History WesternAnimation / ChowHound

* OhNoNotAgain: The mouse's reaction when he's forced to be "caught" by having him being dangled by the tail from the cat's mouse, which he finds morbidly humiliating. He begs the dog not to be placed in that position, but they fall into deaf ears.

* StandardSnippet: A sting of "We're in the Money" plays when the dog realizes he can get a money reward for returning lost cats.

* AnAesop: The titular character, a greedy dog, abuses a cat and a mouse for the simple mistake of failing to get the gravy along with the meat (literally, in the cat's case). When he buys up a butcher shop, he gets a little too greedy and (based on his grossly obese appearance on the operating table in the final scene) consumes all the stock at once. The cat and mouse show up with a massive can of gravy in tow and proceed to gleefully force-feed the immobilized dog his JustDesserts. The lesson is that if all you want in life is more, you will become corrupted by greed and eventually, pay the price.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheDogBitesBack "This time, we]] ''[[TheDogBitesBack didn't]]'' [[TheDogBitesBack forget the gravy!"]]]]

''Chow Hound'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] [[OneShotCharacter one-shot]] WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

** Also, the ending quotes "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano", since the cat is making the dog "swallow" all that gravy.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The man that calls the cat Timothy keeps repeating himself.
-->"Caught another mouse, I see... Y'caught. Well, come on, you've earned your keep... You've earned it."

-->"Oh, how degrading!"

-->"This time, we ''didn't'' forget the gravy!"

* OhCrap: When the bulldog – strapped to an operating table as he awaits his stomach being pumped – realizes his fate is about to come, when the cat and mouse come in with a large can of gravy and make clear their intent: "This time, we ''didn't'' forget the gravy!" He sweats profusely and murmurs "Oh no! Help!" as the cat begins feeding his tormentor the gravy.

* AntagonistTitle: The dog mentioned in the title is clearly the bad guy here- and how detestable he is!

* BrickJoke: After constantly beating up the cat for forgetting the gravy in the cartoon, the dog finally gets his beloved gravy in the end -- but ''not'' in the way he wanted.

'''Chow Hound''' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] [[OneShotCharacter one-shot]] WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The cartoon borrows some plot details from Jones' previous short ''WesternAnimation/FreshAirdale'' where a cruel scheming mutt uses a cat as a scapegoat for food and reward. The dog in this short even resembles that of the former with a buffed up redesign (only in this instance, a KarmaHoudiniWarranty kicks in).

* SelfDeposingVillain: The Dog gets access to the butchers' shop and meat for miles. He proceeds to eat himself into an obese blob, putting him at the complete mercy of the Cat and Mouse, who are only too happy to give him the gravy he asked for.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The cartoon borrows some plot details from Jones' previous short "Fresh Airdale" where a cruel scheming mutt uses a cat as a scapegoat for food and reward. The dog in this short even resembles that of the former with a buffed up redesign (only in this instance, a KarmaHoudiniWarranty kicks in).

The film is notably one of Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes.

* AnAesop: The titular character, a greedy dog, abuses a cat and a mouse for the simple mistake of failing to get the gravy along with the meat (literally, in the cat's case). When he buys up a butcher shop, he gets a little too greedy and (based on his grossly obese appearance on the operating table in the final scene) consumes all the stock at once. The cat and mouse show up with a massive can of gravy in tow and proceed to gleefully force-feed the immobilized dog his JustDesserts. The lesson is that all you want in life is more, you will become corrupted by greed and eventually, pay the price.

* AnAesop: If all you want in life is more, you will become corrupted by greed and eventually, pay the price.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After all the crud the dog put the cat through in the cartoon, he gets his {{just desserts}} in the end when he and the mouse force-feeds him the belated gravy as he lays swollen and helpless from overeating, which makes [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the moral of the cartoon more clear]].

** Also, the ending quotes "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" for some reason.