Fridge / Tex Avery MGM Cartoons

Fridge Horror

• The 1946 Tex Avery cartoon "Lonesome Lenny'' is about a big, friendly dog who has a tendency to crush "little friends" to death. The last one he does this to: none other than our hero, Screwy Squirrel. Now, add that to the fact that Screwy is shown dead in his last cartoon, and put two and two together.
  • This isn't that surprising, considering Avery's hatred of the character.
• The same can be said for George and Junior in their final cartoon, "Half-Pint Pygmy" from 1948. After losing the world's smallest pygmy again, they both pull out guns and shoot in the head, but not before Junior pulls down the end title, so the audience can't see them shooting themselves. While it's unknown if Tex Avery hated George and Junior like he did with Screwy, the fact that they no longer had any more appearances in The Golden Age of Animation after this cartoon can be a bit creepy.
• "Jerky Turkey" from 1945 ends with both the pilgrim and the turkey ending up inside Joe the bear's stomach. Although it's depicted in a humorous manner, the fridge horror kicks in once you realize the implications of the fact that they basically got eaten. Which means they are essentially doomed, they'll never see their families again, and they'll eventually get digested alive. It doesn't help that the cartoon ends with them still in the stomach and neither of those characters is ever seen again...
  • On the bright side, they warn us not to Eat at Joe's.