History WesternAnimation / ATaleOfTwoKitties

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar[=/=]ThinkOfTheCensors:
-->'''Babbitt:''' Give me the bird! Give me the bird!\\
'''Catstello:''' If [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode the Hays Office]] would only let me, I'd [[FlippingTheBird give him the bird]] alright.

* DodgeByBreaking: When Catstello is falling, he's on course with a pitchfork. At the last moment, he stops in midair, sidesteps, and instead lands on Babbitt.

* AnvilOnHead: Tweety throws a rope for Catsello to climb up, but it's tied to an anvil which is then pulled off the roof and onto Catstello's head.

The plot is centered on two cats, Babbitt and Catsello, who are looking for something to eat, and they decide to target a seemingly harmless baby bird resting high up in a nest in a tree. However, it quickly turns out that the seemingly innocuous bird is smarter than he lets on, and he actively fights back against the cats, while the duo continue to banter with each other along the way.

* AnvilOnHead: Tweety throws a rope for Catsello to climb up, but it's tied to an anvil which is then pulled off the roof and onto Catsello's head.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Tweety is shooting down Catsello, he briefly pauses the action to ask the audience "Is there an insurance salesman in the house?"
* CheatedAngle: [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/tale-2-kitties-clampett-film-pacing.html As pointed out here]], Catsello's fall onto the roof is cheated so that instead of directly falling on top of it, he's flying ''towards'' the roof from an odd angle so as to give more visual impact, since the scene moves fast enough that the audience wouldn't notice the cheated perspective.
* DopeSlap: Babbitt gives one to Catsello after rescuing him (while Catsello thinks he's still up on the makeshift stilts).
-->'''Catsello''': "Help! Save me, help!" (realizes Babbitt is holding him) Hey, how'd you get all the way up here?" (Babbitt slaps him)

-->'''Babbitt:''' ''(hitting Catsello)'' Why do you do these things?\\
'''Catsello:''' I'm a ''baaaaaaaad'' pussycat.\\
''[Babbitt slaps Catsello in the back of the head.]''

'''Catsello:''' If [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode the Hays Office]] would only let me, I'd [[FlippingTheBird give him the bird]] alright.
* HypocriticalHumor: Babbitt orders a reluctant Catsello to catch the bird, but he don't want to harm it. When Babbitt tells him it's only a "tiny little bird", Catsello suddenly screams with determination and makes it personal.
* IsThereADoctorInTheHouse: When Catsello is being gunned down by Tweety, he briefly pauses the action to ask the audience if there's an insurance salesman in the theater.
* JumpCut: The part where Catsello is falling towards a pinchfork and the camera cutting back and forth between his reactions and the fork has very fast cutting, with some shots barely lasting a few frames on screen. The dramatic, action like cutting all builds up to the punchline where Catsello halts himself in midair to step aside and land safely on top of Babbitt.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Babbitt and Catsello are parodies of Creator/AbbottAndCostello. Catsello even uses a paraphrase of Lou's "I'm a baaad boy!" catchphrase.

* PlummetPerspective: Catsello falls onto the barnhouse roof and then off of it in this perspective.
* PublicDomainAnimation: The cartoons copyright wasn't renewed, so it's a PublicDomain staple.
* PunnyName: Catsello is an portmanteau of Cat and (Lou) Costello.

* VisualPun: When Catsello is launched into the air, flying with makeshift wings, he calls to Babbitt that he's a Spitfire (plane), and proceeds to spit like he's shooting a machine gun.
* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon was made during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so there's a couple topical references to it. Catsello imitates a spitfire airplane, and Tweety puts on a air raid helmet and sicks anti-aircraft weaponry on Catsello to shoot him down. At the end, Tweety Bird yells at Babbitt and Catsello to "TURN OUT THOSE LIGHTS!" Also, Babbitt is tending a victory garden in one scene and whistles a couple notes of the wartime song "We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Tweety is shooting down Catsello, he briefly pauses the action to ask the audience "Is there an insurance salesman in the audience?"

* IsThereADoctorInTheHouse: When Catsello is being gunned down by Twenty, he briefly pauses the action to ask the audience if there's an insurance salesman in the theater.
* JumpCut: The part where Catsello is falling towards a pinchfork and the camera cutting back and forth between his reactions and the fork has very fast cutting, with some shots barely lasting a few frames on screen. The dramatic, action like cutting all builds up to the punchline where Catsello halts himself in midair to step aside and land safely.

* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon was made during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so there's a couple topical references to it. Catsello imitates a spitfire airplane, and Tweety puts on a helmet and sicks anti-aircraft weaponry on Catsello to shoot him down. At the end, Tweety Bird yells at Babbitt and Catsello to "TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!" Also, Babbitt is tending a victory garden in one scene and whistles a couple notes of the wartime song "We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:

'''Catstello:''' If [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode the Hays Office]] would only let me, I'd [[FlippingTheBird give him the bird]] alright.

The cartoon is in the public domain and can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfyblox-p54 here.]] The film is also notable for being a runner-up on Main/The50GreatestCartoons list.

Not to be confused with the 1996 Good Housekeeping animated film ''A Tale of Two Kitties'', nor the film ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties]]''.

"A Tale of Two Kitties" is a 1942 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett. It is notable as being the debut film of [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird.]]

"A Tale of Two Kitties" is a 1942 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett. It is notable as being the debut film of [[SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird.]]

Not to be confused with the film ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties]]''.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Babbitt and Catsello are parodies of Creator/AbbottAndCostello.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Tweety actively fights back against the cats in this cartoon, unlike his future encounters with Sylvester.

* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon was made during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so there's a couple topical references to it. Catsello imitates a spitfire airplane, and Tweety puts on a helmet and sicks anti-aircraft weaponry on Catsello to shoot him down. At the end, Tweety Bird yells at Babbitt and Catsello to "TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!" Also, Babbitt is tending a victory garden in one scene.

!!''A Tale of Two Kitties'' provides examples of:

''A Tale of Two Kitties'' is a 1942 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett. It is notable as being the debut film of [[SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird.]]

Not to be confused with the film ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties]]''.

''A Tale of Two Kitties'' is a 1942 MerrieMelodies cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett. It is notable as being the debut film of [[SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird.]]

!Tropes:

* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon was made during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so there's a couple topical references to it. Catsello imitates a spitfire airplane, and Tweety puts on a helmet and sicks anti-aircraft weaponry on Catsello to shoot him down. At the end, Tweety Bird yells at Babbitt and Catsello to "TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!"

''A Tale of Two Kitties'' is a 1942 MerrieMelodies cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett. It is notable as being the debut film of Tweety Bird.

The cartoon is in the public domain and can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfyblox-p54 here.]]

Not to be confused with the film ''Film/GarfieldATaleOfTwoKitties''.

The cartoon is in the public domain and can be seen here.