History Awesome / TheDoverBoys

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* The fact the short almost didn't get made (and nearly cost Chuck Jones his job) because Creator/WarnerBros were unhappy with the use of LimitedAnimation and the [[SurrealHumor zany, absurdist humor]] of the short. It is now considered one of the most beloved, funny and influential cartoon shorts of all time.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U8iL38xfM Dover Boys ReAnimated Collab]], headed up by Zeurel. It not only makes the original short funnier by adding in jokes (especially jokes more suited to modern audiences, such as jokes about the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, ''Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and [[DanceSensation dabbing]]), but it also ''beautifully'' reanimates the original short, with some scenes even better animated than the original.
** It is a sign of how much [[TechnologyMarchesOn technology has progressed]] that a cartoon that was animated over seventy years ago in a professional animation studio on cels for a budget of thousands of dollars (adjusted for inflation, ''hundreds'' of thousands of dollars), can, these days, be remade by ninety or so animators from their ''bedrooms'' using their laptops.

** It is a sign of how much [[TechnologyMarchesOn technology has progressed]] that a cartoon that was animated over seventy years ago in a professional animation studio on cels for a budget of thousands of dollars (adjusted for inflation, ''hundreds'' of thousands of dollars), can, these days, be remade by ninety or so animators from their ''bedrooms''.

* Dora beats the crap out of Dan Backslide [[{{Irony}} while screaming for help]]. By the time the Dover Boys have come to rescue her, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Dan Backslide is the one screaming for help]].