History WesternAnimation / TheShootingOfDanMcGoo

* InterspeciesRomance: Droopy the dog has Lou the human as his girlfriend (They provide the page image under [[InterspeciesRomance/WesternAnimation Western Animation).]]

''"The Shooting of Dan [=McGoo=]"'' is a Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Cartoon]] directed by Creator/TexAvery that originally aired on March 3, 1945.

The short stars Tex Avery's WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, [[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]] and The Wolf in a retelling of the NarrativePoem, "The Shooting of Dan [=McGrew=]" by Robert W. Service with Droopy as [[{{Expy}} Dan McGoo,]] Red as his girlfriend, the lady who's known as Lou and The Wolf as the antagonist of the story. The story takes place in Coldernell, Alaska in the Malamute Saloon where plenty of drinking, gambling, gun firing and screwball comedy can be seen.

!!This short provides examples

* AnimateInanimateObject: The beer mug that slides across the bar pauses at a stop light to let other drinks pass.
** When The Wolf starts shooting, a patron takes cover behind a table, only for the table to move it's legs and take cover behind the patron.

* {{BFS}}: Not a sword per say, but just before Lou's number, The Wolf pulls out a comically sized switchblade the size of a machete.

** The Wolf shoots up a bunch of bar patrons as they were downing drinks; their ghosts immediately rise up and continue drinking without pause.

* EyePop: Upon first seeing Lou, The Wolf's eyes pop out of his head and stop in front of Lou while she's doing the HeadAndHipPose. Lou tells them, "Beat it, boys. Ya bother me" and they promptly return to The Wolf's head.

* GlamorousWartimeSinger: More so then any other of Red's musical numbers since the song mentions the U.S. Forces by name. Her introduction refers to her as That Little Army Charmer, That Navy Baby and That Marine Queen.
* HandyFeet: A group of patrons can be seen playing poker both above the table and below the table, holding and dealing cards with their feet.

* JawDrop: During Lou's show, The Wolf's jaw drops and an OverlyLongTongue rolls out; Droopy politely rolls it back up and shuts his mouth closed for him.
* LadyInRed: Red wears a {{Stripperific}} burlesque outfit that's almost the same to her original one from ''"WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood",'' but with white fur lining the top and bottom.

* MustHaveNicotine: The piano player was puffing cigarettes and [[TheAlcoholic downing drinks]] faster then he could receive them; he pauses to comment to the audience "What a repulsive way to make a living".

* NotSoStoic: After Lou gives Droopy a SmoochOfVictory, Droopy gets uncharacteristically emotional and acts as horny and excited as The Wolf did during Lou's show; of course he then returns to his usual [[TheStoic Stoic]] demeanor and says:

** Takes place in Coldernell, Alaska, which sounds very much like "colder then hell".
** During The Wolf's shootout, a Mortician is using an adding machine with his name printed on the side as "Rig R. Mortis"; Rigor mortis being the state in which a body's limbs stiffen.
* RecycledAnimation: Wolfie's wild take (after the EyePop) is the same as the one seen in "Red Hot Riding Hood", the difference being Wolfie's clothes change to a uniform that of the Army, Navy and Marines.

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: A mug of beer slides down the bar and stops at a traffic light to let two other beers pass as well as a tiny cocktail at the end.
* SceneryCensor: The bartender stands strategically in front of a painting of a beautiful nude woman and when the screen focuses on him, he comments [[BreakingTheFourthWall "You might as well move on, Doc. I don't move from here all through the picture".]] Returns as a BrickJoke later when the bartender ducks from The Wolf's gunshots and the painted woman's torso is shown just to be empty space with a sign that reads [[{{Pun}} "I Ain't Got No Body".]]

* SkewedPriorities: Even with the wolf shooting up the bar, a table of poker players not wanting their game to be interrupted, run out of the bar with the poker table all while still in their seats.

* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Upon finishing her performance, Red is accosted by The Wolf, who proceeds to drag her across the room by the wrist, before switching to carrying her underarm.

** Droopy comments that the he thinks the dealer is crooked; we then pan to the dealer who's body is humorously bent out of shape.

** The wolf tells the patrons that the drinks are on the house, so all the patrons (and the bartender) go to roof to drink.

-->'''Droopy:''' What do you want for 5¢, gasoline?
-->'''The Wolf:''' Ain't funny, [=McGoo=]. [[AsideComment What corny dialogue.]]
* WildTake / WolfWhistle: Anyone who's seen The Wolf's other shorts alongside Red should of seen this coming.
** When Lou first appears and says "hello boys", all the patrons howl [[MetaphoricMetamorphosis with their heads morphed into wolf heads.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Beat it, boys. Ya bother me."]]

** Takes place in Coldernell, Alaska, which sounds very much like "colder than hell".

* PopulationXAndCounting: The population sign outside the town decreases a gunshots are heard.

** During The Wolf's shootout, a Mortician is using an adding machine with his name printed on the side as "Rig R. Mortis".

The short stars Tex Avery's WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, [[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]] and The Wolf in a retelling of the NarrativePoem, "The Shooting of Dan [=McGrew=]" by Robert W. Service with Droopy as [[{{Expy}} Dan McGoo,]] Red as his girlfriend, the lady who's known as Lou and The Wolf as the antagonist of the story. The story takes place in the Malamute Saloon where plenty of drinking, gambling, gun firing and screwball comedy can be seen.

* PunnyName: Takes place in Coldernell Alaska, which sounds very much like "colder then hell".

** The Wolf shoots up a bunch of bar patrons as they were downing drinks; their ghost immediately rise up and continue drinking without pause.