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29th Apr '13 10:11:56 AM Disney23

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* BizarroEpisode: Several:
** ''Toby Tortoise Returns'' is an oddball in the Silly Symphonies lineup-wheras most, if not all of those shorts were either sweet, sentimental and naturalistic, this short has much more in common with a Warner Bros. cartoon, complete with full cartoony, fast paced slapstick comedy.
** Ironically, the real [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros. cartoons]] being made around the same time were intent on trying to ape the sweeter, sentimental elements of the Silly Symphonies. We won't see a WB cartoon as fast-paced as "Toby Tortoise Returns" until "WesternAnimation/DaffyDuckAndEgghead" and "PorkyInWackyland"
** Mickey Mouse's "Runaway Brain" from the 90's, which was the first ([[KingdomHearts but certainly not]] [[EpicMickey the last]]) attempt at returning Mickey to his adventureous, edgier roots. Whether it succeeded or not is up for debate.
** The later Donald Duck shorts from the '50s and onward show how desperate the writers were to come up with new ideas-one short has Donald become so obsessed with obtaining honey that he dresses up as a bee to steal honey from an [[TooDumbToLive actual hive]], instead of just going to the store and buying some honey in a jar like any sane [[strike: man]] duck would do.
** There's also the Silly Symphonies short "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood", which is yet another pure comedy Disney short, featuring caricatures of Golden Age Hollywood celebreties in the roles of classic fairy tale characters. The opening logo is even a parody of the MGM Lion-except with a goose (albeit one that roars like a lion)!

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