Scaredy Cat

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Scaredy Cat is a classic Looney Tunes animated short featuring Sylvester the Cat in a spooky, horror-comedy scenario.

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Scaredy Cat canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American animated short film
Looney Tunes animated short film
comedy horror film
animationType traditional hand-drawn animation
backgroundArtist Peter Alvarado
belongsToEra post-World War II American cartoons
colorProcess Technicolor
copyrightHolder Warner Bros. Entertainment
countryOfOrigin United States
director Chuck Jones
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
featuresCharacter Porky Pig
Sylvester the Cat
featuresSetting spooky house
featuresTheme cowardice
fear
horror parody
genre comedy
horror comedy
slapstick
hasAnthologyInclusion included in various Looney Tunes home video collections
hasAudience general audience
hasFilmRating unrated theatrical short
hasFormat theatrical short subject
hasTone comic
spooky
hasTypeOfHumor situational comedy
visual gags
includesCharacterDynamic Porky Pig is oblivious to danger
isFollowedBy Claws for Alarm
Jumpin’ Jupiter
layoutArtist Robert Gribbroek
mainCharacterTrait Sylvester is easily frightened
musicBy Carl W. Stalling
notableFor dark tone compared to many Looney Tunes shorts
early pairing of Sylvester and Porky Pig
use of horror motifs in a comedy short
originalLanguage English
partOfFranchise Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
producer Edward Selzer
releaseDate 1948-12-18
releaseYear 1948
runtimeMinutes 7
series Looney Tunes
starsCharacter Sylvester the Cat as protagonist
storyBy Michael Maltese
studio Warner Bros. Cartoons
timePeriod Golden Age of American animation
title Scaredy Cat

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Sylvester the Cat notableShort Scaredy Cat
Scaredy Cat title Scaredy Cat
Claws for Alarm hasPredecessor Scaredy Cat