Line #2 WesternAnimation/JerkyTurkey


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2	''Jerky Turkey'' is a 1945 animated short directed by Creator/TexAvery, one of the WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons. It focuses on a Pilgrim trying to hunt a turkey for the first Thanksgiving. Perhaps they should just eat at Joe's instead.
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6	* AnachronismStew: If you're hoping for a true account of Puritan life in 1620s Colonial America, better look elsewhere. From the Mayflower surrounded by 1940s battleships, to the main character living in a streamlined trailer, Tex Avery throws in any contemporary reference he can for a quick laugh.
7	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The turkey tries to jump into a foxhole, which is already occupied by an annoyed fox.
8	* FurIsClothing: The turkey can remove his feathers by unzipping them like a full-body costume.
9	* GagNose: The pilgrim has a droopy, bulbous nose.
10	* GainaxEnding: At the very end, the turkey and the pilgrim decide to follow the bear and eat at Joe's. They enter the diner, there's a huge commotion inside, and then [[spoiler:the bear exits and locks up; as he turns his back to the audience, upon it is the words "I'm Joe". The pilgrim and the turkey are last seen in a cross-view of the bear's stomach as he walks away.]]
11	* GravityIsAHarshMistress: The turkey pulls the old "saw off a limb, rest of the tree falls down" gag on the pilgrim.
12	* HighDiveHijinks: The turkey dives from a tree limb towards a tank of water. The Pilgrim pulls the tank off to the side, but the turkey suddenly stops in mid-air, moves himself over the tank, and lands in the water.
13	* LetsMeetTheMeat: The turkey offers himself to the pilgrim for cooking. Of course, this is just a set up for him to pester the poor guy, as is typical of Tex Avery's trickster characters.
14	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The turkey is modeled after Creator/JimmyDurante.
15	* PaintedTunnelRealTrain: The turkey paints a landscape onto a brick wall and runs into it. The pilgrim follows and slams into the wall, leaving the painted scenery stuck to his front.
16	* PackedHero: The turkey wraps himself as a package for the pilgrim to take him.
17	* RightOnQueue: One gag depicts an endless line of male and female pilgrims stretching off to the horizon as they wait to get their [[WartimeCartoon cigarette ration]] at Ye Cut Rate Drug Store.
18	* RunningGag: The bear who periodically walks by wearing the sign, "Eat at Joe's."
19	* ShootingSuperman: The turkey puts on a Superman costume to deflect the pilgrim's bullets.
20	* SwallowedWhole: The ultimate fate of the Pilgrim and the turkey, after they decide to eat at Joe's.
21	* TalkingWithSigns:
22	** The lameness of the "Half-Breed" gag is {{Lampshaded}} with the guy holding a sign reading "Heap corny gag."
23	** At the end, the pilgrim holds a "''Don't'' eat at Joe's" sign [[spoiler:while inside the bear's stomach]].
24	* ThanksgivingEpisode: Focusing as it does on a Pilgrim hunting a turkey.
25	* ThanksgivingTurkey: It's about a turkey being hunted for Thanksgiving.
26	* TontoTalk: The Native American chief and the Half-Breed speak this way; the latter even has a sign written in it.
27	* VisualPun: Wouldn't be a Tex Avery cartoon without at least a couple:
28	** Plymouth Rock is shaped like a Plymouth chicken.
29	** The town crier, instead of announcing the news, is bawling like a baby (because he just got his 1-A draft notice).
30	** The pilgrim gets the turkey from "Ye BlackMarket", a deli market painted black.
31	** The "Half breed" is a BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins Native American on one side, a blond Caucasian in a business suit on the other.
32	* VomitDiscretionShot: During the boat ride, a large percentage of the passengers are hanging over the rails.
33	* WartimeCartoon: The short is filled with humorous UsefulNotes/WorldWarII anachronisms. The Mayflower is accompanied by a convoy of modern battleships, the town crier is crying because he got drafted, and so on.
34	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Parodied, with the word "ye" put in front of random things, such as, "Ye Navy Gun Crew," which consists of WWII-era sailors standing around an anti-aircraft gun.

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