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* LiterallyFallingThroughTheCracks: The skunk disguises himself as Music/FrankSinatra, and as with many cartoons about Sinatra in the forties, there are a lot of jokes about how rail-thin he was, which includes falling through a knothole in the stage.
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* SmellySkunk: B.O. in spades. Presumably [[spoiler: the lady skunk with whom he hooks up at the end.]] had a similar problem.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: No matter what disguise or stunt that B.O. tries, girls always get scared off once they're close enough to smell his inherent odor. Viewers may thus figure out the final twist when [[spoiler:the female "[[AssInALionSkin fox]]" ''doesn't'' react the same way the other girls did]].
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* WildTake: But of course. Notably, Tex has transferred the horny reactions of his Wolf character onto a horde of cute little girl bunnies.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Everyone is repulsed by B.O. Skunk's odor no matter what he tries, and he is almost DrivenToSuicide. He tries one last trick with camouflage, but then both he and his mate fall into a creek and he is exposed for the skunk he is, [[spoiler:only to discover that his mate was also a skunk trying the same thing... cue the BigDamnKiss]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Everyone is repulsed by B.O. Skunk's odor no matter what he tries, and he is almost DrivenToSuicide. He tries one last trick with camouflage, and paints himself to resemble a fox, but then both he and his mate fall into a creek and he is exposed for the skunk he is, [[spoiler:only to discover that his mate was also a skunk trying the same thing... cue the BigDamnKiss]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Everyone is repulsed by B.O's odor no matter what he tries, and he is almost DrivenToSuicide. He tries one last trick with camouflage, but then both he and his mate fall into a creek and the paint washes off, [[spoiler:only to discover that his mate was also a skunk trying the same thing... cue the BigDamnKiss]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Everyone is repulsed by B.O's O. Skunk's odor no matter what he tries, and he is almost DrivenToSuicide. He tries one last trick with camouflage, but then both he and his mate fall into a creek and he is exposed for the paint washes off, skunk he is, [[spoiler:only to discover that his mate was also a skunk trying the same thing... cue the BigDamnKiss]].
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* ShrunkInTheWash: To disguise himself as Frankie Sinatra, B.O. Skunk puts on an oversize suit and pours water over it from a watering can, causing it to shrink until his body is squeezed into a stick=thin shape.
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* MeaningfulName: B.O. Skunk (B.O. being a vernacular abbreviation for body odor).
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* PunnyName: B.O. Skunk (B.O. being a vernacular abbreviation for body odor).
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* WiltingOdor: When B.O. leaves the tree in which he lives, the flowers lining his front path instantly wilt.
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** The name of the author of the self-help book, "Beatrice Bare Fax", is a parody of ''Dear Beatrice Fairfax'', the name of the first newspaper advice column (which was actually written by a Marie Manning).
** B.O. disguises himself as Music/FrankSinatra. Most of the jokes on this section revolve around how thin Frankie was in the '40s.
** The black rabbit saying "Love that man!" is based on Beulah, the black maid from ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly''.
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''Little 'Tinker'' is a 1948 [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons cartoon short by TexAvery]]. One fine morning, B.O. Skunk gets up, showers, douses himself with perfume, and goes walking through the woods in search of a mate. From a distance, he seems to have quite a bit of sex appeal, but anytime he approaches a girl up close, his smell drives her away in revulsion. Then Cupid appears and gives B.O. a self-help book entitled ''Advice to the Love-Worn'' by Beatrice Bare Fax. B.O. tries out the tips inside it with some effect, but one by one, they ultimately fail to produce the desired effect. Doing a Frank Sinatra impression is particularly successful and drives an enormous flock of rabbit fangirls crazy, but attraction invariably turns to repulsion when they sense his odor. Is the poor little skunk doomed to stay single and repulsive forever?
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''Little 'Tinker'' is a 1948 [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons cartoon short by TexAvery]].Tex Avery]]. One fine morning, B.O. Skunk gets up, showers, douses himself with perfume, and goes walking through the woods in search of a mate. From a distance, he seems to have quite a bit of sex appeal, but anytime he approaches a girl up close, his smell drives her away in revulsion. Then Cupid appears and gives B.O. a self-help book entitled ''Advice to the Love-Worn'' by Beatrice Bare Fax. B.O. tries out the tips inside it with some effect, but one by one, they ultimately fail to produce the desired effect. Doing a Frank Sinatra impression is particularly successful and drives an enormous flock of rabbit fangirls crazy, but attraction invariably turns to repulsion when they sense his odor. Is the poor little skunk doomed to stay single and repulsive forever?
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* InstantTombstone: An elderly rabbit, in a fit of mad lust for B.O. Skunk's Frank Sinatra impression, [[WildTake jumps out of her wheelchair, does cartwheels, jumps into the air]] and lands in the ground. A tombstone then appears that reads "Oh Frankie!". Think she ever got out of there? Apparently, Tex Avery couldn't even make a cute cartoon [[DeathIsFunny without being morbid]].
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* InstantTombstone: InstantGravestone: An elderly rabbit, in a fit of mad lust for B.O. Skunk's Frank Sinatra impression, [[WildTake jumps out of her wheelchair, does cartwheels, jumps into the air]] and lands in the ground. A tombstone then appears that reads "Oh Frankie!". Think she ever got out of there? Apparently, Tex Avery couldn't even make a cute cartoon [[DeathIsFunny [[DeathAsComedy without being morbid]].
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''Little 'Tinker'' is a 1948 [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons cartoon short by TexAvery]]. One fine morning, B.O. Skunk gets up, showers, douses himself with perfume, and goes walking through the woods in search of a mate. From a distance, he seems to have quite a bit of sex appeal, but anytime he approaches a girl up close, his smell drives her away in revulsion. Then Cupid appears and gives B.O. a self-help book entitled ''Advice to the Love-Worn'' by Beatrice Bare Fax. B.O. tries out the tips inside it with some effect, but one by one, they ultimately fail to produce the desired effect. Doing a Frank Sinatra impression is particularly successful and drives an enormous flock of rabbit fangirls crazy, but attraction invariably turns to repulsion when they sense his odor. Is the poor little skunk doomed to stay single and repulsive forever?
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* {{Aesop}}: Essentially, it's "Birds of a feather flock together". Find a partner with whom you will be compatible.
* AssInALionSkin: Near the end when B.O. Skunk tries to woo a female by painting his fur like a fox. [[spoiler: The girl fox he meets turns out, after they fall into a creek and their paint washes off, actually to be another skunk in disguise. Cue them kissing.]]
* BalconyWooingScene: One of the things that B.O. tries is to woo a raccoon standing on her balcony up on a tree by serenading her in a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]] costume.
* CupidsArrow: Played with. Cupid appears and attempts to help B.O. find a mate, not with a literal arrow, but by giving him a self-help book. Initially, this book is of little use, for most of it fails to address the main problem – B.O.'s terrible smell. Finally, Cupid points out the advice in the book to camouflage yourself. B.O. paints himself to look like a fox [[spoiler: and meets a lady skunk who has also painted herself to look like a fox. Having finally found a mate with mutual compatibility,]] the cartoon closes with B.O. throwing away the book.
* CasanovaWannabe: B.O. romances every cute female he sees, [[InterspeciesRomance mostly rabbits and also two squirrels and a raccoon]]. They do reciprocate...until they smell his odor.
* DrivenToSuicide: After several failed attempts to attract a mate, B.O. is desperate enough to put a bottle of poison to his mouth. Cupid snatches the bottle away and points out the only tip in the self-help book that comes close to being relevant: CAMOUFLAGE!! This brings about the denouement: B.O. paints himself to look like a fox. [[spoiler: He spots a lady fox [[LoveAtFirstSight and they instantly fall in love]]; they end up falling in a creek, the paint washes off, and it turns out that she is actually a skunk who had had the same idea.]]
* Expy: B.O. would be a [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Flower the Skunk from ''WesternAnimation/Bambi'' and Pepé Le Pew from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
* EyelashFluttering: A bunny bats her eyelashes at B.O. One of said eyelashes even takes on the shape of a beckoning finger.
* ForgottenTrope: The short reaches its zenith in a sequence where B.O. impersonates Frank Sinatra and croons to a big group of female rabbits. He puts on a suit that he [[ShrunkInTheWash shrinks with water]] on himself to make it – and himself – thin as a rail, then starts crooning on a stage to great appeal. As he sings, various things appear around him, such as a scale on which he is lighter than a feather, an oxygen mask and tank, an iron lung, and finally an [[{{Undertaker}} undertaker]] who has come to measure him. All this is a parody of Frank Sinatra's cult and image, including in particular a jab at the latter's supposedly unhealthy thinness.
* GhibliHills: The woodland setting of the short is very much this. There are flowers everywhere. Evidently, we have a parody of ''WesternAnimation/Bambi'' here.
* InstantTombstone: An elderly rabbit, in a fit of mad lust for B.O. Skunk's Frank Sinatra impression, [[WildTake jumps out of her wheelchair, does cartwheels, jumps into the air]] and lands in the ground. A tombstone then appears that reads "Oh Frankie!". Think she ever got out of there? Apparently, Tex Avery couldn't even make a cute cartoon [[DeathIsFunny without being morbid]].
* KissUpTheArm: B.O. thinks he's doing this to a female rabbit he's trying to woo, but she runs off because of his smell and he ends up kissing along a tree branch before kissing an owl on the beak, who promptly passes out.
* MeaningfulName: B.O. Skunk (B.O. being a vernacular abbreviation for body odor).
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The name of the author of the self-help book, "Beatrice Bare Fax", is a parody of ''Dear Beatrice Fairfax'', the name of the first newspaper advice column (which was actually written by a Marie Manning).
* SmellySkunk: B.O. in spades. Presumably [[spoiler: the lady skunk with whom he hooks up at the end.]] had a similar problem.
* StuffedIntoATrashCan: A tall, odd-looking female rabbit hits on B.O. She then smells him and promptly stuffs him into a trash can.
* WiltingOdor: When B.O. leaves the tree in which he lives, the flowers lining his front path instantly wilt.
* Played with and [[FunnyAnimals parodied]].
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!! This work provides examples of:
* {{Aesop}}: Essentially, it's "Birds of a feather flock together". Find a partner with whom you will be compatible.
* AssInALionSkin: Near the end when B.O. Skunk tries to woo a female by painting his fur like a fox. [[spoiler: The girl fox he meets turns out, after they fall into a creek and their paint washes off, actually to be another skunk in disguise. Cue them kissing.]]
* BalconyWooingScene: One of the things that B.O. tries is to woo a raccoon standing on her balcony up on a tree by serenading her in a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]] costume.
* CupidsArrow: Played with. Cupid appears and attempts to help B.O. find a mate, not with a literal arrow, but by giving him a self-help book. Initially, this book is of little use, for most of it fails to address the main problem – B.O.'s terrible smell. Finally, Cupid points out the advice in the book to camouflage yourself. B.O. paints himself to look like a fox [[spoiler: and meets a lady skunk who has also painted herself to look like a fox. Having finally found a mate with mutual compatibility,]] the cartoon closes with B.O. throwing away the book.
* CasanovaWannabe: B.O. romances every cute female he sees, [[InterspeciesRomance mostly rabbits and also two squirrels and a raccoon]]. They do reciprocate...until they smell his odor.
* DrivenToSuicide: After several failed attempts to attract a mate, B.O. is desperate enough to put a bottle of poison to his mouth. Cupid snatches the bottle away and points out the only tip in the self-help book that comes close to being relevant: CAMOUFLAGE!! This brings about the denouement: B.O. paints himself to look like a fox. [[spoiler: He spots a lady fox [[LoveAtFirstSight and they instantly fall in love]]; they end up falling in a creek, the paint washes off, and it turns out that she is actually a skunk who had had the same idea.]]
* Expy: B.O. would be a [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Flower the Skunk from ''WesternAnimation/Bambi'' and Pepé Le Pew from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
* EyelashFluttering: A bunny bats her eyelashes at B.O. One of said eyelashes even takes on the shape of a beckoning finger.
* ForgottenTrope: The short reaches its zenith in a sequence where B.O. impersonates Frank Sinatra and croons to a big group of female rabbits. He puts on a suit that he [[ShrunkInTheWash shrinks with water]] on himself to make it – and himself – thin as a rail, then starts crooning on a stage to great appeal. As he sings, various things appear around him, such as a scale on which he is lighter than a feather, an oxygen mask and tank, an iron lung, and finally an [[{{Undertaker}} undertaker]] who has come to measure him. All this is a parody of Frank Sinatra's cult and image, including in particular a jab at the latter's supposedly unhealthy thinness.
* GhibliHills: The woodland setting of the short is very much this. There are flowers everywhere. Evidently, we have a parody of ''WesternAnimation/Bambi'' here.
* InstantTombstone: An elderly rabbit, in a fit of mad lust for B.O. Skunk's Frank Sinatra impression, [[WildTake jumps out of her wheelchair, does cartwheels, jumps into the air]] and lands in the ground. A tombstone then appears that reads "Oh Frankie!". Think she ever got out of there? Apparently, Tex Avery couldn't even make a cute cartoon [[DeathIsFunny without being morbid]].
* KissUpTheArm: B.O. thinks he's doing this to a female rabbit he's trying to woo, but she runs off because of his smell and he ends up kissing along a tree branch before kissing an owl on the beak, who promptly passes out.
* MeaningfulName: B.O. Skunk (B.O. being a vernacular abbreviation for body odor).
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The name of the author of the self-help book, "Beatrice Bare Fax", is a parody of ''Dear Beatrice Fairfax'', the name of the first newspaper advice column (which was actually written by a Marie Manning).
* SmellySkunk: B.O. in spades. Presumably [[spoiler: the lady skunk with whom he hooks up at the end.]] had a similar problem.
* StuffedIntoATrashCan: A tall, odd-looking female rabbit hits on B.O. She then smells him and promptly stuffs him into a trash can.
* WiltingOdor: When B.O. leaves the tree in which he lives, the flowers lining his front path instantly wilt.
* Played with and [[FunnyAnimals parodied]].
