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Screwball Squirrel

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Screwball Squirrel is a 1944 animated short film (6 1/2 minutes) directed by Tex Avery, one of the Tex Avery MGM Cartoons.It introduces the character of Screwy Squirrel, who appears in only five cartoons. It actually starts with a very cute Disney-style forest scene showing a happy, singing little squirrel named Sammy. He is soon pushed aside however by Screwy Squirrel, who, apparently with nothing better to do, taunts a slow-witted bird dog named Meathead Dog into chasing him. The rest of the cartoon is an utterly insane chase, even for Tex Avery, in which Screwy continually gets the best of the poor dog.Despite being an iconic character, Screwy appeared in only five cartoons, possibly because he was just too mean.
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 Alliterative Title: "Screwball Squirrel". The character is also sometimes called "Screwball Squirrel" instead of Screwy.
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 Blowing a Raspberry
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 Blowing a Raspberry: Screwy does this over the phone when trying to get Meathead angry enough to chase him. It works.
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 Bait-and-Switch
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 Bait-and-Switch: Screwy is insulting Meatball over the phone and is about to curse him out when he apologizes to the audience and closes the phone booth door so they won't hear what he's about to say. Instead of seeing him hurl obscenities as was implied, we see Screwy blow a raspberry into the phone.
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 Broken Record
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 Broken Record: At one point when Meathead is chasing Screwy the animation frames and music repeat over and over until Screwy moves the needle on the record.
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 Big Ball of Violence
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 Big Ball of Violence: At the end Screwy, Meathead, and their twins attack Sammy Squirrel for interrupting the cartoon.
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