Line #7 WesternAnimation/TheMilkyWay

Context WesternAnimation / TheMilkyWay

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3	''The Milky Way'' is a 1940 animated short film from Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, directed by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]].
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5	The three little kittens of "three little kittens have lost their mittens" nursery rhyme fame are sent to bed without dinner and without milk. As they are getting ready for bed and missing their milk, one kitten gets an idea. The three kittens hop in a basket and use three balloons to take them to the Milky Way, where there is, of course, a great abundance of milk.
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7	Notable as being the first non-Disney cartoon to win the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm.
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11	* {{Balloonacy}}: Not only can three balloons lift three kittens, they can lift three kittens all the way to space.
12	* BingeMontage: Much of the cartoon is this, as the kittens go to town binging on milk up in the Milky Way.
13	* BalloonBelly: One of the kittens has a noticeable one. He, of course, is the one who's really bummed about not getting fed.
14	* CheesyMoon: It's where all good mice go when they die.
15	* CuteKitten: Anyone with an allergy to cuteness will require prompt medical attention.
16	* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: In response to the kittens losing their mittens, their mother sends them to bed without supper. At the end of the short, she changes her mind, but after their ImagineSpot, the kittens can't stand the sight of milk.
17	* [[IAteWhat I Drank WHAT?!]]: As the kittens sample various types of milk, one of them discovers that he was drinking [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_hydroxide Milk of Magnesia]].
18	* ImagineSpot: The trip into space and the Milky Way turns out to be the three kittens pretending, playing on their bed.
19	* LevelAte: The entire setting, from the CheesyMoon to Milky Way made entirely of dairy products.
20	* LiteralCliffhanger: The kittens end up hanging on for dear life from a ledge, the Earth millions of miles below.
21	* LiteralMetaphor: Many of the gags when the kittens go into space-the Big Dipper is an actual dipper, "shooting stars" are being fired from cannons (on Mars, Mars being the God of War), and there's the Milky Way itself, full of milk.
22	* RuleOfThree: It's not like anyone is going to make a nursery rhyme about ''five'' kittens.
23	* VisualPun: A line of large milk dispensers is set up like a gas station. Enormous butter churns look just like windmills.

Context WesternAnimation / TheMilkyWay