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{{Infobox Shorts
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[[File:Trip4tat.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Title Card]]
  
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Trip For Tat is a 1960 [[Merrie Melodies]] animated short starring [[Sylvester]], [[Tweety]], and [[Granny]]. Although it contains a new plot, wherein Granny and Tweety travel to various locations (Paris, Swiss Alps, Japan, and Italy) while Sylvester tries to eat 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:
  
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|image = Trip4tat.jpg
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|Director = [[Friz Freleng]]
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|producer = [[John W. Burton]] (uncredited)
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|airdate = October 29, 1960
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|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
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|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[June Foray]] (uncredited)
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|Starring = [[Sylvester]]<br>[[Tweety]]<br>[[Granny]]
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|previous = [[Hopalong Casualty]]
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|next = [[Dog Gone People]]
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|video =
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|Writer = [[Michael Maltese]]
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|Animators = [[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]]<br>[[Tom Ray]]
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|Layout-artist = [[Hawley Pratt]]
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|Background-artist = [[Tom O'Loughlin]]
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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
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|Musician = [[Milt Franklyn]]
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}}
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'''Trip for Tat''' is a [[1960]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
   
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== Plot ==
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* [[Tweety's S.O.S.]] (1951): The entire boat sequence.
  
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[[Granny]] and [[Tweety]] travel to various locations (Paris, Swiss Alps, Japan, and Italy) while [[Sylvester]] tries to eat Tweety in every one. The cartoon is mostly made up of footage from:
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* [[Tree Cornered Tweety]] (1956): The sequence where Sylvester tries to catch Tweety on skis, as well as the bridge scene (with the American fisherman changed to a stereotypical Japanese fisherman).
  
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* [[Tweet Tweet Tweety]] (1951): The sequence where Sylvester swings towards Tweety on a balcony while barely avoiding a construction pillar.
  
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* [[A Pizza Tweety Pie]] (1958): The final sequence where Sylvester eats spaghetti in the restaurant.
  
   
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* "[[Tweety's S.O.S.]]" (1951): The entire boat sequence.
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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 Tweety looking up at Sylvester cutting through the floorboards.
  
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* "[[Tree Cornered Tweety]]" (1956): The sequence where Sylvester tries to catch Tweety on skis, as well as the bridge scene (with the American fisherman changed to a stereotypical Japanese fisherman).
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* "[[Tweet Tweet Tweety]]" (1951): The sequence where Sylvester swings towards Tweety on a balcony while barely avoiding a construction pillar.
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* "[[A Pizza Tweety-Pie]]" (1958): The final sequence where Sylvester eats spaghetti in the restaurant.
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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 Tweety looking up at Sylvester cutting through the floorboards.
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== Availability ==
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* (1993) LaserDisc - ''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Longitude and Looneytude]]''
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== Notes ==
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* The ending scene of this cartoon would be used in the Thanksgiving special, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet]]'', but would edit the dialogue where instead of swearing off birds from his menu, [[Sylvester]] would state that he take fish off his list.
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* This is the only cartoon where Sylvester and [[Tweety]] both win in the end, even though Sylvester fails to catch Tweety.
   
 
== Censorship ==
  
== Censorship ==
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*The post-1994 ABC version of this cartoon cuts out two scenes featuring ethnic stereotyping:
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* Although the cartoon aired uncut on [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Boomerang]], the post-1994 ABC version of this cartoon cuts out two scenes featuring ethnic stereotyping:
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**The scene of Sylvester sawing a hole in the bridge while trying to catch Tweety in Japan faded out just as Sylvester falls through the bridge. The part cut was a scene where Sylvester crashes into a Japanese fisherman's boat and sinks it.
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** The scene of [[Sylvester]] sawing a hole in the bridge in Japan faded out just as Sylvester falls through the bridge. The part cut was a scene where Sylvester crashes into a Japanese fisherman's boat and sinks it.
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**The end where Sylvester tells the audience in a fake Italian accent that "Pussycats should eat-a da spaghetta. It-a make-a you nice and fat," and slurps down a bowl of spaghetti is cut with a fake iris-out after Sylvester declares that "birds are off his list."
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** The end where Sylvester tells the audience in a fake Italian accent that "Pussycats should eat-a da spaghetta. It-a make-a you nice and fat," and slurps down a bowlful of spaghetti is cut with a fake iris-out after Sylvester declares that "birds are off his list."<ref>The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: T http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-t.aspx</ref>
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[[Category:Films directed by Friz Freleng]]
  
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[[Category:Tweety Cartoons]]
  
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[[Category:Cartoons that reuse footage from earlier cartoons]]

Revision as of 23:37, 29 March 2019

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Trip for Tat
Trip4tat
Directed By: Friz Freleng
Produced By: John W. Burton (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1960
Series: Merrie Melodies
Story: Michael Maltese
Animation: Gerry Chiniquy
Virgil Ross
Tom Ray
Layouts: Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
Film Editor: Treg Brown
Voiced By: Mel Blanc
June Foray (uncredited)
Music: Milt Franklyn
Starring: Sylvester
Tweety
Granny
Preceded By: Hopalong Casualty
Succeeded By: Dog Gone People

Trip for Tat is a 1960 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot

Granny and Tweety travel to various locations (Paris, Swiss Alps, Japan, and Italy) while Sylvester tries to eat Tweety in every one. The cartoon is mostly made up of footage from:

  • "Tweety's S.O.S." (1951): The entire boat sequence.
  • "Tree Cornered Tweety" (1956): The sequence where Sylvester tries to catch Tweety on skis, as well as the bridge scene (with the American fisherman changed to a stereotypical Japanese fisherman).
  • "Tweet Tweet Tweety" (1951): The sequence where Sylvester swings towards Tweety on a balcony while barely avoiding a construction pillar.
  • "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" (1958): The final sequence where Sylvester eats spaghetti in the restaurant.

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 Tweety looking up at Sylvester cutting through the floorboards.

Availability

Notes

  • The ending scene of this cartoon would be used in the Thanksgiving special, Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet, but would edit the dialogue where instead of swearing off birds from his menu, Sylvester would state that he take fish off his list.
  • This is the only cartoon where Sylvester and Tweety both win in the end, even though Sylvester fails to catch Tweety.

Censorship

  • Although the cartoon aired uncut on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, the post-1994 ABC version of this cartoon cuts out two scenes featuring ethnic stereotyping:
    • The scene of Sylvester sawing a hole in the bridge in Japan faded out just as Sylvester falls through the bridge. The part cut was a scene where Sylvester crashes into a Japanese fisherman's boat and sinks it.
    • The end where Sylvester tells the audience in a fake Italian accent that "Pussycats should eat-a da spaghetta. It-a make-a you nice and fat," and slurps down a bowlful of spaghetti is cut with a fake iris-out after Sylvester declares that "birds are off his list."[1]

References

  1. ↑ The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: T http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-t.aspx



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