History Film / YouOughtToBeInPictures

* FishOutOfWater: The primary reason for Porky's troubles at the film studio. First of all, he does not know that you cannot simply enter a film studio unannounced and start work, which results in him making an enemy with the studio guard. When he does manage to sneak in, he does not know where to go, resulting in him wandering around a number of sets and sound stages, and causing problems much to the staffs displeasure.

* TitledAfterTheSong: From the 1930s song "You Oughta Be in Pictures", which is even used as the shorts opening theme.

* AttentionWhore: The reason Daffy wants to get rid of Porky.

* IWantSong: Daffy gets one in which he begs Schlesinger to give him a larger role.

* [[NonSingingVoice Non-Speaking Voice]]: With the exception of Leon Schlesinger, all of the live actors are dubbed by Creator/MelBlanc.

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* AFishOutOfWater: The primary reason for Porky's troubles at the film studio. First of all, he does not know that you cannot simply enter a film studio unannounced and start work, which results in him making an enemy with the studio guard. When he does manage to sneak in, he does not know where to go, resulting in him wandering around a number of sets and sound stages, and causing problems much to the staffs displeasure.

* [[NonSingingVoice Non-Speaking Voice]]: With the exception of Leon Schlesinger, all of the live actors are dubbed by MelBlanc.

** Among the staffers running out of the studio for lunch is directors Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/BobClampett.

A very interesting short made during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, this groundbreaking WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short from 1940, directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, is one of the earliest well-executed attempts at the RogerRabbitEffect (the effect to make it look as if cartoon characters are interacting with live-action actors). While there were many attempts at this before and during UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, the technology was far too crude for it to be truly convincing. This short, however, takes it to levels that would only be surpassed by ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' decades later.

* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: The live-action Stage 7 door becomes a hand-drawn cartoon door when Porky opens it during his escape from the guard. The flurry of papers Porky pulls out of the wastebin at the end also count, including his contract itself (which is a live-action contract otherwise).
** The scenes in which the live actors physically interact with the 'toons are noticeably blurrier (most of the shots otherwise have them acting against still photographs) due to the double-exposure to make the magic happen.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Friz allegedly based the events of the short off of a real life event where he briefly left the Warner Bros. cartoon studio to get a job at MGM. Unfortunately, the only work he got there was on the schlocky ''Captain And The Kids'' shorts, which he hated. As soon as his contract expired, he went right back to Leon's studio, using this real life event as the basis for this cartoon.

The plot of the short follows WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, who are AnimatedActors that reside at the cartoon studio "Termite Terrace". During lunch time, Daffy, wanting to become the star of the studio and usurp Porky's fame, tricks Porky into tearing up his contract with Leon Schlesinger and leave to try and make it big on his own in another studio. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], naturally, [[HilarityEnsues ensues]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: This short includes one of the rare moments where Porky Pig gets angry, and gives Daffy a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown.

The plot of the short is centered around WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, who are AnimatedActors that reside at the cartoon studio "Termite Terrace". During lunch time, Daffy, wanting to become the star of the studio and usurp Porky's fame, tricks Porky into tearing up his contract with Leon Schlesinger and leave to try and make it big on his own in another studio. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], naturally, [[HilarityEnsues ensues]].

A very interesting short made during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, this groundbreaking WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short from 1940, directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, is one of the earliest well-executed attempts at the RogerRabbitEffect (the effect to make it look as if cartoon characters are interacting with live-action actors). While there were many attempts at this before and during TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, the technology was far too crude for it to be truly convincing. This short, however, takes it to levels that would only be surpassed by ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' decades later.

A very interesting short made during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, this groundbreaking WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short from 1940, directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, is one of the earliest well-executed attempts at the RogerRabbitEffect (the effect to make it look as if cartoon characters are interacting with live-action actors). While there were many attempts at this before and during TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, the technology was far too crude for it to be truly convincing. This short, however, takes it to levels that would only be surpassed by ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' decades later.

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* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Daffy arguably crosses his very first MoralEventHorizon. Up until this cartoon, he'd merely been Porky's crazy costar, but here he's revealed to have an [[AttentionWhore insatiable greed for the spotlight]] which leads him to lie and scheme to get a bigger role. This tendency would later become a major aspect of his character.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Friz allegedly based the events of the short off of a real life event where he briefly left the Warner Bros. cartoon studio to get a job at MGM. He did not like it there ''at all'', however. As soon as his contract expired, he went right back to Leon's studio, using this real life event as the basis for this cartoon.

* AsHimself: LooneyTunes producer Leon Schlesinger.

The plot of the short is centered around PorkyPig and DaffyDuck, who are AnimatedActors that reside at the cartoon studio "Termite Terrace". During lunch time, Daffy, wanting to become the star of the studio and usurp Porky's fame, tricks Porky into tearing up his contract with Leon Schlesinger and leave to try and make it big on his own in another studio. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], naturally, [[HilarityEnsues ensues]].

* RogerRabbitEffect: Obviously.

A very interesting short made during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, this groundbreaking WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short from 1940, directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, is one of the earliest well-executed attempts at the RogerRabbitEffect. While there were many attempts at this before and during TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, the technology was far too crude for it to be truly convincing -- this short, however, takes it to levels that would only be surpassed by ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', many decades later.

* TitledAfterTheSong: From the 1930s song "You Oughta Be in Pictures".

This cartoons holds #34 on The50GreatestCartoons list. It has also made it onto ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'' list.

This cartoons holds #34 on The50GreatestCartoons list. It has also made it onto ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'' list.