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3 | ''Dog, Cat and Canary'' is a 1945 animated short film (6 minutes) directed by Howard Smith, part of [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems]]' Color Rhapsody series. |
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5 | A cat is struggling to get food and failing, unable to catch a bird, a squirrel, and a mouse. Then the cat happens to see a canary, hanging in a cage on the neighbor's patio. The only problem is, there's a large dog sleeping on the patio under the cat. The cat, the dog, and the canary wind up going on a merry chase. |
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7 | The whole thing plays like a WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird scenario that got sent to the wrong studio. |
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10 | !!Tropes: |
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12 | * CirclingBirdies: The dog sees stars when the cat leads it to wrap itself around the post by its leash, the dog finally crashing into the post. |
13 | * EfficientDisplacement: One gag has the canary, cat, and dog go through a screen door in that order, leaving three perfect silhouettes in the screen. |
14 | * EvilSlinks: The cat slithers like a snake when first approaching the bird cage. |
15 | * EyePop: The cat does this when it sees the canary in its cage. |
16 | * ImpossibleShadowPuppets: The cat makes an absurdly detailed shadow puppet of a rooster to distract the dog. |
17 | * OneDimensionalThinking: The canary for some reason never thinks to fly '''up''' as it's being chased around by the cat. |
18 | * SilenceIsGolden: No dialogue in the short. |
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