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''Sooky'' is a 1931 American [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, Norman Z. Mcleod and Sam Mintz. A sequel to the 1931 film ''Film/{{Skippy}}'', the film stars Creator/JackieCooper, Robert Coogan and Jackie Searl. It was released by Creator/{{Paramount}} on December 26, 1931.
Skippy, the precocious son of Dr. Herbert Skinner, is best friends with Sooky Wayne, a poor boy from the Shantytown across the tracks. Sooky's mother has a [[spoiler:liver disease]], and she and her son have been living off of cat food. Skippy is trying to keep Sooky from being taken away by the State, and defends him against the snotty Sidney. Sidney taunts Sooky for being too poor to join his boy scout-esq club, the Boone Boys. Skippy and Sooky start their own club, the Beagle Boys.
Skippy, the precocious son of Dr. Herbert Skinner, is best friends with Sooky Wayne, a poor boy from the Shantytown across the tracks. Sooky's mother has a [[spoiler:liver disease]], and she and her son have been living off of cat food. Skippy is trying to keep Sooky from being taken away by the State, and defends him against the snotty Sidney. Sidney taunts Sooky for being too poor to join his boy scout-esq club, the Boone Boys. Skippy and Sooky start their own club, the Beagle Boys.
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''Sooky'' is a 1931 American [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, Norman Z. Mcleod and Sam Mintz. A sequel to the 1931 film ''Film/{{Skippy}}'', the film stars Creator/JackieCooper, Creator/JackieCooper and Robert Coogan and Jackie Searl.Coogan. It was released by Creator/{{Paramount}} on December 26, 1931.
Skippy, Skippy (Cooper), the precocious son of wealthy Dr. Herbert Skinner, is best friends with Sooky Wayne, Wayne (Coogan), a poor boy from who lives in the Shantytown shantytown across the tracks. Sooky's mother has a [[spoiler:liver disease]], and she and her son have been living off of cat food. Skippy is trying to keep Sooky from being taken away by the State, and defends him against the snotty Sidney. Sidney Saunders (Jackie Searl). After Sidney taunts Sooky for being too poor to join his boy scout-esq exclusive boys' club, the Boone Boys. Boys, he and Skippy and Sooky start their own club, the Beagle Boys.
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Skippy and Sooky run away, and attempt to sleep in the woods. They get separated after being scared by an owl, and Skippy goes back to Sooky's house to try and find him. When he gets there, [[spoiler:Sooky's mother is dying. She asks Skippy to take care of Sooky, and Skippy runs home and hysterically tells his father what happened. The Skinner's decide to adopt Sooky,]] and they all live (relatively) happily ever after.
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''Sooky'' is a 1931 American pre-Code family [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Norman Z. Mcleod and Sam Mintz. It is a A sequel to the 1931 film Film/{{Skippy}}. The ''Film/{{Skippy}}'', the film stars Creator/JackieCooper, Robert Coogan and Jackie Searl. It was released by Creator/{{Paramount}} on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
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''Sooky'' is a 1931 American pre-Code family film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Norman Z. Mcleod and Sam Mintz. It is a sequel to the 1931 film Film/{{Skippy}}. The film stars Creator/JackieCooper, Robert Coogan and Jackie Searl. It was released on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
Skippy, the precocious son of Dr. Herbert Skinner, is best friends with Sooky Wayne, a poor boy from the Shantytown across the tracks. Sooky's mother has a [[spoiler:liver disease]], and she and her son have been living off of cat food. Skippy is trying to keep Sooky from being taken away by the State, and defends him against the snotty Sidney. Sidney taunts Sooky for being too poor to join his boy scout-esq club, the Boone Boys. Skippy and Sooky start their own club, the Beagle Boys.
One day, Skippy gets in trouble from his father for charging a large amount of groceries to him, which he bought for Sooky and his mother. Since Sooky's mom made him take them back, he doesn't want to tell his father that Sooky has no groceries at home.
Skippy and Sooky run away, and attempt to sleep in the woods. They get separated after being scared by an owl, and Skippy goes back to Sooky's house to try and find him. When he gets there, [[spoiler:Sooky's mother is dying. She asks Skippy to take care of Sooky, and Skippy runs home and hysterically tells his father what happened. The Skinner's decide to adopt Sooky,]] and they all live (relatively) happily ever after.
!!Tropes:
*AdorablyPrecociousChild: Skippy.
*AesopAmnesia: Skippy's dad seems to have forgotten everything he learned in the first film. Only this time, instead of knocking down the Shantytown, it's sending the poor to the poor house that Skippy must teach his dad is wrong.
*BrattyHalfPint: Sidney Saunders, Skippy's snotty bully of a neighbour.
*CryIntoChest: Skippy cries into his dad's chest.
*CheerfulChild: Sooky.
*ChildrenRaiseYou: Skippy once again teaches his father to have more empathy for the poor.
*ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The dogs Skippy and his dad give Sooky at the end of the first film are nowhere to be seen. Considering the dog was such a big plot point in the first movie, you'd think it would at least get a mention.
**Sidney's sister, Eloise, is also gone.
*DogFoodDiet: Sooky can only afford cat food at the grocery store. Skippy tells him he better find a cat so that the inspector won't find out he's been eating it himself.
*DogGotSentToAFarm: The Skinner's decide not to tell Sooky that [[spoiler:his mom died. They just tell him she went away somewhere.]]
*DisappearedDad: Sooky has no father. it's explained in the first film that he died some time ago.
*InnocentlyInsensitive: Skippy cheerfully asks one of his dad's patients how her gallstones are.
*LookBehindYou: Skippy tricks Sidney into ordering the Boone Boys to turn around, so he can sock Sidney without the others coming after him.
*TheMovie: Skippy was a comic strip back in the 20's and 30's. This film is based on the Skippy story ''Dear Sooky''.
*ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:Sooky thinks he's just staying with Skippy until his mom comes back.]]
*ParentalObliviousness: Skippy's parents can't figure out his perceived misdeeds were all attempts to help Sooky.
*ProducePelting: Skippy throws an egg as Sidney when he starts teasing Sooky for eating cat food.
**Skippy and Sooky also throw tomatoes at railway workers so that the workers will throw coal at them, which they give to people in Shantytown.
*RagsToRiches: Sooky, by the end of the film.
*RichSiblingPoorSibling: Mrs. Wayne has a couple of wealthy sisters who want Sooky to live with them. Sooky of course, wants to stay with his mom.
*StrugglingSingleMother: Mrs. Wayne.
*SpoiledSweet: Skippy. Despite being from a wealthy family, he never asks for anything and spends all his time trying to help Sooky and other people in the Shantytown. Getting them coal, food, and medicine.
*SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: In the first films, Sidney was just kind of a sissy with a bit of a snide attitude. He is a full on antagonist in this one, and seems focused on making Skippy and Sooky's lives miserable.
*TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Mrs. Wayne asks Skippy to take care of Sooky as she dies.]]
*TalkingToTheDead: Skippy keeps talking to [[spoiler:Sooky's mom]] until he's told she can't hear him anymore.
*TraumaCongaLine: Skippy suffers even more than in the first film. From all the relentless bullying, to accidentally humiliating his dad, being forced to stay away from Sooky, and then witnessing [[spoiler:Sooky's mother die.]]
*TooHappyToLive: Most of the film is so light-hearted and childish, the death of [[spoiler:Sooky's mother]] hits like a ton of bricks.
*WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Shantytown is literally located on the other side of the tracks.
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''Sooky'' is a 1931 American pre-Code family film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Norman Z. Mcleod and Sam Mintz. It is a sequel to the 1931 film Film/{{Skippy}}. The film stars Creator/JackieCooper, Robert Coogan and Jackie Searl. It was released on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
Skippy, the precocious son of Dr. Herbert Skinner, is best friends with Sooky Wayne, a poor boy from the Shantytown across the tracks. Sooky's mother has a [[spoiler:liver disease]], and she and her son have been living off of cat food. Skippy is trying to keep Sooky from being taken away by the State, and defends him against the snotty Sidney. Sidney taunts Sooky for being too poor to join his boy scout-esq club, the Boone Boys. Skippy and Sooky start their own club, the Beagle Boys.
One day, Skippy gets in trouble from his father for charging a large amount of groceries to him, which he bought for Sooky and his mother. Since Sooky's mom made him take them back, he doesn't want to tell his father that Sooky has no groceries at home.
Skippy and Sooky run away, and attempt to sleep in the woods. They get separated after being scared by an owl, and Skippy goes back to Sooky's house to try and find him. When he gets there, [[spoiler:Sooky's mother is dying. She asks Skippy to take care of Sooky, and Skippy runs home and hysterically tells his father what happened. The Skinner's decide to adopt Sooky,]] and they all live (relatively) happily ever after.
!!Tropes:
*AdorablyPrecociousChild: Skippy.
*AesopAmnesia: Skippy's dad seems to have forgotten everything he learned in the first film. Only this time, instead of knocking down the Shantytown, it's sending the poor to the poor house that Skippy must teach his dad is wrong.
*BrattyHalfPint: Sidney Saunders, Skippy's snotty bully of a neighbour.
*CryIntoChest: Skippy cries into his dad's chest.
*CheerfulChild: Sooky.
*ChildrenRaiseYou: Skippy once again teaches his father to have more empathy for the poor.
*ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The dogs Skippy and his dad give Sooky at the end of the first film are nowhere to be seen. Considering the dog was such a big plot point in the first movie, you'd think it would at least get a mention.
**Sidney's sister, Eloise, is also gone.
*DogFoodDiet: Sooky can only afford cat food at the grocery store. Skippy tells him he better find a cat so that the inspector won't find out he's been eating it himself.
*DogGotSentToAFarm: The Skinner's decide not to tell Sooky that [[spoiler:his mom died. They just tell him she went away somewhere.]]
*DisappearedDad: Sooky has no father. it's explained in the first film that he died some time ago.
*InnocentlyInsensitive: Skippy cheerfully asks one of his dad's patients how her gallstones are.
*LookBehindYou: Skippy tricks Sidney into ordering the Boone Boys to turn around, so he can sock Sidney without the others coming after him.
*TheMovie: Skippy was a comic strip back in the 20's and 30's. This film is based on the Skippy story ''Dear Sooky''.
*ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:Sooky thinks he's just staying with Skippy until his mom comes back.]]
*ParentalObliviousness: Skippy's parents can't figure out his perceived misdeeds were all attempts to help Sooky.
*ProducePelting: Skippy throws an egg as Sidney when he starts teasing Sooky for eating cat food.
**Skippy and Sooky also throw tomatoes at railway workers so that the workers will throw coal at them, which they give to people in Shantytown.
*RagsToRiches: Sooky, by the end of the film.
*RichSiblingPoorSibling: Mrs. Wayne has a couple of wealthy sisters who want Sooky to live with them. Sooky of course, wants to stay with his mom.
*StrugglingSingleMother: Mrs. Wayne.
*SpoiledSweet: Skippy. Despite being from a wealthy family, he never asks for anything and spends all his time trying to help Sooky and other people in the Shantytown. Getting them coal, food, and medicine.
*SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: In the first films, Sidney was just kind of a sissy with a bit of a snide attitude. He is a full on antagonist in this one, and seems focused on making Skippy and Sooky's lives miserable.
*TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Mrs. Wayne asks Skippy to take care of Sooky as she dies.]]
*TalkingToTheDead: Skippy keeps talking to [[spoiler:Sooky's mom]] until he's told she can't hear him anymore.
*TraumaCongaLine: Skippy suffers even more than in the first film. From all the relentless bullying, to accidentally humiliating his dad, being forced to stay away from Sooky, and then witnessing [[spoiler:Sooky's mother die.]]
*TooHappyToLive: Most of the film is so light-hearted and childish, the death of [[spoiler:Sooky's mother]] hits like a ton of bricks.
*WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Shantytown is literally located on the other side of the tracks.
