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Porky is working on a railway with his old fashioned steam engine named "Toots" when he recieves a message that he's being replaced by a new engineer and his streamlined Silver Fish train. Porky unwittingly challenges the engineer to a race to decide who keeps the train route, and he immediately takes up the offer.

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Porky is working on a railway with his old fashioned steam engine named "Toots" when he recieves receives a message that he's being replaced by a new engineer and his streamlined Silver Fish train. Porky unwittingly challenges the engineer to a race to decide who keeps the train route, and he immediately takes up the offer.
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** Averted in the polish translation of episode featuring on VCD titled "Bugs Bunny and friends" where Porky (defending his train) speaks directly to Silver Fish Engineer.

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** Averted in the polish translation of episode cartoon featuring on VCD titled "Bugs Bunny and friends" where Porky (defending his train) speaks directly to Silver Fish Engineer.
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* BittersweetEnding: Porky wins the race against Mr. Silverfish by sheer dumb luck and acquires his train, but his steam engine is completely destroyed, and Porky is planning to sell its remains to the scrapyard without a second thought.

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* BittersweetEnding: Porky wins the race against Mr. Silverfish Silver Fish by sheer dumb luck and acquires his train, but his steam engine is completely destroyed, and Porky is planning to sell its remains to the scrapyard without a second thought.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although the bull wasn't the main antagonist, but thanks to Porky encountering him earlier, he [[RammingAlwaysWorks rammed into the train causing Porky to win the race]].

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although the bull wasn't the main antagonist, but thanks to Porky encountering him earlier, he [[RammingAlwaysWorks rammed into the train back of Toots]], causing the train [[NitroBoost to jump forwards past Silver Fish]] and land on the finish line, allowing Porky to win the race]].race (Toots [[BittersweetEnding is completely destroyed from the impact, though]]).

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* TheBigRace: In the second half of the short, whoever can beat Mr. Silver Fish will win.

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* TheBigRace: In the second half of the short, whoever can beat Mr. Silver Fish will win.


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* BrutishBulls: Porky encounters one in the early half of the short. The bull in question has ruffled, [[PsychoPink pink fur]] (atleast in 1967 version), nose ring, and throughout the entire short has the [[TheUnsmile angry expression]]. He later [[ChekhovsGunman appears at the climax]], [[NiceJobFixingItVillain accidentally helping Porky win the race]] while trying to hit him.


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* DisproportionateRetribution: The bull attacks Porky's train just because he earlier in the short pulled his tail.

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** Or the museum, if you see AlternativeCharacterInterpretation section on YMMV page.



** Averted in the polish translation of episode featuring on VCD titled "Bugs Bunny and friends" where Porky (defending his train) speaks directly to Silver Fish Engineer.
* BullyBulldog: The engineer of the Silver Fish is the bulldog and the [[JerkAss unpleasant jerk]].



* {{Jerkass}}: The Silver Fish engineer is an arrogant bully who wastes no time rubbing Porky's situation in his face by mocking his train.

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** Or the museum, if you see AlternativeCharacterInterpretation section on YMMV page.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Silver Fish engineer is an arrogant bully who wastes no time rubbing Porky's situation in his face by mocking his train. What makes him a bigger jerk is that Porky had just congratulated him on getting his job.
** The cow at the beginning of the episode, who doesn't care that she is laying at the traintracks, while Porky is in a hurry.
** The [[BrutishBulls bull]], who at the cartoon climax attacks Porky's train, only because [[DisproportionateRetribution he pulled his tail]].
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* OhCrap: After mistaking a bull for a cow, Porky soon realized the bull bellowed angrily at him before he got onto Toots and ran far awya.

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* OhCrap: After mistaking a bull for a cow, Porky soon realized the bull bellowed angrily at him before he got onto Toots and ran far awya.sped off into the distance.

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* ArtDeco: Frank Tashlin's love of the style is embodied by the streamlined Silver Fish Locomotive.



** The Silver Fish, a very slick and super fast streamlined train.

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** The Silver Fish, a very slick and super fast streamlined train. It resembles streamliners such as the Milwaukee Road Class A. Most of the streamliners could reach speeds of 100mph.
** Averted with Toots, the broken down old 2-2-2 Pioneer type that was considered an outdated relic by the 1880s, let alone the 1930s.
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* ArtEvolution:
** When it was first released, the animation was in black and white.
** In 1967, the redrawn version was released and the short was in railroad and Toots was red.
** In 1992, the computer colorized version was released, and Toots was colored dark bronze and dark green.
* TheBigRace: In the second half of the short, whoever can beat Mr. Silver Fish will win.


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* {{Determinator}}: During the race, Porky was determined to win no matter what obstacles come to him.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although the bull wasn't the main antagonist, but thanks to Porky encountering him earlier, he [[RammingAlwaysWorks rammed into the train causing Porky to win the race]].


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* OhCrap: After mistaking a bull for a cow, Porky soon realized the bull bellowed angrily at him before he got onto Toots and ran far awya.

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Porky is working on a railway with his old fashioned steam engine named "Toots" when he recieves a morse code message that he's being replaced by a new engineer and his streamlined Silver Fish train. Porky unwittingly challenges the engineer to a race to decide who keeps the train route, and he immediately takes up the offer.

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Porky is working on a railway with his old fashioned steam engine named "Toots" when he recieves a morse code message that he's being replaced by a new engineer and his streamlined Silver Fish train. Porky unwittingly challenges the engineer to a race to decide who keeps the train route, and he immediately takes up the offer.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means). Notably, MeTV’s ''Toon In with Me'', an anthology series known for showing its cartoons uncut, also removes this scene.

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means). Notably, MeTV’s [=MeTV=]’s ''Toon In with Me'', an anthology series known for showing its cartoons uncut, also removes this scene.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means). Notably, Me-TV’s ''Toon In with Me'', an anthology series known for showing its cartoons uncut, also removes this scene.

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means). Notably, Me-TV’s MeTV’s ''Toon In with Me'', an anthology series known for showing its cartoons uncut, also removes this scene.
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Adding lines


* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means).

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means). Notably, Me-TV’s ''Toon In with Me'', an anthology series known for showing its cartoons uncut, also removes this scene.
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Removing natter and complaining.


** In the redrawn version that aired on Nickelodeon, the scene with the Silver Fish going through a tunnel and turning it inside out and the end where Porky is named the new engineer of the Silver Fish were cut, though this was less a censorship cut and more a time cut (or, since Nickelodeon aired poorly-made redrawns, a cut because the overseas animators working on the redrawns either skipped over scenes because they were too complex to do or they were so sloppily done that they had to be cut).
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The PunnyName of the guy who sends the message to Porky is named I Fuller Cinders, an obvious emphusiasm for "I('m) full of shit."

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The PunnyName of GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the guy who sends future, please check the message trope page to Porky is named I Fuller Cinders, an obvious emphusiasm for "I('m) full of shit."make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* SlowerThanASnail: Porky's old clunker of a locomotive slows to a crawl while attempting to climb up a mountain, to the point a snail is seen outpacing them.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Nickelodeon airings (the original black and white, the redrawn colorized version, and the computer-colorized versions) cut the scene where the Silver Fish races by a woodpile and a little black man is revealed, referring to a racially offensive saying (see "VisualPun" below for what it means).
**In the redrawn version that aired on Nickelodeon, the scene with the Silver Fish going through a tunnel and turning it inside out and the end where Porky is named the new engineer of the Silver Fish were cut, though this was less a censorship cut and more a time cut (or, since Nickelodeon aired poorly-made redrawns, a cut because the overseas animators working on the redrawns either skipped over scenes because they were too complex to do or they were so sloppily done that they had to be cut).
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: "Toots"' coal car as the number 13 1/2 painted on it.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: "Toots"' coal car as has the number 13 1/2 painted on it.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: When the Silverfish train is forced to stop at a drawbirdge, a fish with the likeness of Creator/MaeWest pops up to swoon at the sight of it.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: When the Silverfish train is forced to stop at a drawbirdge, drawbridge, a fish with the likeness of Creator/MaeWest pops up to swoon at the sight of it.
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* FakeOutOpening: The opening has a majestic looking locomotive (described in caption as "The 30th Century Limited the Railroad's Crack Train") chugging fast to the tune of [[StandardSnippet "California, Here I Come"]], making it seem like this is going to be Porky's train...only for it to dissolve to Porky and his dinky, barely functional steam engine. The captions rub it in by saying its [[CaptionHumor "The 15th Century Unlimited - also a crack train. Everything cracked - including the engineer.]]

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* FakeOutOpening: The opening has a majestic looking locomotive (described in caption as "The 30th Century Limited the Railroad's Crack Train") chugging fast to the tune of [[StandardSnippet "California, Here I Come"]], making it seem like this is going to be Porky's train...only for it to dissolve to Porky and his dinky, barely functional steam engine. The captions rub it in by saying its [[CaptionHumor "The 15th Century Unlimited - also a crack train. Everything cracked - including the engineer.]]"]]
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* TheAllegedCar: Porky owns an incredibly old fashioned (even for the late 1930's) steam engine named 'Toots' that is so incredibly slow that a ''snail'' is shown outrunning it. Its boiler is powered by a measly ''candlestick''.

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* TheAllegedCar: Porky owns an incredibly old fashioned (even for the late 1930's) steam engine named 'Toots' that is so incredibly pathetically slow that a ''snail'' is shown outrunning it. Its boiler is powered by a measly ''candlestick''.

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