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Scaredy Cat

  • 1948
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Scaredy Cat (1948)
AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyHorrorShort

Porky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward... Read allPorky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward.Porky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward.

  • Director
    • Chuck Jones
  • Writer
    • Michael Maltese
  • Stars
    • Mel Blanc
    • Bill Melendez
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    • Director
      • Chuck Jones
    • Writer
      • Michael Maltese
    • Stars
      • Mel Blanc
      • Bill Melendez
    • 22User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Mel Blanc
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    • Porky Pig
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    • Mice
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    • Director
      • Chuck Jones
    • Writer
      • Michael Maltese
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    8tavm

    Chuck Jones' Scaredy Cat delivers spooks and humor galore

    In most cartoons starring Sylvester the Cat that are directed by Friz Freling or Robert McKimson, the pussycat is usually the aggressor who's after either Tweety or Hippity Hopper, the baby kangaroo mistaken for a giant mouse either by the red-nosed feline or his son, Sylvester, Jr. In Chuck Jones' Scaredy Cat, he's Porky Pig's mute pet who, despite many attempts of signaling his master of danger, gets admonished as being delusional since Porky always sees something different. This change of characterization is quite convincing in Jones' hands and he stages many scenes of mice about to carry another cat for execution quite atmospheric. The rodents look like Hubie and Bertie, by the way. Quite funny scenes of Porky just being nonchalant almost the whole way when weird things happen behind his back. The ending may be lost to modern audiences but Scaredy Cat is mostly successful in being spooky and highly amusing at the same time.
    9TheLittleSongbird

    Both funny and freaky

    While not the best of the Looney Tunes canon, it is still enjoyable with a lot to recommend it. The villainous mice could have been developed more, but other than that I had little problem with Scaredy Cat. Porky and Sylvester are both great, especially Sylvester who gets the worst of the scares, particularly the infamous sequence down in the basement, that and the scene after did scare me as a kid. As well as being freaky, there are some funny moments too, slapsticky yes but they were well timed and funny. The animation is excellent, Sylvester is somewhat different-looking, but Porky is drawn very well and the backgrounds and colouring are audacious. The music is both rousing and atmospheric, the dialogue is great, the gags are fine, the story is well-constructed and quite original and Mel Blanc is once again brilliant as both Sylvester and Porky. Overall, not the best but very well done. 9/10 Bethany Cox
    rapt0r_claw-1

    The first in a series of Sylvester/Porky cartoons

    Scaredy Cat is the first in a series of Porky/Sylvester teamings directed by Chuck Jones, and the series certainly started with a bang. Sylvester and his master Porky move into the last house the real estate agent had, for reasons only Sylvester understands. The house is inhabited by homicidal mice, who will stop at nothing to kill the intruders most painfully. Sylvester is the only one who knows what's going on, and the oblivious Porky mistakes Sylvester's attempts to save him as murderous. The animation of Porky is good, but Sylvester doesn't really look like himself. We must take into consideration that Sylvester was quite a new face in '48, and besides Jones never really drew him like Freleng did. The best horror scenes are those in which the mice's plans don't come off, like Sylvester's empty basket descending. The audience never knows what happened to the basket, nor what happened to Sylvester when he goes all white. This is a brilliantly funny cartoon, essential for all Looney Tunes fans, and as all Looney Tunes fans will have the Golden Collection DVD, all fans will see it!
    9CuriosityKilledShawn

    Sylvester minus that awful Tweety

    Porky Pig and his loyal cat Sylvester move into a big scary looking house and Sylvester (who doesn't have any dialogue in this 'un) is instantly panicky and afraid. He's sure the house is over-run with homicidal mice, booby traps and ominous shadows. However Porky doesn't appear to be listening and insists Sylvester sleep in the kitchen and not beside him, where he feels more safe.

    Sure enough, it's not long before the mice are poking at and prodding Sylvester with sharp objects or launching the poor kitty through windows. Despite repeated attempts, Porky will just not pay attention until he himself is kidnapped.

    Now it's up to Sylvester to rescue him in an unusual role as the victim turned hero. You gotta love him, he's just so adorable.
    8tadpole-596-918256

    Cats are very skittish critters.

    This is the primary pretext of SCAREDY CAT. The feline set also tends to be quite self-centered, evidenced by Sylvester hoisting an anvil over his tuna fish provider P. Pig, forcing him onto the wagon to the killing field. If there were any cats along for the maiden voyage of the Titanic, one can bet that they'd have filled the space on the few available lifeboats as soon as the crow's nest dude yelled "Thar she's blowing free ice cubes for your drinks!" Fluffy does not observe any of the laws stipulating "Women and children first!" Fickle felines always desert just when their owners need them the most. That's why no one writes about "The cats of war" or "Fluffy come home."

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    • Trivia
      The mouse who says "Pussycats is da cwaziest peoples" is spoofing radio comedian Lew Lehr, whose catchphrase was "Monkeys is da cwaziest peoples."
    • Goofs
      When Porky climbs up the stairs to bed, Sylvester is clinging to Porky's back in fright. In the bedroom Porky has removed his clothes but with Sylvester still clinging to his back. How did Porky remove his clothes with Sylvester clinging to him? A: I was on a train once, Bugs and Daffy chasing each other round and round on the windows, defying gravity; suddenly, Daffy stopped and said "y'know, when you're a cartoon, you can do anything." And went back to the chase. It's a cartoon, fella, get it? Not real life. Geez, what a maroon.
    • Quotes

      [sign held by the bound and gagged Porky Pig as the mice wheel him off to the chopping block]

      Porky Pig: YOU WERE RIGHT, SYLVESTER

    • Connections
      Edited into Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock-a-Bye Baby
      (uncredited)

      Music by Effie I. Canning

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    • Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Schwein gehabt
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 7m
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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