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The Night Watchman
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"The Night Watchman" is a 1938 Merrie Melodies short. It is notable for being the directorial debut of Chuck Jones, who had recently inherited Frank Tashlin's old unit.The plot revolves around a kitten named Tommy (a feline prototype of Sniffles the Mouse) whose father is too sick to do his job as the night watchman, leaving him to pick up the slack. The rats in the kitchen take advantage of this and walk all over him.Notably, it is one of a handful Warner Bros. cartoons that depicts the cat as the hero and the rats as the villains.The short can be viewed on Max. | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Tommy is as cute as ever, even after mopping the floor with the rats. | |
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The Klutz | |
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The Klutz: Tommy's father tells him to be very careful. Tommy nods, only to crash into the door immediately after. He then runs out of the room, only to crash into a crate of bottles. | |
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Cute Kitten | |
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Cute Kitten: Tommy is a rather adorable brown kitten. | |
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Sick Episode | |
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Sick Episode: Tommy's father is feverish and bedridden, and has to have his son take his place as watchman. | |
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Balloon Belly | |
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Balloon Belly: The rats rapidly expand when eating food larger than themselves. | |
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Vocal Dissonance | |
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Vocal Dissonance: Tommy has a childish voice identical to that of Jones' later character Sniffles, except when he delivers his Big "SHUT UP!", where he suddenly has a deeper voice provided by none other than Mel Blanc. | |
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You Dirty Rat! | |
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You Dirty Rat!: The rats in this short are depicted as complete thugs who steal the food in the pantry and physically assault Tommy. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: The lead rat has no problem with attacking Tommy, who is still a kitten. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: The rats quickly down most of the food in the kitchen, including items as large as watermelons. One rat eats an entire jar of olives in a snake-like fashion. | |
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Dinner Deformation | |
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Dinner Deformation: One rat gets a banana shot into his mouth, causing him to become just as long as the banana. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Tommy's guardian angel delivers one to him when he walks away sobbing after the lead rat punches him across the room. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
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Took a Level in Badass: At the end of the short, Tommy's guardian angel chides him for being so pathetic. Following this, Tommy decides to act like the cat he is and knocks all of the rats out, one-by-one. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: After Tommy screams at the rats to be quiet for the last time, he draws their attention and immediately covers his mouth. | |
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Mickey Mousing | |
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Mickey Mousing: The scene where Tommy fights back against the rats is timed to an instrumental of "Yankee Doodle Dandy". | |
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Extreme Doormat | |
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Extreme Doormat: Tommy finds himself being pushed around by the rats and following their orders, even as he's telling them to stop raiding the kitchen. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: The leader of the rats pulling the button from Tommy's suspenders is a reference to Mortimer Mouse doing the same thing to Mickey in Mickey's Rival. | |
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No Name Given: None of the characters except Tommy and his father, Thos. Cat, have names. | |
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Goofy Print Underwear | |
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Goofy Print Underwear: After Tommy pulls the button from the lead rat's suspenders, they fall down to reveal flower-print boxers. | |
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Big "SHUT UP!" | |
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Big "SHUT UP!": After politely telling the rats to be quiet while they're singing "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", Tommy snaps and screams at them to be quiet at the top of his lungs. | |
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Everything Is an Instrument | |
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Everything Is an Instrument: During the short's musical sequence, the rats use funnels like trumpets. | |
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Comedic Underwear Exposure: When Tommy pulls the lead rat's suspender button off, it results in his suspenders falling down because it had only one strap. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: At the very end of the cartoon, Tommy gets the lead rat back by pulling the button from his suspender, just like he did to Tommy at the beginning of the short. | |
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