Apprentice
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Aug 30, 2010, 5:03 PM
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Taking the plunger
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Which cartoons make use of the good old-fashioned toilet plunger?
-- A Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, where Syl identifies himself as "Geronimo" and uses a suction-cup bow-and-arrow to snag Tweety. But just as about the cat is about to eat the bird-on-a-stick, Granny (identifying herself as Pocahontas) uses a bow of her own to propel a plumber's helper at Sylvester's face.
-- In one of those Bugs and Daffy vs. hunter Elmer Fudd toons, Bugs dresses as an attractive woman to distract Elmer, while Daffy disguises himself as a dog so he can legitimately bite Elmer. Realistically or not, Daffy used a plunger as a tail.
-- This cartoon had a dog and a cat (Claude?) where the signature interaction was where the dog surprised the cat with a sudden barking fit, and the cat was instantly sent to the ceiling in fear (upside-down, held up by retractable claws). In this toon, the cat tried to retrieve the dog who had apparently disappeared down a heating register in the floor, and did so by repeatedly "plunging" the vent. (One of the few cartoon uses of a plumber's helper that comes close to its intended purpose?) Somehow this plunging motion was enough to get the furnace below red-hot, and the result was a "volcano" spewing hot coals into the living room.
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Aug 30, 2010, 8:24 PM
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There was a Buzzy The Crow cartoon in which the kitchen sink was somehow hooked up to the bird bath outside the house. Katnip used a plunger in the sink to get Buzzy to go through the bird bath and into the house! I think it was the one where he lost his hair just before a date with a girl cat.
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