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Clock Cleaners

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18 feature instances
2 referencing feature instances

Clock Cleaners	type	TVTItem
Clock Cleaners	label	Clock Cleaners
Clock Cleaners	page	ClockCleaners
Clock Cleaners	comment	A very popular 1937 short in the Classic Disney Shorts lineup, the short is centered on Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy as they, well, attempt to clean the giant clock tower, Big Beth. However, chaos ensues as Mickey attempts to get rid of a stork nesting in the tower, Donald wages a frustrating battle with a sentient clock spring, and Goofy gets himself into life-threatening situations via his own klutziness and stupidity.
Clock Cleaners	fetched	2024-02-16T11:45:59Z
Clock Cleaners	parsed	2024-02-16T11:45:59Z
Clock Cleaners	isPartOf	DBTropes
Clock Cleaners / int_171261c1	type	Enmity with an Object
Clock Cleaners / int_171261c1	comment	Enmity with an Object: Donald argues with the mainspring, while Goofy thinks the figures that ring the bell are doing it to mess with him.
Clock Cleaners / int_171261c1	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_171261c1	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_171261c1
Clock Cleaners / int_17a969de	type	No OSHA Compliance
Clock Cleaners / int_17a969de	comment	No OSHA Compliance: The clock cleaners have no protective gear or railings of any kind despite working on a running piece of machinery at the top of an enormous tower. Goofy nearly falls to his doom several times, including once from a ladder that's missing a rung!
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Clock Cleaners / int_17a969de	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_17a969de
Clock Cleaners / int_1e3a9a21	type	Angrish
Clock Cleaners / int_1e3a9a21	comment	Angrish: Donald's original line of "snake in the grass" has been replaced with unintelligible gibberish, as a result of Christian conservative fundamentalist activist groups believing that Donald was saying "son-of-a-bitch" instead of "snake in the grass".
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Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_1e3a9a21
Clock Cleaners / int_26b2747	type	Alliterative Title
Clock Cleaners / int_26b2747	comment	Alliterative Title: "Clock Cleaners".
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Clock Cleaners / int_26b2747	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_26b2747
Clock Cleaners / int_37141022	type	Can't You Read the Sign?
Clock Cleaners / int_37141022	comment	Can't You Read the Sign?: Donald ignores a fairly obvious "Keep off the mainspring" sign, and spends the rest of the short regretting it.
Clock Cleaners / int_37141022	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_37141022	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_37141022
Clock Cleaners / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Clock Cleaners / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Some of the backgrounds of the short are nothing short of jaw dropping. Just look at the opening shot!
Clock Cleaners / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_49d59be9
Clock Cleaners / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
Clock Cleaners / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: The short ends with the trio getting caught in the same gear Donald did earlier and dealing with the subsequent body movements.
Clock Cleaners / int_6edc54d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_6edc54d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_6edc54d5
Clock Cleaners / int_756ec016	type	Construction Zone Calamity
Clock Cleaners / int_756ec016	comment	Construction Zone Calamity: Goofy wanders onto swinging girders after taking the hit to the head.
Clock Cleaners / int_756ec016	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_756ec016	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_756ec016
Clock Cleaners / int_786e5cac	type	Circling Birdies
Clock Cleaners / int_786e5cac	comment	Circling Birdies: Miniature Goofys in angel garb and wings appear and orbit Goofy's head when he is conked by the clock's Liberty statue.
Clock Cleaners / int_786e5cac	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_786e5cac	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_786e5cac
Clock Cleaners / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Clock Cleaners / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Mickey, Donald and Goofy clean a clock tower. Though it had a double meaning in 1937: to "clean someone's clock" was slang for beating someone up or humiliating them.
Clock Cleaners / int_8409a385	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_8409a385	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_8409a385
Clock Cleaners / int_a3f1531b	type	Standard Snippet
Clock Cleaners / int_a3f1531b	comment	Standard Snippet: After Goofy is hit on the head, "Spring Song" by Felix Mendelssohn is heard on the soundtrack. And when he walks dizzily, the penultimate section of Johann Strauss's "The Blue Danube" plays.
Clock Cleaners / int_a3f1531b	featureApplicability	1.0
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Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_a3f1531b
Clock Cleaners / int_a73cfb7f	type	Animate Inanimate Object
Clock Cleaners / int_a73cfb7f	comment	Animate Inanimate Object: Donald talks to the clock spring, and it seems to be talking back.
Clock Cleaners / int_a73cfb7f	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_a73cfb7f	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_a73cfb7f
Clock Cleaners / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Clock Cleaners / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Donald steps on the main spring and mop it despite of the sign saying not to touch it. Goofy, unaware that the statue isn't a real woman.
Clock Cleaners / int_b58b4e3c	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_b58b4e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_b58b4e3c
Clock Cleaners / int_bd88e905	type	Concussions Get You High
Clock Cleaners / int_bd88e905	comment	Concussions Get You High: After Goofy is hit on the head, he starts woozily walking around the clock tower and almost getting himself into danger, forcing Mickey to save him.
Clock Cleaners / int_bd88e905	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_bd88e905	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_bd88e905
Clock Cleaners / int_c4db6423	type	Yank the Dog's Chain
Clock Cleaners / int_c4db6423	comment	Yank the Dog's Chain: After a series of mishaps with the main spring, Donald finally gets it back into place, only for Mickey and Goofy to accidentally crash-land onto it and make it more unraveled than it was before, much to Donald's dismay.
Clock Cleaners / int_c4db6423	featureApplicability	1.0
Clock Cleaners / int_c4db6423	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_c4db6423
Clock Cleaners / int_f5289c99	type	Shaking the Rump
Clock Cleaners / int_f5289c99	comment	Shaking the Rump: Getting caught in a moving spring causes Donald's head to shake involuntarily. When he tries to stop it, his rump begins shaking involuntarily. At the end of the short, this bit gets repeated with the whole trio involuntarily shaking their rumps while Belly Dancer music plays.
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Clock Cleaners / int_f5289c99	featureConfidence	1.0
Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_f5289c99
Clock Cleaners / int_fc45bac0	type	Wouldn't Hit a Girl
Clock Cleaners / int_fc45bac0	comment	Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Goofy is about to hit one of the bell ringing figures when it's revealed to be female (specifically, the Statue of Liberty). He apologizes to her by saying "I didn't know you were a lady. Pardon me." He then gets hit on the head by Lady Liberty.
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Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Clock Cleaners / int_fc45bac0
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	Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	Construction Zone Calamity / int_a01cba3f
	Clock Cleaners	hasFeature	The Great Depression / int_a01cba3f

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