History WesternAnimation / ClawsForAlarm

* LikeABrokenRecord: Porky is cracked over the head in the middle of singing "Home on the Range", and is left endlessly repeating the line "and the deer and the antelope pl-pl-..."

is a 1954 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the second cartoon of the “horror vacation” trilogy with WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester| the Cat and Tweety Bird}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam; and the deer and the antelope pl-pl-- ('''KAPOW!!!'''); and the deer and the antelope pl-pl...]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere Having subdued Porky with a PistolWhipping, Sylvester loads him and all of their luggage into the jalopy and hightails it out of the area in record time.

'''Claws for Alarm''' is a 1954 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the second cartoon of the “horror vacation” trilogy with WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester| the Cat and Tweety Bird}}.

!! Tropes appearing in this cartoon:
* BedsheetGhost: Revealed to be made up of a [[TotemPoleTrench trench]] of mice running through the hallway. When Porky sees the “bogeyman,” he rips away the sheet to reveal a chair — much to Sylvester’s dismay.

Despite a moose with a noose and then a shotgun, a huge shadow of a spider, a kitchen knife down the back of his fur, a bedsheet in motion, and another opening in the bedroom wall for the shotgun, Sylvester can’t seen to convince Porky of anything.

-->“Uh, tell me, Sylvester, i-is there any, insanity in your family?”

* MalevolentMice: Much more subtle than in ''WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat'', though.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: The entire trilogy is built around this trope, replete with Porky continually accusing Sylvester of being mentally unbalanced (esp. in this specific short).

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying "Home on the Range" {{like a broken record}} (also see that entry), we see the other outcome of the blow he sustained from the shotgun: star-shaped pupils in his eyes.

Between two stuffed heads – one with a noose and the other with a shotgun – a huge shadow of a spider, a kitchen knife down the back of his fur, a bedsheet in motion, and another opening in the bedroom wall for the shotgun, Sylvester can’t seen to convince Porky of anything.

* BedsheetGhost: Revealed to be made up of a stack of mice running through the hallway. When Porky sees the “bogeyman,” he rips away the sheet to reveal a chair — much to Sylvester’s dismay.

Still suspicious, Sylvester spends the wee hours of the morning marching around with the shotgun he wrestled out of the wall. Once dawn breaks, he stares bleary-eyed out the window, while Porky cheerfully proposes extending their stay at the hotel. Sylvester, however, will have none of it and settles the matter right then and there with one good wallop.

* LikeABrokenRecord: Porky is hit over the head in the middle of singing "Home on the Range", and is left endlessly repeating the line "and the deer and the antelope play..."
* PistolWhipping: When Porky cheerfully announces that he wants to stay at the motel a little longer, Sylvester cracks him over the head (offscreen) with the butt of the shotgun.

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying "Home on the Range" {{like a broken record}} (also see that entry), we see the star-shaped pupils of his eyes as the other outcome of the blow he sustained with the shotgun.

Driving a battered old car en route to Albuquerque, Porky decides to check into the abandoned – and decaying – [[HauntedHouse Hotel Dry Gulch.]] He is completely unconcerned with the possibility that this quaint and picturesque civilization is a ghost town (which Sylvester promptly figures out).

Driving a battered old car en route to Albuquerque, Porky decides to check into the abandoned – and decaying – Hotel Dry Gulch. He is completely unconcerned with the possibility that this quaint and picturesque civilization is a ghost town (which Sylvester promptly figures out).

Still suspicious, Sylvester spends the wee hours of the morning marching around with a rifle. Once dawn breaks, he stares bleary-eyed out the window, while Porky cheerfully proposes extending their stay at the hotel. Sylvester, however, will have none of it and settles the matter right then and there with one good wallop.

* CranialEruption: One of the outcomes of the blow Porky sustains when Sylvester mashes him with the rifle.

* HereWeGoAgain: As the cartoon ends, we see the mice's eyes looking from behind the gauges on Porky's car.

* PistolWhipping: When Porky cheerfully announces that he wants to stay at the motel a little longer, Sylvester cracks him over the head (offscreen) with the butt of the rifle.

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying "Home on the Range" {{like a broken record}} (also see that entry), we see the star-shaped pupils of his eyes as the other outcome of the blow he sustained with the rifle.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam; and the deer and the antelope pl-pl ('''KAPOW!!!'''); and the deer and the antelope pl-pl...]]

* FingerInABarrel: How Sylvester deals with the barrel of the shotgun in the bedroom wall while Porky is sleeping. The bullet goes right out his tail and leads to [[HatDamage Sleeping Cap Damage]].

* FingerInABarrel: How Sylvester deals with the barrel of the shotgun in the bedroom wall while Porky is sleeping.

-->“Tell me, Sylvester, is th-there any, uh, in-eh-insanity in your family?”

* FingerInABarrel: How Sylvester deals with the barrel of the shotgun while Porky is sleeping.

* TheCassandra: Sylvester.

Between two stuffed heads – one with a noose and the other with a shotgun – a huge shadow of a spider, a kitchen knife down the back of his fur, and a bedsheet in motion, Sylvester can’t seen to convince Porky of anything.

Between two stuffed heads – one with a noose and the other with a shotgun – and a kitchen knife down the back of his fur, Sylvester can’t seen to convince Porky of anything.

Still suspicious, Sylvester spends the wee hours of the morning marching around with a rifle. Once dawn breaks, he stares bleary-eyed out the window, while Porky cheerfully proposes extending their stay at the hotel. Sylvester, however, will have none of it and settles the matter right then and there with one good wallop.

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying "Home on the Range" {{like a broken record}} (also see that entry), we see the other outcome of the blow he sustained with the rifle.

* PunBasedTitle: Of “cause for alarm.” It’s not an artifact title, however — at least not on Sylvester’s end.

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying "Home on the Range" {{like a broken record}}, we see the other outcome of the blow he sustained with the rifle, as his eyes have stars for pupils.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam; and the deer and the antelope pl-pl; and the deer and the antelope pl-pl...]]

* WingdingEyes: As Porky is loaded onto the jalopy replaying Home on the Range like a broken record, we see the other outcome of the blow he sustained with the rifle.

'''Claws for Alarm''' is a 1954 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It is the second cartoon of the “horror vacation” trilogy with WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester| the Cat and Tweety Bird}}.

Driving a battered old car en route to Albuquerque, Porky decides to check into the abandoned – and decaying – Hotel Dry Gulch. He is completely unconcerned with the possibility that this quaint and picturesque civilization is a ghost town (which Sylvester promptly figures out).

Still suspicious, Sylvester spends the wee hours of the morning marching around with a rifle. Once dawn breaks, he stares bleary-eyed out the window, while Porky cheerfully proposes extending their stay at the hotel. Sylvester, however, will have none of it and settles the matter right then and there.

* BedsheetGhost: Revealed to be made up of a stack of mice running through the hallway. When Porky sees the “bogeyman,” he rips away the sheet to reveal a chair — much to Sylvester’s dismay.

* PunBasedTitle: Of “cause for alarm.” It’s not an artifact title, however — at least not on Sylvester’s end.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere Having subdued Porky with a PistolWhipping, Sylvester loads him and all of their luggage into the jalopy and hightails it out of the area in record time.