Funny / Pigs Is Pigs (1937)

• Piggy desperately pining for food, rubbing his empty belly and licking his chops at imaginary food.
• Piggy's eyes become massive when he smells the pies his mother has put out. He eats one, but his mother saves the last one and Piggy accidentally bites his own hands. When his mother begins reprimanding him, Piggy completely ignores her and continues fantasizing about food.
• When dinner is ready, Piggy runs to the dinner table at an almighty speed, knocking over all of his siblings and causing a gust of wind that nearly knocks over his mother.
• Piggy tries to begin gobbling down the food set out for them, but his hands are smacked with a ruler by his mother. As Piggy flails in pain, his mother angrily marches to the other end of the table, not taking one eye off of her son and glaring. Piggy, frightened and still in pain, looks at her in confusion completely not understanding why she struck him.
• During the family prayer, Piggy cries, "And pleeease: could we have lots and lots of ice cream tonight??"
• Piggy's tiny voice is both adorable and hilarious. The fact it doesn't change even after he's been fattened up is even funnier because of the dissonance of such a tiny voice coming out of a grotesquely obese pig who's even wider than his fully grown mother, but is still just a child.
• Piggy looks agitated when the scientist forces him inside his house and looks around warily, but the moment the scientist asks if he's hungry, Piggy's concerns immediately disappear and he goes into a mindless euphoria. He's so short he tries to pull himself closer to the table, and then tries putting his hands behind his back in a cutesy way to surely try to trick the man into thinking he's a well-behaved boy. Piggy can't stop himself from taking another unbelieving look at the food, his mouth in a huge grin. Finally, he scurries into the chair set for him, and shamelessly, greedily rubs his belly in circles, licking his lips and squinting his eyes in delight. Aaaand it's all ruined when the scientist traps him, ripping his dream come true from him.
• The "hold the onions" gag from Friz Freleng debuts here when Piggy is force fed his first giant sandwich.
• By the end of the day, Piggy is an obese blob who looks like he's having trouble breathing and is bursting out of his restraints. The scientist pokes his stomach and we hear a loud squeak.
• While also disturbing and depressing, Piggy's pathetic attempts at waddling back to his mother count. He can barely move and sways with each step, dangerously close to constantly falling over.
• Piggy completely lights up when he sees more food available, licks his lips eagerly, and immediately goes back to the table, displaying none of the issues he previously displayed moving due to his weight. He rips off a turkey leg and plops it in his mouth, his eyes crossed. He chews with visible pleasure... and pops, having been killed by his gluttony.
• Piggy awakens from his nightmare and is clearly horrified at his death in the dream, screaming "no" before jumping out of his bedsheets. His mother calls her children to breakfast, and Piggy gapes in apparent horror, clearly remembering some inkling of his nightmare... But smiles gleefully at the camera, as if to say "Gotcha, suckers!", scurries downstairs, and begins glutting himself with renewed vigor.

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