History WesternAnimation / RedHotRidingHood

* LoveCanMakeYouGonk: As seen in the page image

* TheReveal: At the end of "Swing-Shift Cinderella," it's revealed that Cinderella's actually a Rosie the Riveter by night and the reason she had to make it home before midnight was because she has to work the night shift at Lockweed Aircraft Plant.

* GrassIsGreener: Not as a song per se, but in "Little Rural Riding Hood," the hick wolf is happy to chase hick Red until he sees what he's missing in the city. [[spoiler: And City Wolf, who seems coolly indifferent to City Red, flips for Rural Red!]]

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Red, again. Her figure would probably be something like 36-15-40 in real life.

* NonSingingVoice: Red's singing was provided by Connie Russell, while her Creator/KatharineHepburn-esque speaking was provided by Sara Brenner, and her shouting voice ("NOOOOOO!") was done by a rather then-little known voice actress named Creator/JuneForay. The wolf's howling was also one of the first jobs ever for Creator/DawsButler.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Red's singing voice is reminiscent of Lena Horne, while her speaking voice is patterned after the typical way actresses parody Katherine Hepburn.

* NonSingingVoice: Red's singing was provided by Connie Russell, while her Katherine Hepburn-esque speaking was provided by Sara Brenner, and her shouting voice ("NOOOOOO!") was done by a rather then-little known voice actress named Creator/JuneForay. The wolf's howling was also one of the first jobs ever for Creator/DawsButler.

%%* DramaticCurtainToss

* RealFakeDoor: as the Wolf tries to escape Grandma's apartment, he opens a door and crashes into a brick wall with a sign reading "Imagine that—no door!"

%%* BaitAndSwitchCredits

%%* TheChanteuse: Red.

%%* FracturedFairyTale

%%* WolfWhistle

The story begins as a typical [[TastesLikeDiabetes cutesy]] [[DisneyFication retelling]] of "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood"--that is, [[NoFourthWall until the Big Bad Wolf and even Red and her Grandma become annoyed at the narrator]] [[AnimatedActors and complain about how stale and overused the premise is, thus demanding a new take on the story]]. The narrator finally gives in to their demands--cue the ''second'' title card quoted above.

The cartoon then takes us to Hollywood, where the Big Bad Wolf is now a womanizer who frequents night clubs, Red is now an [[MsFanservice incredibly attractive]] singer and dancer, and her Granny is a hotel/implied brothel owner and an (apparently) oversexed AbhorrentAdmirer of Wolfie once she sees him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity does indeed ensue from there.]]

* "Swing Shift Cinderella" (1945) -- Almost exactly the same as the first short, except it's based on Literature/{{Cinderella}}.
* "The Shooting of Dan [=McGoo=]" (1945) -- A cartoon version of Robert Service's poem "[=The Shooting of Dan McGrew=]", which features Droopy.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Whenever Wolfie first sees Red, he jumps out of his chair and stiffens his whole body in mid-air horizontally, kind of like a... you know...

* DrivenToSuicide: At the end, Wolfie vows never to so much as look at another woman again while at the night club. The curtains are pulled back and he sees Red on stage again. He then shoots himself in the head, and his ''ghost'' begins to do wild takes.

* GrassIsGreener: Not as a song per se, but in "Little Rural Riding Hood" the hick wolf is happy to chase hick Red until he sees what he's missing in the city. [[spoiler: And City Wolf, who seems coolly indifferent to City Red, flips for Rural Red!]]

* HotterAndSexier... and zanier too. Starts out as a normal "Little Red Riding Hood" until the characters suddenly rebel at this done-to-death staging and demand a fresh approach. Red is a sexy adult nightclub entertainer.

* NoNameGiven: The eponymous Red Hot Riding Hood wasn't given a real name in any of her theatrical appearances, but most fans generally refer to her as "Red". Her later appearances in the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry direct to video features ultimately made Red her official name.
* NotSoDifferent: Through most of Little Rural Riding Hood, Wolfie's urbane cousin laments Wolfie's lack of self control around Red. He drives Wolfie back to the country, sees the country girl that was Wolfie's crush before Red, and... loses it exactly like Wolfie did over Red. Then Wolfie laments his cousin's lack of self control and sends him back to the city.

* RevisedEnding: The short's original ending had Granny marrying the wolf at a ShotgunWedding (with a caricature of Tex Avery as the Justice of the Peace who marries them), and having the unhappy couple and their [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human half-wolf children]] attend Red's show. Granted, the ending they eventually settled on [[DrivenToSuicide wasn't exactly]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids kid-friendly, either]] (which is why it has been edited on TV).

* TheReveal: At the end of "Swing-Shift Cinderella," it's revealed that Cinderella's actually a Rosie the Riveter by night and the reason she had to make it home was because she has to work the night shift at Lockweed Aircraft Plant.

* VisualPun: "Wolf" is old-timey slang for womanizer, which is what the Big Bad Wolf actually is.

"Red Hot Riding Hood" is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Creator/TexAvery and released on May 8, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1943]] by MetroGoldwynMayer. It is one of Avery's most popular cartoons, inspiring several of his own "sequel" shorts (which really were just shorts with a similar plot and the same characters, though notably Droopy was involved with many of the other shorts Wolfie and Red appear in) as well as influencing other cartoons and feature films for years afterward.

* WolverinePublicity: Due to Red's inherently appealing nature and popularity, her appearances on the {{Droopy}} DVD set are played up to where she is prominently displayed in much of the packaging, even though she only appears in ''two'' of the cartoons included on the set!

An IndianMaiden {{Expy}} of Red also makes a cameo at the end of the Tex Avery short "Big Heel-Watha" (1944). Red is a prominent character in the some ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' direct-to-video films (where acts as ParentService) while Wolfie and the two wolves from "Little Rural Riding Hood" make cameos. List:

-->--'''The ''second'' title card'''

'''''Red Hot Riding Hood''''' is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Creator/TexAvery and released on May 8, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1943]] by MetroGoldwynMayer. It is one of Avery's most popular cartoons, inspiring several of his own "sequel" shorts (which really were just shorts with a similar plot and the same characters, though notably Droopy was involved with many of the other shorts Wolfie and Red appear in) as well as influencing other cartoons and feature films for years afterward.

!!This short contains examples of:

%%* InteractiveNarrator

%%* LoveMakesYouCrazy: For the Wolf and Grandma.

* NoNameGiven: The eponymous Red Hot Riding Hood wasn't given a real name in any of her theatrical appearances, but most fans generally refer to her as "Red". Her later appearances in the TomAndJerry direct to video features ultimately made Red her official name.

* "Swing Shift Cinderella" (1945) -- Almost exactly the same as the first short, except it's based on Cinderella.

* "Uncle Tom's Cabaña" (1947) -- An adaptation of ''UncleTomsCabin'' which featured Red. Wolfie doesn't appear, as here he is replaced by Simon [=LeGreedy=]. [[ValuesDissonance It's not often shown anywhere in the United States.]]

* AllMenArePerverts: The wolf is Ur-Example.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits
* BigNo / SuddenlyShouting: Red rejects Wolfie very loudly this way, [[LarynxDissonance and in a man's voice.]] Before shouting, she speaks softly and sweetly.

* TheChanteuse: Red.

* DirtyOldWoman: Granny.

* DramaticCurtainToss

* FracturedFairyTale

* InteractiveNarrator

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: For the Wolf and Grandma.
* LostForever: Although [[ExecutiveMeddling the censors demanded the original ending to be changed]], it was said that the uncut version of the short was made but only sent off for the troops at war. Tex collected uncut versions of his cartoons, so it is clearly unknown whether it would ever turn up.

* SexyBacklessOutfit: Red. She wear a skimpy red, strapless, backless {{Burlesque}} outfit.
* ShesGotLegs: Also Red.

* WolfWhistle: Of course.

* {{Expy}}: Red gets one in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' called Miss Vavoom.

* TheChanteuse: Red

* DirtyOldWoman: Granny

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Whenever Wolfie first sees Red, he jumps out of his chair and stiffens his whole body in mid-air horizontally, kind of like a...you know...

* FollowThatCar: Wolfie tells a taxi driver to follow Red's car, and he does...without Wolfie inside the taxi.

* HotterAndSexier...and zanier too. Starts out as a normal "Little Red Riding Hood" until the characters suddenly rebel at this done-to-death staging and demand a fresh approach. Red is a sexy adult nightclub entertainer.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Grandma and the Wolf

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: For the Wolf and Grandma

* MsFanservice: Red, a nightclub singer and dancer who is usually making all men in the room crazy, especially a Wolf character who - in vain- tries to seduce and chase her.

* NotSoDifferent: Through most of Little Rural Riding Hood, Wolfie's urbane cousin laments Wolfie's lack of self control around Red. He drives Wolfie back to the country, sees the country girl that was Wolfie's crush before Red, and...loses it exactly like Wolfie did over Red. Then Wolfie laments his cousin's lack of self control and sends him back to the city.

* SexyBacklessOutfit: Red. She wear a skimpy red strapless, backless {{Burlesque}} outfit.
* ShesGotLegs: Also Red

** AndreNorton had a line in one of her books where a character reacts to an unexpected discovery by quoting the second title card.

* MagicSkirt: [[ForegoneConclusion Averted]] after Red's BigNo, though her leg blocks the view.
* MediumAwareness: At the beginning Red Riding Hood complains that every cartoon studio in Hollywood has re-enacted "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood" the old-fashioned way.

The story begins as a typical [[TastesLikeDiabetes cutesy]] [[DisneyFication retelling]] of "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood"--that is, [[NoFourthWall until the Big Bad Wolf and even Red and her Grandma become annoyed at the narrator]] [[AnimatedActors and complain about how stale and overused the premise is, thus demanding a new take on the story]]. The narrator finally gives in to their demands-cue the ''second'' title card quoted above.