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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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