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Banjo the Woodpile Cat

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Banjo the Woodpile Cat	comment	An all-but-forgotten but charming Don Bluth television special. It was his very first non-Disney production, and was essentially a test run for his newborn studio; though it was made before Bluth finally quit Disney. Originally conceived as a full-length feature film (but was cut short due to budget restraints), and later as a Christmas Special (which also didn't stick), the story tells the tale of a mischievous kitten who runs away from home and has adventures in the big city, but soon begins to get homesick for his family and deeply regret running away. With the help of some colorful locals, he eventually makes his way home again. The film can be considered an Ur-Example of a typical Don Bluth film, as it employs many of the same tropes that would resurface in his later works.Details behind the making of the film can be viewed here.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_15177ded	type	The Runaway
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_15177ded	comment	The Runaway: Banjo.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_1f0f3d6f	type	Cute Kitten
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_1f0f3d6f	comment	Cute Kitten: This doesn't have a kitten for the main character for nothing.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_214c0753	type	Angry Guard Dog
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_214c0753	comment	Angry Guard Dog: See "Cats Are Mean" below.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_2684981f	type	Domestic-Only Cartoon
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_2684981f	comment	Domestic-Only Cartoon: Ends with the credit "Made in the United States of America."
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: In this case, it's Banjo's own fault, as he ran away to the city on a whim.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: As the film was really only made as a testing ground for Don Bluth and his colleagues to see if they could animate something the way they wanted to, it pales in comparison to pretty much everything he made afterwards with more experience, higher budgets and larger staffs. It doesn't help that many of his faults are also present (over-acting, animals who don't move like normal animals, etc.).
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_58e43f17	type	Cats Are Mean
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_58e43f17	comment	Cats Are Mean: Inverted; this is about the only Don Bluth production in which Dogs Are Mean and Cats Are Nice.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_73d4b01a	type	In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_73d4b01a	comment	In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: The DVD cover proudly displays the title as "Don Bluth's Banjo The Woodpile Cat."note Though considering this is the only project of his that he owns the rights to and, therefore, hasn't been whored out for a zillion sequels, you can't blame him for milking this for all it's worth.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_7d260070	type	Corporal Punishment
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_7d260070	comment	Corporal Punishment: Banjo runs away from home after his father tells him to fetch his own switch to be beaten with.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_8a295a48	type	Cool Cat
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_8a295a48	comment	Cool Cat: Crazy Legs.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_90507020	type	TheForties
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_90507020	comment	The '40s: Set in 1944.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_a8982539	type	Gray Rain of Depression
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_a8982539	comment	Gray Rain of Depression: The scene where Banjo curls up in an alley and cries as he shelters himself from the rain in a tin can. It's very similar to a scene used in a later Bluth production, An American Tail.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_b2d7b559	type	The Homeward Journey
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_b2d7b559	comment	The Homeward Journey
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_dfc36a26	type	Dashingly Dapper Derby
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_dfc36a26	comment	Dashingly Dapper Derby: Crazy Legs wears one.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: Though the full-length feature would have had one. Bluth later acknowledged that this was one weakness in the film's story, but then again the film was made more its artistry than for its plot.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Bluth based the story on a childhood pet cat of his who lived in a woodpile on the farm he grew up on, got lost one day, and found its way back weeks later.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: Upon his return home, Banjo's parents don't look the least worried or seem at all curious as to where he's been. The movie just stops before we find out anything else. Hilariously Lampshaded in the DVD Commentary:
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_f3894c02	type	Underside Ride
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_f3894c02	comment	Underside Ride: This is how the title character goes to the city.
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_fd1f1a63	type	Ridiculously Cute Critter
Banjo the Woodpile Cat / int_fd1f1a63	comment	Ridiculously Cute Critter: Banjo himself, Cute Little Fangs and all.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

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