History WesternAnimation / PigsIsPigs1954

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In the closing monologue, Flannery declares "No more will be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets; if they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!"

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In the closing monologue, Flannery declares "''No more will be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets; if they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!''"

-->'''Flannery:''' ''No more will I be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets. If they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!''

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In the closing monologue, Flannery declares "No more will be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets; if they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!"

* LawfulStupid: Flannery is incapable of deviating from the rules at all. He'll only do what the rules say and if there isn't a rule for something he won't do anything at all. Defied at the end,, when he declares that he'll just classify every four-legged animal that comes through his station as a pet regardless of what the rules say just so he doesn't have to go through anything like that again.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Guinea pigs, much less seen in animation than other small animals like rabbits or mice. They're fairly well-known today, but were less so in TheFifties.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In response to the millions of guinea pigs crowding the main office station, three official turned in their resignation.

''Pigs Is Pigs'' is a 1954 animated short film (ten minutes) from Disney, directed by Jack Kinney.

Not to be confused with an entirely unrelated ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon also called "WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs".

!!Tropes:

* NoFourthWall: As Flannery was shoveling the guinea pigs, some are flung towards the camera. One of them seems to be looking at the audience and flung back towards Flannery.

* ThriftyScot: [=McMorehouse=], either because he's standing on principle or because he's cheap, will pay only the 44 cent "pets" rate for the guinea pigs, not the 48 cent "pigs" rate. He leaves, and Flannery is stuck with the guinea pigs, who soon fill up the railway station.
** The customer in the original story was called just Morehouse; Disney added the "Mc" for the sole purpose of invoking this trope.

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In the closing monologue, Flannery declares "No more will be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets; if they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!".
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: Flannery names the two guinea pigs Pat and Mike but "he quickly changed it to Marie" when he looks in the box and sees Pat and Marie snuggling and four babies in the box. This is the start of his troubles.

* WereNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In the closing monologue, Flannery declares "No more will be a fool. Whenever it comes to livestock, blast every single rule! If the animals come in singles, or if they come in sets; if they've got four feet and they're alive, they'll be classified as pets!".

* LimitedAnimation: The short is done with simple drawings and limited animation of the sort that had become very stylish in the 1950s after UPA, the TropeCodifier, had so much success. It certainly looks more like UPA than a Disney product.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Guinea pigs, much less seen in animation than other small animals like rabbits or mice.

Not to be confused with an entirely unrelated WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon also called "WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs".

* {{Unsmile}}: Flannery reads the rule in the rule book that says he's supposed to smile for the customer. He plasters a weird rictus grin on his face.