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Author: TonyG

May 24th 2017 at 6:56:05 AM

* The title character in the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "The Cat that Hated People" goes through all manner of abuse, including, but not limited to: having bags tied to his paws, getting grabbed by the tail and [[MetronomicManMashing getting swung back and forth]], almost getting cut in half with an axe,  getting stepped on repatedly, kicked, and hammered into the ground - all of it played for laughs.
* Early WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoons are full of this, with Mickey playing animals like musical instruments by making them squeal. ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' is the most famous example; it includes a sow played like an accordion, a cat having its tail pulled and then swung around, and a goose squeezed like a bagpipe.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' has Marvin Suggs and his Muppaphone, little sentient balls of fluff that Marvin "plays" like a xylophone. At least one guest star found it appaling, and more often than not Marvin [[LaserGuidedKarma got his comeuppance]], like when he played "Witch Doctor" and a real witch doctor turns him into one of his Muppaphone creatures.