History WesternAnimation / ScaredyCat

[[caption-width-right:350:''"We-we-welcome to our new home, Sylvester."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Welcome to our new home, Sylvester."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Welcome to our new home, Sylvester."]]

* PossessionPresumesGuilt: Sylvester catches an [[AnvilOnHead anvil]] aimed for a sleeping Porky Pig. When Porky wakes up, he sees Sylvester holding the anvil above him and assumes the cat is up to no good. Justified, as Porky previously saw Sylvester's previous attempts to warn him of the killer mice as causing trouble.

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy OldDarkHouse – late at night. Porky, unfazed, prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, while a terrified Sylvester soon discovers there's a cult of murderous mice inhabiting the place – and planning to make its new owners their next victims.

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy OldDarkHouse – late at night. Porky, unfazed, prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, while a terrified Sylvester soon discovers a cult of murderous mice inhabiting the place – and planning to make its new owners their next victims.

''Scaredy Cat'' is a 1948 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the first in his "horror vacation" trilogy starring WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester|the Cat and Tweety Bird}}, followed by ''WesternAnimation/ClawsForAlarm'' (1954) and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'' (1955). It is notable as one of only five cartoons from the post-July 1948 WB cartoon library (which were never sold or licensed to another company) to get a Blue Ribbon reissue with its opening titles removed (although they were later restored) as well as the latest-released of the five, being the final cartoon the studio released in 1948.

''Scaredy Cat'' is a 1948 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the first in his "horror vacation" trilogy starring WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester|the Cat and Tweety Bird}}, followed by ''WesternAnimation/ClawsForAlarm'' (1954) and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'' (1955). It is the only one of the three in the series to get a Blue Ribbon reissue, which when it did had its original opening credits cut, only one of five reissued cartoons from the post-July 1948 WB cartoon library (which WB never sold or licensed to another company) to have its credits cut upon reissue (though the original opening was later restored), and the latest-released of the five, being the last cartoon released in 1948.

''Scaredy Cat'' is a 1948 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the first in his "horror vacation" trilogy starring WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester|the Cat and Tweety Bird}}, followed by ''WesternAnimation/ClawsForAlarm'' (1954) and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'' (1955). It is the only one of the three in the series to get a Blue Ribbon reissue, which when it did had its original opening credits cut, only of of five reissued cartoons from the post-July 1948 WB cartoon library (which WB never sold or licensed to another company) to have its credits cut upon reissue (though the original opening was later restored), and the latest-released of the five, being the last cartoon released in 1948.

''Scaredy Cat'' is a 1948 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon short directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the first in his "horror vacation" trilogy starring WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester|the Cat and Tweety Bird}}, followed by ''WesternAnimation/ClawsForAlarm'' (1954) and ''Jumpin' Jupiter'' (1955).

* CowardlyLion: Sylvester, of the cat variety.

* TheVoiceless: Sylvester notably does not speak in this short (save for two plaintive meows at Porky).

* TheVoiceless: Sylvester notably does not speak in this short.

* CruelTwistEnding: After Sylvester saves Porky, the executioner mouse appears, and bludgeons Sylvester with a mallet. Though there's certainly plenty of room to indicate that our two main characters will be fine, as the mouse only got Sylvester, he's only knocked out, and he recovered from far worse already.

* TookALevelInBadass: After his guardian angel inspires him to save Porky, he uproots a freaking tree, and single-handedly destroys the death cult to save his master.

** The more common version has the Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' title card and cuts the scenes where Sylvester gets a pistol from a dresser drawer and threatens to kill himself if Porky does not let him stay to protect him from the mice and the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood. This was also how the short was cut when it aired on Creator/{{ABC}} (as part of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]'') and the Creator/KidsWB network.
** A rarely shown 1998 dubbed version, which first aired on a 4:00am showing of the Cartoon Network compilation show ''Bugs and Daffy'' in 2003 and aired again on a New Year's Day marathon of Looney Tunes cartoons on January 1, 2010, has the original title cards and credits and reinstates the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses getting shot by a mouse in a black hood, but still edits the scene where Sylvester withdraws a pistol from a drawer and threatens to kill himself with it and fights with Porky over the gun. In contrast to the usual "dissolve-edit" version that aired frequently on Cartoon Network, the newly edited version cuts from Porky asking Sylvester to leave his bedroom to Sylvester crying and Porky chastising him for being a crybaby before relenting, and crops the shot of Porky chastising Sylvester for crying so the gun behind Porky's back is never shown. As of 2011, this newly edited version is the version that used to air on Cartoon Network and now airs on Boomerang.

** One version has the Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' title card and cuts the scenes where Sylvester gets a pistol from a dresser drawer and threatens to kill himself if Porky does not let him stay to protect him from the mice and the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood. This was also how the scene was cut when aired on ABC (as part of ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'') and the former WB! network.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Cartoon Network's and Boomerang's American feed have aired two versions of this short, each with violent parts edited:
** One version has the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies title card and cuts the scenes where Sylvester gets a pistol from a dresser drawer and threatens to kill himself if Porky does not let him stay to protect him from the mice and the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood. This was also how the scene was cut when aired on ABC (as part of ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'') and the former WB! network.

* ColorFailure: After being lowered into the basement from the kitchen, Sylvester re-emerges nearly four hours later white with fear and sporting a ThousandYardStare.

* ColorFailure: After being lowered into the basement from the kitchen, Sylvester emerges nearly four hours later white with fear and sporting a ThousandYardStare.

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy Victorian OldDarkHouse – late at night. While an unfazed Porky prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, a terrified Sylvester soon discovers that a cult of murderous mice inhabit the place and plan to make its new owners their next victims.

This cartoon is also notable for being the first use of the name "Sylvester".

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy Victorian OldDarkHouse – late at night. While an unfazed Porky prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, the terrified Sylvester discovers that a cult of murderous mice inhabit the place and plan to make its new owners their next victims.

* AMischiefOfMice: The mice who take up residence in Porky and Sylvester's new home are vicious, heartless murderers.

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy Victorian OldDarkHouse – late at night. While the unfazed Porky prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, the easily-frightened cat discovers that a cult of murderous mice inhabit the place and plan to make its new owners their next victims.

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester[[note]] who is named as such for the first time in this short [[/note]] arriving at their "new" home – a creepy, Victorian OldDarkHouse – late at night. While the unfazed Porky prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, the easily-frightened cat discovers that a cult of murderous mice inhabit the place and plan to make its new owners their next victims.

[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to our new home, Sylvester.]]

The cartoon begins with Porky and his pet cat Sylvester arriving at their "new" home – a creepy, Victorian OldDarkHouse – in the middle of the night. While the unfazed Porky prepares to settle in for a good night’s sleep, the easily-frightened Sylvester discovers that a cult of murderous mice inhabit the place and plan to make its new owners their next victims.