A Hare-Breadth Finish

A Hare-Breadth Finish 1957

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The Hare gets his second chance at beating the Tortoise in a foot race, but a canine police officer thwarts his chance at redemption.

1957

Shipyard Symphony

Shipyard Symphony 1943

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A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 March 1943. A World War II-themed story about how to save time and effort while building Victory ships in the naval yard. A collage of naval images is accompanied by Navy patriotic music.

1943

Cat Trouble

Cat Trouble 1947

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Heckle and Jeckle see a seemingly helpless baby bird (who keeps saying he is only three years old) in danger as a cat is trying to capture it.

1947

The Mouse of Tomorrow

The Mouse of Tomorrow 1942

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The origin story of Super Mouse (later changed to "Mighty Mouse").

1942

The Hay Ride

The Hay Ride 1937

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A Terrytoons cartoon released 2 April 1937.

1937

The Frog and the Princess

The Frog and the Princess 1944

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As was his usual pattern, Gandy Goose is sleeping. This time he dreams of the story of the princess and the frog and how the frog later turned into a prince into a prince and married the princess.

1944

Mighty Mouse and the Wolf

Mighty Mouse and the Wolf 1945

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A Terrytoons cartoon released 20 July 1945. A twisted version of some famous fairy tales! The Wolf introduces himself and explains that he's misunderstood! Red Riding Hood comes along, and the Wolf changes into his zoot suit, grabs Red and makes her do a jive boogie-woogie dance with him! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he clobbers the Wolf. Then the Wolf cross-dresses to impersonate Little Bo Peep, and lures a flock of lambs into his trap. He whips out a gun and makes the sheep take their wool off! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he beats the heck out of the Wolf. The Wolf then tries to get into the Three Little Pigs' house by pretending to be a cowboy. He calls for backup. The Wolves attack the pigs, Mighty Mouse trounces them, and all is well in Cartoonland!

1945

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood 1946

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Re-enactment of the famous May 31, 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood where the dam broke and flooded out an entire town! In this version, the town is occupied by mice and dogs. But Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue after drinking a bottle of "Atomic Energy." He reverses the flood waters and puts everything back where it was. And in this cartoon, he uses magic lightning bolts coming off his hands like Merlin the Magician!

1946

Aesop's Fable: The Watchdog

Aesop's Fable: The Watchdog 1945

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A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 September 1945. The classic "dog vs. rabbit" routine, but this time with a whole gang of mischievous hares!

1945

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th 1953

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Percy the Cat informs Little Roquefort the Mouse that it is Friday the 13th and the day will involve a lot of bad luck for Roquefort. Percy then proves his statemnet by making life miserable for the mouse. But Percy breaks a mirror and the tables are turned.

1953

Foofle's Train Ride

Foofle's Train Ride 1959

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In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the baggage.

1959

The Snow Man

The Snow Man 1946

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Three bunny rabbits are having fun play with a jovial snowman who has come to life. But along comes a villainous bear who wants to put the snowman on a hot stove. But also along comes the Friendly North Wind, as opposed to the Unfiendly North Wind, who rescues the snowman and reunites him with the bunnies.

1946

The Watchdog

The Watchdog 1939

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A homeless dog comes to a sign offering a home at a farm for a watchdog. He just settles into the doghouse straight from the road. Adorable white bunnies appear, all hauling off the vegetable crops, one by one. Dog captures one of them, lines it up for a General Loan-style execution, but hasn't the heart. Failed at his mission, he quits.(No farmer was ever seen, so nobody even knew he was there to begin with)The rabbits now decide he's one of them, and put some fake bunny ears on him, and he happily joins them.

1939

Post War Inventions

Post War Inventions 1945

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Gandy Goose is reading a book about Post-War Inventions. Sourpuss doesn't like it one bit, and that night he dreams that he has come to a hall of new inventions. At first he's impressed, but things begin to go wrong with the inventions, and when he finally wakes up, he promptly smashes the book over Goose's head.

1945

The Kitten Sitter

The Kitten Sitter 1949

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Fido, a dumb-but-faithful dog, agrees to kitten-sit while Mother Cat is out of the house but she is barely gone before the high-strung kittens lead poor Fido on a merry chase. Fido ends up in the dog-pound slammer and the kittens manage his escape, only to land him into trouble again. Mama Cat gets home and, unaware of the bad day Fido has gone through, tells him he can have a steady job of minding her kittens.

1949