16facts" /> Both she and her brother, Pokey, were born with "a flat face, bubble eyes, and a short tail".<ref name="news.com.au" /> Although she had a "grumpy" appearance and was called "Grumpy Cat", according to the Bundesens, "Ninety-nine percent of the time she is just a regular cat."<ref name="abc"/>tShe was a victim of an internet hoax in 2016 when a YouTube channel posted a video about her supposed death, this hoax was later discredited.<ref name="hoax">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/grumpy-cat-dead-rumors-tardar-sauces-untimely-demise-take-twitter-storm-2351981|title=Is Grumpy Cat Dead? Rumors Of Tardar Sauce’s Untimely Demise Take Twitter By Storm|website=ibtimes.com|access-date=2019/27/19}}</ref>

"Meme manager" Ben Lashes represented Grumpy Cat, in addition to [[Keyboard Cat]] and [[Nyan Cat]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rothman |first=Lily |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/18/internet-cats-behind-the-memes/ |title='Lil Bub & Friendz': Internet Cats, Behind the Memes |work=Time |date=April 18, 2013 |accessdate=May 22, 2019}}</ref> In 2013, Tabatha Bundesen took a [[leave of absence]] from her job at [[Red Lobster]] to manage Grumpy Cat's schedule, while her brother Bryan Bundesen manages the Grumpy Cat website, [[Facebook]], [[YouTube]] and [[Twitter]] accounts.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jarvey|first=Natalie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/7-figure-scowl-how-grumpy-721883|title=The 7-Figure Scowl: How Grumpy Cat Is Building a Media Empire|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 30, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name="wsj">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324412604578513352795950958|title=Grumpy Cat Has an Agent, and Now a Movie Deal|last=Rosman|first=Katherine|date=May 31, 2013|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=May 30, 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref>She was a victim of an internet hoax in 2016 when a YouTube channel posted a video about her supposed death, this hoax was later discredited.