[[quoteright:887:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gruesome_twosome_title_card.png]]

"A Gruesome Twosome" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1945]] ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon, directed by Creator/BobClampett and starring Tweety.

Two alley cats vie for the affection of a female cat, who tells them she'll date the one who brings her back a bird. Unfortunately, the bird they end up going after is Tweety.

The cartoon is notable for being the final cartoon to depict Tweety without feathers.

----
!!"A Gruesome Twosome" provides examples of:

* AllMenArePerverts: The two alley cats are fighting for the affection of a female cat. After some sweet talking, she puckers up for a kiss, but the orange cat gets dragged away by his rival for a fight. Immediately afterwards, a dog pops up and addresses the audience.
-->'''Dog:''' Ladies and gentlemen, I don't actually belong in this picture, BUT I CAN'T PASS UP A CHANCE LIKE THIS! ''[kisses the cat]'' YEE-HEE! WAHOO! ''[leaves]''\\
'''Orange cat:''' ''[getting back up]'' Everybody wants to get into the act!
* BatmanGambit: To get rid of the two cats for good, Tweety provokes an angry bulldog by hitting it with its own bone and stealing it. He then throws the bone into the horse costume that the two cats are still in and lets the resulting chaos play out.
* BeeAfraid: Tweety picks up a bumblebee, slaps it around to make it good and mad, and puts it inside the horse costume to sting the cats.
* BlatantLies: When the female cat questions them fighting, the two alley cats balk at the suggestion, while clearly locked in combat and holding assorted weapons.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The brief scene where a dog randomly pops up to address the audience that he doesn't belong in the cartoon.
* DerangedAnimation: The whole cartoon has wild animation, but one standout is the scene where a dog randomly pops up to tell the audience he isn't part of the cartoon -- the previous part of the scene was done by Creator/RobertMcKimson, but when the dog shows up, it instantly switches to animator Creator/RodScribner, who starts by having the dog animated in an imitation of Robert's less wild style -- until he breaks out into joy at the chance of kissing a cat, where Scribner suddenly goes wild with his animation.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the final short to depict Tweety with pink feathers. He was changed to yellow in his subsequent appearances to avoid making him look like he was nude. Indeed, the red cat says, "Here comes da naked genius now."
* EnemyMine: After their ongoing feud prevents either of them from getting Tweety, the orange cat suggests he and the yellow cat team up. It naturally doesn't make a difference.
* FurIsClothing: When the red cat blasts his rival with a gun, his fur briefly flies off to reveal he's wearing long underwear.
* GagNose: The red cat has a ridiculously large nose.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When the girl cat accuses the yellow and red cat of fighting, they deny it while freezing in the middle of their BigBallOfViolence and having a weapon in each hand.
* LarynxDissonance: Tweety voice suddenly becomes very loud at the end of his "They fall down and go BOOM!" line. A CallBack to the previous short ''Birdy and the Beast''.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The red cat is a caricature of Creator/JimmyDurante. (''Ha-cha-cha-cha!'')
* NoNameGiven: None of the cats are given names.
* PantomimeAnimal: Later in the cartoon, the cats disguise themselves in a cheap horse costume to try and catch Tweety.
* SimpletonVoice: The yellow cat speaks like this.
* ShoutOut:
** When the female cat accuses her two beaus of fighting, the red cat says "Well, now, I wouldn't say that," which was the catchphrase of Mr. Peavey from ''Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve''.
** While riding the "horse", Tweety is dressed like Franchise/TheLoneRanger and shouts "Hi-ho, Silver, away!"
* SuddenlyShouting:
** The scene where a dog randomly pops up, calmly explaining to the audience that he isn't supposed to be in the picture, but suddenly breaks out into maniacal joy at the chance of getting to make out with an unsuspecting cat.
** "Aw, da poor puddytats. They faw down an' go... '''BOOM!'''"
** Inverted when the cats in the horse costume are about to crash into a tree. Tweety motions to shout "{{Timber}}" as loud as he can, but then says it in a calm, disinterested tone.
* SilentWhisper: Two different times, the red cat whispers his plan to the yellow cat, adding a loud "AND FURTHERMORE" in the middle.
* StandardSnippet:
** The opening music is set to a 1909 pop tune, ''Me-Ow''.
** When the cats first appear in their unconvincing horse costume, "The Old Gray Mare" can be heard.
** While the bee was attacking the cats in their horse costume and Tweety does a ShoutOut to The Lone Ranger, The William Tell Overture plays.
* WatchOutForThatTree: The two cats crash into a tree while wearing the horse costume, which gets wrapped around the trunk.
* WaxingLyrical: While wooing the female cat, the red cat quotes the lyrics of "You Ought to Be in Pictures".
----