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** Also, Sylvester's baby disguise actually ''does'' fool the nanny. Unfortunately, however, the baby apparently has a bad habit of putting things in his mouth. So, when Sylvester puts Tweety in his mouth, the nanny spanks the bird out of him.

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'''Home Tweet Home''' is a 1950 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short starring WesternAnimation/TweetyAndSylvester. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.

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'''Home Tweet Home''' is a 1950 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short starring WesternAnimation/TweetyAndSylvester.WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.



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%% * StockSoundEffect: We hear a Beep (the kind that the Road Runner would use) as Sylvester crashes into a fire hydrant.hydrant.
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* BubblegumPopping: Tweety does this to Sylvester twice when he tries levitating himself with a bubblegum bubble; once with a needle and a second time with a slingshot.

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* BubblegumPopping: Tweety does this to While Sylvester twice when he tries levitating to levitate himself with a bubblegum bubble; once bubble to get to Tweety, Tweety pops the bubble with a needle resulting in gum in his face and a second time with a slingshot.gravity taking over.
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* BoxAndStickTrap: Sylvester resorts to this while using a corn cob as bait, not only is Tweety too smart to fall for this, but he was standing on Sylvester's head the whole time he was setting it up.
* BubblegumPopping: Tweety does this to Sylvester twice when he tries levitating himself with a bubblegum bubble; once with a needle and a second time with a slingshot.
* ComedicSpanking: Sylvester's baby disguise capture attempt ends with him being spanked by the baby's nanny, as well as Tweety who uses a plank of wood.


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* GooGooGetup: Sylvester disguises himself as the nanny's baby to catch Tweety, of course it doesn't work.


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* MuggedForDisguise: Sylvester steals a babies outfit in an attempt to catch Tweety; of course the baby isn't actually mugged, just pulled off-screen.
* TheNotCatch: Tweety catches a falling Sylvester with a pillow, the anvil concealed inside the pillow though doesn't do the cat any favors.
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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also missing the white tip on his tail, which is solid black. After this cartoon, Sylvester would get the white tip on his tail for several years (at least in the Freleng shorts; Creator/RobertMcKimson's Sylvester's tail would remain completely black for several more years).

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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also Also, as in some of his earliest appearances, he's missing the white tip on his tail, which is solid black. After this cartoon, Sylvester would get the white tip on his tail for several years (at least in the Freleng shorts; Creator/RobertMcKimson's Sylvester's tail would remain completely black for several more years).
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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also missing the white tip on his tail, which is solid black. After this cartoon, Sylvester would get a white tip on his tail for several years (at least in the Freleng shorts; Creator/RobertMcKimson's Sylvester's tail would remain solid black for several more years).

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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also missing the white tip on his tail, which is solid black. After this cartoon, Sylvester would get a the white tip on his tail for several years (at least in the Freleng shorts; Creator/RobertMcKimson's Sylvester's tail would remain solid completely black for several more years).

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: On ABC, the nanny spanking Sylvester, disguised as the baby, was intact, but Tweety joining in the spanking by whacking Sylvester on the rear with a two-by-four was cut.



** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also missing the white stripe around his tail.

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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons. He's also missing the white stripe around tip on his tail.tail, which is solid black. After this cartoon, Sylvester would get a white tip on his tail for several years (at least in the Freleng shorts; Creator/RobertMcKimson's Sylvester's tail would remain solid black for several more years).
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Sylvester's final attempt at catching Tweety has him disguising as a tree with a bird's nest. This actually fools Tweety ''but also fools the bulldog'', who sniffs at the tree costume in the hopes of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar peeing on it]]. Sylvester [[NiceJobFixingItVillain inadvertently blows his cover by squirting the dog with a water pistol]].

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Sylvester's final attempt at catching Tweety has him disguising as a tree with a bird's nest. This actually fools Tweety ''but also fools the bulldog'', who sniffs at the tree costume in the hopes of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar [[{{Toilet Humour}} peeing on it]]. Sylvester [[NiceJobFixingItVillain inadvertently blows his cover by squirting the dog with a water pistol]].
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* ShoutOut: UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is mentioned in the newspaper Sylvester peaks through.

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* ShoutOut: UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is mentioned in the newspaper Sylvester peaks through.through.
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** Tweety is a PintSizedPowerhouse in this cartoon, coming off as small and helpless but ''mauling'' Sylvester throughout. In later Sylvester/Tweety shorts, Tweety would be far more passive and typically depend on third parties like Granny and the bulldog to protect him.

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** Tweety is a PintSizedPowerhouse in this cartoon, coming off as small and helpless but ''mauling'' Sylvester throughout. throughout (which, believe it or not, is how Tweety was back when he was Bob Clampett's character, as seen in "A Tale of Two Kitties", "Birdy and the Beast", and "A Gruesome Twosome"). In later Sylvester/Tweety shorts, Tweety would be far more passive and typically depend on third parties like Granny and the bulldog all manner of bulldogs (mostly with generic names like Hector or Spike) to protect him.
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* BabyTalk: Sylvester talks in this when he disguises as the nanny's baby to fool her into giving up Tweety.
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** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons.

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* MickeyMousing: In the scene where the bulldog is introduced, a thumping/menacing melody scores his footsteps as he walks beside Tweety. The melody fades out when he's hidden in the background.

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** Tweety is a PintSizedPowerhouse in this cartoon, coming off as small and helpless but ''mauling'' Sylvester throughout. In later Sylvester/Tweety shorts, Tweety would become a passive victim, dependent on third parties like Granny and the bulldog to protect him.

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** Tweety is a PintSizedPowerhouse in this cartoon, coming off as small and helpless but ''mauling'' Sylvester throughout. In later Sylvester/Tweety shorts, Tweety would become a be far more passive victim, dependent and typically depend on third parties like Granny and the bulldog to protect him.him.
** Also, Sylvester is far less clumsy than in later cartoons.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Tweety may be small and cute, but he's an absolute beast to Sylvester.

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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Tweety may be small and cute, but he's an absolute beast to Sylvester.Sylvester.
* ShoutOut: UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is mentioned in the newspaper Sylvester peaks through.
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* AngryGuardDog: In the cartoon's second half, a bulldog joins the party in victimizing Sylvester.
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'''Home Tweet Home''' is a 1950 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short starring WesternAnimation/TweetyAndSylvester. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.

Tweety is in Central Park, bathing in a bird bath while singing, [[PublicDomainSoundtrack I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover]]. Sylvester is sitting on a park bench and peaks at Tweety through a peephole in the newspaper he's "reading." He attempts to go after Tweety but is thwarted on all corners by a feisty nanny, an angry bulldog and Tweety himself.


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* BodyguardingABadass: The nanny does this for Tweety.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several examples:
** The role of the nanny in this cartoon would be taken on by Granny in later Sylvester and Tweety shorts.
** Tweety is a PintSizedPowerhouse in this cartoon, coming off as small and helpless but ''mauling'' Sylvester throughout. In later Sylvester/Tweety shorts, Tweety would become a passive victim, dependent on third parties like Granny and the bulldog to protect him.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Sylvester's final attempt at catching Tweety has him disguising as a tree with a bird's nest. This actually fools Tweety ''but also fools the bulldog'', who sniffs at the tree costume in the hopes of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar peeing on it]]. Sylvester [[NiceJobFixingItVillain inadvertently blows his cover by squirting the dog with a water pistol]].
* MamaBear: The nanny acts as this for Tweety. Not that the bird really needs her help, though.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Tweety may be small and cute, but he's an absolute beast to Sylvester.

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