History WesternAnimation / TheLastHungryCat

One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten the bird, suffering much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime." Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.

* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa 1955 (most notably with the white tip on his tail missing), rather than the Freleng style, circa 1961.

* {{Spoonerism}}: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.

* Spoonerism: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.

WordSchmord: When Sylvester hides in a rundown apartment...

'''Sylvester:''' ''(looking up)'' What was that?\\

'''Sylvester:''' ''(crying)'' Yeah, yeah, I'll give myself up! I'll throw myself on their mercy! ''(runs back to Granny's house)'' I did it! I'm guilty! I can't take it anymore! I give up! I'm the killer!

-->'''Narrator:''' If you keep pacing like that, you'll wear a groove in the floor.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own busi-- ''(falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''

* [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.

* [[ReferencedBy/WiliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.

* {{Bowdlerization}}:

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.

One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.

One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.

'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and Hawley Pratt.

! Tropes:

** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it also censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings as well.
*** It should be noted that the abrupt cut from Sylvester downing pills to crying on the bathroom floor was always there, even in the theatrical release, suggesting that there may have been a scene that was rejected before release.

* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa 1955, rather than the Freleng style, circa 1961.

'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and Hawley Pratt.

* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form circa 1955, than his Freleng form circa 1961.

** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking pills (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair and under his arms) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.

* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form than his Freleng form.

* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and his BrokenTears are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.

** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.

* PacingATrench: As Sylvester ruminates over his predicament, he paces back and forth for so long that he actually wears the floor out. The narrator calls him out on it.

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.

* ShakespeareInFiction: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.

** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.

** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) is cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom is cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings.

* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws a brick at his head.
* BluntYes:
-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
'''Sylvester:''' Yep.

* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and as his crying fit are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.

'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.