''Tom Tom Tomcat'' is a 1953

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directed by

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. The short was released on June 27, 1953, and stars

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and Sylvester.

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In the

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, Granny and Tweety are riding through the desert in their wagon and singing "

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", when they are ambushed by a large group of "puddy tats" as Indians (many of whom appear to be clones of Sylvester). They flee to a deserted fort, where Granny begins to shoot them down while Tweety counts ("

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"). The tenth one nearly takes Tweety, but is struck down by Granny just in time. More attempts include an archer and a battering ram, both foiled. One archer almost drags Tweety out again ("Granny! Help! A

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got me!") but Granny surprises him with a

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instead. The cats' attempts continue like this, all of them backfiring or being foiled; usually the cats are blown up or shot. In one instance, Chief Rain-In-The-P-P-Puss orders the actual Sylvester to sneak into the fort; Sylvester emerges later with the top of his head having been scalped off by Granny ("Ya got any more bright ideas?"). Finally, Granny and Tweety disguise themselves as a fellow Indian, and lead the cats into the powder house. When one asks for a match, they kindly oblige, and the powder house explodes, causing all the cats to erupt into the sky and then fall. "Oh my goodness," Tweety comments, "it's raining putty cats!"

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* 1953 films 1953 short films 1953 comedy films 1953 animated films 1950s Western (genre) comedy films 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Merrie Melodies short films Sylvester the Cat films Tweety films Animated films about birds Films about Native Americans Films set in 1890 Short films directed by Friz Freleng Films scored by Carl Stalling Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films 1950s English-language films Films set in deserts {{MerrieMelodies-stub

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