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** A Gorilla outfielder crashes into a billboard asking, "Does your tobacco taste different lately?" This was a real-life slogan for Sir Walter Raleigh brand tobacco.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''WesternAnimation/GoneBatty'' (1954) follows a similar story as this one, where a cute animal athlete tries to pull off a miracle rally against a team of husky bullies similar to the Gas House Gorillas.
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** The Gashouse Gorillas are a not-so-kind reference to the St. Louis Cardinals, who in the 1930s were known by the nickname of "The Gashouse Gang".
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** Maybe the umpire [[TheDogBitesBack wanted revenge for all the abuse the Gorillas heaped on him?]]
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* HumiliationConga: a literal example: the Gorillas score so many runs at one point that they perform a conga line around the bases!
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* HumiliationConga: a literal example: the Gorillas score so many runs at one point that they [[https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-13-2015/3iWtN-.gif perform a conga line line]] around the bases!
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* HumiliationConga: a literal example: the Gorillas score so many runs at one point that they perform a conga line around the bases!
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** One of the Tea Totallers says "I'm only ninety-three-and-a-half years old", a variation of the Lou Costello line "I'm only three-and-a-half years old", a favorite of the Termite Terrace crew.
** One of the billboards advertises Filboid Studge, a fictional food product from a Creator/HectorHughMunro story.
** One of the Tea Totallers says "I'm only ninety-three-and-a-half years old", a variation of the Lou Costello line "I'm only three-and-a-half years old", a favorite of the Termite Terrace crew.
** One of the billboards advertises Filboid Studge, a fictional food product from a Creator/HectorHughMunro story.
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* VisualPun: {{Tuckerization}}: There's a billboard for (story man) "Mike Maltese, Ace Detective".
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** The bat boy has batwings.wings.
** When a "screaming liner" is hit, the ball is literally screaming.
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** The bat boy has bat
** When a "screaming liner" is hit, the ball is literally screaming.
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* ShoutOut: When the ump calls the Gorilla out after Bugs catches the fly ball atop the Umpire State Building, he starts to argue the call, prompting the Statue of Liberty to say, "That's what the man said, you heard what he said, he said it!" in MotorMouth fashion, imitating one of Rochester's catchphrases from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
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* ShoutOut: When the ump calls the Gorilla out after Bugs catches the fly ball atop the Umpire State Building, he starts to argue the call, prompting the Statue of Liberty to say, "That's what the man said, you heard what he said, he said it!" in MotorMouth fashion, imitating one of Rochester's catchphrases from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
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* CirclingBirdies: After Bugs tags out one of the Gorillas, the guy has angelic baseball players playing catch over his head.
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''Baseball Bugs'' is a 1946 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In this cartoon, Bugs is watching a baseball game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas House Gorillas, a bunch of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, who are all fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing 95-0 when Bugs, who is a fan, starts heckling the Gorillas. The Gorillas in turn force Bugs to play against them in the game. Bugs, playing all by himself, uses his typical schemes to defeat the Gorillas.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Bugs stretches the rules of baseball a bit.
** To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A conga line of constant home runs?
** To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A conga line of constant home runs?
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* LivingStatue: After he makes the game-winning catch, the Statue of Liberty sides with Bugs on the call.
* LoopholeAbuse: Bugs stretches the rules of baseball abit.
**bit. To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A conga line of constant home runs?
* LoopholeAbuse: Bugs stretches the rules of baseball a
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* WartimeCartoon: Released five months after World War II ended, actually, but after tagging out a Gorilla Bugs holds up a sign saying "Was this trip really necessary?". This was a wartime slogan meant to encourage fuel conservation.
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* WartimeCartoon: Released five months after World War II ended, actually, but after tagging out a Gorilla Gorilla, Bugs holds up a sign saying "Was this trip really necessary?". This was a wartime slogan meant to encourage fuel conservation.
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** To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A congo line of constant home runs?
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** To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A congo conga line of constant home runs?
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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''aseball '''B'''ugs".
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Listed in the 2010 book ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch."
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* CrewOfOne: Bugs is forced to play every position for the Tea Totallers, even playing pitcher ''and'' catcher simultaneously, which requires him to outrun the ball and catch his own pitch!
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* PinballGag: Bugs hits a line drive that bounces off all the outfielders. The scoreboard displays a "Tilt" message.
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* PinballGag: Bugs hits a line drive that bounces off all the outfielders. outfielders, causing each to light up as he's hit. The scoreboard then displays a "Tilt" message.
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We don\'t usually note critical acclaim
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Listed in the 2010 book ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.
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Listed in the 2010 book ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.
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Listed in the 2010 book ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.
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* PinballGag: Bugs hits a line drive that bounces off all the outfielders. The scoreboard displays a "Tilt" message.
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** To be fair, so do the Gas House Gorillas. A congo line of constant home runs?
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* PainfullySlowProjectile: Bugs' "slow ball", which manages to strike out three players in succession before even reaching home plate.
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* GretzkyHasTheBall: Well, it's a cartoon; in RealLife you can't hail a taxi to chase down a fly ball. But the ending is still interesting--Bugs flings his glove into the air to catch the ball for the last out. Throwing your glove at the ball is illegal and results in a three-base penalty.
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''Baseball Bugs'' is a 1946 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In this cartoon, Bugs is watching a baseball game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas House Gorillas, a bunch of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, who are all fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing 95-0 when Bugs, who is a fan, starts heckling the Gorillas. The Gorillas in turn force Bugs to play against them in the game. Bugs, playing all by himself, uses his typical schemes to defeat the Gorillas.
Listed in the 2010 book ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and also in The50GreatestCartoons.
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!!Tropes:
* AnimalAthleteLoophole: AintNoRule says a rabbit can't play baseball! Although this is an unusual example in that the opposing team forces Bugs to play.
* BaseballEpisode
* CigarChomper: Several Gorillas, especially the pitcher.
* DistractedByTheSexy: The catcher is waiting to tag out Bugs, but Bugs holds up a pinup poster to distract him. Bugs is safe.
* DownToTheLastPlay: Bugs, leading 96-95 in the bottom of the ninth and with a runner on base, climbs the "Umpire State Building" to catch a Gorilla fly ball for the final out.
* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Bugs uses his patented rapid contradiction argument to get the umpire that had originally called him out to instead call him safe. This example came five years before the trope namer, "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire".
* FollowThatCar: Bugs hails a taxi to "Follow that ball!" after a Gorilla hits a ball out of the Polo Grounds.
* InstantGravestone: One Gorilla goes back chasing after a fly ball, yelling "I got it! I got it!". He gets plowed in the ground by the ball and a tombstone pops up saying "He got it."
* NotMyDriver: That taxi driver plays for the Gorillas.
* PinballGag: Bugs hits a line drive that bounces off all the outfielders.
* TelephonePolearm: A Gorilla hacks down a whole tree to use as a bat.
* VisualPun: The bat boy has bat wings.
* WartimeCartoon: Released five months after World War II ended, actually, but after tagging out a Gorilla Bugs holds up a sign saying "Was this trip really necessary?". This was a wartime slogan meant to encourage fuel conservation.
Listed in the 2010 book ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and also in The50GreatestCartoons.
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!!Tropes:
* AnimalAthleteLoophole: AintNoRule says a rabbit can't play baseball! Although this is an unusual example in that the opposing team forces Bugs to play.
* BaseballEpisode
* CigarChomper: Several Gorillas, especially the pitcher.
* DistractedByTheSexy: The catcher is waiting to tag out Bugs, but Bugs holds up a pinup poster to distract him. Bugs is safe.
* DownToTheLastPlay: Bugs, leading 96-95 in the bottom of the ninth and with a runner on base, climbs the "Umpire State Building" to catch a Gorilla fly ball for the final out.
* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Bugs uses his patented rapid contradiction argument to get the umpire that had originally called him out to instead call him safe. This example came five years before the trope namer, "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire".
* FollowThatCar: Bugs hails a taxi to "Follow that ball!" after a Gorilla hits a ball out of the Polo Grounds.
* InstantGravestone: One Gorilla goes back chasing after a fly ball, yelling "I got it! I got it!". He gets plowed in the ground by the ball and a tombstone pops up saying "He got it."
* NotMyDriver: That taxi driver plays for the Gorillas.
* PinballGag: Bugs hits a line drive that bounces off all the outfielders.
* TelephonePolearm: A Gorilla hacks down a whole tree to use as a bat.
* VisualPun: The bat boy has bat wings.
* WartimeCartoon: Released five months after World War II ended, actually, but after tagging out a Gorilla Bugs holds up a sign saying "Was this trip really necessary?". This was a wartime slogan meant to encourage fuel conservation.
