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How to Catch a Cold is an animated short produced by Disney in 1951, sponsored by Kleenex, the tissue company.It follows an unnamed man, stricken with a cold, who is given advice by a man who calls himself Common Sense. He tells the man what to do to avoid catching future colds, how to look after oneself while sick with a cold, and how to avoid getting other people sick.It has a bit of outdated information, such as the old idea that going out in the rain makes you susceptible to illness, so decades later, a live-action version was made staring Goofy educating a little boy named Jeff who also had a cold, that used more scientifically accurate information.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); }) How to Catch a Cold provides examples of
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Adapted Out: None of the characters from the original short feature in the live-action short.
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Bittersweet Ending: The live-action version ends with Jeff still sick, but slightly better.
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Artistic Title: The letters on the title card are blown away by a sneeze from offscreen.
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Artistic License – Medicine: This short has a few myths, like being cold can lower your resistance (which is only true if there's a rapid change in temperature or if you're already fighting an infection), and that viruses can survive for weeks on surfaces (they generally only survive about a week on surfaces). The live-action version was made to counter these myths.
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Anti-Sneeze Finger: At one point, the man holds his finger to his nose to prevent a sneeze.
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Anthropomorphic Personification: Common Sense represents the man's... well, common sense.
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