''Hockey Homicide'' is a

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made by

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in 1945, featuring

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Plot

Narrator

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explains the rules of

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in satirical format. The narration's emphasis on good sportsmanship is countered by the violence of the players (all of them "played" by

). Team captains Ice Box Bertino and Fearless Ferguson are rivals who brutally fight each other and incur a penalty before the game can begin, sending both of them to the penalty box; subsequently, they are constantly released from the box only to be sent back to it as they cannot help but fight each other on the ice. Eventually, confusion over many extra hockey pucks after they whack the referee and make him drop all his pucks, leads the players and spectators to get into a massive brawl, during which snippets from other Disney cartoons (including ''

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'', ''

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'') are included to emphasize the mass confusion. Meanwhile, the Loose Leafs' and the Ant Eaters' team members have mingled together peacefully to rest and eat high in the stands, with the closing narration implying that they irritate each other's fans into fighting so the players themselves can watch instead.

Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy''.

References

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* 1945 films 1945 animated films 1940s Disney animated short films Goofy (Disney) short films American ice hockey films Sports animation Films directed by Jack Kinney Films produced by Walt Disney Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer) American sports comedy films 1940s sports comedy films 1945 short films 1945 comedy films {{Disney-animation-film-stub