History WesternAnimation / Kitbull

* OpenTheIris: When the kitten is frightened or playful, its iris pretty much expands to fill its whole eyeball.

* CluelessAesop: The short’s Aesop is that pit bull behavior is a largely a consequence of good or bad rather than being entirely inherent to the breed, yet it never shows any of the consequences of a harsh background on the pit bull being focused on, who is a friendly and lovable GentleGiant through and through.

* AnAesop: The point of the shot is that pit bulls aren't bad dogs. Just because bad people use them for dog fighting, that doesn't make the entire breed bad. The short drops this anvil with no words at all, but makes it very clear that the pit bull is a sweet, friendly, gentle lug of a dog who just wants to be friends with the kitten, even after he's treated like crap by his previous owner.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: A large part of the short's message is that there are no bad dog breeds; just bad owners. The kitten is initially afraid and untrusting of the pit bull (who, to be fair, is ''huge'' compared to her), and the dog's owners try to turn him into a vicious fighter. Even the nice woman at the end is initially wary when she sees him approach... but then the kitten curls up at his feet, and she sees that he's just a sweet, innocent pup who needs love and a home, just like the kitten.

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* AttackTheTail: The kitten pounces on and repeatedly bites the pit bull's tail at the end before he takes it out of her mouth and gently DopeSlaps her with it.

* OpenTheIris: When the kitten is frightened, its iris pretty much expands to fill its whole eyeball.

A stray kitten lives in the garbage cans behind a building in what is eventually revealed to be UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. The kitten does a pretty good job providing for itself, even managing to find a fish. One day the people who work in the building the kitten lives behind show up with a pit bull. The little kitten is naturally scared of the big strong pit bull, even though the dog never makes any aggressive move towards the kitten. Eventually the dog and the kitten make a tentative friendship--and then the cat finds out something disturbing about the dog.

* CatsAreMean: Downplayed. The kitten isn’t mean, just very skittish and paranoid, and has a good heart.

* SilenceIsGolden: Like most of the Pixar shorts, there is no dialogue.

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* BookEnds: Early in the cartoon, the cat is approached by a friendly woman, but runs away. At the end, the same woman approaches the cat again. The kitten, who has learned how to trust, approaches the woman and also introduces her to the pit bull. The cartoon ends with the woman, her boyfriend/husband, the kitten, and the dog all living together.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: At the end of the short, the kitten and the pitbull are both adopted by a kind woman, and the last shot is of the kitten and pitbull playing in a park together while their new owner and her boyfriend/husband happily watch them.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse. '''Kit'''ten + pit '''bull''' = "Kitbull".

* CatsAreMean: Downplayed. The kitten isn’t mean, just very skittish and paranoid.

Notable for being Pixar's first 2D short, created with 3D layout models and animated in a "paperless" traditional style. It was the first of three films created for Pixar's [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Sparkshorts series]] for Creator/DisneyPlus along with ''Purl'' and ''Smash & Grab'', all of which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZS5cgybKcI got an early leak]] to Website/YouTube. It was nominated for a Best Animated Short award at the 2020 Oscars.

Notable for being Pixar's first 2D short, created with 3D layout models and animated in a "paperless" traditional style. The short was created as part of the [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar Sparkshorts]] series. for Creator/DisneyPlus and, along with ''Purl'' and ''Smash & Grab'', was one of the few that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZS5cgybKcI got an early leak]] to Website/YouTube. It was nominated for a Best Animated Short award at the 2020 Oscars.

Notable for being Pixar's first 2D short, created with 3D layout models and animated in a "paperless" traditional style. The short was created as part of the [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar Sparkshorts]] series. for Creator/Disney+ and, along with ''Purl'' and ''Smash & Grab'', was one of the few that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZS5cgybKcI got an early leak]] to Website/YouTube. It was nominated for a Best Animated Short award at the 2020 Oscars.

''Kitbull'' is a 2019 animated short film (9 minutes) directed by Rosana Sullivan. It is one of the WesternAnimation/PixarShorts.

A rare example of a Pixar short done in traditional 2-D animation (although it was still drawn digitally). It was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards.

You can watch the whole short on [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZS5cgybKcI HERE]].

A rare example of a Pixar short done in traditional 2-D animation (although it was still drawn digitally). it was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards.

A rare example of a Pixar short done in traditional 2-D animation (although it was still drawn digitally).

* CharacterDevelopment: The kitten recoiled from the nice lady in the opening scene, but in the end, after having learned a lesson about trust with the pit bull, the kitten trusts the woman, and is adopted.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse. "Kitbull", get it?

* InterspeciesFrienship: A cute little kitten makes friends with a gentle pit bull.

* CharacterGrowth: The kitten recoiled from the nice lady in the opening scene, but in the end, after having learned a lesson about trust with the pit bull, the kitten trusts the woman, and is adopted.