Hippety Hopper (film)

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Hippety Hopper
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Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Warren Foster [1]
Produced by Eddie Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling
Milt Franklyn
Animation by John Carey
Phil De Lara
Charles McKimson
Pete Burness
Manny Gould
Layouts by Cornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 19, 1949 (1949-11-19)(USA)
Running time
7:06
LanguageEnglish

Hippety Hopper is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster. [2] The short was released on November 19, 1949, and stars Sylvester and Hippety Hopper. [3]

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Plot

A despondent mouse, contemplating suicide at the waterfront, is saved by a caged baby kangaroo. The mouse proposes a deal: the kangaroo will be freed if he will help the mouse terrorize Sylvester, the source of the mouse's misery. They soon concoct a scheme to make Sylvester believe the mouse has grown to giant size by taking vitamins. Despite Sylvester's attempts to defeat the "giant mouse," he fails repeatedly, being constantly beaten to a pulp by the violently playful joey, and drawing the ire of the house bulldog, who berates him for not doing his job right.

When the bulldog himself decides to intervene (and nearly succeeds as his larger build prevents him from being as easily beaten as Sylvester), the mouse bites him on the foot, distracting him with pain and allowing the kangaroo to kick the bulldog out of the house. The mouse threatens to pin his ears back if he tries anything again. The dog scoffs that if that happens, he'll take up ballet. He attempts to go back in and the promise is promptly confirmed. Defeated, the bulldog and Sylvester both hilariously take up ballet to avoid any further humiliation.

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References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 100. ISBN   0-8050-1644-9.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 204. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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