''Trip For Tat'' is a 1960
Merrie Melodies
''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...
animated short starring
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation. characters
Sylvester,
Tweety
Tweety is a yellow canary in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons. The name "Tweety" is a play on words, as it originally meant "sweetie", along with "tweet" being an English onomatopoeia for th ...
, and
Granny.
Summary
Although it contains a new plot, wherein Granny and Tweety travel to various locations (
Paris
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,
Swiss Alps
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,
Japan
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, and
Italy
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)
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/ref> while Sylvester tries to catch Tweety in every one, the cartoon is mostly made up of footage from previous cartoons. Here are the cartoons which the short borrows animation from, in order of appearance:
* ''Tweety's S.O.S.
''Tweety's S.O.S.'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 22, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester.
Plot
The story opens with Sylvester patiently rummaging through tra ...
'' (1951): The entire boat sequence where Tweety tricked Sylvester into getting seasick and the piece of pork, further inducing the malady.
* '' Tree Cornered Tweety'' (1956): the following two:
- In the Alps, the sequence where Sylvester tries to catch Tweety (wearing spoons for snowshoes) on skis, but then crashed into a tree.
- In Japan, The sequence where Sylvester is chasing Tweety right to the bridge scene, but when he sawed open a hole, he and the cut floorboard fall down from a great height and into a fisherman's boat in the river (with the American fisherman changed to a stereotypical Japanese fisherman).
* ''Tweet Tweet Tweety
''Tweet Tweet Tweety'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 15, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester.
Plot
Sylvester is in Yellowstone National Park and, hearing b ...
'' (1951): The sequence where Sylvester swings towards Tweety on a balcony while barely avoiding a construction pillar several times until he eventually got flattened.
* '' A Pizza Tweety Pie'' (1958): The final sequence where Sylvester eats spaghetti in the restaurant after he vows to keep birds off his dietary list.
Notes
The only new animation in the short is at the beginning when the world tour is described to Granny, the finger painting sequence, when Sylvester is first in The Alps and Japan, and an alternate look of Tweety watching Sylvester sawing a hole on the bridge.
References
External links
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