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7	[[caption-width-right:350:Purdy and Fergurina]]
8	''The Dirdy Birdy'' (1994) is an animated short created by Creator/JohnRDilworth, creator of WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog. It features a dimwitted bird named Purdy who falls in love with a cat named Fergurina. The short consists of Purdy trying to win Fergurina's affections (by showing his backside of all things) and getting rejected (and pummeled) in the process.
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10	It can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_E-F-rVKlE here]].
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12	20 years after the creation of the original short, John Dilworth uploaded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKakQNPo7sk redux]] of the original short on Website/YouTube with one minute of never-before-seen footage.
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16	!!Tropes:
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18	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Fergurina unsurprisingly doesn't appreciate a bird constantly mooning her to show his affection.
19	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Purdy never gets with Fergurina.
20	* AssShove: One of the ways Fergurina retaliates to Purdy mooning her is by shoving a helium pump up his ass.
21	* BeatStillMyHeart: The one time Purdy doesn't court Fergurina by baring his behind in front of her is by offering her his still-beating heart after removing it from his body.
22	* BigEyesLittleEyes: Fergurina's eyes take up the majority of her head.
23	* BigOlEyebrows: Fergurina has large eyebrows.
24	* CatsAreMean: Fergurina. Though to be fair she was just minding her own business until Purdy showed up.
25	* CatUpATree: Fergurina is shown living in a tree in the short.
26	* CovertPervert: While Fergurina is clearly not amused by Purdy mooning her, one of the items seen when she gathers her groceries is a picture of a muscular man in a speedo, which she eyes while grinning.
27	* {{Determinator}}: Purdy doesn't give up.
28	* DisappearedDad: In the redux, we learn that Purdy's father left him and his mother years ago... but not before mooning his son!
29	* TheDitz: Purdy is shown to be quite stupid, the prime example being how he thinks that it is acceptable to express love by mooning the person you're attracted to.
30	* DoggedNiceGuy: Purdy's efforts to win Fergurina's heart are all for naught, but you'd kind of expect such results from constantly mooning the object of your affection.
31	* FlippingTheBird: when TheGrimReaper is about to take Purdy away, he give Fergurina the "chin flick" variation of this.
32	* FreudianExcuse: In the redux, it's revealed Purdy moons people because just before his dad left his family, he mooned Purdy.
33	* {{Gonk}}: Purdy. It's a common thing for Dilworth's cartoon apparently.
34	* GoryDiscretionShot: The scene where Fergurina uses a helium pump to inflate Purdy's ass cuts to a photograph showing John Dilworth making a shocked face when she uses a safety pin to pop Purdy's behind.
35	* TheGrimReaper: The personification of Death at one point shows up to collect Purdy. Fergurina chases him off by hitting him with a frying pan and then kicking him away.
36	* HereWeGoAgain: Near the end of the short, Purdy and Fergurina bond over making scary faces at each other, but Purdy eventually gets back to mooning Fergurina and Fergurina in turn gets back to retaliating against his mooning.
37	* InterspeciesRomance: Defied as Purdy does not win the girl... not like it was going to happen.
38	* KillItWithFire: One of the many ways Fergurina tries to get rid of Purdy is by using a flamethrower on him.
39	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fergurina always retaliates against Purdy's poorly thought-out attempts at winning her affections with violence, but she does beat up the Grim Reaper to rescue Purdy from death.
40	* {{Mooning}}: Baring one's behind is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Purdy's]] idea of showing affection. He got it from his father according to the redux.
41	* NightmareFace: Purdy and Fergurina both exchange horrifying faces while laughing near the end of the short.
42	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The music used for Purdy's theme was used later in WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants when they used [[TickleTorture the tickle belt]]. It was also used on Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy and WesternAnimation/RegularShow.

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