History YMMV / PrivateSnafu

** By contrast, the last two shorts, coming right at the tail end of the war (and presumably with all the important training subjects having already been addressed), became more or less military-themed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' installments: one with Snafu and a Japanese officer fighting over a small island, and the other one placing Snafu on an uncharacteristic commando mission into the heart of Tokyo. Any messages they send, like "if your opponent has better brute force, use the environment" are not as obvious as before. Both also depict Snafu as oddly more competent than usual, actually coming out of both situations the victor.

** By contrast, the last two shorts, coming right at the tail end of the war (and presumably with all the important training subjects having already been addressed), became more or less military-themed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' installments: one with Snafu and a Japanese officer fighting over a small island, and the other one placing Snafu on an uncharacteristic commando mission into the heart of Tokyo. Both also depict Snafu as oddly more competent than usual, actually coming out of both situations the victor.

** The handful of UPA and MGM made Snafu shorts not only have a noticeable style difference from Warner Bros' animation, but tend to play the educational aspect of the shorts more earnestly, with Snafu's antics only taking up a small amount of screen time. That's because they weren't Snafu series shorts, but part of the

** The handful of UPA and MGM made Snafu shorts not only have a noticeable style difference from Warner Bros' animation, but tend to play the educational aspect of the shorts more earnestly, with Snafu's antics only taking up a small amount of screentime.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: While the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes shorts get a pass on this for being rerun on Saturday mornings[[note]]though that's debatable, considering that more people know about how the civilian Looney Tunes cartoons have been edited for Saturday morning TV and how most of the shorts don't even air nowadays due to being outdated and having content that, these days, would be considered offensive[[/note]], the "Private Snafu" cartoons were never even intended for ''the civilian public'', let alone children.

* Anvilicious: Considering that this was for an occupation where a mistake could easily mean ''certain death,'' this is a given.

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Rumors," one of the rumors flying around is how the Army's shells are all duds. That is not true, but the US Navy had problems with their torpedoes malfunctioning for years with senior command refusing to accept their sailors' complaints about them.

%%* NightmareFuel: The climax of "Rumors".
%%-->''"It's all over. We lost the war."''

* {{Anvilicious}}: Since a lot of the things Snafu does are life-or-death situations soldiers would really encounter in battle, they can't stress the morals enough. This is often delivered as "You'd better do X (Keep your equipment maintained and ready, stay alert, respect discipline, etc.) because the enemy is definitely doing X."

* NightmareFuel: The climax of "Rumors".
-->''"It's all over. We lost the war."''
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Since a lot of the things Snafu does are life-or-death situations soldiers would really encounter in battle, they can't stress the morals enough. This is often delivered as "You'd better do X (Keep your equipment maintained and ready, stay alert, respect discipline, etc.) because the enemy is definitely doing X."

** That being said, many of the Snafu cartoons portray the Germans and the Japanese as worthier opponents, compared to the civilian shorts, which have them as bumbling fools. In ''Fighting Tools'' a German soldier openly mocks Snafu's poor care of his weapons and winds up the victor since his equipment works. Because Private Snafu was aimed at a military audience, this was intended to hammer home to U.S. soldiers that the enemy was a real, very credible threat and not to be taken lightly or underestimated.

* ValuesDissonance: These being WWII-era cartoons meant specifically for strapping young male soldiers, political incorrectness runs rampant, mostly with [[YellowPeril caricatures of the Japanese]].

** The handful of UPA and MGM made Snafu shorts not only have a noticeable style difference from Warner Bros' animation, but tend to play the entertainment aspect of the shorts more earnestly, with Snafu's antics only taking up a small amount of screentime.

** By contrast, the last two shorts, coming right at the tail end of the war (and presumably with all the important training subjects having already been addressed), became more or less military-themed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' installments: one with Snafu and a Japanese officer fighting over a small island, and the other one placing Snafu on an uncharacteristic commando mission into the heart of Tokyo.

* BizarroEpisode: The last two shorts, coming right at the tail end of the war (and presumably with all the important training subjects having already been addressed), became more or less military-themed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' installments: one with Snafu and a Japanese officer fighting over a small island, and the other one placing Snafu on an uncharacteristic commando mission into the heart of Tokyo.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "Fighting Tools", the first shot of the cartoon is of a newspaper. The viewer is supposed to focus on the picture headline of a Garand rifle and the exclamation that US Soldiers were the best equipped -- so long as they kept their weapons in good working order. However, in the lower right-hand corner of the paper, buried amid real headlines, is a small headline that reads "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide." The cartoon came out in 1943, and that wouldn't happen until 1945.

* EarWorm: You ''will'' get the "Gold Brick" song stuck in your head.

* BetterOnDVD: The Thunderbean Private SNAFU DVD set features every cartoon in the series, meticulously restored to Looney Tunes Golden Collection levels. No less a cartoon buff than Leonard Maltin [[http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/animation_private_snafu_and_bill_plympton/ has exalted it]].

* BizarroEpisode[=/=]LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The last two shorts, coming right at the tail end of the war (and presumably with all the important training subjects having already been addressed), became more or less military-themed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' installments: one with Snafu and a Japanese officer fighting over a small island, and the other one placing Snafu on an uncharacteristic commando mission into the heart of Tokyo.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Since a lot of the things Snafu does are life-or-death situations soldiers would really encounter in battle, they can't stress the morals enough. This is often delivered as "You'd better do X(Keep your equipment maintained and ready, stay alert, respect discipline, etc.) because the enemy is definitely doing X."

** To be fair, many of the cartoons portray the Germans and Japanese more as worthy opponents than the bumbling buffoons seen in civilian propaganda. In ''Fighting Tools'' a German soldier openly mocks Snafu's poor care of his weapons and winds up the victor since his equipment works. This wasn't done out of any sympathy for the Axis powers, but rather to hammer home to U.S. soldiers that the enemy was a real, very credible threat and not to be taken lightly.

** To be fair, many of the cartoons portray the Germans and Japanese more as worthy opponents than the bumbling buffoons seen in civilian propaganda. In ''Fighting Tools'' a German soldier openly mocks Snafu's poor care of his weapons and winds up the victor since his equipment works. This wasn't done out of any sympathy for the Axis powers, but rather to hammer home to U.S. soldiers that the enemy was a credible threat and had to be taken seriously.

** To be fair, many of the cartoons portray the Germans and Japanese more as worthy opponents than the bumbling buffoons seen in civilian propaganda. In ''Fighting Tools'' a German soldier openly mocks Snafu's poor care of his weapons and winds up the victor since his equipment works.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole point of the shorts.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole point of the shorts.

* HilariousInHindsight[=/=]FunnyAnuerismMoment: In "Fighting Tools", the first shot of the cartoon is of a newspaper. The viewer is supposed to focus on the picture headline of a Garand rifle and the exclamationt hat US Soldiers were the best equipped -- so long as they kept their weapons in good working order. However, in the lower right-hand corner of the paper, buried amid real headlines, is a small headline that reads "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide." This was in 1943. Guess what happened in 1945?

* BetterOnDVD: The Thunderbean Private SNAFU DVD set features every cartoon in the series, meticulously restored to Looney Tunes Golden Collection levels. No less a cartoon buff than Leonard Maltin [[http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/animation_private_snafu_and_bill_plympton/ has exalted it]]