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''Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles'' is a six-issue miniseries starring the classic Creator/HannaBarbera character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. It was written by Mark Russell and is part of the ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond series.
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''Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles'' is a six-issue miniseries starring the classic Creator/HannaBarbera character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. It was written by Mark Russell Creator/MarkRussell and is part of the ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond series.
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* BluffWorkedTooWell: Gigi Allen threatens to out the married Huckleberry Hound and ruin his career and his family unless Snagglepuss names some other homosexuals and/or Communists to throw under the bus. This plan goes horribly awry when [[spoiler:Huckleberry kills himself, and an enraged Snagglepuss chooses to get blacklisted rather than help the people who ruined his best friend, which also effectively ends Allen's career, as her investigation hinged on Snagglepuss' cooperation.]]
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* BluffWorkedTooWell: Gigi Allen threatens to out the married Huckleberry Hound and ruin his career and his family unless Snagglepuss names some other homosexuals and/or Communists to throw under the bus. This plan goes horribly awry when [[spoiler:Huckleberry kills himself, and an enraged Snagglepuss chooses to get blacklisted rather than help the people who ruined his best friend, which also effectively ends Allen's career, as her investigation hinged on Snagglepuss' cooperation.]]cooperation]].
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* SelfDeprecation: Snagglepuss certainly isn't above turning his snark on himself:
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you that you have no desire to destroy your plays.\\
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you that you have no desire to destroy your plays.\\
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* SelfDeprecation: Snagglepuss certainly isn't above turning his snark on himself:
himself.
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you thatyou I have no desire to destroy your plays.\\
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you that
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Gigi bears a strong resemblance to Ayn Rand.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The severe and widespread homophobia of the 1950s plays a major role in the story.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Gigi tries to justify her crusade against "subversives" and "agitators" in the entertainment industry with this rationale:
-->'''Gigi:''' The Soviets have this weapon of awesome terror because nobody denounced the communists who gave it to them. Politics may seem a tawdry affair to you, Mr. Puss. But exposing disloyalty may be the only thing that keeps millions of Americans from ending up in a picture like [[https://www.atomicheritage.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Joe4russia_0.jpg?itok=QrCyh2ut this]]. So forgive us if we choose the lives of millions of Americans over a few showbiz radicals.
-->'''Gigi:''' The Soviets have this weapon of awesome terror because nobody denounced the communists who gave it to them. Politics may seem a tawdry affair to you, Mr. Puss. But exposing disloyalty may be the only thing that keeps millions of Americans from ending up in a picture like [[https://www.atomicheritage.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Joe4russia_0.jpg?itok=QrCyh2ut this]]. So forgive us if we choose the lives of millions of Americans over a few showbiz radicals.
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** Gigi Allen is a gender-swapped version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]].
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** Gigi Allen is a gender-swapped version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]].Cohn]] [[spoiler:complete with being in the closet]].
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Gigi tries to present her actions as an effort to give America a much-needed leg up over the communist bloc, but Snagglepuss sees right through her and bluntly points out that what she really wants is to control what people say and do. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that her hounding of suspected homosexuals is an attempt to distract from her lesbianism.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Gigi tries to present her actions as an effort to give America a much-needed leg up over the communist bloc, but Snagglepuss sees right through her and bluntly points out that what she really wants is to control what people say and do. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that her hounding of suspected homosexuals is an attempt to distract from her lesbianism.]]
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* SelfDeprecation: Snagglepuss certainly isn't above turning his snark on himself:
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you that you have no desire to destroy your plays.\\
'''Snagglepuss:''' There's no need, really. They do a perfectly good job of destroying themselves.
* ShoutOut: Gigi Allen's name is a reference to punk rock musician GG Allin.
-->'''Gigi:''' First of all, I wanted to assure you that you have no desire to destroy your plays.\\
'''Snagglepuss:''' There's no need, really. They do a perfectly good job of destroying themselves.
* ShoutOut: Gigi Allen's name is a reference to punk rock musician GG Allin.
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* ShutUpHannibal: The last conversation Gigi Allen has with Snagglepuss is after his second HUAC hearing, in which he revealed on television that the indecency charges against Huckleberry Hound will not result in conviction, because Huck [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]]. She tries to apologize over what happened with Huck, but Snagglepuss is having none of it.
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* ShutUpHannibal: The last conversation Gigi Allen has with Snagglepuss is after his second HUAC hearing, in which he revealed on television that [[spoiler: the indecency charges against Huckleberry Hound will not result in conviction, because Huck [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].himself]]]]. She tries to apologize over what happened with Huck, but Snagglepuss is having none of it.
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* KarmicJackpot: Snagglepuss, realizing that he hasn't been as emotionally attentive to his beard or his lover as he should be, decides to have a nice dinner with the both of them and start working on their issues. This allows him to avoid getting caught in the raid that Huckleberry Hound winds up arrested in [[spoiler: and thereafter leads him to killing himself]] and is a big part of why he's able to live more or less freely when all is said and done.
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* CentralTheme:
** The horrors of censorship against the arts and [[UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy McCarthysm]].
** The role of arts and "subversives" in shaping the culture they belong to.
** The challenges of being yourself in a world that shuns certain identities.
** The horrors of censorship against the arts and [[UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy McCarthysm]].
** The role of arts and "subversives" in shaping the culture they belong to.
** The challenges of being yourself in a world that shuns certain identities.
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* TheBeard: In order to protect his public image, Snagglepuss hires actress Lila Lion to pose as his wife.
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* TheBeard: In order to protect his public image, Snagglepuss hires is married to actress Lila Lion to pose as his wife.Lion.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The trade paperback notes several cases of it that were taken for sake of the story (such as the Stonewall Inn being a mafia-run gay club around 1953; the real Stonewall Inn was still a normal restaurant during the early 1950's).
* BecomingTheMask: Discussed, as Snagglepuss realizes that LivingIsMoreThanSurviving and that this trope was a serious threat if he retreated into a mask.
* CallBack: In the first chapter, one of Snagglepuss' friends notes that she can't get any more work in the entertainment industry after refusing to name names before HUAC, and that all of the rejection letters have the same typo - "I AM SOPRRY" - in them, indicating it's a form letter that every studio has been given to use. In the last chapter, when Snagglepuss reveals that he hasn't been able to get work in entertainment for five years, one shot is his desk with several letters that have the same "I AM SOPRRY" typo.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Pretty much every anthropomorphic character (including all of the mains) completely forego pants, and this is never commented upon.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Peter Potamus, near the end of the series, describes his current directing job on Snagglepuss' latest play as one, after the previously mentioned fire incident caused him to effectively be blacklisted by any rational theater owner.
* ShutUpHannibal: The last conversation Gigi Allen has with Snagglepuss is after his second HUAC hearing, in which he revealed on television that the indecency charges against Huckleberry Hound will not result in conviction, because Huck [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]]. She tries to apologize over what happened with Huck, but Snagglepuss is having none of it.
-->'''Snagglepuss:''' You don't get to sell your soul and then say the Devil made you do it.
-->'''Snagglepuss:''' You don't get to sell your soul and then say the Devil made you do it.
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* TransparentCloset: Huckleberry Hound is very, very bad at trying to keeping himself in the closet. Snagglepuss isn't much better at acting straight, but he's smart enough to hire a beard.
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* TransparentCloset: Huckleberry Hound is very, very bad at trying to keeping himself in the closet. Snagglepuss isn't much better at acting straight, but he's smart enough to hire a beard. Discussed when Arthur Miller enlists Snagglepuss' aid in helping hide his affair with Marylin Monroe from her then-husband, Joe [=DiMaggio=]. It's noted (and turns out to be correct) that [=DiMaggio=] wouldn't assume Snagglepuss was conducting an affair with Monroe, because Joe knows Snagglepuss is a "sugarfoot" (slang for a closeted gay man) - it's apparently a pretty open secret.
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* AllforNothing: Quickdraw's attempts to draw attention away from himself fail when he gets caught and busted for a tryst.
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* HunterofHisownKind: Quickdraw [=McGraw=] [[spoiler:and Gigi Allen]], as mentioned in ArmoredClosetGays.
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* SpannerintheWorks: SpannerInTheWorks: Huckleberry Hound is this to Gigi Allen. [[spoiler:She was trying to catch Snagglepuss but got him instead. She tries to use him as leverage against Snag, but Huck kills himself.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Snagglepuss does his best to keep all his loved ones out of harm's way, but so much still goes wrong and his life as a playwright is over. Things are looking up at the end though: the HUAC is dissolved, and Snag finds a promising new career (see AnimatedActors), reconciles with Quickdraw, [[spoiler:gets closure through meeting
Huckleberry Jr, and his Cuban lover initiates a reunion]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Snagglepuss does his best to keep all his loved ones out of harm's way, but so much still goes wrong and his life as a playwright is over. Things are looking up at the end though: the HUAC is dissolved, and Snag finds a promising new career (see AnimatedActors), reconciles with Quickdraw, [[spoiler:gets [[spoiler: gets closure through meeting
meeting Huckleberry Jr, and his Cuban lover initiates a reunion]].
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Quickdraw McGraw sets up an animation studio for Snagglepuss and Huck's son to enable good careers, in return for having ruined lives by persecuting gays.]]
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Quickdraw McGraw [[spoiler:Quickdraw [=McGraw=] sets up an animation studio for Snagglepuss and Huck's son to enable good careers, in return for having ruined lives by persecuting gays.]]
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* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual]], is a lesbian.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Huckleberry Jr. son stars in cartoons under his father's name as a way of honoring him.]]
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* HunterofHisownKind: Quickdraw McGraw[[spoiler: and Gigi Allen]], as mentioned in ArmoredClosetGays.
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** [[spoiler: Quickdraw is horrified and disgusted with himself when he helps raid the Stonewall, leading to Huckleberry's public outing and downfall, just to keep his own reputation and job.]]
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* SpannerintheWorks: Huckleberry Hound is this to Gigi Allen. [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She was trying to catch Snagglepuss but got him instead. She tries to use him as leverage against Snag, but Huck kills himself.]]
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* AllforNothing: Quickdraw's attempts to draw attention away from himself fail when he gets caught and busted for a tryst.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Quickdraw McGraw sets up an animation studio for Snagglepuss and Huck's son to enable good careers, in return for having ruined lives by persecuting gays.]]
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and his Cuban lover initiates a reunion]].
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* CassandraTruth: In a brief extra prior to the miniseries' events, Snagglepuss has a brief chat with Augie Doggie about how once the theater he was acting at began burning. He tried alerting the director, Peter Potamus... who promptly beat feet. Desperate, he ran into stage and screamed at the audience that there was a fire. Everyone laughed at him. He barely managed to escape and many people died in the fire. He uses the story as AnAesop to Augie as to why he's willingly confronting the HUAC - if there's danger, you ''have'' to warn people, even if they are going to try to escape it or ignore it altogether.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: In a brief extra prior to the miniseries' events, Snagglepuss has a brief chat with Augie Doggie about how once the theater he was acting at began burning. He tried alerting the director, Peter Potamus... who promptly beat feet. Desperate, he ran into stage and screamed at the audience that there was a fire. Everyone laughed at him. He barely managed to escape and many people died in the fire. He uses the story as AnAesop to Augie as to why he's willingly confronting the HUAC - if there's danger, you ''have'' to warn people, even if they are going to try to escape it or ignore it altogether.
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* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: During his hearings, Gigi tries to persuade Snagglepuss by claiming sacrificing careers of few people and censoring their works [[RedScare is a small price for stopping the threat of Soviets]] [[AtomicHate destroying America with nukes]]. He is having none of it.
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In 1953, as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the blacklist.
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In 1953, [[TheFifties 1953]], as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the blacklist.
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* TransparentCloset: Huckleberry Hound is very, very bad at trying to keeping himself in the closet. Snagglepuss isn't much better at acting straight, but he's smart enough to hire a beard.beard.
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* BoomerangBigot: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual]], is a lesbian.
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** [[spoiler: Quickdraw is horrified and disgusted with himself when he helps raid the Stonewall, leading to Huckleberry's public outing and downfall, just to keep his own reputation and job.]]
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* AnimatedActors: Snagglepuss, Quick Draw, and Huckleberry [spoiler:Jr.[[spoiler:Jr.]] end up joining a television studio to star in cartoons after their lives get upended by the HUAC.HUAC.
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** [[spoiler:Quickdraw [=McGraw=] has managed to build a reputation for himself as a homophobic cop to cover up his off-duty visits at the Stonewall.]]
** [[spoiler:Gigi Allen's vicious pursuit of suspected homosexuals is her way of misdirecting people from her own life, in which she is living with another woman.]]
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** [[spoiler:Quickdraw [=McGraw=] has managed to build a reputation for himself as a homophobic cop to cover up his off-duty visits at the Stonewall.]]
** [[spoiler:Gigi Allen's vicious pursuit of suspected homosexuals is her way of misdirecting people from her own life, in which she is living with another woman.]]
* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:In order to get a job on Quickdraw's show, Snagglepuss changes his name to Snaggletooth and dyes his fur orange. This is a reference to his early appearances in the cartoons, in which he was orange and called Snaggletooth.]]
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** Huckleberry Hound is based on Creator/WilliamFaulkner.
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In the 1953, as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the Blacklist.
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In the 1953, as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the Blacklist.
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* AnimatedActors: Snagglepuss, Quickdraw, and Huckleberry [spoiler:Jr.]] end up joining a television studio to star in cartoons after their lives get upended by the HUAC.
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* AnimatedActors: Snagglepuss, Quickdraw, Quick Draw, and Huckleberry [spoiler:Jr.]] end up joining a television studio to star in cartoons after their lives get upended by the HUAC.
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* BoomerangBigot: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual,]] is a lesbian.
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* BoomerangBigot: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual,]] anti-homosexual]], is a lesbian.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts directing the Committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts directing the Committee's committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
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* AnimatedActors: Snagglepuss, Quickdraw, and Huckleberry [spoiler:Jr.]] end up joining a television studio to star in cartoons after their lives get upended by the HUAC.
* BittersweetEnding: Snagglepuss does his best to keep all his loved ones out of harm's way, but so much still goes wrong and his life as a playwright is over. Things are looking up at the end as he finds a promising new career (see AnimatedActors).
* BoomerangBigot: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual,]] is a lesbian.
* DeadGuyJr: [[spoiler:Huckleberry Jr. son stars in cartoons under his father's name as a way of honoring him.]]
* BoomerangBigot: Gigi Allen, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee and [[HeteronormativeCrusader outwardly militant anti-homosexual,]] is a lesbian.
* DeadGuyJr: [[spoiler:Huckleberry Jr. son stars in cartoons under his father's name as a way of honoring him.]]
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* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: The male animal characters don't wear pants, but female animal characters wear dresses.
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* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: The male animal characters don't wear pants, but female animal characters wear dresses.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original cartoons, Snagglepuss and Huckleberry were both straight, albeit with Snagglepuss being CampStraight. In this series, they are both gay.
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* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: Just animals males don't wear pants, but only animals females uses dress.
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* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: Just animals males The male animal characters don't wear pants, but only animals females uses dress.female animal characters wear dresses.
* TransparentCloset: Huckleberry Hound is very, very bad at trying to keeping himself in the closet. Snagglepuss isn't much better at acting straight, but he's smart enough to hire a beard.
* TransparentCloset: Huckleberry Hound is very, very bad at trying to keeping himself in the closet. Snagglepuss isn't much better at acting straight, but he's smart enough to hire a beard.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Snagglepuss is rather obviously based on playwright Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Snagglepuss is rather obviously based on playwright Creator/TennesseeWilliams.Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: Just animals males don't wear pants, but only animals females uses dress.
* Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: Just animals males don't wear pants, but only animals females uses dress.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts moving directing the Committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Snagglepuss, in spades. The very first scene has him snarking away at the HUAC.
-->'''Interrogator:''' Mr. Puss, what do you have to say to critics who call your work "a three-martini subversion of American values" and "pornography for PHD's"?
-->'''Snagglepuss:''' I try not to speak to critics. It only encourages them.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Poor Huckleberry Hound kills himself after getting caught up in a raid.]]
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, startsmoving directing the Committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
-->'''Interrogator:''' Mr. Puss, what do you have to say to critics who call your work "a three-martini subversion of American values" and "pornography for PHD's"?
-->'''Snagglepuss:''' I try not to speak to critics. It only encourages them.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Poor Huckleberry Hound kills himself after getting caught up in a raid.]]
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts
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''Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles'' is a six-issue miniseries starring the classic Creator/HannaBarbera character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. It was written by Mark Russell and is part of the ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond series.
In the 1953, as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the Blacklist.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* TheBeard: In order to protect his public image, Snagglepuss hires actress Lila Lion to pose as his wife.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts moving directing the Committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Snagglepuss is rather obviously based on playwright Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
In the 1953, as America looks for ways to outmaneuver the Soviet Union, the House Un-American Activities Committee seeks to rid the entertainment industry of those whose work they deem disruptive to public morals. Among their targets is Snagglepuss, creator of popular but controversial plays like ''The Heart is a Kennel of Thieves''. When the HUAC's new head finds evidence that Snagglepuss is gay, he must figure out how to outwit them before he ends up on the Blacklist.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* TheBeard: In order to protect his public image, Snagglepuss hires actress Lila Lion to pose as his wife.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Snagglepuss' troubles begin when the HUAC's new head, Gigi Allen, starts moving directing the Committee's efforts towards rooting out suspected homosexuals in the entertainment industry.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Snagglepuss is rather obviously based on playwright Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
