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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
 
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|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
 
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'''Hippety Hopper''' is a [[1949]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
 
'''Hippety Hopper''' is a [[1949]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
   
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== Availability ==
 
== Availability ==
* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6]]'', Disc 1 (Blue Ribbon titles, unrestored, bonus cartoon)
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* (2008) DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6]]'', Disc 1 (Blue Ribbon titles, unrestored, bonus cartoon)
* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem]]'' (original titles, restored)
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* (2013) DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem]]'' (original opening restored)
   
 
== Censorship ==
 
== Censorship ==
When this cartoon aired on the FOX Network as part of their compilation show ''[[Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends]]'', the entire opening sequence of the mouse contemplating and about to commit suicide, only to be saved by Hippety Hopper was cut, making the cartoon start at the point where the mouse lets Hippety out of the crate.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx</ref>
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When this cartoon aired on the FOX Network as part of their compilation show ''[[Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends]]'', the entire opening sequence of the mouse contemplating and about to commit suicide, only to be saved by Hippety Hopper was cut, making the cartoon start at the point where the mouse lets Hippety out of the crate. Surprisingly, this wasn't edited from other channels that have a history of editing out references to suicide and suicidal behavior, such as Nickelodeon, ABC (though ABC did eventually drop this short in 1994), Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx</ref>
   
 
== Notes ==
 
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Pete Burness]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Pete Burness]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson]]
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Phil DeLara]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by John Carey]]
 
 
[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas]]

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Hippety Hopper
Hippety Hopper-title
Directed By: Robert McKimson
Produced By: Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1949
Series: Merrie Melodies
Story: Warren Foster
Animation: Phil DeLara
Charles McKimson
John Carey
Pete Burness
Layouts: Cornett Wood
Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
Film Editor: Treg Brown (uncredited)
Voiced By: Mel Blanc
Music: Carl Stalling
Starring: Sylvester
Hippety Hopper
Bulldog
Mouse
Preceded By: For Scent-imental Reasons
Succeeded By: Which Is Witch
Sylvester_Ep_15_Hippety_Hopper_1949

Sylvester Ep 15 Hippety Hopper 1949

with Blue Ribbon titles

Hippety_Hopper_(1949)_-_with_original_titles

Hippety Hopper (1949) - with original titles

Hippety Hopper is a 1949 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot

A mouse is attempting to commit suicide, but is stopped at the last minute by a baby kangaroo named Hippety Hopper. The mouse makes a deal with the kangaroo, that he will release him, in exchange the kangaroo will terrorize the mouse's tormentor a cat named Sylvester. He does so by making it look as if vitamins have enlarged the mouse. Sylvester attempts to fight the mouse, but loses and gets set to a ravaging Bulldog. The bulldog tries to fight the kangaroo but the mouse bites the bulldog on the foot and the kangaroo kicks the bulldog out of the house. The bulldog and Sylvester leaves the house and go ballet dancing.

Availability

Censorship

When this cartoon aired on the FOX Network as part of their compilation show Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, the entire opening sequence of the mouse contemplating and about to commit suicide, only to be saved by Hippety Hopper was cut, making the cartoon start at the point where the mouse lets Hippety out of the crate. Surprisingly, this wasn't edited from other channels that have a history of editing out references to suicide and suicidal behavior, such as Nickelodeon, ABC (though ABC did eventually drop this short in 1994), Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.[1]

Notes

  • This is the first Hippety Hopper short to be in the post-1948 package, as his previous short, Hop, Look and Listen was sold to Associated Artists Productions making that short as part of the pre-1948 package of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.
    • This is also Hippety Hopper's first appearance in a Merrie Melodies short, since his previous short was part of the Looney Tunes series.
  • This is the first short that Hippety Hopper is given his name as he was unnamed in his previous short.

Gallery

References


Sylvester Cartoons
1945 Life with FeathersPeck Up Your Troubles
1946 Kitty Kornered
1947 Tweetie PieCrowing PainsDoggone CatsCatch as Cats Can
1948 Back Alley OproarI Taw a Putty TatHop, Look and ListenKit for CatScaredy Cat
1949 Mouse MazurkaBad Ol' Putty TatHippety Hopper
1950 Home, Tweet HomeThe Scarlet PumpernickelAll a Bir-r-r-dCanary RowStooge for a MousePop 'Im Pop!
1951 Canned FeudPutty Tat TroubleRoom and BirdTweety's S.O.S.Tweet Tweet Tweety
1952 Who's Kitten Who?Gift WrappedLittle Red Rodent HoodAin't She TweetHoppy Go LuckyA Bird in a Guilty CageTree for Two
1953 Snow BusinessA Mouse DividedFowl WeatherTom Tom TomcatA Street Cat Named SylvesterCatty CorneredCats A-weigh!
1954 Dog PoundedBell HoppyDr. Jerkyl's HideClaws for AlarmMuzzle ToughSatan's Waitin'By Word of Mouse
1955 Lighthouse MouseSandy ClawsTweety's CircusJumpin' JupiterA Kiddies KittySpeedy GonzalesRed Riding HoodwinkedHeir-ConditionedPappy's Puppy
1956 Too Hop to HandleTweet and SourTree Cornered TweetyThe Unexpected PestTugboat GrannyThe Slap-Hoppy MouseYankee Dood It
1957 Tweet ZooTweety and the BeanstalkBirds AnonymousGreedy for TweetyMouse-Taken IdentityGonzales' Tamales
1958 A Pizza Tweety-PieA Bird in a Bonnet
1959 Trick or TweetTweet and LovelyCat's PawHere Today, Gone TamaleTweet Dreams
1960 West of the PesosGoldimouse and the Three CatsHyde and Go TweetMouse and GardenTrip for Tat
1961 Cannery WoeHoppy DazeBirds of a FatherD' Fightin' OnesThe Rebel Without ClawsThe Pied Piper of GuadalupeThe Last Hungry Cat
1962 Fish and SlipsMexican BoardersThe Jet Cage
1963 Mexican Cat DanceChili WeatherClaws in the Lease
1964 A Message to GraciasFreudy CatNuts and VoltsHawaiian Aye AyeRoad to Andalay
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseCats and BruisesThe Wild Chase
1966 A Taste of Catnip
1980 The Yolks on You
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 Father of the Bird
2011 I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat