The Gold Fruit Tree is a 1959 Felix the Cat cartoon and the 25th episode of the Felix the Cat (Joe Oriolo) series.
Rock Bottom is reading the newspaper while Professor is trying to squeeze anything he can out of his piggy bank. Rock informs Professor that Felix has grown a plant capable of growing gold, and notices that he's showing off his plants on TV, ending with his Gold Fruit Tree. Felix explains how there is gold in ocean water, and that the roots of his tree are directly connected to it—once they pump water in from the ocean, the plant sucks up and extracts the gold, which is deposited in the fruit as 18k gold, and might turn into even more gold the longer it stays in the fruit. Professor and Rock immediately rush off to steal the tree.
Tropes:
- Deranged Animation: This is another episode animated by Jim Tyer, so there's some really crazy in it, such as the scene where Felix punches Professor and Rock Bottom.
- Oh, Crap!: Professor reacts this way when Felix emerges from the fruit that fell off the Gold Fruit Tree.
- Visual Pun: Felix's trees are used for quick visual gags. For example, a Southern Clutching Palm—or, in Felix's words, a Southpaw note —the tree is basically a giant hand that Felix throws a baseball into. Then there's a squirt plant (a plant with a pistol shaped orifice at the top) with a "little squirt" (a tiny version of the plant) nearby. Felix also crossed a Smoke Tree with a Chain Plant and got a Chain Smoker (a plant that heavily smokes cigarettes),. The Gold Fruit Tree is a literal case of "Money growing on trees".
