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Californy 'er Bust is a 1945 cartoon starring Goofy. The short's story follows Goofy on a westward trail with Goofy lookalikes, whereupon they get ambushed by Indians, who are also Goofy lookalikes.
Tropes:
- Affectionate Parody: Of western films, which were pretty popular in The '40s.
- Artistic License – Geography: Played for Laughs; the states' names are modified possibly to make them sound more Southern in a jocular way, such as Californy, Nebrasky, Florady, Pensavaney, Wash., Organ, Idyho, and Nevady. There's also the fact that "Nebrasky" borders "Florady" here, when in real life they do not.
- Batty Lip Burbling: "Crazy Horse" is depicted doing this while wearing a horse collar.
- Deus ex Machina: For the pioneers, who end up sucked into a twister that drops them off into the western United States.
- Personal Raincloud: Chief "Rain-in-the-Face" is depicted with one in front of his face. It lets out a thunderstorm when he learns of the presence of the pioneers.
- Poe's Law: It is such an Affectionate Parody of western films that the gags are deliberately silly, and it even satirizes depictions of Native Americans in films at the time. This didn't prevent the film from being banned from TV because of its apparently racist depiction of Native Americans.
- Recycled Animation: The two horned Native dancers would reappear in a Palette Swap in the 1953 short How to Dance.
- Stock Sound Effect: The horn fanfare that was heard in this short was later recycled in Cinderella.
- Visual Pun: Many of the Native Americans in this short are puns on actual Native American tribes and names. A "Blackfoot" is shown with actual black feet, "Ol' Patchy" is a Pun on the Apache tribe and is depicted as a chieftain with patched-up clothes and an Eyepatch of Power, "Crazy Horse" is shown wearing a horse collar and engaged in Batty Lip Burbling, and Chief "Rain-in-the-Face" is shown with a Personal Raincloud in front of his face. The short even manages to throw in a "Cleveland Indian," based on the baseball team now known as the Cleveland Guardians.
- The Wild West: Set in 1848 or '49, as the narrator states.
